Linfeng Zhang
Researcher · Founder
Now Founder and CSO, DP Technology
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Affiliations
Current
- Founder and CSO · DP Technology
Also named in the companies' announcements: Princeton
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About
Linfeng Zhang co-founded DP Technology in 2018 with Weijie Sun and is its chief scientist, leading technology and R&D. He studied at Peking University's Yuanpei College and did his PhD at Princeton under Weinan E and Roberto Car, working on statistical physics, molecular simulation and machine learning. In 2020 he was a core member of the Deep Potential team that won the Gordon Bell Prize.
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Selected work
- Deep Potential Molecular Dynamics: A Scalable Model with the Accuracy of Quantum Mechanics ↗
A neural network potential for molecular dynamics at close to quantum-mechanical accuracy.
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Founded
DP TechnologyScience models and AI scientists · 2018 · 7 rounds on record · Series C over 800M yuanBackground: Princeton PhD under Weinan E and Roberto Car (Deep Potential / DeePMD) (as the company's own announcements put it)
Co-founders: Weijie Sun
Backed bySource Code CapitalQiming Venture PartnersHillhouse / GL VenturesYuanjing CapitalBaidu Ventures
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