SHANGHAI universities are launching programs to boost research and education on artificial intelligence to meet the shortfall of quality AI
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Fudan University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University organized a forum on AI
themes yesterday in conjunction with the World Artificial Intelligence
Conference being held in the city. At Fudan, top-notch scientists like
Colin Blakemore, director of the Center of the Study of the Senses in
the School of Advanced Study of the University of London, and Michael
Levitt, a 2013 Nobel laureate for chemistry, and industry
representatives gathered to discuss prospects and challenges of AI
development and the fusion of AI and neurosciences, big data and
interactive robots.
At Shanghai Jiao Tong, scientists focused on the advanced theory and cutting-edge applications of AI and the role
they can play in the real economy. The university unveiled a doctoral AI
class yesterday in hopes of nurturing high-end talent in AI. Meanwhile,
the university also said it would launch an undergraduate degree in AI
next year.
Fudan also signed an agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US to set up a Yangtze Delta machine
intelligence innovation center. It will also jointly set up a
deep-learning lab with Qiniu Cloud, a leading enterprise cloud service
supplier in China.
The Shanghai university also said that undergraduates would be able to work toward a degree in AI from 2019. So
far, at least 13 universities in Shanghai are offering AI education
programs. It is estimated there is a shortage of over 5 million AI
professionals in China and there is demand for AI technology developers,
engineers and academic researchers, industry sources said.
