PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Jieping Ye

Also known as 叶杰平, Ye Jieping

Jieping Ye is a former university professor who moved into AI work at the ride-hailing company Didi and later into Alibaba's CityBrain Lab. He received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2010 as a faculty member at Arizona State University. In 2015 he joined Didi from a tenured post at the University of Michigan, and a Didi team that includes him won the 2019 Daniel H. Wagner Prize for a ride-hailing dispatch paper. He left Didi in September 2020 for personal reasons, and since 2022 he has headed the CityBrain Lab at Alibaba's DAMO Academy.

Now at
Alibaba
Works
633
Citations
40,498
h-index
103

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2010

    A National Science Foundation award

    He receives a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2010 as a faculty member at Arizona State University.

  2. 2015

    Joining Didi from Michigan

    He is a tenured professor at the University of Michigan when he joins Didi in 2015. At Didi he helps enhance passenger pick-up and payment processing.

  3. April 2016

    Deputy head of Didi Research Institute

    In April 2016 he is named a deputy head of Didi Research Institute.

  4. 2019

    A Wagner Prize for dispatch work

    A Didi team that includes Jieping Ye wins the 2019 Daniel H. Wagner Prize for a ride-hailing dispatch paper.

  5. September 2020

    Leaving Didi's AI Labs

    He leaves Didi in September 2020 for personal reasons, after heading its AI Labs.

  6. Since 2022

    Head of the CityBrain Lab

    In 2022 he joins DAMO Academy, Alibaba's research arm, to head its city brain laboratory. He comes to DAMO from a post as vice president and chief scientist at Beike, also known as KE Holdings.

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  1. Computing expertise earns Ye NSF CAREER Award prod-fullcircle.fsewp.asu.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Professor Responsible for Didi’s AI Division Quits - Caixin Global caixinglobal.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Didi AI chief to step down as platform looks to spur growth · TechNode technode.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Lehigh ISE Ph.D Alum Xiaocheng Tang '15 Wins 2019 Daniel H. Wagner Prize | P.C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science engineering.lehigh.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Shenzhen Passes China's 1st AI Regulation; Alibaba Welcomes Former Didi, JD AI Masterminds; Tencent's Wheel-Legged Robot Develops New Acrobatic Skills recodechinaai.com. Checked 15 October 2026.