Focusing on the new direction of mathematics and physics, Shanghai universities have established a new cross-professional college 3, from artificial intelligence finance to mathematical statistics
In late April, the School of Artificial Intelligence of Shanghai Jiao Tong University was established, becoming the third new school established in the past month after the School of Integrated Circuits and the School of Psychology. The two major schools are directly connected to the three leading industries, and the School of Psychology The college also focuses on “AI” features. With this "new wave" of interdisciplinary majors, from East China Normal University to Donghua University, new colleges in Shanghai universities have further focused on new directions in mathematics and physics.
On May 31, a large vertical model of AI finance served as a financial intelligence analyst named Jason. "He" responded to the developer's on-site questions and generated a detailed research report on the listed company Kweichow Moutai in less than 10 seconds. As one of the major model developers, the Shanghai Institute of Artificial Intelligence Finance of East China Normal University was announced, becoming the first education and research institution built around the cross-border intersection of artificial intelligence and finance. Just a few days ago, Donghua University also opened the School of Mathematics and Statistics and the School of Physics at the Songjiang campus.
"Shanghai is accelerating the construction of the 'Shanghai Highland' for artificial intelligence, promoting artificial intelligence to empower thousands of industries, and accelerating the creation of a world-class artificial intelligence industrial cluster." Tang Wenkan, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Economic and Information Working Committee, said that currently, a large number of financial institutions are focusing on The birth of large-scale vertical models in fields such as manufacturing and manufacturing is accelerating, and Shanghai's AI industry is entering a period of concentrated explosion. The Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Institute of Finance meets the real needs of high-quality development of financial services for the real economy and has become an important measure to promote the "two-way rush" of artificial intelligence and finance in Shanghai.
Chang Qide, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in China, who came to Shanghai to witness the establishment of the new institute, believes that in the remaining six years, the world still has a long way to go to achieve the ambitious goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and AI will play a vital role in the future of sustainable development. It is a powerful tool, but it still faces a series of risks such as uneven distribution of digital resources. A global artificial intelligence governance framework should be quickly established to ensure its fairness and accessibility and ensure that everyone benefits from AI applications.
It is worth noting that the new college has the characteristics of both new engineering and new liberal arts, and has two research centers - the Artificial Intelligence Finance Research Center and the Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Governance Research Center. The former develops advanced models to identify, quantify, predict and mitigate systemic risks in the application of advanced artificial intelligence technology, and plans to release the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Financial Index and annual report; the latter promotes research on cutting-edge issues in global philosophy, politics and economics in the AI era. , discussing important issues such as data privacy and security, algorithm fairness and transparency, and trustworthy artificial intelligence.
According to Professor Shao Yilei, dean of the Shanghai Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Finance, the new institute has set up a master's program in artificial intelligence finance, an MBA program in artificial intelligence finance and an artificial intelligence doctoral program. The pilot project will start in September this year and will be officially launched next year. The course will cover: general courses on artificial intelligence and large language models, basics of machine learning/neural networks, application of artificial intelligence in finance, financial large language model laboratory workshops, socioeconomic and ethical impacts of artificial intelligence, and artificial intelligence technology Compliance management, artificial intelligence leadership and change management in finance, etc.
Li Lihui, former president of the Bank of China, believes that smart finance is still in the early stages of technological development. In the future, it is necessary to provide highly realistic and humanized financial services with human-computer interaction, strengthen digital economic governance that pays equal attention to security and efficiency, and promote the development of smart finance. Healthy and sustainable development. Max Tegmark, director of the Institute for the Future of Life at MIT, said that in the future, it is necessary to formulate artificial intelligence safety standards through exchanges and cooperation to promote the development of safe and controllable artificial intelligence, and to ensure that artificial intelligence technology benefits all mankind and realizes A win-win future.
Max Tegmark, professor at MIT and director of the Future of Life Institute, gave a report. Photo by Xu Ruizhe
At Donghua University, President Yu Jianyong, academician, successively unveiled two new colleges together with Distinguished Consultant Professor of Donghua University, Academician Li Daqian of Fudan University, and Wu Yizheng, Dean of the Department of Physics of Fudan University. It is reported that Donghua School of Mathematics and Statistics will further expand and strengthen its characteristic research directions, strengthen the construction of scientific research platforms, strengthen the social service function of the discipline, and actively explore new models for independent training of top innovative talents in basic mathematics disciplines. Donghua School of Physics will strive to carry out cutting-edge research and collaborative research in integrated circuits and other disciplines on the basis of existing discipline construction, and strive to cultivate new growth points in the discipline.
Serve the "science" and educate people for the "production". A reporter from Jiefang Daily and Shangguan News learned that according to the "Shanghai Implementation Plan to Strengthen the Accurate Supply of Talents in Key Fields and Dynamically Adjust the Scale of the Enrollment Structure of Colleges and Universities" issued this year, Shanghai will adopt a combination of incremental tilt and stock adjustment to gradually expand " From 2023 to 2026, the enrollment ratio of master's degree students in science, engineering, agriculture, and medicine will increase by about 5 percentage points, and the enrollment ratio of undergraduate students in science, engineering, agriculture, and medicine will increase by 10 percentage points. About a percentage point.
