When the return capsule of the Shenzhou-19 manned spacecraft successfully landed at the Dongfeng landing site, Professor Zhang Xiaohu from the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Sun Yat sen University was very excited. The team led by him undertook the task of developing software for collecting astronaut motion characteristic data. This software completes the synchronous acquisition and intelligent analysis of relevant data through the image data acquisition unit installed in the Tianhe core module, providing technical support for the measurement of astronaut motion characteristics. ”On May 5th, Zhang Xiaohu said in an interview with reporters. This is a new achievement of Sun Yat sen University in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). In recent years, the school has actively laid out and promoted the construction of related disciplines, talent cultivation, and technological innovation in the field of artificial intelligence, striving to seize opportunities and continuously win competitive advantages. Can artificial intelligence and virus discovery go hand in hand to build a comprehensive education system for intelligent disciplines? The answer given by Professor Shi Mang's research team at Sun Yat sen University School of Medicine is: yes. Traditional virus discovery methods heavily rely on existing knowledge, and their recognition efficiency is low when faced with RNA viruses, which are highly differentiated, diverse, and prone to mutation. In response, Shi Mang decided to take a different approach and seek new methods from artificial intelligence. The Shi Mang team collaborated with Alibaba Cloud to develop the LucaProt algorithm, which uses AI to analyze protein sequence and structural information, and discovered over 160000 RNA viruses from global environmental samples, exploring a new path in virology research. The research results were published in the international academic journal Cell in October 2024. Artificial intelligence is not a single discipline or a simple branch of a traditional discipline, but a comprehensive, open, and interdisciplinary field. ”Gao Song, president of Sun Yat sen University and academician of the CAS Member, said, "To this end, we give full play to the advantages of comprehensive research universities, and train talents in the field of artificial intelligence with cross disciplines." He gave an example, Xin Huajian, a core research and development member of DeepSeek, graduated from the Department of Philosophy of Sun Yat sen University, majoring in logic, effectively integrated logic and artificial intelligence, and promoted the breakthrough of basic theory. In recent years, Sun Yat sen University has laid out artificial intelligence related colleges in its three campuses in Guangzhou, Zhuhai, and Shenzhen, focusing on the three levels of "subject, foundation, and application", and has gathered nearly 20 colleges to jointly build a big intelligence discipline education system. Sun Yat sen University has also established the Guangdong Province Artificial Intelligence General Education Virtual Teaching and Research Office, collaborating with over a hundred universities and enterprises to promote teaching innovation through a hybrid teaching and research model, and offering general courses in artificial intelligence and logic for all students in the university. The school has broken down the barriers between departments, disciplines, and majors by building an education system for the discipline of big intelligence, forming an artificial intelligence talent training system that integrates cost, master's, and doctoral programs, and cultivating interdisciplinary talents suitable for the future development of general artificial intelligence. At present, it is the critical period for lychee flowering and fruiting to transform a large number of high-value technological achievements. The Flying Bird team at Sun Yat sen University has received many invitations from lychee orchards. Farmers hope to connect to the "AI butler" to improve the yield and quality of lychee. Starting from 2023, Professor Shi Qian from the School of Geographic Science and Planning at Sun Yat sen University led the Flying Bird team to pilot the "AI+drone" smart planting model. By using remote sensing technology, low altitude drone patrols, AI recognition of crop growth, and other methods for agricultural warning, and then using big data to guide planting, digital management of orchards can be achieved. ”Shi Qian said that after the pilot program, the average yield of lychee in the orchard increased by 20%, and the quality also improved significantly. This year, the "AI Smart Butler" orchard developed by the Flying Bird team has been listed as a new technology and model by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and promoted in the main lychee producing areas of the province, bringing smart agriculture to ordinary people's homes. There is the presence of artificial intelligence from Sun Yat sen University in the fields, and its wisdom is also present in the forefront of health. Sun Yat sen University Zhongshan Ophthalmology Center has collaborated with Huawei to develop the first ophthalmic model ChatZOC, improving service efficiency by 75%. The National Supercomputing Guangzhou Center, operated and managed by Sun Yat sen University, integrates supercomputing and intelligent computing to empower industrial innovation. Taking the biopharmaceutical industry as an example, the time for drug design and animal experiment validation has been shortened from 2 years to 49 days. In recent years, Sun Yat sen University has focused on exploring the forefront of artificial intelligence and industrial applications, actively laying out major scientific and technological innovation platforms, and has built 5 national level platforms and 24 provincial and ministerial level platforms. A large number of high-value technological achievements have been transformed into real productivity. On the track of artificial intelligence science, Sun Yat sen University is accelerating its progress. It is reported that the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of Sun Yat sen University, established in 2020, will launch 17 research centers to further coordinate and promote the cross departmental and interdisciplinary integration of relevant disciplines in the field of intelligence at the university, promote technological innovation in the field of intelligence, and form strategic support in talent attraction, institutional mechanisms, and academic construction. (New Society)