Research and Applications of the Bot Platform in Xiao-i

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                Joint Seminar
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The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Big Data Institute
Human Language Technology Center
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Speaker:        Peihua Chen
                Shanghai Xiao-i Robot Technology Co. Ltd

Title:          "Research and Applications of the Bot Platform in Xiao-i"

Date:           Monday, 25 March 2019

Time:           4:00pm - 5:00pm

Venue:          Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theater (LTF, near lift 25/26),
                HKUST

Abstract:

Xiao-i is a leading AI technology and application platform provider
headquartered in Shanghai, China. For more than a decade now, we have
focused on the research and development of the intelligent robots and
their effective deployment in corporate domains. In this talk, we will
present some key technologies and applications of our Xiao-i Bot platform.
In particular, we will discuss the fundamental NLP components that we have
built into the platform, and five standard bots implemented for the Bot
platform. We will also show some sample applications of the Bot platform
in some vertical domains.


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Biography:

Peihua Chen is currently a senior research scientist in Shanghai Xiao-i
Robot Technology Co. Ltd. He received his Ph.D. degree from Shanghai Jiao
Tong University in 2014, and joined Xiao-i in March 2016, working on
research and development of fundamental NLP tasks and related systems,
including NER, question answering, machine reading comprehension, etc. He
has published papers in journals and conferences, and has more than 10
patents either granted or filed and under review. Many of his research
results have been incorporated into key Xiao-i products, such as the
Xiao-i Scloud, and Xiao-i Bot Platform.