(Shanghai Comprehensive News) Tang Xiaoou, the founder of Chinese artificial intelligence giant Shang Tang Technology, died at the age of 55.
Shangtang Technology's official WeChat public account on Saturday (December 16) issued a confession stating that the founder of the company, artificial intelligence scientist, director of Pujiang Laboratory, director of Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and professor of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Died at 11.45 at 11.45 nights on Friday (December 15).
称 said that Professor Tang Xiaoou is an outstanding representative of China's artificial intelligence field. He dedicated all his energy to computer scientific research, actively promoted the development of original technology, and made outstanding contributions to the development of science and technology in the field of artificial intelligence in China.
说 说 said that he has carefully trained students for more than 20 years.They will inherit the spirit and concept of Professor Tang Xiaoou, and go forward on the road of developing artificial intelligence.The prosecution also said that the company's mission of the company "adheres to originality and allows artificial intelligence to lead human progress." It will inspire all Shang Tang people to climb the peak to complete his unfinished cause.
According to public information, Tang Xiaoou was born in Anshan, Liaoning in 1968. He has a bachelor's degree in the University of Science and Technology of China and a master's degree in the University of Rochester.He obtained a PhD in Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996 and was first exposed to machine vision and face recognition algorithm.
Tang Xiaoou returned to China in 1997 and joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong to teach.In March 2014, Tang Xiaoou's team published a face recognition algorithm, obtained angel investment, and established Shangtang Technology.The company has received investment in well -known enterprises such as Alibaba and SoftBank.In December 2021, Shang Tang was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Tang Xiaoou is also a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and participated in the two sessions of March this year.
Chinese media reported that he spoke funny and empathetic. He had publicly opposed the "wolf culture" proposed by Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei.He said that the culture of Shang Tang was a "sheep" with compassion and empathy, and showed a photo of AI synthetic zebra sheep in a meeting.
Some markets are worried that the news of Tang Xiaoou's death may further combat Shang Tang's performance in the stock market.Affected by the downturn of the Hong Kong stock market and the short -term shortcomings, Shang Tang's stock price fell 44%over the past six months.
At the end of November, the United States short -term Grizzlies issued a report that Shangtang had exaggerated income through means of affiliated transactions and other means, and said that the company had a deep contact with the government, and a large number of contracts were paid, resulting in the rise in Shangtang's stock price.Shangtang Technology claims that the report is not foundable.
The United States accused Shang Tang in 2019 to assist the Chinese government on large -scale monitoring of Xinjiang, and included Shang Tang on the entity list. In December 2021, it was included in a black investment black on the grounds of "infringement of human rights".The list caused Shang Tang to postpone the IPO time.
