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PolyU Promotes High-impact R&D Intellectual Property Seminar - Alibaba’s The Computing
Conference 2017
Collaboration and Fostering Innovation Building Strong Patent Foundations:
and Entrepreneurship for the Benefit of Invention Disclosure
the Society

Date Date
25 Sep 2017 11 Oct 2017

Abstract Speaker

The Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Forum Luncheon • Prof Zhang Lei, Chair Professor of Computer Vision
is jointly organised by the Ministry of Science and Technology and Image Analysis, Department of Computing, PolyU
(MOST) of the P. R. China, the Innovation and Technology
Bureau of the Government of HKSAR and PolyU at the Hong
Kong Science Park. Around 300 government officials and Abstract
representatives from universities, research and enterprises of
the two places attended. Prof Zhang Lei was invited to deliver a keynote speech in the
Alibaba Innovative Research Session at Alibaba’s Computing
Themed “Promoting High-impact R&D Collaboration and
Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the Benefit of Conference 2017 held at Hanzhou. His topic was “Insights on
the future of Visual Intelligence”.
the Society “, the Permanent Secretary for Innovation and
Technology, Mr. CHEUK Wing Hing, gave the opening remark Hosted by Alibaba Group, the Computing Conference is a
saying that the luncheon greatly encourage the collaboration renowned worldwide event in the field of cloud computing.
between Hong Kong and the Mainland on the innovation and The conference covers all the latest trends in Big Data, IoT,
technology front. artificial intelligence, infrastructure and healthcare, etc.
Ir Professor Ping-kong Alexander Wai, Vice President To develop industry-academic collaborations, Alibaba –
(Research Development) of PolyU said that PolyU is keen on PolyU Big Data & Cloud Computing Collaborative Platform has
developing a close relationship with Government and industry been formed. Subsequent co-operations include Technology
to promote high-impact R&D collaboration a mutually Forum on Big Data and Cloud Computing Technologies,
beneficial partnership to benefit the society. PolyU’s funding granted from Alibaba Innovative Research
(AIR) program, and technology meetings from time to time.

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