On January 14, the 2021 project launch meeting of the “New Generation Artificial Intelligence” Major Project of Science and Technology Innovation 2030 was held online.

The “Research on Causal Reasoning and Decision Theory Model” jointly applied by Guangdong University of Technology and Shantou University has been founded by the “New Generation of Artificial Intelligence” Major Project of Science and Technology 2030. Among them, Prof. Fan Zhun, director of Guangdong Key Laboratory of Digital Signal and Image Processing Technology of the STU College of Science, received 2.2 million RMB as the project leader, and Dr. Li Wenji received 300,000 RMB as the sub-project leader.

The major project of “New Generation Artificial Intelligence” in Science and Technology Innovation 2030 is major project launched by the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2018 under the guidance of the New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan issued by the State Council. The main goal is to seize the major strategic opportunities for the development of artificial intelligence, build the first-mover advantage of China’s artificial intelligence development, and accelerate the construction of an innovative country and a world scientific and technological power.

Over the years, Prof. Fan Zhun’s team from STU College of Engineering has worked closely with academic institutions in Europe, the United States, Russia and other countries, the University of National Defense Science and Technology, Guangdong University of Technology, South China University of Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing University of Technology and other universities foreign and domestic, in the field of artificial intelligence and robotics. In the opening year of the 14th Five-Year Plan of Shantou University, Prof. Fan’s team made a good start in major scientific research projects, which showed that STU’s work in the field of artificial intelligence and robots has been highly recognized by its domestic counterparts and reached a new level.