Dongmei Zhang

About

Dr. Dongmei Zhang is a VP and Distinguished Scientist at Microsoft Research. Her work spans data-driven software engineering, Data Intelligence, Cloud Intelligence (a.k.a. AIOps), agentic systems, and AI-native productivity. She is known for pioneering Software Analytics, advancing Data Intelligence for business intelligence and data-driven decision-making, and establishing AIOps as a research and engineering discipline for improving the reliability, efficiency, and manageability of large-scale cloud systems.

Over two decades at Microsoft, Dr. Zhang has held research and product leadership roles across Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA), STCA, and MAI-A. Her work has helped bridge research and practice through the transfer of innovations into products and services, including Azure, Microsoft 365, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, Windows, Bing, and Visual Studio.

Drawing on experiences across both research and product organizations, Dr. Zhang is interested in understanding how advances in AI can shape the future of computing and help translate new scientific discoveries into real-world impact. Her work explores the interplay between fundamental research, large-scale systems, and practical applications, while fostering collaboration across research and engineering communities.

Dr. Zhang received her Ph.D. in Robotics from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. She received her M.E. and B.E. from Tsinghua University.