Handsome appearance of global artificial intelligence is rare be short of, each district government is contended for roll out measure to attract talent settle, hong Kong should be driven start division, development relevant industry, natural cannot sit by and watch is paid no attention to. Company of garden of Hong Kong science and technology, Alibaba and business Shang Ji announce before the group is early, collaboration holds water " lab of Hong Kong artificial intelligence " (HKAI Lab) , expectation promotes AI field learned man and the communication of the person that do poineering work, or use academic gain to do poineering work further reach commercialize, assist at the same time breed this locality talent and newly established.
" lab " assist accelerator of AI newly established to plan 100 thousand dollar to aid financially exchange 6% equity
" lab of Hong Kong artificial intelligence " dispute seeks profit project, tripartite closes to invest even more ten million in all, run the mode with newly established accelerator, fund of the person that battalion transport fund does poineering work by business soup group and Alibaba's subordinate Alibaba is collective and responsible. Technical respect, business soup can offer deepness study platform reach share data to use, and Alibaba offers cloud technology to assist the machine study platform that reachs A Liyun.
▲ is special when E makes a speech, the month points to a Lin Zheng Hong Kong provides advantage and science and technology of innovation of latent capacity development, be in especially the technical domain of artificial intelligence, " lab of Hong Kong artificial intelligence " established body to show an official, produce, learn, grind, used cooperative drive.
Lab project is offerred at the same time " accelerator of newly established company " plan, the help of the respect such as resource of technology of the fund of newly established company to have latent capacity, artificial intelligence, network and working space. Plan to will be started in September this year, by a definite date 6 months, will accept application every year two rounds, the middle ten days of a month will accept first-run application this year in June, every rounds will pick company of about 10 newly established.
Lab garden of science of locate sanded cropland, selected enterprise can obtain the 100 thousand dollar that fund of the person that the Hong Kong in A does poineering work offers to aid financially, but need with the enterprise 6% equity are exchanged, can use the high-powered cloud operation that provides by A Liyun and artificial intelligence resource at the same time; Garden of Hong Kong science and technology is offerred include battalion business, promotion and company management to wait do poineering work breed assist, and 6 months office is avoided hire. In addition, selected enterprise can obtain group of the expert of artificial intelligence domain in lab advisory committee, poineering adviser to offer seek advice and suggest, also cooperate with business soup in organic meeting and A.
Cai Chongxin of round executive vice-chairman expresses the Babaji in A, alibaba inspects artificial intelligence to be core technology, orgnaization of subordinate research and development " amount to rub courtyard " also can join today the technology of second project is assisted. He shows Hong Kong proved its are breeding the environment of artificial intelligence respect and actual strength, poineering foundation of the Hong Kong in A will offer those who include fund inside to aid financially, let more youth can make poineering attempt.
The advantage that Shang Xiaoou teachs author of business soup group to praise this harbor to develop on artificial intelligence domain, point to Hong Kong esteem and protective intellectual property, there is group of 5 ascends one's life experience in having perfect legal system and 8 colleges school top-ranking institution of higher learning, have talented person of enough artificial intelligence scientific research, he is described is climate, favourable geographical position, person and assemble. In fact, the development of artificial intelligence technology of Hong Kong institution of higher learing also suffers admiration fully in the world, according to the whole world the statistic of Scopus of data-base of summary of the oldest index, the frequency that this locality university is cited in the whole world about the paper of artificial intelligence and whole world of its consequence rank the 3rd.
Artificial intelligence can produce new industry
CEO Huang Kejiang emphasizes garden of Hong Kong science and technology, artificial intelligence is not an industry, however one can produce an all sorts of industry application down to the platform of more and burgeoning industry, now of second collaboration set " lab of Hong Kong artificial intelligence " be this one platform, offer resource and opportunity to use a test for this locality newly established the applied setting of all sorts of applicable AI, or it is the company that uses AI technology of purpose also have not cannot. His citing, if nobody drive, chatting robot (face of Chatbot) , person differentiates reach retail trade to wait for the appropriate setting that believing all is AI application.
Huang Kejiang add says, long-term the professor that hopes to be institution of higher learing more and senior researcher cooperate and provide resource, the academic gain that hopes they can be had on hand of by means of is OK be apt to uses a lab this platform and the resource in the center, science research product is turned and commercialize, it is to encourage them to do poineering work by oneself even. He points to again, it is second project cooperates by tripartite, it is the investment of ten million level for certain, scientific garden besides providing the infrastructure such as the office and computer, more important is to doing poineering work breed a plan to go up all the time since the administrative experience of effective and method, the newly established enterprise that can be the person that do poineering work and different level brings appropriate help.
▲ Zun Qi, CEO Huang Kejiang all agrees with Luo Meiqi of week of total a secretary in charge of sth of fund of the person that the Hong Kong in Shang Hailong of general manager of business soup group, A does poineering work and garden of Hong Kong science and technology the Hong Kong development on artificial intelligence domain latent capacity.
Shang Hailong of general manager of business soup group is compensatory, level of learning of Hong Kong school is remarkable, senior AI talented person is much, although be in Asian area also belong to front row, disrelish a bit on zoology environment nevertheless defective, newly established also has certain difficulty in technology and capital respect, accordingly he suggests Hong Kong scientific research can consider butt joint home market.