Tao Mei is the Founder and CEO of HiDream.ai, a high-tech company pioneering generative intelligence for creativity. He is an International Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of IEEE, IAPR and CAAI, and an ACM Distinguished Scientist.
Dr. Mei is a world-renowned expert in artificial intelligence, computer vision, and multimedia. He has published highly cited research (48,000+ citations, h-index 105), received 15 international paper awards, and holds over 70 granted patents. His work has powered numerous large-scale commercial products used daily by millions of users worldwide.
Prior to founding HiDream.ai, Dr. Mei served as Vice President of JD.COM and Senior Research Manager of Microsoft Research. He has held leading roles in the global research community, including Executive Committee Member of ACM SIGMM, Founding Co-chair of ACM Multimedia Asia, and member of the IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal Committee and IEEE Fellow Committee. He has also served as Senior or Associate Editor for multiple IEEE/ACM Transactions and as General or Program Co-chair of flagship conferences such as ACM Multimedia and IEEE ICME.
Dr. Mei received his B.E. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Science and Technology of China.
梅涛博士是智象未来（HiDream.ai）创始人兼首席执行官，致力于以生成式人工智能推动创意与内容产业变革。他是加拿大工程院外籍院士，国际电气电子工程师学会、国际模式识别学会和中国人工智能学会会士，以及国际计算机学会杰出科学家。
梅博士是人工智能、计算机视觉与多媒体领域的国际知名学者，论文被引用四万余次，荣获 15 项国际论文奖，拥有 70 余项授权专利。他长期引领前沿技术走向产业落地，主导研发的多项产品服务全球数百万日活用户。
在创办智象未来之前，梅博士曾担任京东集团副总裁、微软研究院资深研究员。他深度参与国际学术与技术治理，曾任 ACM SIGMM 执委会成员、ACM Multimedia Asia 创始联席主席，以及 IEEE Jack S. Kilby 信号处理奖和 IEEE Fellow 委员会成员。
梅博士本科及博士毕业于中国科学技术大学。
Tao Mei, Ph.D.