| Fudan University, B.S. | 1984 |
| Computer Science | |
| Fudan University, M.S | 1987 |
| Computer Science | |
| Carnegie Mellon University, PHD |
Dr. Qi Lu is executive vice president of engineering for Search and Advertising Technology Group at Yahoo where he leads development efforts around Yahoo’s Web search and monetization platforms. Prior to joining Yahoo in 1998, Dr. Lu was a Research Staff Member at IBM Almaden Research Center. Before that, Dr. Lu worked at Carnegie Mellon University as a Research Associate, and at Fudan University in China as a faculty member. He holds 20 U.S. patents, and received his B.S. and M.S. in computer science from Fudan University and his Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.