Fei-Fei Li (Chinese, American Computer Scientist) Age, Biography, F.

Quick Info

Profession	Computer Scientist
Nationality	Chinese, American
Date of Birth	03/07/1976
Age	50 years
Birthplace	Beijing, China

Latest News about Fei-Fei Li

20/03/2025

Fei-Fei Li was honored with the prestigious 'Visionary of the Year' award at the Global AI Summit for her pioneering work in computer vision and her leadership in establishing the Human-Centered AI movement. The award recognized her decades of contributions to creating ImageNet and her ongoing advocacy for ethical, inclusive, and human-centric AI development.

15/01/2025

Fei-Fei Li officially launched World Labs, her new artificial intelligence company focused on Spatial Intelligence and generative AI, marking a major transition from her long tenure at Stanford and Google. As the co-founder and CEO, she aims to bridge the gap between human understanding and AI by creating systems that can perceive and interact with the physical world in three dimensions.

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Physical Stats & More

Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	Black

Educational Qualification(s)

Degrees	B.A. in Physics from Princeton University (1999) M.S. in Electrical Engineering (2001) Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from California Institute of Technology (2005)
Schools	Sichuan Chengdu No.7 High School, Chengdu, China Parsippany High School, New Jersey (1995)

Personal Life

Food Habit	Non-vegetarian

Relationships & More

Marital Status	Married
Husband	Silvio Savarese (an Italian-American computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher)
Children	2

Family

Father	Li Shun (worked in the computer department of a chemical plant in China)
Mother	Kuang Ying (teacher)
Spouse	Silvio Savarese
Children	1 Son, 1 Daughter

Career

Field	Electrical Engineering
Institution(s)	Stanford University University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Princeton University Google World Labs
Key Positions	Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2005-2006) Assistant Professor, Princeton University (2007-2009) Assistant Professor at Stanford University (2009-present) Associate Professor at Stanford (2012) Full Professor at Stanford (2018) Director of the Artificial Intelligence Lab, Stanford (2013-2018) Vice President at Google and Chief Scientist for AI/ML at Google Cloud (January 2017 - September 2018) Sequoia Capital Professor and Founding Co-Director of Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI Co-founder and CEO of World Labs (AI company focusing on Spatial Intelligence and generative AI) Inaugural Sequoia Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University Senior Fellow at Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute Professor, by courtesy, of Operations, Information and Technology at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford Denning Co-Director (On Leave) Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI
Research Focus	Her research is centered around computer vision, deep learning, cognitive neuroscience, robotic learning, and ambient intelligence for healthcare delivery. She is co-founder and co-director of Stanford's Human-Centered AI Institute. She has published more than 400 scientific articles in top-tier journals and conferences.

Favourites

Interests	Reading science fiction Exploration of science and European literature
Inspirations	Benjamin Franklin

Social Media

Twitter	https://x.com/drfeifei
LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/in/fei-fei-li-4541247

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Moved to the United States at the age of 12.
2. Worked at her family’s dry-cleaning shop while studying.
3. Created ImageNet at Princeton University, which involved labelling over 14 million images.
4. Started SAILORS summer camp for girls interested in AI.
5. Co-founded AI4ALL, a nonprofit organization that educates youth about AI.
6. She is the inaugural Sequoia Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University.
7. She is a co-director of Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute.
8. She has been recognized as the Distinguished Alumni by Princeton University and Caltech.

Fei-Fei Li Computer Scientist Chinese, American Beijing, China