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Zhengyou Zhang

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Distinguished Scientist and Director at Tencent

Zhang created the checkerboard-based camera-calibration method used throughout computer vision and robotics to measure how a camera maps the 3D world into an image. Its simplicity made accurate calibration accessible in laboratories and products worldwide. After two decades at Microsoft Research, he built Tencent's AI and robotics labs.

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Distinguished Scientist and Director
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Last editorial review: August 8, 2026

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Citation history from Aug 25, '25 to Jul 1, '2683,16482,54181,917Aug 25, '25Jun 1, '26Jun 15, '26Jul 1, '26
83,164citations as of Jul 1, '26+160 since Jun 15, '26
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