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Alibaba’s Damo Academy kicks off operations at new unit, with goal to recruit and train over 100 postdoctoral researchers in next three years
- The new unit will support candidates’ postdoctoral research work across various fields, including artificial intelligence and semiconductors
- Researchers to each receive a US$140,000 award when they graduate and choose to work in the Yuhang district of Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province
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Ben Jiangin Beijing
Alibaba Group Holding’s Damo Academy has established a new research unit, which started recruiting the first batch of more than 100 postdoctoral candidates it aims to train, marking the Chinese e-commerce giant’s latest push to expand its global research programme in cutting-edge technologies.
The new research unit will support these candidates’ postdoctoral work across various fields including artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductors, according to a statement on Tuesday posted on Damo’s official WeChat account.
It is affiliated with Damo’s Hupan Lab, also known as the Zhejiang Province Lab of Data Science and Application, that promotes the real-world use of innovations from areas including computer vision, natural language understanding and so-called decision intelligence.
Damo expects to recruit 30 postdoctoral candidates for the new unit in 2024, as part of a plan to train more than 100 such researchers in the next three years, according to You Haiyan, chief talent officer at the academy.
The postdoctoral researchers will each receive a 1 million yuan (US$140,000) award when they graduate and choose to work in the Yuhang district of Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province. Alibaba, owner of the South China Morning Post, is headquartered in Hangzhou.
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