亚马逊研究奖获奖名单出炉：王晋东等26位华人入选

Core Insights - The Amazon Research Awards (ARA) announced 63 recipients, including 26 Chinese scholars from 41 universities across 8 countries, aimed at funding multidisciplinary research topics [1][2]. AI Information Security - Eight researchers in AI information security received awards, with three being Chinese scholars [3]. - Zhou Li from the University of California, Irvine, focuses on using LLM for precise and analyst-friendly attack tracing in audit logs [4]. - Yu Meng from the University of Virginia studies weakly supervised RLHF, modeling ambiguity and uncertainty in human preferences [5]. - Ziming Zhao from Northeastern University specializes in system and software security, network security, and human-centered security research [6]. Amazon Ads - Two awardees in the Amazon Ads research area are both Chinese [8]. - Xiaojing Liao from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign investigates attack methods on large language models, focusing on interpretable vulnerability detection and remediation [10][11]. - Tianhao Wang from the University of Virginia works on differential privacy and machine learning privacy, designing practical algorithms [14]. AWS Agentic AI - Thirty researchers were awarded in the Agentic AI category, including several Chinese scholars [16]. - Cong Chen from Dartmouth College aims to drive global energy transition through engineering methods based on optimization, economics, and modern machine learning [19]. - Chunyang Chen from the Technical University of Munich focuses on the intersection of software engineering, human-computer interaction, and AI [21]. Trainium Development - Twenty awardees are involved in research related to Amazon's Trainium AI chips, with several being Chinese researchers [49]. - Kuan Fang from the University of Minnesota works on NetGenius for autonomous configuration and intelligent operation of next-generation wireless networks [50]. - Shizhong Han from the Lieber Institute focuses on revealing the genetic basis of brain diseases and translating genetic discoveries into new treatments [55]. Think Big Initiative - Three researchers were awarded under the Think Big initiative, which supports transformative ideas in scientific research, including one Chinese scholar [85]. - Tianlong Chen from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill utilizes molecular dynamics to empower protein AI models [88].