At 23:45 on December 15, 2023, Tang Xiaoou died in his sleep at the age of 55.
According to SenseTime news on December 16, Mr. Tang Xiaoou, a famous computer scientist, director of Pujiang Laboratory, director of Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, professor of Chinese University of Hong Kong, and founder of SenseTime, died in Shanghai at 23:45 on December 15, 2023, at the age of 55.
Mr. Tang Xiaoou was born in Anshan City, Liaoning Province in 1968 and graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China with a bachelor's degree in 1990. He received his master's degree from the University of Rochester and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
After graduating with a Ph.D., he joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and in 2001, he founded the Multimedia Laboratory of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Build a variety of deep models to solve different computer vision problems.
At the beginning of 2014, Facebook announced that its face recognition accuracy was close to that of faces, and just two months later, Tang Xiaoou's team released research results: based on the original face recognition algorithm, its accuracy exceeds that of human eye recognition. It is also the world's first computer algorithm that surpasses the recognition capabilities of the human eye.
Tang Xiaoou is still a "baby madman", in order to make up for the busy work and the lack of the role of a father, he has taken tens of thousands of photos of children, and the album covers every moment of children's growth.
When the number of photos reached thousands, Tang Xiaoou found it very difficult to find a certain photo. At that time, computer vision technology was not yet mature, so he decided to give it a try, so he called a few students and started working on what was called Photo Tagging. Computer vision technology is used to classify albums. Later, this technology was also widely used in photo albums.
"In terms of artificial intelligence, Chinese can be called a real global leader, and I am still very confident. Tang Xiaoou has always been very optimistic.
Tang Xiaoou's death is a huge loss in the field of Chinese artificial intelligence. His contributions will always be remembered, and his research and entrepreneurial spirit will continue to inspire the next generation of scientists and entrepreneurs as AI technology evolves.
May Mr. Tang Xiaoou rest in peace, and his thoughts and spirit will continue to lead the development of the field of artificial intelligence and create a better future for us!
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