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AAAI Beijing Chapter was Officially Established


Professor Manuela Veloso, President-Elect of AAAI, attended the opening ceremony in Beijing on 20th October , 2011

The Beijing Chapter of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) was officially established in October 20th, 2011. Professor Manuela Veloso, President-Elect of AAAI, unveiled a plaque to the AAAI Beijing Chapter Academician Ruwei Dai, Professor Xuyan Tu from University of Science & Technology Beijing, Professor Fei-Yue Wang, Professor Derong Liu, Professor Chenglin Liu from Institute of Automation, Professor Zhongzhi Shi, Professor Hai Zhuge from Institute of Computing Technology, etc. attended the ceremony.

As the first Chair of the AAAI Beijing Chapter, Professor Fei-Yue Wang affectionately reminisced the applying progress since 2007 at the ceremony. Academician Ruwei Dai also looked back upon the development history of artificial intelligence in China. Professor Manuela Veloso briefly introduced the AAAI, and demonstrated some precious historical files during the early exchange activities with the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI).

The establishment of AAAI Beijing Chapter will definitely attract more domestic experts and scholars in artificial intelligence to work together to face the advancements and challenges, and start a new journey for artificial intelligence research in China.