The inaugural “AI4X” International Academic and Industry Conference in Wuxi featured a dedicated sub-forum on AI-powered intelligent systems and the low-altitude economy. The forum brought together experts from academia and industry to discuss new developments in autonomous vehicles, drones and embodied intelligence. Attendance in the venue exceeded capacity, and over 2,300 viewers followed the forum online, many of them young and urban audiences. The full programme is available on the conference poster.
Prof. Weisong Wen delivered the opening and closing remarks of the sub-forum.
Academic talks
- Prof. Jinjun SHAN (York University): adaptive decision-making in autonomous driving using deep reinforcement learning and game theory.
- Prof. Fei GAO (Zhejiang University): algorithms for drone swarms in complex environments.
- Prof. Qian MENG (Southeast University): the reliability of autonomous navigation systems.
- Prof. Chao SUN (Beihang University): interpretable AI for detecting deceptive interference.
Academic talks and discussion at the sub-forum.
Industry talks
- Mr. Gang HONG (Cloud Factory Technology): smart road management through AI-enabled edge computing.
- Mr. Yutao LI (Hanhe Aviation): drones for rice farming and industrial cleaning.
- Mr. Kai XIAO (LINXAI): commercialising humanoid robots.
- Mr. Dylan Tyack (Drone Solutions Asia): AI-driven drone cleaning for urban safety.
- Mr. Hang CHEN (ASTRI): the fusion of AI, connected driving and the low-altitude economy.
Industry speakers shared real-world applications of AI.
Looking ahead
The sub-forum aims to deepen AI research, promote cross-industry innovation, support talent development and strengthen international collaboration in intelligent systems and low-altitude technologies.