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Dr. Yu HU, PhD
Adjunct Professor, HKUST (GZ)
Co-founder of iFlytek

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Dr. Yu Hu (Max) is an investor, scientist, chairman/founding partner of a dozen consumer technology companies, and a foremost Artificial Intelligence (Al) expert specializing in Voice Intelligence. Dr.Hu holds a doctorate degree in Signal and Information Processing from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), where he also serves as an adjunct professor and doctoral supervisor. As an investor, founder, and entrepreneur, he has incubated and invested in over 40 innovative technology companies. He is also a leading investor in Al, robotics, and cleantech, with investments in China's most prominent companies in computer vision, GPU/NPUs, toy and service robots, and portable mobile power supply.

Dr.Hu was used to be the Executive President and Co-Founder of iFLYTEK, a publicly listed AI company well known for its world-leading research in natural language understanding, machine reasoning, and adaptive learning with applications in major industries such as automotive, education, and robotics, he grew the market value of the company to RMB ¥150 billion (USD $21.8 billion).

Dr.Hu's extraordinary leadership and vision have led to the creation of the world's first Chinese speech recognition input method (over 100MM monthly active users) and the adaptation of industry-leading voice transcription and translation technologies to consumer products, including Intelligent Translation Machines, Inteligent Recording Pens, Inteligent Office Books, and Intelligent Earphones. He also pioneered the invention of a portable, multilingual translator that instantly translates between multiple Chinese dialects and accents and 33 other languages.

Dr.Hu has led his research teams to multiple world championship victories, including five consecutive first-place wins in the USs National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Speaker Recognition Evaluation and fourteen consecutive first-prize wins in the Blizzard International Speech Synthesis Competition, the largest competition of its kind in the world. He has published over 70 academic papers, filed over 200 patents, and received over 25 honors and awards for his pioneering work in Voice Intelligence and Al.

Dr. Yu HU, PhD
Adjunct Professor, HKUST (GZ)
Co-founder of iFlytek
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Dr. Yu Hu (Max) is an investor, scientist, chairman/founding partner of a dozen consumer technology companies, and a foremost Artificial Intelligence (Al) expert specializing in Voice Intelligence. Dr.Hu holds a doctorate degree in Signal and Information Processing from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), where he also serves as an adjunct professor and doctoral supervisor. As an investor, founder, and entrepreneur, he has incubated and invested in over 40 innovative technology companies. He is also a leading investor in Al, robotics, and cleantech, with investments in China's most prominent companies in computer vision, GPU/NPUs, toy and service robots, and portable mobile power supply.

Dr.Hu was used to be the Executive President and Co-Founder of iFLYTEK, a publicly listed AI company well known for its world-leading research in natural language understanding, machine reasoning, and adaptive learning with applications in major industries such as automotive, education, and robotics, he grew the market value of the company to RMB ¥150 billion (USD $21.8 billion).

Dr.Hu's extraordinary leadership and vision have led to the creation of the world's first Chinese speech recognition input method (over 100MM monthly active users) and the adaptation of industry-leading voice transcription and translation technologies to consumer products, including Intelligent Translation Machines, Inteligent Recording Pens, Inteligent Office Books, and Intelligent Earphones. He also pioneered the invention of a portable, multilingual translator that instantly translates between multiple Chinese dialects and accents and 33 other languages.

Dr.Hu has led his research teams to multiple world championship victories, including five consecutive first-place wins in the USs National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Speaker Recognition Evaluation and fourteen consecutive first-prize wins in the Blizzard International Speech Synthesis Competition, the largest competition of its kind in the world. He has published over 70 academic papers, filed over 200 patents, and received over 25 honors and awards for his pioneering work in Voice Intelligence and Al.