2021/08/02

• Opened 'Clue Leaderboard' to objectively evaluate Korean natural language understanding model

• COMPREHENSION ABILITY OF KOREAN AI MODEL CAN BE VERIFIED THROUGH FREE DATA DOWNLOAD AND LEADERBOARD FOR 8 ITEMS

• ANTICIPATION OF KOREAN AI DEVELOPMENT THROUGH OBJECTIVE EVALUATION AND FAIR COMPETITION 

(2020/10/13 = Upstage) Professor Seong-hoon Kim (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, former Naver Clova AI Head), well-known for his lectures on 'Deep Learning for Everyone' in Korea, started a startup to accelerate the AI transformation of companies. Established 'Upstage (CEO Kim Seong-hoon, upstage.ai )'.

UPSTAGE IDENTIFIES AREAS THAT CAN BE INNOVATED THROUGH AI TECHNOLOGY AMONG CORPORATE PROBLEMS AND PROVIDES CONSULTING INCLUDING BASIC AI MODEL AND SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION NECESSARY FOR THIS. IN ADDITION, BY SUPPORTING THE NURTURING OF AI TALENTS WITHIN CUSTOMER COMPANIES, IT WILL HELP COMPANIES WITH SUCCESSFUL AI TRANSFORMATION BY IMPROVING THEIR OWN AI COMPETITIVENESS. FURTHERMORE, IT PLANS TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT CORPORATE AI TEAM DESIGN BY NURTURING DIFFERENTIATED PROFESSIONAL TALENTS WHO CAN BE IMMEDIATELY PUT INTO AI BUSINESS THROUGH HANDS-ON TRAINING THAT MELTS AI BUSINESS EXPERIENCE AND SOLID AI BASIC TRAINING. 

UPSTAGE ANNOUNCED THAT AT THE SAME TIME AS THE ESTABLISHMENT, THE DOMESTIC FINANCIAL INDUSTRY AND LEADING TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES SHOWED INTEREST IN UPSTAGE'S AI TRANSFORMATION SOLUTION AND ARE STARTING DISCUSSIONS.

UPSTAGE CEO SEONG-HOON KIM, KNOWN AS THE BEST EXPERT IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND AI FIELDS, WAS AWARDED THE THESIS AWARD FOUR TIMES AT THE TOP ACADEMIC CONFERENCES IN THE FIELD FOR RESEARCH THAT CONVERGES SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND MACHINE LEARNING WHILE SERVING AS A PROFESSOR AT THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. AWARDED. IN ADDITION, HIS LECTURE 'DEEP LEARNING FOR EVERYONE' RECORDED MORE THAN 6 MILLION VIEWS IN TOTAL. SINCE JOINING NAVER/LINE IN 2017, AS THE AI HEAD OF NAVER CLOVA FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS, HE HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF NAVER'S GLOBAL AI R&D AND HAS BEEN PRAISED FOR RAISING NAVER'S AI TECHNOLOGY TO THE WORLD LEVEL. 

Upstage included Kim Seong-hoon, who was in charge of Naver Clova AI, Kim Jae-beom, former Kakao AI team leader, Lee Hal-seok, who achieved global achievements in the Naver Visual AI / OCR team, Park Eun-jung, who led the model team of the world's best translator Papago, and the 12th-ranked Grand in Kaggle worldwide. Master Kim Sang-hoon and Nvidia's AI education and development marketing manager Sang-in Son joined. In addition, with the participation of Professor Cho Kyung-hyeon of NYU and Professor Lei Chen of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, AI talents from all over the world are joining the upstage, and we plan to actively recruit outstanding AI talents. 

CEO KIM SEONG-HOON SAID, “MANY COMPANIES HAVE LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA AND IT ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THERE ARE MANY CASES WHERE THEY ENCOUNTER AI TRANSFORMATION BARRIERS DUE TO LACK OF AI BUSINESS AND EXPERIENCE. TOGETHER WITH UPSTAGE TALENTS WITH EXPERIENCE IN AI BUSINESS, I WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO ACCELERATING ENTERPRISE AI TRANSFORMATION BY DEFINING ENTERPRISE AI PROBLEMS AND DATA AND PROVIDING SOLUTIONS.”

Contact

Upstage | Geun-Kyo Kim, PR Director | 010-8229-7240 | keunkyo@upstage.ai

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