Dr. Jinjun Xiong is Empire Innovation Professor with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at University at Buffalo (UB). He is also the Director of UB’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (IAD), the Scientific Director for the National Artificial Intelligence Institute for Exceptional Education (AI4ExceptionalEd), and the AI Thrust Lead for the National Center for Early Literary and Responsible AI (CELaRAI). Prior to UB, he was a Senior Researcher and Program Director for AI and Hybrid Clouds Systems at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA. His research interests are on across-stack AI systems research, which include AI applications, algorithms, tooling, and computer architectures.  Many of his research results have been adopted in industrial products and tools.  His publication has won 9 Best Paper Awards and 10 Nominations for Best Paper Awards at various international conferences.