On August 16, the "2023 Intel (China) Academic Conference" with the theme of "Combining, Gathering, Creating a Common IN Intelligent Era" opened in Nanjing. Experts and scholars were invited to talk about the cutting-edge trends of the technology industry, and to showcase scientific research results and technical solutions . This conference continues Intel's unremitting efforts to "gather energy for intelligence" and promote the integration and innovation of China's industry and academia.
Wu Wei, Deputy Mayor of Nanjing Municipal People's Government, Fan Xiangqian, Director of the Kylin Science and Technology Park Management Committee, Lu Jian, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Liu Ming, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sun Ninghui, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Wei Shaojun, Professor of Tsinghua University, Zhou Aoying, Vice President of East China Normal University, South China Xu Xiangmin, Vice President of the University of Science and Technology, Jin Hai, Professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wu Zhonghai, Dean of the School of Software and Microelectronics, Peking University, An Hong, Professor of the University of Science and Technology of China, Zhong Sheng, Dean of the School of Software, Nanjing University, and other leaders and guests attended the conference and discussed Wonderful perspective shared.
In the opening speech, Wu Wei, Deputy Mayor of Nanjing Municipal People's Government, said: "Nanjing is a megacity in the Yangtze River Delta and an important central city in the eastern part of the country. It has rich scientific and educational resources, a strong industrial foundation, a good business environment, and broad development prospects. It has always maintained a good cooperative relationship with Nanjing. Since its launch in 2003, the Intel (China) Academic Conference has become an important window for research and prospect of technological development trends, and a platform for promoting the combination of higher education strategy and industrialization. important platform."
Wu Wei, Deputy Mayor of Nanjing Municipal People's Government delivered an opening speech
Wang Rui, Senior Vice President of Intel Corporation and Chairman of Intel China, also said in the video speech: "From the 'first mile' focusing on frontier exploration to the 'last mile' focusing on commercial implementation, academia and industry are innovating. The chain is inseparable. For Intel, we will make better use of our advantages in semiconductor technology, software and hardware products, sustainable computing, and open ecology, and work with everyone to accelerate intelligence."
Wang Rui, Senior Vice President of Intel Corporation and Chairman of Intel China, delivered a video speech
In the keynote speech session, Song Jiqiang, vice president of Intel Research Institute and director of Intel China Research Institute, focused on the theme of "multi-dimensional technological innovation promotes a thousand-fold increase in computing power", and introduced how Intel continues to innovate through semiconductor underlying technologies such as manufacturing processes and packaging. As well as the exploration of future computing fields such as neuromorphic computing, integrated optoelectronics, and quantum computing, it will promote the exponential growth of computing power under high energy efficiency ratio. At the same time, Song Jiqiang also shared Intel's long-term practice in helping the cultivation of high-quality digital talents.
Song Jiqiang, vice president of Intel Research Institute and president of Intel China Research Institute, delivered a keynote speech
Wei Shaojun, a professor at Tsinghua University, published a paper titled "Computing Architecture in the AI Era: Dedicated or General-Purpose?" 》The report introduced how to configure, share, schedule and release more efficiently under the background that digital new things, new formats, and new models promote the diversified development of application scenarios, the scale of computing power continues to expand, and the demand for computing power continues to rise. More computing power.
Professor Wei Shaojun of Tsinghua University delivered a keynote speech
In addition, Zhou Aoying, Vice President of East China Normal University, Xu Xiangmin, Vice President of South China University of Technology, Dai Jinquan, Academician of Intel and Global CTO of Big Data Technology, Li Ying, Vice President of Intel Corporation and General Manager of Intel China Software Ecosystem Division, Academician of Intel, Chief Compiler Performance Architecture Shi Tian Xinmin and other guests also shared hot topics in the industry such as AI large models, big data, and open source software.
On the same day, Intel also held the "Intel Academic Talent Program" award ceremony. A total of 6 young talents from domestic universities and research institutes received technical guidance and bonus funding from Intel. Next, the "Intel China Academic Talent Program" will build a larger-scale industry and academia exchange platform by organizing technical seminars, academic salons, and capacity-enhancing forums. In addition, Intel announced the comprehensive launch of the "Intel Innovation Flywheel Program" to explore and excavate seed projects in academia, promote their industrialization, and promote the further upgrading of cooperation between industry and academia.
Whether it is the cultivation and development of digital talents, or the integration and innovation of industry and academia, neither is achieved overnight. Intel will continue to be committed to building a wider platform, promoting more exchanges and cooperation, from frontier exploration to commercial implementation, forming a stronger synergy, and promoting more innovations that meet local needs.