Hang Li
Hang Li develops machine learning and language technologies, including shared research on AI agents and visual robot manipulation. Li earned an electrical and electronics engineering degree in Kyoto in 1988 and a master’s in 1990, followed by a computer science doctorate in Tokyo in 1998. His research areas include learning, language processing, retrieval and robotics. Li coauthored 2024 ICLR research on video generative pretraining for visual robot manipulation and the PaSa academic paper search agent, presented at ACL in 2025.
Timeline
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1988–1998
Training in engineering and computing
Li earned an electrical and electronics engineering degree in Kyoto in 1988 and a master’s in 1990, followed by a computer science doctorate in Tokyo in 1998. His research areas include learning, language processing, retrieval and robotics.
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1990–2017
Industrial research laboratories
Li worked at NEC from 1990 to 2001, Microsoft Research Asia from 2001 to 2012 and Huawei’s Noah’s Ark Lab from 2012 to 2017.
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2017–2026
Research leadership at ByteDance
He directed ByteDance AI Lab from 2017 to 2022 and headed research from 2022 to 2026. He also held later AIR and technical advisory roles.
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2024–2025
Shared work on robots and agents
Li coauthored 2024 ICLR research on video generative pretraining for visual robot manipulation and the PaSa academic paper search agent, presented at ACL in 2025.
Sources and credits
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