Backgroundofestablishment
BaiduisthefirstChineseInternetcompanytomentionDeepLearningasacoretechnologyinnovationcompany.InLiYanhong'seyes,BaiduIDL'sgoalistobecome"AT&T-Belllabs,XeroxPARCandotherfirst-classresearchinstitutions."
UpgradedtoBaiduResearch
InApril2014,BaiduestablishedtheBigDataLab(BDL),andinMayofthesameyear,TheSiliconValleyArtificialIntelligenceLaboratory(SVAIL)wasestablished,andtheDeepLearningInstitutewaschangedtoaDeepLearningLaboratory(thename"IDL"willbeused).Atthesametime,BaiduResearchwasalsoformallyestablished.TheinstituteincludestheabovethreeTwolaboratories,namelyIDL,BDLandSVAIL.
InMarch2017,Baidumadeitclearthatartificialintelligencewasthecompany’sdevelopmentstrategy,integratedAIcoretechnology,establishedAItechnologyplatformsystem(AIG),appointedvicepresidentWangHaifengasthegeneralmanager,andpromotedthedevelopmentofleadingAICoretechnologiesenableimportantbusinessesinternally,prosperthetechnologicalecologyexternally,andacceleratethecommercializationofAI.TheheadofAIG,WangHaifeng,alsoservesasthedeanoftheresearchinstitute,andmadeitclearthattheresearchinstitutefocusesonforward-lookingbasicresearchonartificialintelligence,laysoutthefuturedevelopmentdirectionofBaiduartificialintelligence,andservesBaiduasanartificialintelligencecompany'slong-termdevelopmentstrategy.
OnJanuary18,2018,BaiduResearchInstituteheldanall-handsmeetinginSiliconValley,announcingthatBaiduResearchInstitutewouldbeupgradedagain,increasingfromtheoriginalthreelaboratoriestofivelaboratories,andannouncedtheestablishmentofbusinessintelligenceexperimentsLaboratory(BusinessIntelligenceLab,BIL)andRoboticsandAutonomousDrivingLab(RAL).Atthesametime,KennethWardChurch,HuanJun,XiongHuiandotherworld-classartificialintelligencescientistsjoinedBaiduResearchInstitute.
OnNovember13,2018,BaiduResearchInstituteheldameetinginSiliconValley,USA,announcingthattheBaiduResearchInstituteAdvisoryCommitteewasformallyestablished,andannouncedthatitwouldwelcome9world-classscientiststojoinin2018.Onthesameday,theBaiduResearchInstituteAdvisoryCommitteeandcorescientistsheadedbyBaiduResearchInstituteDeanWangHaifengappearedatBaidu'sUSoffice.
BaiduResearchInstitutehas7laboratoriesandanadvisorycommittee.The7laboratoriesare:BigDataLab(BDL),BusinessIntelligenceLab(BIL)),CognitiveComputingLab(CCL),InstituteforQuantumComputing(IQC),DeepLearningLab(InstituteofDeepLearning,IDL),RoboticsandAutonomousDrivingLab(RoboticsandAutonomousDrivingLab,RAL),SiliconValleyArtificialIntelligenceLab(SVAIL).