Westlake University
西湖大学
Westlake University is a research university in China with a notable footprint in AI and life sciences. Its faculty include assistant professor Ding Liu, a Harvard postdoc in neuroscience , and professor Lijia Ma, who heads a functional genomics and bioinformatics lab . The university has also become a launchpad for AI startups: it incubated Xinchen AI, founded in 2021 by Zhenzhong Lan—a former Google AI researcher who created ALBERT, a lightweight BERT variant—who joined Westlake in 2020 to lead its deep learning lab . Xinchen AI's self-developed "Xinchen Large Model" was benchmarked near GPT-3.5 on writing and reasoning tasks as of mid-2023 . Elsewhere's corpus does not cover the university's founding date, full scope, or non-STEM programs.
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Liu Ding: Artificial Intelligence vs. Biological Instinct
When Human "Hardware" Lags Far Behind "Software"
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Have you ever pored over the voice interaction in *Her*, dreaming of replicating—or even surpassing—that blend of intelligence and emotion?
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Oasis Capital Conversation with Professor Zhenzhong Lan: Time Waits for No One, Embrace Change
Embracing Change
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Dedicated to establishing a complete, end-to-end pipeline for applying AI technology in gene therapy.
Beyond the "Narrow Door": A Real-World Portrait of Early-Stage Frontier Biotech Entrepreneurship in China | FreeS Fund 2020 Biotech Summit Registration Now Open
Will Today’s US Biotech Become China’s Tomorrow?
