KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Peking University joins Theta’s EdgeCloud AI platform, enhancing its AI and distributed computing capabilities.
- Theta expands its influence in academia with partnerships including the University of Oregon and Korea University.
- Professor Zhen Xiao’s collaboration with Theta has led to significant research advancements in AI and blockchain.
- Theta’s EdgeCloud platform is becoming a leading decentralized GPU platform in academia across Asia and North America.
Peking University, one of the world’s top-ranked institutions in computer science, has joined Theta’s EdgeCloud AI platform as a customer. This collaboration marks a significant milestone for Theta, which has been gaining traction in both U.S. and Korean academia. Institutions such as the University of Oregon, Korea University, and Yonsei University are already utilizing Theta’s hybrid cloud GPU infrastructure to advance AI research.
The addition of Peking University, a prestigious research institution founded in 1898, underscores Theta’s growing influence in the academic sector. Known for its pioneering work in AI, distributed computing, and big data research, Peking University will leverage Theta’s high-performance EdgeCloud platform to accelerate innovation in these fields.
Expanding Academic and Corporate Collaborations
In addition to its academic partnerships, Theta has also expanded its corporate customer base. Recent additions include Liner, a leader in generative AI-powered search solutions, and Jamcoding, a prominent e-learning coding platform. These collaborations highlight Theta’s commitment to supporting advanced AI and blockchain research through its hybrid cloud GPU infrastructure.
Professor Zhen Xiao, a tenured professor at Peking University’s School of Computer Science, has been instrumental in this collaboration. With a Ph.D. from Cornell University, Professor Xiao leads a lab that has published over 100 high-impact papers in leading conferences and journals. His work in distributed systems, deep learning, blockchain, and cloud computing has garnered nearly 8,000 citations, reflecting his significant influence in these fields.
Advancing AI and Blockchain Research
The collaboration between Theta Labs and Professor Xiao began in 2022 when he joined the Theta Advisory Board. This partnership has resulted in several joint research papers published in top AI and distributed systems conferences. The research focuses on adaptive defense mechanisms for AI models, distributed AI workload scheduling, scalable blockchain frameworks, and cross-shard transaction optimization.
With the support of EdgeCloud’s hybrid cloud GPU infrastructure, Peking University researchers are set to scale their AI and distributed computing projects to new heights. EdgeCloud will enable Professor Xiao’s team to conduct state-of-the-art research in distributed machine learning, blockchain state placement, and neural network optimization.
Theta’s EdgeCloud platform is now the most-adopted decentralized GPU platform for academia in Asia and is rapidly expanding to North America and beyond. The company believes that the next major disruption in AI will come from infrastructure companies that harness distributed GPU and computation at scale, with minimal overhead costs.
The announcement of Peking University’s partnership with Theta was made here.
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