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TAL’s AI Team Wins Championship Award at a Top International Academic Contest

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BEIJING, April 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The international Conference of Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR2020), one of the top Artificial Intelligence academic conference, has recently revealed the grant challenge results in a series of categories. TAL’s AI Lab has won the EmotioNet Challenge, an award for human facial expression recognition, surpassing 69 other teams from around the world.

Demonstrating China’s AI competitiveness to world by winning the top-notch AI academic conference

Known as the Olympic Games of computer vision field, CVPR will be held in Seattle, Washington, USA in June 2020. The EmotioNet Challenge is one of the most revered academic competitions in the field of human facial expression recognition. The research methods used to tackle this challenge have been published on CVPR and ICCV (International Conference of Computer Vision), two of the top three computer vision conferences in the world. Over the years, the event has attracted a large number of teams from top universities and companies worldwide.

EmotioNet 2020, sponsored by CVPR and Ohio State University, has attracted teams from Alibaba, China University of Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Nanyang Technological University, and other organizations. After fierce competition, TAL’s AI Lab won the championship, demonstrating TAL’s growing AI technology capabilities to the world.

In the competition, TAL’s AI Lab has proposed a solution to the inconsistencies of overfitting during multitask learning in human facial expression recognition, which has significantly improved the accuracy and the F-score of the model. It is one of the many AI abilities that TAL has been able to develop and applied to multiple TAL products and services. Currently, this technology is also made available to the entire education industry through TAL’s Open AI Platform.

Enlarging investments in the AI technology R&D for wider applications

Applying AI technology to the education products is often challenging due to the lack of data covering all forms of educational products and services.

Over the past decade, TAL has accumulated a massive amount of data and has continued exploring various education settings such as face-to-face (in-person), online one-to-one, online dual-teacher, and other methods of teaching. Understanding the changing demands with data generated from various types of education products, TAL is in a good position to further develop “AI + Education” technologies for students. The AI models improve as the types of TAL education products continue to grow.

TAL education group consistently steps up its efforts in research and engineering development. The AI Lab, the Brain Science Lab, the Silicon Valley R&D Center, the Big Data Center, and the Postdoctoral Workstation were all founded to better fulfill TAL’s mission, “Making education better with love, science, and technology”.

TAL keeps breaking new ground in the research and development of cutting-edge technologies. Last November, Hurun Research Institute listed its AI Intellectual Property in China 2019. A list comparing over 500 Chinese AI Companies based on their comprehensive development, innovation abilities, and technology maturity. TAL is ranked among the top 10. TAL also attended the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2020, in February of this year. With the team’s two latest research findings, TAL was invited to take the lead in organizing two symposiums on “smart education”. 

TAL has developed more than 100 AI capabilities for education in eight categories including graphics, voice, data mining, and natural language processing, etc. It has created more than 10 AI solutions based on different education scenarios, covering all aspects of teaching, learning, testing, exercises, and assessment. TAL has also developed many unique and/or leading abilities throughout the process of building its own AI platforms. This includes: containing infrastructure for storage, annotation, training, and online services.  

Building a new diversified ecosystem for smart education in China

Education AI has been growing vigorously in recent years. As a leading company in the education sector, TAL is actively promoting the joint development of “AI+Education” and the advancement of education sector with its partners.

In August 2019, the Ministry of Science and Technology of China approved TAL to build the National Smart Education Platform for Open Innovation of Next Generation AI. This initiative means that TAL has officially become the “national team” behind exploring “Education+AI”. The platform is expected to support the thorough integration of AI and education, letting smart education empower all stakeholders and improve teaching efficiency, management, and the opening-up of schools.

The National Smart Education Platform for Open Innovation of Next Generation AI will concentrate on learners, enhancing core links between education and education services step by step. By promoting supply-side reform of the education service sector, the platform strives to both increase productivity and cut the cost among education. Through breakthroughs, distribution of education resources, and realizing data-driven individualized teaching at scale, it will bring changes to educational concepts and models. Meanwhile, the R&D threshold for small to medium enterprises, as well as the risk in commercialization for education institutions, will be lowered. The enthusiasm for innovation and entrepreneurship in smart education will be unleashed.

TAL has technological partnerships with Tsinghua University, Institute of Computing Technology of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Normal University and Stanford University, jointly contributing to an open tech ecosystem ranging across both public and private institutions.

TAL Education Group expresses its aspiration to work with all stakeholders to meet learners’ core needs, solving major issues in the application of smart education, and furthering the development of education industry. Focusing on broad AI technologies and platform-based services, TAL wishes to establish an AI open innovation platform for smart education that features independent and controllable basic software and hardware. An open exchange of general technology, data, effective application, and a vibrant innovation ecosystem; this will eventually create a new and diversified smart education ecosystem. A symbiotic environment that is made to cover all methods and scenarios within education.

