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Researcher

Jian Tang

Jian Tang is a machine-learning researcher whose graph learning work spans network representation, large-scale visualization and AI for drug discovery. He completed a computer-science PhD at Peking University, held research posts at Microsoft Research Asia, the University of Michigan and Carnegie Mellon, and joined HEC Montréal in 2017. He coauthored LINE and LargeVis, directed a Canada CIFAR AI Chair from 2018, received an Amazon Faculty Research Award in 2020, and helped launch TorchDrug. He received HEC Montréal's New Researcher Award and founded BioGeometry in 2022. As of October 2026, he is an associate professor at HEC Montréal and an adjunct professor at Université de Montréal.

Badges

Timeline

  1. 2015

    LINE for network embedding

    In 2015, he coauthors LINE, a network-embedding method that represents information networks in low-dimensional vectors while preserving local and global structure.

  2. 2016

    LargeVis data visualization

    In 2016, he coauthors LargeVis, which builds a nearest-neighbor graph and lays it out in low dimensions to visualize large, high-dimensional datasets.

  3. 2017

    A PhD and HEC appointment

    He holds a computer-science PhD from Peking University and joins HEC Montréal in December 2017. Earlier research posts include a postdoctoral role at the University of Michigan and Carnegie Mellon and work at Microsoft Research Asia.

  4. 2018

    A Canada CIFAR AI Chair

    In 2018, he begins directing a Canada CIFAR Chair in Artificial Intelligence.

  5. 2020

    Amazon Faculty Research Award

    He receives an Amazon Faculty Research Award in 2020.

  6. 2021

    TorchDrug for drug discovery

    In 2021, his research group launches TorchDrug, an open-source machine-learning platform that makes drug discovery software and libraries available to researchers.

  7. 2022

    HEC New Researcher Award

    In 2022, he receives HEC Montréal's New Researcher Award for scientific and professional publications.

  8. 2022

    Founding BioGeometry

    In 2022, he founds BioGeometry.

  9. As of October 2026

    Academic roles in Montréal

    As of October 2026, he is an associate professor at HEC Montréal and an adjunct professor in Université de Montréal's Department of Computer Science and Operations Research.

Career

  1. NowHEC MontréalAssociate Professor
  2. NowUniversité de MontréalAdjunct Professor
  3. From 2022BioGeometryFounder
  4. University of MichiganPostdoctoral researcher
  5. Carnegie Mellon UniversityPostdoctoral researcher
  6. Microsoft Research AsiaResearcher

Education

  1. Peking UniversityPhD

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Checked career sources: hec.ca, jian-tang.com, mila.quebec.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. LINE: Large-scale Information Network Embedding arxiv.org. Checked 26 October 2026.
  2. Visualizing Large-scale and High-dimensional Data | Microsoft Research microsoft.com. Checked 26 October 2026.
  3. Jian Tang awarded a Canada CIFAR Chair in Artificial Intelligence | HEC Montréal hec.ca. Checked 26 October 2026.
  4. Jian Tang’s Homepage jian-tang.com. Checked 26 October 2026.
  5. Jian Tang among the most influential AI scholars in Canada and worldwide | HEC Montréal hec.ca. Checked 26 October 2026.
  6. Jian Tang earns Amazon Research Award | HEC Montréal hec.ca. Checked 26 October 2026.
  7. A team led by Mila researcher Jian Tang launches TorchDrug, an open-source platform for drug discovery | Mila mila.quebec. Checked 26 October 2026.
  8. Jian Tang | HEC Montréal hec.ca. Checked 26 October 2026.
  9. About – BioGeometry biogeom.com. Checked 26 October 2026.
  10. Jian Tang | Mila mila.quebec. Checked 26 October 2026.