A Journey of AI: from Silicon Valley to Beijing, from Big Name to Startup

By 湾区同学技术沙龙(www.tech-meetup.com)

Date and time

Sunday, January 10, 2016 · 1:30 - 4pm PST

Location

Stanford University

Bioengineering & Chemical engineering, Room 104 443 Via Ortega Stanford, CA 94305

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Description

Title:

A Journey of AI: from Silicon Valley to Beijing, from Big Name to Startup

人工智能之旅:从硅谷到北京,从巨头到创业

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Event Link: http://tech-meetup.com/events/01-10-2016

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Abstract:

从中国到德国,从德国到硅谷,再从硅谷到北京;从研究机构到互联网巨头,再到创业 -- 余凯绕过整个地球,18年从事机器学习研发。2012年他回国,创建和领导了中国第一个深度学习研发机构 - 百度IDL(Institute of Deep Learning), 在语音,图像,搜索,变现,自动驾驶等方面做出突出贡献。2015年他再次起航,创立地平线机器人技术(Horizon Robotics), 继续探索人工智能的边界。 这次回到硅谷,他不但介绍国内在深度学习方面的一些最新进展,还将与大家分享这一路探索的思考和风景,也真诚期待大家的交流和碰撞。

Speaker’ bio:

  • Dr. Kai YU is the founder&CEO of Horizon Robotics Inc. He is a recognized pioneer and leader in deep learning and artificial intelligence. He was the founder and Head of Baidu Institute of Deep Learning (IDL) , the first and most established artificial intelligence R&D center in China industry. During his career at Baidu, his role also included Deputy Managing Director of Baidu Research, Director of Multimedia Department, and Senior Director of Image Search Department. The teams led by Dr. Yu have won 3 Baidu Highest Achievement Awards for significant contributions to voice search, computer vision, online advertising, and web search. He has launched a number of innovation projects, including Baidu Brain, BaiduEye, Baidu Autonomous Driving, DuBike etc. Dr. Yu is elected to China “Top 1000 Talents”, a prestigious group of technology leaders of the country. Dr. Yu has published around 60 papers with more than 10000 citations. He has received many awards, including the Best Paper Runner-up Award of ICML-2013, the First Place of PASCAL VOC 2009,and the First Place of ImageNet Challenge 2010. He is an Adjunct Professor of Nanjing University, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Before joining Baidu, he worked at Microsoft, Siemens, NEC, and was an Adjunct Faculty at Department of Computer Sciences at Stanford University. He received his B.Sc and M.Sc degree from Nanjing University and his Ph.D. degree from University of Munich.

Agenda:

1:30pm - 2:00pm: Reception and social time

2:00pm - 3:30pm: Talk and QA

3:30pm - 4:00pm: offline networking

Language:

Chinese

主办

湾区同学技术沙龙(www.tech-meetup.com

协办

南京大学硅谷校友会

瀚海硅谷科技园

硅谷清华联网

中国科技大学校友会创业俱乐部

浙江大学校友会海纳创新创业俱乐部

北京大学北加州校友会

武汉大学北加州校友会

东南大学硅谷校友会

吉林大学硅谷校友会

复旦大学北加州校友会

华人事业互助会

斯坦福中国学生学者联谊会(ACSSS)

北加州华中科技大学校友会

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湾区数年,来去间尽是同窗故旧。闲侃中发现,多年来,不少人的志趣依然相投。我们几位朋友合议下,于是有了这么个技术沙龙。我们定位于技术和业界方面的讨论,同时也提供一个机会大家碰碰面,聊聊天,互通有无。至于告知我们,我们可以商讨提­供讲座的机会;想要讨论某些方面内容的,请告诉我们,我们可以寻找相应的专家提供。
 

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