From Big Data to AI: An Industrial Perspective

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                        Joint Seminar
Big Data Institute Li Dak Sum Seminar Series on
                Big Data and Smart Cities
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Speaker:        Dr. Hongjiang Zhang
                Former Executive Director and CEO of Kingsoft

Title:          "From Big Data to AI: An Industrial Perspective"

Date:           Monday, 27 February 2017

Time:           4:00pm to 5:00pm

Venue:          Lecture Theater F (near lift nos. 25/26), HKUST

Abstract:

This talk will first review the driving forces, big data, computing power
and new algorithms, behind the breakthrough in AI in recent years, and
illustrate the importance of big data. It will showcase a couple of
scenarios where big data drives the significant breakthrough in image
analysis and object recognition. It will also discuss the future
directions and areas of applications that could lead to breakthrough in
the coming years.


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Biography:

Dr. Hongjiang Zhang was the Executive Director and CEO of Kingsoft Group
from Nov 2011 to Nov 2016, while concurrently being the director of
Kingsoft Cloud, Cheetah Mobile, Xunlei Ltd and 21 Vianet Group Inc. Before
Kingsoft, Dr. Zhang was the chief technology officer for Microsoft
Asia-Pacific Research and Development Group and managing director of the
Microsoft Advanced Technology Center, leading Microsoft's research and
development agenda in China. He was also an assistant managing director of
Microsoft Research Asia which he co-founded. His outstanding leadership
and achievements in both academia and business arenas earn him one of the
10 Microsoft Distinguished Scientists. Dr. Zhang is a Fellow of IEEE and
ACM, known for his media computing, video and image content analysis and
search, receiving the 2010 IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement
Award, 2012 ACM SIGMM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, and 2008
"Asian-American Engineer of the Year" award. Holding close to 200 US and
international patents, he has authored four books and over 400 scientific
papers, many become classic references and are heavily sited.