TapTechNews August 26th news, Huawei announces the official launch of the Huawei AI Hundred Schools Program, aiming to help college teachers and students deal with challenges such as insufficient computing power resources faced in scientific research innovation and talent cultivation in the AI field.
The main scenarios funded by this program include: scientific research innovation and basic AI technology research of college teams with in-depth research and influence in the AI field, projects that cooperate with Huawei to solve industrial technical problems through technical cooperation, and talent cultivation carried out by colleges in the AI field.
Based on the scenarios involved in the application project, such as AI operators, algorithms, model inference, large model training, etc., applications can be submitted online. Huawei will review from the dimensions of project goals, project value, innovativeness, advancement, and influence on the industry and ecosystem.
TapTechNews noted that for the finally approved projects, there is an opportunity to obtain Ascend Cloud AI computing power resources support ranging from $7,600 to $152,000 annually (approximate values based on exchange rate).
Dr. Zhou Hong, the president of Huawei's Strategic Research Institute, said: We are well aware of the challenges faced by college teachers in AI research and teaching. The 'Huawei AI Hundred Schools Program' not only aims to provide strong technical support, but also hopes to help everyone better promote scientific research innovation and cultivate more AI talents in the form of Ascend Cloud service computing power support. Through AI empowerment, let everyone better display their talents and bring more vitality to future technological innovation and social development. We sincerely invite all teachers to actively apply and jointly participate in this strategic AI ecosystem program.