The World Artificial Intelligence Conference ＂never ends＂, and key projects take root.
Cctv news Looking back on the development of Shanghai’s artificial intelligence industry in the past year, there are positive signals released almost every day: last year, all the key projects signed by the World Artificial Intelligence Conference landed, and the agglomeration effects of Xuhui Riverside, Zhangjiang Artificial Intelligence Island and Yangpu Changyang Chuanggu were obvious. The Advisory Committee and SAIL Awards were accelerated, and the awareness of empowering economic and social development with intelligent technology was forming a consensus.
Signing key projects at the conference
Focusing on the construction goal of Shanghai’s artificial intelligence development highland, in order to gather the world’s top innovation resources, expand international open cooperation, and promote the high-quality development of Shanghai’s artificial intelligence, Shanghai signed a number of global artificial intelligence innovation projects during the 2018 World Artificial Intelligence Congress, including industrial funds, research institutes, AI innovation platforms and AI innovation centers (laboratories).
These key projects are aimed at the key core areas of AI industrial chain, innovation chain and value chain, which can be roughly divided into three categories, namely, a group of leading domestic and foreign enterprises set up AI innovation centers in Shanghai, a group of high-growth unicorn enterprises landed and developed, and a group of Industry-University-Research cooperation agreements were reached.
In terms of innovation centers, Microsoft Research Asia (Shanghai) and Microsoft — Yidian artificial intelligence innovation institute carries out AI frontier basic research and key common technology research; Amazon AWS Shanghai Institute of Artificial Intelligence will gather the world’s top AI talents to participate in and develop the open source deep learning framework ecosystem; Baidu (Shanghai) Innovation Center focuses on innovative and entrepreneurial services such as big data and artificial intelligence, and fully opens more than 110 AI capabilities; Huawei, Ali, Tencent, Anmou Technology, Iflytek, etc. have all laid out in Shanghai … …
In terms of the landing of unicorn enterprises, Shangtang Technology has built a new generation of AI major computing platform, which can exceed 5 billion computing times per second in the future; The Daxie Technology Flexible Robot Project has settled in Minhang, which is expected to lead the next generation of robot industry changes; Youweishi Global Innovation R&D Center signed a contract with Baoshan to promote the construction of computer vision technology to empower smart city demonstration areas.
In terms of cooperation in Industry-University-Research, the Institute of Neurology of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Songjiang District Government signed the "G60 Brain Intelligence Science and Technology Innovation Base" to build a functional platform for brain science and brain-like intelligence; Shanghai Jiaotong University, Minhang District Government, Bokang Group and Lingang Group cooperated to build the "Shanghai Jiaotong University Artificial Intelligence R&D and Transformation Platform" to export AI innovation capabilities; Fudan Guanghua Lingang cooperated with MIT Global Industry Alliance to introduce MIT’s top experts and cutting-edge technologies to jointly build the Yangtze River Delta Machine Intelligence Innovation Center.
The contracted project is based in Shanghai, facing the Yangtze River Delta, spanning education, health, retail, transportation, manufacturing, service and other fields, injecting new vitality into the development of Shanghai AI industry.
AI energy radiation in many fields
The key projects signed by the conference are all excellent products.
Microsoft Asia Research Institute (Shanghai) and Microsoft — Yidian Artificial Intelligence Innovation Institute is one of the AI innovation centers set up by industry leaders in Shanghai, aiming at expanding high-level artificial intelligence research capabilities to Shanghai, exploring innovative cooperation mode to promote the digital transformation of government and enterprises, and promoting the accelerated development of a new generation of artificial intelligence technology in various industries in Shanghai.
On May 24th this year, Microsoft Asia Research Institute (Shanghai) and Microsoft — Yidian Artificial Intelligence Innovation Institute was officially unveiled, and the artificial intelligence talent training system was launched. "Military forces did not move, hay first. Artificial intelligence talents are very scarce now. Moreover, we need not only theoretical talents, but more importantly, talents who can practice and combine actual combat with theory. " Cai Xiaoqing, president of Shanghai Yidian Group, said.
Microsoft Shanghai Research Institute has also signed new cooperation projects with Lilly, Vision Technology, Lingang Group, China Foreign Exchange Trading Center and other enterprises, focusing on strategic cooperation in the fields of AI medical care, smart parks, smart homes and financial transactions.
Shangtang Technology, an artificial intelligence unicorn enterprise, is also making great strides in "Shanghai". After signing a strategic cooperation agreement with the Shanghai Municipal Government in November 2017, Shangtang Technology plans to invest no less than 6 billion yuan in Shanghai within five years to build four functional headquarters, including the global R&D headquarters.
At the 2018 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, Shangtang Technology and Xuhui District Government signed the "Shang Tang-Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Supercomputing Center Prototype Research and Development Project", and developed the world-leading prototype of the artificial intelligence supercomputer center with the Parrots deep learning platform independently developed by Shang Tang as the core, which will provide surging power for AI applications.
In the field of cooperation in Industry-University-Research, the "G60 Brain Science and Technology Innovation Base" jointly established by the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligent Technology of China Academy of Sciences and Songjiang District People’s Government is progressing steadily and is expected to be completed within two years. In the future, the base will include the research and development center of brain disease treatment methods, the evaluation center of brain disease efficacy and the new drug testing and analysis center, and become the leading frontier of brain science in the world.
The base is under construction, but the progress of scientific research is not affected. In January this year, the results of somatic cell cloning monkey model with biological rhythm disorder were released. Academician Gao Hongjun, director of the Frontier Science and Education Bureau of China Academy of Sciences, said that "G60 Brain Intelligence Science and Technology Innovation Base" hopes to introduce and train the world’s top scientists, speed up the research on the mechanism of severe brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and drug research and development, and strive to become a research highland of brain science and brain-like intelligence technology with global influence, and an experimental field for the transformation of related achievements.
