On April 22, local time, Wang Yangbin, founder and chairman of Fubo Group (03738), was inducted into the first Hall of Fame of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida.
The Zhitong Finance App learned that on April 22, local time, Wang Yangbin, founder and chairman of Fubo Group (Hong Kong Stock Exchange code: 03738), was inducted into the first Hall of Fame of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the field of computer engineering and his outstanding contributions to society and his alma mater. Also selected were Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) co-founder Chris Malachowsky, and eight other outstanding alumni, including famous Japanese entrepreneur KDDI and eMobile founder, and Senbon Kosei, executive chairman of RENOVA (Tokyo Stock Exchange Code: 9515). In addition, the late outstanding alumni John Atanasoff, the inventor of digital computers, and Don Estridge, the father of IBM PC, also received this honor.
The University of Florida is the sixth-ranked public university in the US according to “U.S. News and World Report” in 2024, and is also an innovative artificial intelligence university in the US. In July 2021, the University of Florida and Nvidia announced the launch of a cooperation project with a total investment of 100 million US dollars. The collaboration will greatly enhance the University of Florida's research capabilities on some world-class problems, provide unprecedented access to artificial intelligence training and tools, and enable future industrial transformation. The core of the collaborative project is HiperGator AI, the most powerful artificial intelligence supercomputer in the US higher education industry, donated by Chris Malachowsky, an alumnus of the University of Florida and Nvidia, the Silicon Valley tech company he co-founded. To this end, the University of Florida hired 100 additional artificial intelligence experts and professors, and integrated artificial intelligence into the teaching and research of all faculties.