Zhang Xiangyu, an outstanding scientist in the field of AI, rose to fame for his involvement in the ResNet research, which innovatively introduced residual connections and is crucial for modern deep learning models. As a member of the post-90s generation, he joined Jietuo Star, sparking industry attention. Zhang's academic achievements include achieving the best historical result for Xi'an Jiaotong University in a mathematical modeling competition and co-completing the ResNet research during his time at Microsoft Research Asia. The ResNet paper has been cited over 230,000 times, making it one of the most popular deep learning works of this century.