The Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence (AI) Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI) is hailed as the highest award in intelligent science and technology in China. It is authorized to nominate candidates for the National Science and Technology Awards, further underscoring its prestige in the AI field.
The CAAI announced its decision to confer the 2025 Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award on 116 achievements and individuals on Feb 27.
Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) has received four project awards: one special prize for scientific and technological progress, one first prize for scientific and technological progress, one first prize for natural science, and one second prize for technological invention. One faculty member received the youth science and technology award. According to incomplete statistics, 14 HIT alumni are among the awardees.
Award-winning projects and individuals:
Key Technologies and Applications of Deep Natural Language Understanding and Generation won the special prize for scientific and technological progress. HIT main contributors: Zhang Min (1st), Chen Kehai (3rd), Hu Baotian (6th), Liu Xuebo (7th), and Zhang Meishan (12th).
Key Technologies and Applications for Efficient Intelligent Decision-Making in Complex Scenarios with Incomplete Information won the first prize for scientific and technological progress. HIT main contributors: Wang Xuan (1st), Zhang Jiajia (3rd), Qi Shuhan (5th), Wu Yulin (7th), Shi Shaohuai (8th), and Wang Qiang (9th).
Spatiotemporal Spectral Visual Structure Perception and Robust Learning Theory won the first prize for natural science. HIT main contributors: Jiang Junjun (1st) and Liu Xianming (4th).
Massive-Scale Graph Computing Technology and Its Industrial Application won the second prize for technological invention. HIT main contributors: Wang Hongzhi (1st), Yan Yu (2nd), Ding Xiaoou (4th), and Liang Zhiyu (5th).
Professor Tian Chunwei from the Faculty of Computing received the youth science and technology award.
Additionally, 14 HIT alumni received awards (listed in the order of the official announcement):
Alumni of the Class of 1994 Zhao Baojun and the Class of 1995 Wang Xizhao, as the main contributors, won the first prize for natural science.
Alumni of the Class of 2008 Yuan Zhenyu, the Class of 1984 Huang Qingming, the Class of 2004 Wang Shiqi, the Class of 2005 Liu Yipeng, the Class of 1999 Cao Zhengcai, and the Class of 2007 Cheng Liang, as the main contributors, received the second prize for natural science.
Alumni of the Class of 1980, Ren Yong, the Class of 2001, Hu Qinglei, and the Class of 2012, Li Dongyu, as the main contributors, won the first prize for technological invention.
Alumni of the Class of 2005, Zheng Bo, and the Class of 1997, Gong Mingde, as the main contributors, won the second prize for technological invention.
Alumnus of the Class of 2003 Sun Jianguo won the second prize for scientific and technological progress.
Alumnus of the Class of 2010 Tian Zhiliang received the youth science and technology award.