CUHK and Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Join Hands

The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have collaborated to set up the CUHK Artificial Intelligence and Interdisciplinary Research Institute to promote the development and innovation breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) and related interdisciplinary areas. On 27 September, the inauguration ceremony was held on CUHK campus while guests in Shanghai participated through a video conference.

The officiating guests included Prof. Rocky S. Tuan, Vice-Chancellor of CUHK; Prof. Tang Xiao-ou, Director of the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory; Mr. Alfred Sit Wing-hang, Secretary for Innovation and Technology of the HKSAR Government; Mr. Zhang Quan, Director of the Science and Technology Committee of Shanghai Municipal Government; Mr. Liu Zhi-ming, General Manager of Beijing-Hong Kong Exchange of Personnel Centre; Dr. Chen Heng, Director of the Department of Education, Science and Technology of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR; and Prof. Alan K.L. Chan, Provost of CUHK. Prof. Chan Wai-yee and Prof. Sham Mai-har, Pro-Vice-Chancellors of CUHK, together with relevant academic members of the University and the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, attended the ceremony on site and online.

The Institute will not only develop basic and advanced education programmes in AI, but also enhance the research collaboration and facilitate the establishment of joint platforms to meet the needs of expert training and to advance the development of academic research and biotechnology. The launch of the Institute will strengthen the ties between CUHK and the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory towards a long and sustainable collaboration to further explore new research areas and innovative projects.