The Academician Summit Forum, jointly organized by the School of Data Science at The Chinese University of Hong Kong，Shenzhen, the Shenzhen Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Research Institute (AIRS), and the Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Pattern Analysis and Perceptual Computing，was held in Shenzhen on Jan. 27, kicking off a series of activities of the School of Data Science that marks the 10th anniversary of the university.

With the theme of “AI + Science for Future Pattern Analysis and Perceptual Computing,” more than 150 guests from the government, academia, and research institutions gathered at the university to discuss how to assist artificial intelligence development in the new era through pattern recognition and perceptual computing.

The forum, chaired by Prof. David Zhang, member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Sciences and academician of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, invited Prof. Haizhou Li, academician of the Singapore Academy of Engineering, Prof. Qiang Yang, academician of the Royal Canadian Academy of Sciences and of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Prof. Wenfei Fan, foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, academician of the Royal Society, and academician of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Prof. Yi Pan, academician of the U.S. Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering, foreign member of the Russian Academy of Engineering, and foreign member of the National Academy of Engineering of Ukraine, Prof. Shipeng Li, member of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, and Prof. Rui Zhang, member of the Singapore Academy of Engineering, to give keynote speeches.

Artificial intelligence has become the core driving force for technological innovation and industrial change. Pattern analysis and perceptual computing, as important branches in the field of artificial intelligence, have greatly promoted the development of intelligent technology through applications in image recognition, speech processing, language understanding and among others. Future social progress and scientific development cannot be separated from the in-depth research and innovative applications of the core technology of artificial intelligence. Under such a background, the Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Pattern Analysis and Perceptual Computing and the School of Data Science of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen will focus on the new generation of AI technology, bring together top scholars from around the world, explore new methods of pattern analysis and perceptual computing, discover new applications of AI+Science, and promote the in-depth research and settlement of AI technology to promote the future development of science and social progress.