Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, announced that Dr. Qiang Yang, head of Huawei's Noah's Ark Lab, was elected a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) at the association's 27th annual conference, in Bellevue, Washington, USA, in July 2013.
The AAAI Fellowship is the highest honor awarded in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry, and recognizes a small group of AAAI members who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of AI. In 2013, the AAAI elected eight fellows from across the world, including Dr. Yang as the first AAAI Fellow from Greater China and the first Chinese national. Dr. Yang was selected as a result of his significant contributions to Planning, Data Mining and Case-based Reasoning in the field of AI. Dr. Yang is already a fellow of the institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
"I am very honored to have been elected as an AAAI Fellow," noted Dr. Yang. "I believe Noah's Ark lab will play a major role in Huawei's innovative research on artificial intelligence and big data research. Our work will help advance AI to the next level both in theory and practice, and at the same time, promote Huawei's leadership in the business of intelligent systems and big data."
The AAAI was founded in 1979 as a world-leading association on AI. In its early history, the organization was presided over by notable figures in computer science such as Allen Newell, Marvin Minsky, and John McCarthy. The AAAI is also runs the world's top conference on AI, with a network of 6,000 members worldwide.
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