UC Berkeley and Huawei enter AI research partnership
Huawei is to provide $1m of funding in a strategic partnership with the University of California, Berkeley, top go towards research into artificial intelligence subjects including machine learning, computer vision and natural language processing. Huawei’s Noah’s Ark Laboratory will work in tandem with Berkeley’s newly-founded Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Lab.

[Shenzhen, China, October 11, 2016] The Noah's Ark Laboratory of Huawei and the University of California, Berkeley, today announced a strategic partnership in basic research into artificial intelligence (AI). Huawei will provide a US$1 million fund to UC Berkeley for research into many subjects of interest in AI, including deep learning, reinforcement learning, machine learning, natural language processing and computer vision.

Through close cooperation, the Research and Development (R&D) teams of Huawei and the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab will strive to make significant breakthroughs in AI theories and key technologies. The two parties believe that this strategic partnership will fuel the advancement of AI technology and create completely new experiences for people, thus contributing greatly to society at large.

As one of the world's leading higher education institutes, UC Berkeley has profound expertise in machine learning and other AI domains. Its newly founded BAIR Lab brings together UC Berkeley researchers across the areas of computer vision, machine learning, natural language processing, robotics, and research planning. BAIR includes over two dozen faculty and more than one hundred graduate students pursuing research on fundamental advances in these areas as well as cross-cutting themes including multi-modal deep learning, human-compatible AI, and connecting AI with other scientific disciplines and the humanities. More information on BAIR can be found at the following link:http://bair.berkeley.edu/.

The Noah's Ark Laboratory is Huawei's research unit dedicated to AI, machine learning, and data mining. Founded four years ago, the laboratory has developed many leading technologies for deep learning, telecom big data analytics, telecom network control, flow data mining, and image data mining. These technologies have been widely used in Huawei's smartphones, telecom networks, and cloud computing products and services that create significant value for the company's customers.

The Noah's Ark Laboratory is now a world-leading research institute. More information on it can be found at the following link:http://www.noahlab.com.hk/