Si Qin

About

Si Qin is a Principal Researcher and Research Manager in the Data, Knowledge, Intelligence (DKI) area of Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA).  He has been dedicated to AI for IT Operations (AIOps) research and conducting decision-makings for building high-quality cloud services based on signal processing, machine learning, and optimization technologies.  The research technologies have been successfully transferred into multiple Microsoft product divisions, such as Microsoft Azure and Office 365.

Si Qin is a Senior Member of IEEE. Prior to joining MSRA, he conducted research in array signal processing and received his Ph.D degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Villanova University under the supervision of Prof. Yimin D. Zhang (opens in new tab) and Prof. Moeness G. Amin (opens in new tab) in 2016. He is a recipient of Best Student Paper Award at the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology (ICMMT), the first prize of the Student Paper Competition at the 2014 IEEE Benjamin Franklin Symposium on Microwave and Antenna Sub-systems (BenMAS), 2018 Young Author Best Paper Award from IEEE Signal Processing Society, and the 2021 European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP) Best Paper Award.