Regional linkage to build the fast lane of industry
The signing of the artificial intelligence innovation project will boost the development of Shanghai’s innovation source and talent highland, and promote the implementation of industrial regional linkage.
Relying on the research and development advantages of Fudan University, Jiaotong University, Chinese Academy of Sciences and other institutions, Xuhui District has signed contracts with leading domestic and foreign enterprises and unicorn enterprises such as Microsoft Research Asia, Tencent and Shangtang Technology.
Xuhui District has successively issued the Three-year Action Plan for Building a New Highland of Artificial Intelligence with the Brand Made in Shanghai and the Implementation Measures for Building a New Highland of Artificial Intelligence and Building a New Engine of High-quality Development in Xuhui, and formulated and issued the "T Plan" for the construction of a new highland of artificial intelligence, forming a spatial layout of "one core, one pole and one belt".
Other districts are also actively responding. Pudong, Huangpu, Yangpu, Changning, Minhang, Qingpu, etc. have formulated policies to promote the artificial intelligence industry, and promote the development of the artificial intelligence industry from the aspects of key park construction, application scenario demonstration, and key enterprise cultivation.
For example, Pudong New Area focuses on Zhangjiang Artificial Intelligence Island as the core bearing area, and strives to build two artificial intelligence innovation-led development zones, Zhangjiang and Lingang, and realize artificial intelligence to empower the real economy by improving the service system and deepening application scenarios. Jing ‘an District takes Shibei High-tech Park as the carrier to promote the gathering of big data, cloud computing and other industries, highlight the construction of functional platforms and demonstration bases, and deepen the application of big data in urban management. Relying on various functional innovation platforms, Yangpu District has promoted the gathering of artificial intelligence enterprises, established an artificial intelligence venture capital service alliance, and actively cultivated the diversified innovation ecology of artificial intelligence.
Huangpu District mainly focuses on Industry-University-Research platform and innovative ecological construction, focusing on the application of artificial intelligence in financial, health, retail and other industries, as well as urban management, government services, people’s livelihood services and other scenarios. Changning District takes Bingu Artificial Intelligence Industrial Building and other industrial bases as the key carriers, and introduces a number of influential artificial intelligence enterprises such as Shenlan, Xijing, Hubo and Yanjin, constantly excavating application scenarios and optimizing the industrial environment. Minhang District gives full play to the advantages of its universities and other talents, and strives to build an artificial intelligence experience demonstration site through the construction of key parks such as Maqiao and Zizhu. Jiading District strives to build an intelligent manufacturing demonstration zone, promote the industrialization and system integration of intelligent equipment, and promote the innovation and industrialization of intelligent components. Songjiang District relies on G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor to promote the integration and development of artificial intelligence and industry through artificial intelligence industry fund and school-enterprise cooperation platform. Putuo, Hongkou, Qingpu, Fengxian, Jinshan, Chongming, Lingang and other regions have also combined their own industrial characteristics to give play to the leading role of artificial intelligence in industrial development and promote industrial innovation and development.
Nowadays, the ecological circle of artificial intelligence industry in Shanghai has gradually formed, and industrial development has entered the "fast lane". Shanghai has a considerable number of artificial intelligence core enterprises, ranking among the top in the country, and the "head geese effect" has been brought into play, and a development pattern led by key innovation demonstration zones such as Zhangjiang and Xuhui Riverside in Pudong and linked by Yangpu, Changning, Minhang and Jing ‘an has initially taken shape.
Optimize the artificial intelligence ecosystem
Facing the future, focusing on high-quality development, increasing economic density and promoting industrial agglomeration have become the government’s priority factors.
During the 2018 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, Shanghai issued the Implementation Measures for Accelerating the High-quality Development of Artificial Intelligence, which refined 22 tasks, providing institutional support and policy guarantee for the development of artificial intelligence industry from the aspects of industrial collaborative innovation, opening of data resources, talent team construction, and financial guidance and support.
In order to deepen the opening and application of data, Shanghai will formulate an open list of public data resources, open data information in key areas such as education, medical care and tourism to artificial intelligence enterprises in an orderly manner according to law, improve the supply of urban management scene resources such as transportation, and accelerate the new technologies, new products and new models to take root and blossom in this city.
In attracting talents, Shanghai has incorporated qualified artificial intelligence talents and core teams into the "Talent Peak Project", advocated "one person, one policy", and escorted the life, employment and entrepreneurship of talents, and equipped an internationally competitive career development platform. Shanghai encourages all districts to independently explore the life and employment protection measures of artificial intelligence talents in their own areas according to local conditions.
In terms of capital support, Shanghai will play the role of government investment funds to guide social capital to set up artificial intelligence development funds to provide capital and financial support for enterprise development. And set up a special fund for artificial intelligence. In 2018, two batches of 83 projects were supported, covering key areas such as AI chips, intelligent robots, intelligent driving, smart medical care and intelligent manufacturing. A number of innovative projects such as CAMBRIAN, Horizon, Youkede, Zhaoguan, Jingchen Semiconductor and Fudan University were shortlisted.
In addition, Shanghai plans to form about 60 artificial intelligence deep application scenarios, build more than 100 artificial intelligence application demonstration projects, and build a number of artificial intelligence characteristic towns and characteristic demonstration parks.
From August 29th to 31st this year, the 2019 World Artificial Intelligence Conference will be held in Shanghai Pudong World Expo Area and Xuhui Riverside Area, which will continue to play the role of a high-end cooperation and exchange platform, become a solid bridge connecting all walks of life in Industry-University-Research, and let artificial intelligence contribute to the high-quality development of a better life in the future.