per peter falk / columbo, "just one more thing"
not that i was at all concerned that the elmat dilly-dallied in engaging w/ the returning sovereign in deep africa, because there are plenty who would and are doing so, due to a wide range of motivations, from altruism to self-interest, and
unclear to me what if anything elmat can add to the uuummmmph if we are to believe the elmat who seems to believe that folks approaching and reaching any age is somehow bad news
but in any case, even as dispora talents are engaging w/ the returning sovereign, folks who presumably do not like chinese if we are to believe the elmat, are also engaging with the returning sovereign
am guessing also due to a range of motivations, from altruism to self-interest, and maybe because the returning sovereign is doing interesting things with what the elmat charges as copying
chinamoneynetwork.com
China’s Alibaba Hires Quantum Computer Scientist Mario Szegedy
Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has hired Hungarian-American computer scientist Mario Szegedy to join DAMO Academy’s quantum computing lab.
Alibaba launched the global research institute DAMO last October, to support the company’s plan to broaden its technological expertise beyond e-commerce. At that time, Alibaba said it plans to invest US$15 billion in foundational and disruptive technology and looks to recruit 100 talented researchers from around the world. The appointment of Szegedy is the first appointment of a prominent computer scientist to DAMO, according to a company announcement.
In his new role, Szegedy will lead research projects for quantum algorithms, especially their applications tied to machine learning and optimization problems. He will be based in the U.S. and report to the director of Alibaba Cloud Quantum Laboratory (AQL), Yaoyun Shi.
Before joining Alibaba, Szegedy was a professor at Rutgers University and former researcher at Bell Labs and AT&T Research, focusing on computational complexity, streaming algorithms and quantum computing. He is also a two-time recipient of the Godel Prize, winning the prestigious computer science award in 2001 and 2005.
Alibaba has been actively building up its quantum computing business and recruiting talents in the past few months. Last October, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) research institute and Aliyun, Alibaba’s cloud computing subsidiary, released a cloud platform for quantum computing. The platform offers users a development and testing environment for cloud-based quantum algorithms.
Last June, quantum computing scientist and professor at the University of Michigan, Yaoyun Shi, also joined Alibaba to head the tech giant’s quantum computing research. |
