Dr Yi Zeng

Yi Zeng is the Founding Director of the Center for Long-term AI. He is also a Professor from Chinese Academy of Sciences, serving as the Director at the Brain-inspired Cognitive Intelligence Lab, and the International Research Center for AI Ethics and Governance. He is a Member of the United Nations High-level Advisory Body on AI. He is the founding Director of the AI for Sustainable Development Goals Cooperation Network. He is also an expert in the UNESCO Ad Hoc Expert Group on AI Ethics, an expert in the WHO Expert Group on the Ethics/Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health, and a board member of the National Governance Committee of Next Generation Artificial Intelligence in China.

He has been listed as TIME100 Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence (TIME100/AI). His major research interests focus on Brain-inspired Artificial Intelligence, AI Ethics and Governance, AI Safety, AI for International Peace and Security, and AI for Sustainable Development.