Yong Jiang
Senior Algorithm Expert, Ph.D.
Tongyi Lab, Alibaba Group
Hangzhou, China
Email: jiangyong.ml@gmail.com | Google Scholar
I am a Senior Algorithm Expert at Tongyi Lab, Alibaba Group, where I lead a team building the next generation of deep research agents. My research focuses on Large Language Models (LLMs) and Agents.
I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences & ShanghaiTech University in 2019. I was a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley in 2016.
I have published 150+ papers in top-tier conferences including ACL, EMNLP, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, and AAAI. My work has received multiple best paper awards and outstanding paper awards.
News
- [Sep 2025] Launched Tongyi DeepResearch - achieved 17,000+ GitHub stars and ranked #1 on GitHub trending for two weeks!
- [Sep 2025] Selected for Hangzhou City Youth Assault Team (杭州市市级青年突击队).
- [Nov 2024] Selected for Zhejiang Province Innovation and Effectiveness Competition Gold Award (浙江省创新创效大赛金奖), ranked 1st in the province.
- [Oct 2024] Received NLPCC 2024 Outstanding Paper Award!
- [May 2024] Selected as Alibaba Group May 4th Youth Representative for New Quality Productivity (阿里巴巴集团五四青年-新质生产力).
- [Jun 2023] Received ACL 2023 Outstanding Paper Award (39/1074)!
- [May 2023] Winner of 9 SemEval 2023 Shared Sub-Tasks and Best System Paper Award!
Research
My research focuses on Retrieval-Augmented Language Models, Agentic AI Systems, and Knowledge-Enhanced NLP. I am particularly interested in developing autonomous agents that can perform complex reasoning and research tasks.
Current Research Directions:
- Deep Research Agents: Building autonomous agents capable of conducting comprehensive research across web-scale information (e.g., Tongyi DeepResearch, WebWalker, WebSailor, AgentFold)
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG): Developing advanced RAG systems for AI search, query rewriting, and semantic ranking
- Knowledge-Enhanced Entity Understanding: Improving named entity recognition, relation extraction, and entity linking through external knowledge retrieval
- Agentic Intelligence: Scaling agents via continual pre-training and environment scaling toward general agentic intelligence
Key Projects:
- 🔬 Tongyi DeepResearch: Open-source deep research agent suite with 17,000+ GitHub stars, ranked #1 on GitHub trending
- 🔍 Qwen AI Search: Full-stack AI search system serving millions of daily API calls with +18% relevance improvement
- 🤖 17 Specialized Agents: Including ZeroSearch, WebWalker, WebSailor, WebWeaver, AgentFold, and more
Selected Publications
For a complete list of publications, please visit all publications or my Google Scholar profile.
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Awards and Honors
- 2025: Hangzhou City Youth Assault Team (杭州市市级青年突击队) - 1/15 in Hangzhou
- 2024: Zhejiang Province Innovation and Effectiveness Competition Gold Award - 1st in the province (1/27)
- 2024: Alibaba Group May 4th Youth Representative - New Quality Productivity
- 2024: NLPCC 2024 Outstanding Paper Award (6/194)
- 2023: Winner of 9 SemEval 2023 Shared Sub-Tasks (1/30+ competitors)
- 2023: ACL 2023 Outstanding Paper Award (39/1074)
- 2023: SemEval 2023 Best System Paper Award (1/301 accepted papers)
- 2022: Winner of 10 SemEval 2022 Shared Sub-Tasks (1/30+ competitors)
- 2022: SemEval 2022 Best System Paper Award (1/221 accepted papers)
Academic Services
Area Chair: EMNLP 2024/2025, NAACL 2024/2025, IJCAI 2024, ARR
Reviewer: ICLR, ICML, NeurIPS, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL (each year)
Research Group
I'm looking for motivated students at all levels. If you're interested in working with me, please email me with your CV and research interests.