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haiyan zhang
@haiyan
GM, Gaming AI
@Xbox
Prev: Xbox CoS, Senior Director #AI
@MSFTResearch
, Innovation
@IDEO
, Co-Founder
@OpenIDEO
, Inventor & TV presenter
@BBC
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, D&AD.
Redmond, WAuniverseodon.com/@haiyanBorn February 15Joined November 2006
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@haiyan
On #WorldParkinsonsDay really proud and honoured to know
@ems_lawton
who champions for people with Parkinson’s Disease and shows the world every day how remarkable she is ❤️❤️❤️💪🏻
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#WorldParkinsonsDay Big Life Fix: Emma loves drawing but her battle with Parkinson's stops her from even writing her own name. In 2016, Innovator and Inventor Dr @Haiyan Zhang attempts to make her dreams possible again. 💪👩‍🔧
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Really proud to have served as
@Xbox
Chief of Staff for the past 2.5 years. Working with an amazing passionate #TeamXbox. Today I’m embarking on a new adventure as General Manager, Gaming AI for Microsoft Gaming. Look forward to transforming games with #AI and #MachineLearning
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So proud to be part of this team that is making a monumental leap in Gaming and in Microsoft.
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Phil Spencer
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As we extend the joy and community of gaming to everyone, we are incredibly excited to welcome the fantastic teams and iconic franchises of Activision Blizzard to Team Xbox news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/01/
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What a crazy 2020! In the 2 months since I’ve joined
@Xbox
as Chief of Staff - Coronavirus hit, GDC delayed, E3 cancelled, everyone at Microsoft working from home. Looking forward to: Shipping a console (!) streaming games, amazing titles, Ori.
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@haiyan
Kudos to
@JezCorden
for diving deep into machine learning and writing a thoughtful and thought provoking article on its potential for gaming. (Thanks dude for the shootout!)
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Machine learning and neuro AI models are going to change gaming at Xbox and beyond forever. Here's a glimpse at the future. windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/ho
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@haiyan
Technology isn’t magic. It’s empathy, observation, being obsessed with our users, prototyping, implementing, deploying, iterating. At the end of the day it’s about impacting someone’s life and making a difference.
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5-year-old William's severe epilepsy means his parents have to take it in turns watching him all night in case he has a seizure. Can computer scientist @Haiyan design a system that allows his parents to monitor him (and get some sleep)?
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@haiyan
This is one of the reasons why I love working for
@XboxP3
- setting a culture of support, joy, collaboration across our whole team, and recognising each and every team member for their work. 🙅🏻‍♀️💚
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Replying to @TimOfLegend and @PeterNMcConnell
So proud of the whole team at @DoubleFine for an amazing Psychonauts 2, a game that has strong artistic direction, music, gameplay and message. Congrats on all the nominations.
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@haiyan
Born in China under the one child policy, I remember the distinct emotional pain felt by my mother because a State imposed decisions on her body & her rights. Today in a free society the rights & dignity of women have been diminished, and it will define us as a generation to act.
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Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans.
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@haiyan
Oh wow. Had an amazing time chatting with
@itsCharleyytho
about gaming and being a nerd. Thanks so much for the opportunity!! 🙅🏻‍♀️❤️
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It's time for ep 4 of the #WomenOfXboxUK Podcast! So say hello to @Xbox's Chief of Staff… @haiyan 👋 Join Charleyy & Haiyan Zhang for an amazing look at her career through tech + innovation, before landing the job of everyone's dreams 😅 Watch now ⏩ youtu.be/-z5_P324fYw
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@haiyan
Was heartened sitting in Xbox meetings today and have folks wish myself and others a happy International Women’s Day. Proud to work in this amazing team and with so many brilliant, passionate, original women. #TeamXbox
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Deeply honoured to be on the Microsoft Research Podcast this week, humbled by the amazing researchers I work with everyday here - can’t believe I’m on this thing! 🤪
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Haiyan Zhang explains her unique "brain hack” approach to the human-centered design process on the #MSRPodcast. Hear @Haiyan discuss a wide range of projects, many of which draw on novel applications of gaming technology in serious areas like healthcare: aka.ms/AA40qhw
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@haiyan
I was invited to a breakfast Q&A with the Xbox Women in Gaming group today, and someone msg’ed me to ask if in my career I’ve had to deal with being perceived as younger in age than I actually am. Maybe a combination of my Asian features looking ‘young’ and my demeanour?... (1/6)
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@haiyan
Was fun to visit
@inXile
game studios last week. What an inspiring, passionate crew as part of the #Xbox family 😀🙅🏻‍♀️🎮❤️
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This was an unbelievably exciting day for our team and the whole @inXile family! It's awesome to have such great and supportive leadership from @XboxP3, @mattbooty, @haiyan and the rest of the MS. Exciting days ahead! #Xbox #SecretProject twitter.com/BrianFargo/sta…
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@haiyan
Heartbreaking journey on tonight’s Big Life Fix. I can’t believe this is finally going to air tonight, I hope William’s story inspires you as it did me. #BigLifeFix
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William's epilepsy means his parents have to take turns watching him all night in case he has a seizure. Can computer scientist Haiyan help? #BigLifeFix
