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Chapter Four - Right People
However, how much Al talent is there in Hong Kong?
It is roughly estimated that there are less than 1,000
in the local tertiary institutions - according to Professor
Francis Lau, Deputy Dean of the School of Engineering
at HKU, there are only 100 AI specialists in the whole of
the university. Although CUHK already had applied deep
learning studies as early as 2001, it only opened Hong
Kong’s first deep learning elective course and a bachelor’s
degree in finance and technology in the past two years.
No wonder the financial institutions such as JP Morgan
Chase and HSBC have complained about the shortage of 245
technology talent in Hong Kong. HKUST’s Professor Yang
once told the media that he failed to recruit 50 AI staff for
Huawei!
The myth behind Hong Kong's lack of
AI talents
HKU, HKUST, and CUHK are among the world’s top 50 in
several international university rankings. But why is there
so little AI talent and such a weak innotech atmosphere?
I believe the source of the problem is a lack of a strong
ecosystem of government, business, academia and
