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Zhizhen Zhong is Co-Founder and CEO of Netpreme, a company developing computer systems that combine photonics and electronics for AI applications, and is an Activate Fellow. He previously worked as a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT, where he built photonic-electronic integrated systems, including "Lightning," a photonic-electronic smartNIC for inference developed in collaboration with researchers from MIT CSAIL and RLE, and co-created and co-instructed a course on optical computing. Zhong holds a Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering from Tsinghua University, along with a B.Eng. in Electronics Engineering and a B.Eco. in Economics from the same institution.
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EntrepreneurshipEarly-Stage StartupsCorporate StrategyOptical NetworkingComputer ArchitectureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Higher Education TeachingComputer HardwareComputer NetworkingDeep LearningSilicon PhotonicsField-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)
- Intel Connectivity Academy Course Series on P4 Tofino Switch Architecture and Use Cases — Intel
- AIM Photonics Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Testing & Packaging — AIM Photonics
- Fabless Design of Photonic Integrated Circuits within the AIM Photonics Foundry — AIM Photonics
- Awarded Photographer — 1x
- Kaufman Teaching Certificate — Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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- Who is Zhizhen Zhong?
- Zhizhen Zhong is Co-Founder and CEO of Netpreme, a company developing computer systems that combine photonics and electronics for AI applications, and is an Activate Fellow. He previously worked as a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT, where he built photonic-electronic integrated systems, including "Lightning," a photonic-electronic smartNIC for inference developed in collaboration with researchers from MIT CSAIL and RLE, and co-created and co-instructed a course on optical computing. Zhong holds a Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering from Tsinghua University, along with a B.Eng. in Electronics Engineering and a B.Eco. in Economics from the same institution.
- Where does Zhizhen Zhong work?
- Zhizhen Zhong is Founder of Netpreme.
- What companies did Zhizhen Zhong found?
- Zhizhen Zhong founded Netpreme.
- Where did Zhizhen Zhong go to school?
- Zhizhen Zhong studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Postdoctoral Associate - Postdoc, Computer Systems and Optical Networking); Tsinghua University (Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D., Electronic Engineering); University of California, Davis (Visiting Ph.D. Scholar, Computer Science).
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