Qi He is the Head of AI and VP at Nextdoor, leading 3 groups of talents in Machine Learning, Data Science and Data Platform for accelerating the cultivation of a kinder world with data-driven intelligence. His org directly drives unique personalized neighborhood and customer experiences by developing advanced ML and generative AI technologies, conducting rigorous data science research and analytics, building comprehensive local knowledge graphs, and establishing reliable and flexible data and ML platforms.

Qi is a technical leader in AI and its business applications, with a track record of 20 years of experience leading and executing large complex AI projects, as well as innovating and constructing necessary AI technologies to achieve business impacts. He serves as a Steering Committee member of ACM CIKM and an advisory board member of Neurocomputing Journal. He held many editorial and conference chair positions, including Associate Editor of IEEE TKDE and Neurocomputing Journal, General Chair of CIKM 2013, and PC Chair of CIKM 2019, while also served as a (senior) program committee member of SIGKDD, SIGIR, WWW, CIKM, and WSDM for over a decade. Qi has published over 70 papers and patents with over 7000 citations to date. He received the 2008 ACM SIGKDD Best Application Paper Award and the 2020 ACM WSDM 10-year Test of Time Award. Qi is an IEEE Fellow, ACM Distinguished Member and was featured as the People of ACM in February 2021