PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Fei Huang

Also known as Huang Fei, 黄非

Fei Huang, also known as Huang Fei, built a career in AI research that moved from IBM to Facebook and then to Alibaba. He earned a master's degree in 2001 and a doctorate in 2006, both at Carnegie Mellon. At IBM Watson he worked as a research scientist, and at Facebook he directed the AI translation team before joining Alibaba in 2018. He co-authored the Qwen3 Technical Report, which was submitted to arXiv in May 2025. In November 2025 NeurIPS named the gated-attention paper he co-authored one of its Best Papers.

Timeline

  1. 2001

    A master's at Carnegie Mellon

    He earns a master's degree in language technologies at Carnegie Mellon in 2001.

  2. 2006

    A doctorate and an IBM post

    He earns a doctorate in language and information technology at Carnegie Mellon in 2006, and he then works as a research scientist at IBM Watson.

  3. By 2018

    Directing AI translation at Facebook

    By 2018 he directs the artificial intelligence translation team in Facebook's applied machine learning department.

  4. 2018

    Joining Alibaba from Facebook

    He joins Alibaba in 2018 to promote AI translation in its New Retail initiative, cross-border e-commerce and video.

  5. May 2025

    Co-authoring the Qwen3 report

    He co-authors the Qwen3 Technical Report, which is submitted to arXiv in May 2025.

  6. July 2025

    Speaking at the SCMP China Conference

    In July 2025 Huang Fei speaks at the SCMP China Conference on Hong Kong's role in AI.

  7. November 2025

    A NeurIPS 2025 Best Paper

    In November 2025, NeurIPS names the gated-attention paper he co-authors one of its best papers.

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  1. Fei Huang - Language Technologies Institute - School of Computer Science - Carnegie Mellon University lti.cs.cmu.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Huang Fei (黄非): Latest News and Updates | South China Morning Post scmp.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. Facebook's Former AI Translation Director Joins Alibaba to Build Multi-Modal Architecture in E-Commerce yicaiglobal.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. [2505.09388] Qwen3 Technical Report arxiv.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. Announcing the NeurIPS 2025 Best Paper Awards – NeurIPS Blog blog.neurips.cc. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. NeurIPS 2025 Awards neurips.cc. Checked 14 October 2026.