Ye Ouyang
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, ASIAINFO TECHNOLOGIES
Dr. Ye Ouyang serves as the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President at AsiaInfo Technologies (HKG: 1675), a global Top 2 leader of telecom software and services. He is primarily responsible for setting AsiaInfo’s direction of technology and product leadership and overseeing the corporate’s global research, development, and innovation activities. Additionally, he chairs the corporate Technology Committee and directs the R&D Center with over 2,000 engineers. Dr. Ouyang is also a Distinguished Professor at Tsinghua University and the Co-Director of the Tsinghua-AsiaInfo Joint Institute of 6G Network & Intelligent Computing. Prior to joining AsiaInfo, Dr. Ouyang served as a Verizon Fellow and Senior Manager at Verizon. He has extensive work experience across telecom operators, equipment providers, and software providers in various technical, managerial, and executive roles. His recent work focuses on cross-domain innovation and the commercialization of cutting-edge technologies in cellular networks, AI, and data science. In November 2022, Dr. Ouyang was elected as an IEEE Fellow in recognition of his outstanding leadership in the fields of network intelligence and self-organizing cellular networks.
Dr. Ouyang has received numerous awards in both industry and academia, with recent honors including:
2023 Forbes 100 Most Influential Chinese Selection Award
2017 Asian American Engineer of the Year (AAEOY)
2021 Top 100 Diverse Leaders in Tech, US National Diversity Council
2019 TMForum Future Digital Leader Award
2023 Science and Technology Award First Prize by CAA
2022 Science and Technology Award First Prize by CCF
2021 Wu Wenjun AI Science and Technology Award by CAAI
2021 China Artificial Intelligence Tech Leader Award
2020 China Artificial Intelligence Industry Annual Leader Award
2017 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData) Best Paper Award
2017 US Telecom Innovation Awards by Fierce
2017 Most Innovative Telco Big Data Analytics Platform Award by Telco Data Analytics USA
2016 US Telecom Innovation Award by Fierce
2015 Chair Award for "Wireless Communications & Interdisciplinary Perspective" Contribution by IEEE WTS
Dr. Ouyang serves in various roles across global telecommunication standard bodies, academia, and high-tech organizations, including Chair or Board Member of multiple working groups & conferences within ETSI and IEEE, Member of President’s Leadership Council at Stevens Institute of Technology, Co-Director at the Tsinghua University-AsiaInfo Joint Institute of 6G Network & Intelligent Computing, and Chair of the AI Chapter at the Beijing Software Industry Association etc. Additionally, he serves as an editor, technical program committee member, and reviewer for numerous journals and conferences.
Dr. Ouyang has authored over 60 academic papers, 160 patents, 180 standards, and 13 books. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Southeast University in China, a Master of Science from Tufts University in Medford, MA, and a Master of Science from Columbia University in the City of New York, and a Ph.D. from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ.