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About
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.
Co-Founder & CEO at Netpreme
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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 Co-Founder & CEO of Netpreme.
- What companies did Zhizhen Zhong found?
- Zhizhen Zhong founded Netpreme.
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