Researcher · Academic · Executive
Skywork AICo-CEO and Chief Scientist
National University of SingaporeDistinguished Professor
Yan co-created Network in Network, which introduced building blocks that influenced later image-recognition systems, and became one of Asia's most prolific computer-vision researchers. He later built major industrial research groups and now leads Skywork AI's work on large and embodied models.
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