Yinglian Xie is CEO and Co-Founder of DataVisor, a leading Silicon Valley-based technology company providing advanced fraud and risk management solutions powered by artificial intelligence. Before founding DataVisor, Yinglian worked at Microsoft Research, where her focus was on advancing the security and safety of online services with big data analytics and machine learning. Yinglian completed her Ph.D. in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, and received many awards including the CMU Cylab Distinguished Alumni Award, CyberSecurity Excellence Award, Silicon Valley Journal C-Suite Award, Silicon Valley Journal Women of Influence of the Year, Peking University School of Computer Science Distinguished Alumni Award. A highly-regarded researcher, author, and conference contributor, Yinglian is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data security.
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