NAS of Belarus and Jilin University of China will create a joint laboratory on AI and new technology n

The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and Jilin University of China signed an agreement on the establishment of a China-Belarus joint laboratory on artificial intelligence and new conceptual materials and technologies. This was reported by sb.by in the press service of the NAS of Belarus.

- During the working visit to the People’s Republic of China, the First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vitaly Zalessky held a meeting with the rector of Jilin University Zhang Xi. The key outcome of the talks was the signing of an agreement on the establishment of a China-Belarus joint laboratory on artificial intelligence and new conceptual materials and technologies.

The new structure is designed to become a strategic platform for combining the intellectual resources of the two countries in the most advanced fields of science, such as artificial intelligence and materials science, optoelectronics, new materials, biomedicine, mineral processing, laser physics and others. The project brings together leading scientific and academic institutions of Belarus and China.

On the Chinese side, the basic organization was the International Center for Future Science of Jilin University with the participation of specialized colleges of chemistry, physics, artificial intelligence, materials science, electronics, as well as the second university hospital. The Belarusian side in the project is represented by the leading scientific institutions of the NAS of Belarus: the Institute of Physics named after B. I. Stepanov (basic organization), the Scientific and Practical Center for Materials Science, the Institute of Powder Metallurgy named after Academician O. V. Roman, the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, and the Institute of Physiology.

Belarusian and Chinese scientists will focus on solving problems of critical importance for high-tech sectors of the economy.

- The creation of this laboratory is a powerful impetus for the introduction of innovations in the real sector of the economy. We combine competencies to accelerate the way from a laboratory sample to a high-tech product in demand in the markets of Belarus and China, as well as in third countries. Photo: NASB Press Service