CCF‑Alibaba Mama Technology Fund Launch and Large‑Model Forum (May 18, 2024)

CCF and Alibaba Mama jointly launch the “CCF‑Alibaba Mama Technology Fund” to build a global academia‑industry cooperation platform, focusing on next‑generation AI algorithms, models and key technologies.

Alibaba Mama, founded in 2007, leads AI applications in internet marketing and has deployed large models in its B2B and B2C services.

The fund’s first phase targets large‑model research, presenting ten topics across four directions. The forum on 18 May 2024 in Ningbo will feature speeches, fund release, and project presentations.

Agenda highlights:

Opening remarks by CCF and Alibaba Mama executives.

Keynote by Prof. Zhang Qi (Fudan University) – “How to Enhance Large‑Model Task Capability”.

Fund topic presentation by Wang Liang (Alibaba Mama) covering four large‑model research directions.

Prof. Zhang’s abstract: Large language models have rapidly advanced, achieving high scores on many tasks, but boosting performance to 90 % on specific tasks remains challenging. The talk will discuss pre‑training, supervised fine‑tuning, and reinforcement learning strategies.

Wang Liang’s abstract: The fund proposes research on large‑model applications in e‑commerce search and recommendation, domain‑knowledge‑enhanced tool generation, and legal‑related large‑model services, outlining ten concrete projects.

Registration is via QR code; the event encourages scholars and students to attend.