About me
Yonghua Lin serves as the Vice President and Chief Engineer at the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI). She oversees key research directions including general technologies for large-scale AI models, AI system research, open-source initiatives, and industrial ecosystem collaboration. Additionally, she chairs the IEEE International Standard Group for Large Model Evaluation. Previously, she was the Director of IBM Research China and a Distinguished Engineer at IBM globally, where she led innovations in global AI systems. With nearly two decades of experience in system architecture, cloud computing, AI systems, and computer vision, she holds over 50 global patents and has received multiple ACM/IEEE Best Paper Awards. In 2019, she was recognized as one of Forbes China's "Top 50 Tech Female Leaders.