Collaborators: Gaming AI with Haiyan Zhang
I’m delighted to be back in the booth today with Haiyan Zhang. When we last talked, Haiyan was Director of Innovation at Microsoft Research Cambridge in the UK and Technical Advisor to Lab Director Chris Bishop. In 2020, she moved across the pond and into the role of Chief of Staff for Microsoft Gaming. Now she’s the General Manager of Gaming AI at Xbox, and I normally say, let’s meet our collaborators right now, but today, we’ll be exploring several aspects of collaboration with a woman who has collaborating in her DNA. Welcome back, Haiyan!
ZHANG: Hi, Gretchen. It’s so good to be here. Thank you for having me on the show.
HUIZINGA: Listen, I left out a lot of things that you did before your research work