On the afternoon of March 29, 2018, Nanjing University and the Nanjing Development Zone Management Committee held a signing ceremony at the Nanjing Municipal Government to jointly build the Artificial Intelligence College of Nanjing University and the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Institute of Nanjing University. The two sides will rely on the advantages of all parties, the integration of production, education and research, and the cooperation of "two landings, one integration".
It is understood that the Institute of Artificial Intelligence Innovation of Nanjing University will rely on the technology and talent advantages of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence, and plan to incubate and introduce no less than 50 companies and R&D institutions within five years.
Since the Dartmouth Conference in 1956, artificial intelligence and related technologies have been regarded by the outside world as something similar to "sci-fi". Until virtual simulation, mechanical automation and other technologies are gradually applied in the industrial field, many people believe that artificial intelligence is a feasible and huge potential technology.
With the improvement of computing power such as computers and chips in recent years, related industries such as computer vision, speech semantic recognition, and big data have also developed to a large extent. According to incomplete statistics, in 2017 alone, there were 384 investment events in the domestic AI field, the total investment has exceeded 62.2 billion yuan, and the core industry scale exceeded 70 billion yuan. It is estimated that in 2018, the scale of China's artificial intelligence market is expected to reach 23.82 billion yuan, with a growth rate exceeding 56%; by 2020, the core industry scale will exceed 160 billion yuan.
However, at the same time as the rapid development of the industry, problems such as the talent gap and the precise support of enterprises have gradually emerged. According to preliminary estimates, in 2017 alone, the talent gap has increased by 5.3 times or more compared to 2015.
As a world-class university in the A class, the computer science and technology discipline of Nanjing University is a key discipline at the national level, and it has the research direction of software and intelligence. In order to focus on the needs of enterprises and industry development, on March 5 this year, Nanjing University decided to set up an artificial intelligence college, and Professor Zhou Zhihua was appointed as the dean.
Zhou Zhihua is the head of the Department of Computer Science and Technology at Nanjing University. He also founded the Institute of Machine Learning and Data Mining (LAMDA) of Nanjing University and is the deputy director of the State Key Laboratory of Software New Technology. He is mainly engaged in artificial intelligence and machines. Research work in the fields of learning, data mining, etc. In addition, Zhou Zhihua is the only AAAI Fellow who has obtained a doctorate degree in mainland China.
At present, the relevant work of the college enrollment is being prepared. It is planned to set up two undergraduate majors of machine learning and data mining, intelligent systems and applications at the initial stage, and the enrollment scale is 60-100. In addition, due to the long-term foundation accumulation and practice of artificial intelligence talents, the Institute of Artificial Intelligence of Nanjing University also hopes to open the master's degree in the later period and recruit master's and graduate students.
Within five years, build a first-class artificial intelligence industry technology innovation centerIn fact, the establishment of a college does not completely solve the problem, because "talent" has a commonality: it takes time to cultivate.
In the current establishment of several colleges and universities, the initial enrollment plans include undergraduate and graduate students. In other words, this training time is as short as 3-4 years and as long as 7-10 years or even more. Obviously, this is not the case with the artificial intelligence industry.
Zhou Zhihua led the Nanjing University AI Institute to settle in Nanjing Development Zone
Therefore, in order to establish a more compact college-industry innovation chain, Nanjing University and Nanjing Development Zone Management Committee decided to build a frontier technology, common technology, application technology and industrial technology for research and development and public technology service platform based on artificial intelligence college. Such as the innovation base. In the initial planning, the five-year period, the Innovation Institute will:
Focus on building artificial intelligence R&D centers, public technology service platforms and artificial intelligence industry innovation centers;
It is expected that no less than 50 companies will be hatched and introduced (including enterprise R&D institutions);
Participate in the formulation of national and industry standards of no less than 5;
The number of relevant intellectual property rights for application and approval shall not be less than 40, and the conversion results shall not be less than 30; the number of accumulated service enterprises shall not be less than 50.
To this end, the Innovation Institute will rely on key disciplines and research platforms such as the Artificial Intelligence Institute of Nanjing University and the State Key Laboratory of Computer Software New Technology of Nanjing University to integrate the resources to build artificial intelligence R&D centers and artificial intelligence public technology service platforms. AI+ industry provides innovative technology reserves for technology transformation and industrialization, and personalized customized service for enterprises in need.
In addition, the Innovation Research Institute will rely on the innovative resources of the industry and the supporting advantages of the Nanjing Development Zone, and integrate resources to build an artificial intelligence industry innovation center and technology under the support of existing R&D centers and public technology service platforms. Innovation, results transfer incubation, project investment management and professional talent training activities.
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The artificial intelligence platform built by Nanjing Development Zone has cooperated with China Information and Communication Research Institute and Nanda, and it will accelerate the process of building artificial intelligence.
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