Lidong Bing

Vice President

LiDong Bing is Shanda Group’s Vice President, reporting to Chairman Tianqiao Chen. He will establish and lead the Shanda AI Research Institute (SARI) as Chief Scientist, focusing on large model usability and the intersection of brain science and AI.

 

LiDong earned his Ph.D. from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and was a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University. His research includes language models and multilingual NLP, with over 150 papers and 90 patents. He serves as an editor and advisor in AI academia.

 

Previously, LiDong led the Language Technology Lab at DAMO Academy, Alibaba Group, developing NLP techniques for business and globalization. He spearheaded projects like SeaLLMs, awarded by the ITU, and VideoLLaMA, a pioneering video language model. SARI seeks AI experts for innovative research in a supportive environment.