Prof.Dr.FeiyuXu

Prof. Dr. Xu Feiyu is a Non-Executive Director at Airbus Group. She was appointed as Univ.-Professor of Industry AI at the German University of Digital Science in April 2025. In 2024 and 2025, she further expanded her leadership and advisory roles: she became a Non-Executive Director of the Zühlke Group, CEO of Amber Iris AI Consulting GmbH, and Senior Advisor to A.T. Kearney. In early 2025, she was also appointed as a Member of the Supervisory Board of Siemens Energy Group.

Prof. Xu is also a co-founder of nyonic, which focuses on establishing large-scale language models to provide generative artificial intelligence applications and solutions across various industries globally. Before co-founding nyonic, Prof. Xu held prestigious roles including Senior Vice President and Global Head of Artificial Intelligence at SAP SE and Vice President and Head of the Artificial Intelligence Lab at Lenovo Group. In these capacities, she was instrumental in guiding the full spectrum of innovation, from foundational research and AI development to productization and market introduction.

Prof. Xu embarked on her academic journey in Computational Linguistics at Saarland University, Germany, where she conducted doctoral research on Natural Language Processing (NLP). This work laid the groundwork for her extensive contributions to the field. Her career has been marked by several recognitions, including the Google Focused Research Award 2013. She was Principal Researcher at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI).

In 2019, Forbes China listed her among the Top 50 Women in Tech, acknowledging her influence and contributions to technology. By 2021, Prof. Xu was recognized by Handelsblatt, as one of the 100 women driving innovation in Germany. In 2023, Handelsblatt named her one of the most influential figures in Germany.