Xing Xie
Also known as 谢幸
Xing Xie is a computer scientist at Microsoft Research Asia, where his work has focused on data mining, social computing, and responsible AI. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1996 and 2001, and he joined Microsoft Research Asia in July 2001. ACM SIGSPATIAL gave him its 2019 10-Year Impact Award. In 2022 he shared a NeurIPS Outstanding Paper award for A Neural Corpus Indexer for Document Retrieval, and Microsoft Research named him to lead its Societal AI initiative. He is an assistant managing director of Microsoft Research Asia.
Timeline
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1996–2001
Computer science at USTC
He receives a B.S. in 1996 and a Ph.D. in 2001, both in computer science from the University of Science and Technology of China.
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July 2001
Joining Microsoft Research Asia
He joins Microsoft Research Asia in Beijing as an associate researcher in July 2001.
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November 2009
Map matching for low-rate GPS
He co-authors Map-Matching for Low-Sampling-Rate GPS Trajectories, published at an ACM SIGSPATIAL conference in November 2009.
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2019
A SIGSPATIAL impact award
ACM SIGSPATIAL gives him its 2019 10-Year Impact Award.
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2022
A NeurIPS Outstanding Paper
He shares a NeurIPS Outstanding Paper award in 2022 for A Neural Corpus Indexer for Document Retrieval.
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2022
A SIGKDD test-of-time award
He receives the ACM SIGKDD 2022 Test-of-Time Award.
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2022
The Societal AI initiative
In 2022 Microsoft Research names him to lead its Societal AI initiative.
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Since 2025
Assistant managing director
A May 2025 Microsoft Research blog post names him an assistant managing director of Microsoft Research Asia. As a computer scientist, his research focuses on data mining, social computing, and responsible AI.
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