Nvidia builds connections to AI researchers

High-performance graphics processors are improving AI, especially in automotive applications.

Deep Learning is rapidly gaining importance in the development of automated vehicles. To expand its position and to secure access to the latest developments in this area, chipmaker Nvidia has entered a closer relationship with the German Artificial Research Center or DFKI.

Nvidia appointed the Kaiserslautern, Germany-based institution a GPU Research Center. In Nvidia's parlance, GPU Research Centers are institutions that apply GPUs in specific research areas. The GPU manufacturer is rather picky with this attribute; only leading scientific institutes receive Nvidia's appointment.

The DFKI has been selected for its outstanding research activities in the areas of text, image, video and social media analysis with GPU hardware as the underlying computing technology. In particular, the Sentibank visual sentiment analysis contributed to Nvidia's move. Sentibank has been further developed by DFKI. Being the first German Deep Learning research institute admitted to the elitist circle of GPU Research Centers, DFKI scientists now have preferred access to hardware and software under development from Nvidia as well as to scientific exchange platforms and networks.

To read the full article, go to EETimes.