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On December 16, it was reported that after a number of people familiar with the matter and Tencent, Phoenix and other media sources confirmed, Tang Xiaoou, founder and chairman of SenseTime, unfortunately passed away in his sleep on December 15 at the age of 54!
The unexpected death of Tang Xiaoou, the founder and chairman of SenseTime, is regrettable, and his sudden death has brought grief to the field of artificial intelligence. Tang Xiaoou's attainments in the field of computer vision are quite profound, especially in the subdivision of face recognition, and he is a "pathfinder".
It is reported that Tang Xiaoou graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1990, and then obtained a master's degree from the University of Rochester in the United States, and then a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked at Chinese University of Hong Kong and founded the Multimedia Laboratory of Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2001. After that, he worked at Microsoft Research Asia and Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, where he accumulated rich research experience.
In 2014, Tang Xiaoou founded SenseTime, a company that originated from the artificial intelligence laboratory of Chinese University of Hong Kong. In the five years since its founding, SenseTime has raised $2.2 billion in financing, of which SoftBank China has invested $1 billion, raising its valuation to $6 billion. According to 2019 data, SenseTime's latest valuation reached 40 billion yuan.
In terms of multiple vertical business segments, SenseTime has a leading market share, covering smartphones, internet entertainment, automobiles, smart cities, education, healthcare, retail, advertising, finance, real estate and other industries.
In the field of face recognition, the achievements of Tang Xiaoou's team are milestones. In 2014, SenseTime released the GaussianFace face recognition algorithm, which achieved an accuracy rate of 98.52% on the LFW database, breaking through the human eye recognition capability for the first time. In the same year, they began to publish the DeepID series of algorithms, which gradually improved the accuracy of face recognition to 99.55%. These achievements have made Tang's team a "pathfinder" in the field of computer vision.
At present, SenseTime's technology has been widely used in people's daily life, greatly improving their lifestyle. For example, the algorithm of Tang Xiaoou's research team has allowed machines to learn to "see clearly" and bring cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology into daily life.
Tang Xiaoou's death is undoubtedly a great loss, but the scientific research results he left behind will continue to contribute to the development of the field of computer vision. May the deceased rest in peace, and may his scientific research continue to bring benefits to human society.
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