Lin Ma is now a Researcher with Meituan, Beijing, China. Previously, he was a Principal Researcher with Tencent AI Lab, Shenzhen, China from Sept. 2016 to Jun. 2020. He was a Researcher with Huawei Noah's Ark Lab, Hong Kong from Aug. 2013 to Sept. 2016. He was a Research Assistant with the Department of Electronic Engineering, CUHK, from Nov. 2008 to Jul. 2009.
He received his Ph.D. degree in Department of Electronic Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2013. He received the B. E., and M. E. degrees from Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2006 and 2008, respectively, both in computer science. He was a Visiting Student with the School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), from Jul. 2011 to Sept. 2011. He was a Research Intern in Microsoft Research Asia from Oct. 2007 to Mar. 2008.
He was a finalist to HKIS young scientist award in engineering science in 2012. He was awarded the Microsoft Research Asia fellowship in 2011. He got the best paper award in Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM) 2008.