On the same day, Zhang Ying, chief engineer of Shanghai Economic and Information Commission, Li Yongzhi, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, Zhang Wen, president of Shang Tang Technology, and Cai Xiang, head of strategic mergers and acquisitions of Shang Tang Technology.
From left: Zhang Wen, Tang Xiaoou, Bruce Tidor, Richard Lester, Wu Qing, Li Yongzhi, Zhang Ying
Hope that MIT will have closer cooperation with Shanghai in the future
Wu Qing, deputy mayor of Shanghai, first welcomed MIT's visit. He said that Shanghai is working hard to build a national artificial intelligence highland. At present, about one-third of the AI talents in China have been brought together. Shanghai's integrated environment is more suitable for international talents to live in. Development and development. In addition to aggregating talents, Shanghai also has a very good AI industry base, a comprehensive database and a developed capital market, creating conditions for the industry's incubation and development. It is hoped that MIT will not only cooperate with Shanghai in the field of artificial intelligence, but also Explore opportunities in various fields such as education and research, and use Shanghai as the preferred place for cooperation.
Exchange site
Mr. Lester was very honored to be able to visit. He said that in fact, as early as the founding of MIT, Chinese students had already arrived at MIT in 1887. As of now, there are more than 800 Chinese students studying abroad at MIT, including 400 students. All of them are postdoctoral. Many of them learned to return to China, and they also helped the development of the national economy. He also believes that the future of MIT and China will be closer, and they are also looking forward to the Shanghai Municipal Government and Professor Tang Xiaoou. With the help, we will jointly explore opportunities for future cooperation, especially cooperation in the AI field.
During this visit to Shanghai, Mr. Lester expressed that he would also like to thank Professor Tang Xiaoou for his efforts in the middle. Shang Tang Technology and MIT have a deep relationship. Founder Tang Xiaoou, co-founder, Wang Xiaogang, Dean of Shang Tang Research Institute graduated from MIT. Obtain a doctorate degree.
About four weeks ago, MIT announced a new initiative in AI and launched the Intelligence Quest (IQ) project. Shang Tang Technology not only announced the establishment of the Artificial Intelligence Alliance with MIT, but also became the first company in the world to participate in the project. It is reported that The IQ project will take advantage of MIT's human brain research, cognitive science and computer science to promote the development of human and machine intelligence research. It aims to benefit all humanity.
Field 'inspection' of Chinese AI allies
On the same day, Mr. Lester went to Shang Tang Technology's new office on the bank of the Huangpu River in Shanghai to 'inspect' the Chinese AI allies on the ground. Under the guidance of Prof. Tang Xiaoou, Mr. Lester also experienced in depth experience in the DEMO experience area. AI technology and application, and watched the application case of Shangtang Technology computer vision technology in security, mobile phone, mobile internet, automatic driving and other fields.
In November last year, Shang Tang Technology signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the Shanghai Municipal Government in Shanghai. In March this year, large-scale group companies Shanghai Yidian and Lingang Group signed strategic cooperation agreements with Shang Tang Technology respectively to speed up smart cities in Shanghai. Industrial park planning is on the way. In the future, Shang Tang Technology will set up global R&D, smart cars, smart chips, smart education and other related headquarters in Shanghai to fully promote the application of artificial intelligence and core technologies.