Intel Helps Improve AI Talent Cultivation and Work with Microsoft to Promote Sustainable Planetary Development

Intel helps improve AI talent training and empower developers in all aspects

Join hands with Microsoft to promote the sustainable development of the earth

Beijing, April 22, 2021 – Today, Intel hosted a webinar on the theme of “Finding Good Leaders for Enterprises, Building a Stage for Talents” during the 52nd Earth Day to explore how high-tech companies can focus on AI Technology empowers talent development, introduces talents for enterprises, provides opportunities for talents, and builds a better earth ecology together. Dr. Chen Wei, Vice President of Intel’s IoT Business Unit and General Manager of China, Wei Qing, Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft (China), Liu Qian, General Manager of Baidu AI Technology Ecology Department, and Professor Jin Yaohui, Chief Engineer of Shanghai Jiaotong University Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, etc. The conference jointly analyzed the current situation of talent demand and training in the AI ​​industry, and discussed how enterprises can better use technical support and play a synergistic role to empower the development of AI talents. At the same time, Intel and Microsoft announced the “AI for Earth Heroic Dreams Gather, Micro AI Combat” Hackathon based on Earth Day 2021 to help more developers achieve self-growth and maintain the sustainability of the earth’s ecological environment through technological innovation developing.

Webinar on “Finding Good Leaders for Enterprises and Building a Stage for Talents”

In recent years, as an important driving force for the transformation and upgrading of the digital economy and a key blessing to stand out from a new round of technological competitions, the AI ​​industry has developed rapidly and has been elevated to a national strategic level. With the advent of the 5G era and the rapid development of IoT application technologies, cross-border and multi-field AI innovation cooperation has become the new normal. In the process of cross-domain AI technology application, there are very few cross-composite talents who not only have in-depth understanding of scenarios and businesses, but also are proficient in AI technology. In order to solve this problem, industry-university-research cooperation is aimed at precise training of AI talents.

For a long time, Intel has been committed to cooperating with ecological partners to provide developers with a good learning platform and project practice opportunities to empower developers to improve their technical level. During this process, Intel not only launched high-performance, easy-to-use, and widely-deployed developer software tools for a variety of hardware around the OpenVINO™ toolkit, but also released diversified resources to support learning certification and professional knowledge training. Developers have built a number of exclusive communities and a series of high-level events to empower the growth of Chinese developers and continue to output high-quality talents for the rapid development of enterprises.

Dr. Chen Wei, Vice President of Intel’s Internet of Things Business Unit and General Manager of China, said at the seminar: “Currently, there is a huge gap in AI talents in China, and the number of talents engaged in basic research is even more limited. Intel launched OpenVINO™ three years ago. tool suite, and founded the OpenVINO™ Chinese community in May last year, and based on this, the OpenVINO™ tool suite leader alliance was established. These measures not only established a platform for developers to communicate and learn, but also opened up the sinking and popularization of AI. Open a door. Relying on Intel’s extensive ecological influence and product technology leadership, developers can quickly draw resources, realize technology implementation, and get career assistance. I hope the industry can uphold the principles of co-construction of ecology, open source and openness, practical innovation, and technological orientation. The spirit of kindness has made continuous efforts for the development of China’s AI industry.”

Dr. Chen Wei, Vice President of Intel’s IoT Business Unit and General Manager of China, delivered a speech

In this seminar, Chen Xiansen, a computer science and technology student from Jimei University, Liu Jinlong, a computer vision engineer and AI product manager, and Sun Zefei, a student from Xiamen University, shared their insights on how to use the OpenVINO™ Chinese community and Intel’s OpenVINO™ toolkit to lead the way The experience of self-improvement achieved by the Alliance of Champions. Among them, Chen Xiansen served as a volunteer in the OpenVINO™ Chinese community, participated in the construction of the ROS OpenVINO™ open source project, and contributed a lot of code; in his work, he received technical, cooperation and landing support from Intel’s ecological resources, which enabled him to participate in various technical practices. At the end of the day, the OpenVINO™ toolkit was used to optimize model inference on the ROS robot platform, which provided convenience for the rapid implementation and promotion of robot AI products, and obtained the qualification to become a member of the OpenVINO™ toolkit leader alliance. As an in-service employee, Liu Jinlong actively participated in the OpenVINO™ developer dialogue column, technical article writing, community live broadcast and Q&A in the OpenVINO™ Chinese community; He was also promoted in the workplace and nominated as a member of the OpenVINO™ Tool Suite Leader Alliance; similarly, in order to improve his technical strength and achieve self-growth, Sun Zefei stood out in the competition and was awarded the opportunity to join the OpenVINO™ Tool Suite Leader Alliance , and won the ESDC Intel Cup Final Award for its computer vision-assisted Autoware autonomous driving project based on the OpenVINO™ toolkit. In addition, there are more developers who are continuously contributing content and working with Intel to create an open source and open technology exchange ecosystem.

At present, the rapid development of the AI ​​industry has accelerated the market demand for AI professionals. Facing the intelligent industry that is growing into a new engine of economic growth, it is urgent to speed up the training of relevant professionals. In the process of AI professional talent training, the combination of practice and theory is essential.

In this regard, Wei Qing, chief technology officer of Microsoft (China), said: “Science is continuous exploration, technology is continuous innovation, and engineering needs to be implemented. In the process of implementation, basic operation and maintenance, practicality, application, and the integration of the same industry. It is very important. Therefore, in the process of AI talent training, we should not only limit to theory, but also consider the implementation of technology. We are about to enter a great era, and the curtain has just been opened. I hope all developers can embrace With a people-oriented attitude, let AI technology make the greatest contribution to the well-being of mankind.”

In addition, as AI is a complete system that integrates computing power, algorithms, data, scenarios, and compliance, talent training for AI needs to cover all areas in the system. However, talent training has lagged behind in the enterprise stage. Therefore, AI talent training should be advanced to the stage of university, high school, and even junior high school, and it should be carried out through industry-university-research cooperation.

In this regard, Professor Jin Yaohui, chief engineer of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, said: “Talent training and education are inseparable. As a first-level discipline, many colleges and universities have been approved to offer relevant courses. Although AI talents are lacking, AI talents are cultivated. Healthy development is very important. Based on this, we took the lead in establishing the Magnolia Open Source and Open Research Institute. The basic slogan of Magnolia is ‘Participate in integration and lead with momentum’. An open source community platform that integrates algorithms, computing power, and scene compliance.”

Liu Qian, general manager of Baidu’s AI Technology Ecology Department, said: “China’s overall AI talent gap is large, and training is difficult, especially for compound talents who understand both AI technology and AI scenarios. We have created a suitable training system for different groups of people. Baidu is currently It has trained more than 1 million AI talents. In the next 5 years, Baidu’s goal is to cultivate 5 million AI technology and industrial talents to provide talent guarantee for the intelligent development of China’s industries. I hope all our technology developers have the courage to meet the challenges, Have passion to create, and have more technical beliefs to stick to.”

With the grand purpose of “creating technology that changes the world and benefiting everyone on the planet”, Intel has been actively undertaking corporate social responsibility for a long time, leading the healthy development of technology and industry, and expects to empower talents, contribute to society, and contribute to the development of technology through the power of technology. Humans create a better life. At the same time, Intel will, as always, continue to provide support for developers, an important force that changes the world, through its own technical expertise and ecological influence, and join hands with industrial ecological partners to create a greener and more sustainable development work hard for the ecology of the earth.