Industrial Applications of AI Technology

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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
Entrepreneurship Center
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Speaker:        Dr. Zhu Pinpin
                Founder and CEO of Xiaoi Robotics

Title:          "Industrial Applications of AI Technology"

Date:           Tuesday, 10 April 2018

Time:           4:00pm - 5:00pm

Venue:          Lecture Theater K (near lifts 31 & 32), HKUST

Abstract:

Xiaoi is a leading Chinese AI company that has been developing a
large-scaled AI business model in China with a wide range of AI systems
deployed in various industries like finance, telecom carriers, and e-Gov.
In this talk, the speaker will share his experience in expanding Xiaoi
from a company initially focused on intelligent customer service systems
to an all around AI company. He will discuss how to equip robots with deep
semantic understanding capabilities to deal with complex questions when
interacting with users.


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Biography:

Dr. Pinpin Zhu is the CEO and a co-founder of Shanghai Xiaoi
Robot Technology Co. (http://www.xiaoi.com/). Dr. Zhu received
his PhD in physics from Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has developed
dozens of patented products such as "Chatting Robot Systems", "SMS robot
systems" and "Smart Customers Service Devices". He is a member of the
"User Interface and HCI standard (SC35)" group under the National
Information Technology Standardization Committee. He was selected by
Forbes as one of the leading technologists driving China's AI revolution
(2017).