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Tang Xiao’ou, the CUHK professor and founder of the artificial intelligence giant SenseTime, dies at age 55
- Tang passed away at close to midnight on December 15 after succumbing to an undisclosed illness, according to SenseTime
- The entrepreneur will continue to serve as an inspiration to others to ‘complete his unfinished business’, the company said
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Tang Xiao’ou, the Chinese University of Hong Kong professor who turned his computer science laboratory into a multibillion dollar business and leader in artificial intelligence called SenseTime, has died. He was 55.
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Tang passed away at close to midnight on December 15 after succumbing to an illness, according to a Saturday announcement by SenseTime in its official WeChat account, without disclosing the nature of his illness.
As a “pioneer in China’s AI industry”, Tang will continue to serve as an inspiration for others, the company said, turning its corporate website including its red logo into a black-and-white colour scheme as a sign of mourning.
SenseTime’s corporate mission – set out by Tang – to create a better AI-empowered future through innovation “will inspire everybody to ascend to the top and complete his unfinished business”, the company added.
Tang, who taught information engineering at CUHK, founded SenseTime in 2014 with a group of computer scientists including Xu Li, an alumnus of the university and the company’s current CEO.
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