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@haiyan
Every day I learn so much from these and many more amazing women leaders in Team
@Xbox
- Happy #InternationalWomensDay ❤️🙅🏻‍♀️🎮
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Women of Xbox
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We're so blessed to have such strong, talented & wonderful women working at @Xbox who help bring so much joy to all our lives Happy #InternationalWomensDay 💖 @Meganisrad @Kate_JRayner @hgeller30 @jennpanattoni @BondSarah_Bond @neonepiphany @KariGaynor @riirichan @ZulaiSerrano
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@haiyan
Search your name in gifs and show me the one that sums up your year so far. Here’s mine:
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@haiyan
Enjoying a warm spring day in the PNW with this little lady. (What they didn’t tell you is that it’s going to snow on Sunday ❄️😂)
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@haiyan
My heart is breaking for the children, for their families, for the officers who put their bodies in the path of the bullets. My heart is breaking from those staring down the barrel of a camera tonight and justifying their blind beliefs in the face of immeasurable suffering. 💔❤️‍🩹
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@haiyan
Been taking some time off from Xbox this week to visit a very magical kingdom. Love the imagineering of new Star Wars Rise of the Resistance and Spider-Man Web Slingers rides to become fully immersive, interactive, game-like experiences. #Disneyland
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@haiyan
Congratulations to everyone at Team Xbox and our partner game creators for such a fantastic #XboxBethesda! It takes a village of passionate people to continue to put players at the center and bring to life the best gaming experiences and worlds.
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The Xbox & Bethesda Showcase: 💥 30+ games shown 1️⃣27 games coming to @XboxGamePass 😯 6 huge game releases in 6 months, all Day One on XGP ✨ 2 exclusive @Bethesda titles See more: xbx.lv/3iAj9bO
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@haiyan
An honor to have worked with you
@majornelson
, and witnessed your passion and professionalism first hand. #TeamXbox
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Larry Hryb 💫✨
@majornelson
After 20 incredible years, I have decided to take a step back and work on the next chapter of my career. As I take a moment and think about all we have done together, I want to thank the millions of gamers around the world who have included me as part of their lives. (1/3)
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@haiyan
Happy Halloween! 🎃👻 May your costumes be weird and wonderful. Hopefully it’s only once a year I get mistaken for Jimmy O Yang
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@haiyan
This is an exciting time to be at
@Xbox
- welcoming our new teams from
@bethesda
, a new console generation going on pre-order tomorrow. More exciting things to come!
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Xbox and @Bethesda have worked together for years. We share similar passions and beliefs. Proud to welcome them to Team @Xbox. Excited how we’ll advance gaming together for players everywhere news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09/
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@haiyan
For #IWD19 I’d like to recognise my third grade teacher, Mrs Hulot, who sat with me every day, teaching me English with flash cards and photocopied exercises. It’s the teachers among us who build the world.
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@haiyan
A pleasure to speak at University Tokyo today at a Symposium for Advanced Sensing, amongst some other great folks doing work in robotics, hardware sensing, biomed, generative design for architecture and simulation.
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@haiyan
Moving to Australia in the late 80s, I was the only Chinese kid in my elementary, felt the warmth of tolerance, I’ve also been told to “go back where I come from”, been spat on as a kid. 30 years on it’s still at the fringes and sometimes bubbles over to the fore. #StopAsianHate
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Phil Spencer
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Hate has no home on Xbox. Team Xbox is appalled by the violence and racism against Asian communities. For all Asian players and peers, I want you to know that we see you, we hear you, and we will and must do more together to #StopAsianHate.
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@haiyan
This. When I was 8yo I saw ‘short round’ in a Hollywood movie and thought how amazing it was an Asian kid got on tv. Tonight was a full circle moment.
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Shannon Liao
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beautiful to see someone who looks like he could play my dad in a movie actually win an Oscar. congrats to Ke Huy Quan for winning best supporting actor for his performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once
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Happy Mother’s Day! It’s been 2 years since the three of us were together, separated by an ocean and a pandemic, what a joy it is to be able to share these early days of summer. ❤️🎉
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Excited to talk about Reinforcement Learning research and AI agents that can collaborate with humans in video games like Bleeding Edge from
@NinjaTheory
- future is exciting for how ML will transform gaming, we are at the forefront with
@katjahofmann
,
@gojira
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@MSFTResearchCam
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Phil Spencer
@XboxP3
Great to see AI research accelerated by games. Project Paidia from @MicrosoftResearch is exploring how AI agents trained in @Azure collaborate with humans in game environments like @NinjaTheory's Bleeding Edge. Tune into #GameStackLive to learn more aka.ms/gamestacklive
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@haiyan
Awesome to have you on the team. Welcome to Xbox,
@SethSchiesel
!
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Seth Schiesel
@SethSchiesel
Interactive entertainment is the world's most dynamic industry. And gamers are a force for good. That's why I am so thrilled to join Team Xbox as Director of Executive Communications. Together, we will continue to extend the joy and community of gaming to people everywhere.
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