University of Hong Kong joins hands to embrace Artificial Intelligence in multi-disciplinary research

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Microsoft Hong Kong in May 2018 to form an Artificial Intelligence (AI) research partnership to incubate talent and encourage breakthroughs in various sectors by accelerating scientific progress and enabling data-driven research. Commenting on the memorandum, Professor Andy Hor, Vice-President, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Hong Kong stated HKU was glad to join hands with Microsoft in this AI partnership to enable the professionals and researchers at HKU to apply AI in research projects. Prof Andy noted that Healthcare and Fintech are the key industries in Hong Kong and that through this collaboration with the company, HKU students have the chance to equip themselves with knowledge of Data Science and AI. This will enable researchers to accelerate their professional development, she added. Cally Chan, General Manager of Microsoft Hong Kong said that the company's mission is to empower their partners in different industries to take a significant leap forward in accelerating digital transformation and achieve more.