Artificial intelligence gets boost

Jinan University and University of Birmingham set project in motion

Guangzhou-based Jinan University and the University of Birmingham in Britain are set to roll out programs to nurture young talent in the age of artificial intelligence and big data.

Located on Jinan University's Panyu district campus in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, the Jinan University-University of Birmingham Joint Institute officially enrolls students this September. It is taking in 120 freshmen from the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan and Sichuan, and Chongqing municipality, who will major in applied mathematics with economics, statistics, computing, or pure mathematics, says Hu Jun, president of Jinan University.