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Y Soft Unveils Premium 3D Lesson Plans and Special EDU Bundle to Help Educators Use 3D Printing in STEAM Curriculum

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— New exclusive be3D Academy lesson plans available only to YSoft be3D eDee customers

BRNO, Czech Republic and DALLAS, April 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Y Soft Corporation, the leading enterprise workflow solutions provider, today announced premium 3D lessons in YSoft be3D Academy and a new 3D/2D EDU bundle designed to save schools money by combining their regular 2D print management needs with Y Soft 3D printers. 

3D printing in education is a growing market with more and more educational institutions adopting fleets of 3D printers to help STEAM classes illustrate difficult concepts, enhance hands-on interactive learning, and drive class engagement. To help support those efforts, Y Soft worked with educators to develop YSoft be3D Academy. The online library of 3D curriculum features comprehensive lesson plans, guides, videos, models, and presentations. It provides everything needed to conduct a STEAM subject lesson using 3D printing. A model database provides additional models that teachers can use to build their own lessons

While standard be3D Academy 3D lessons are available for anyone to use for free, Y Soft now provides premium 3D lesson plans exclusively for all eDee customers, including those that purchase the new EDU bundle. Premium lessons have the same rich resources as standard content, but only eDee customers can access them. Premium lessons are available today, and more will be added quarterly.

“These premium lessons, and the ones that follow, demonstrate our resolve to provide educators with easy to use and easy to follow lesson plans that help keep students engaged whether in a classroom or even at home,” commented Elke Heiss, Chief Marketing Officer, Y Soft. She added, “We’ve learned from schools that these lessons have helped teachers quickly ramp up their home learning classes during the current work/study at home situation caused by COVID-19.”

EDU Bundle

Y Soft also announced a new affordable education-focused EDU bundle that includes everything a school needs to start leveraging 3D printing in their classrooms. With scarce resources, educators need to be efficient in their print services offerings while finding new ways to engage students in learning. The EDU bundle combines print management for a school’s 2D printers and 3D printers, accomplished through YSoft SafeQ, the company’s print management and document capture software. Combining their print management options and leveraging available grant monies allows schools to justify the investment into 3D printing.

The EDU bundle includes: 

  • YSoft be3D eDee printer, a desktop 3D printer with an enclosed chassis for safety 
  • Three years of free access to premium 3D lessons in YSoft be3D Academy
  • DeeControl layering software, easy-to-use PC/Mac application for 3D print preparation 
  • Intelligent software including:
    • YSoft SafeQ for secure access, the ability to print at any 2D or eDee printer and usage reports 
    • Notifications and pictures during print progress, job completion alerts 
  • Beginner’s Accessory Kit
  • Student/faculty ID Card Reader 
  • Filaments: 3000 grams each of black, white and orange 

Ms. Heiss stated, “This bundle helps schools create an opportunity for students to excel in STEAM subjects and ready them for their future careers at an affordable cost. When a school chooses the be3D eDee solution, they get YSoft SafeQ to manage their 2D and 3D print needs, a unique value only Y Soft can offer.”

The education bundle also includes 3D print training, multi-year support, and installation. Full details can be found at https://be3dacademy.ysoft.com/en/3d-print-solution.

About Y Soft 
Y Soft develops intelligent Digital Transformation office solutions for enterprise, SMB, and Education that empower employees to be more productive and creative. Our YSoft SafeQ® workflow solutions platform enables businesses to manage, optimize and secure their print and digital processes and workflows. Our 3D print solutions are focused in the Education sector where they provide unique ease of use and safety benefits, while utilizing YSoft SafeQ software for seamless 3D print management.  

Founded in 2000, the company is headquartered in Brno, Czech Republic, with offices in North and Latin America, Europe and Middle East/Africa (EMEA) and the Asia Pacific region (APAC). For more information, please visit www.ysoft.com. 

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TAL’s AI Mandarin Teaching App Receives Recognition by UNESCO

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BEIJING, April 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — TAL’s Improving literacy, preserving language, and providing inclusion using AI and big data has been selects by UNESCO as one of the innovative projects of Mobile Learning Week 2020, under the theme “Artificial Intelligence and Inclusion”. 

UNESCO certificate presented to TAL Education Group
UNESCO certificate presented to TAL Education Group

TAL’s AI “Putonghua” Teacher is an app that allows Yi children, as well as other students from all backgrounds, access to Mandarin language learning resources and tools. The system requirements are minimal and mobile-friendly, available across all platforms and devices. One device or PC with audio capabilities are sufficient to run the system, making it easier for users to learn both on the go and in the classroom. The interface is easy to learn and navigate, even for self-learning students, without the need of teacher assistants.

The project focuses on helping improve the overall literacy rate, using AI speech recognition and big data, to increase opportunities for further inclusivity and social mobility within these rural communities. In 2018, Xueersi Online School under TAL, developed the AI Mandarin Teaching System specifically for Zhaojue County (Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Liangshan), Sichuan. The customized Mandarin-Yi bilingual learning module was developed for pre-school children there. Its system deeply integrates technologies, such as voice recognition and voice assessment, conducts intelligent real-time assessment and correction. Therefore, the program can help kids improve their mandarin proficiency. By November 2019, nearly 80,000 students and over 2,000 middle and primary school teachers have benefited from this program, which has laid the foundation for future education equity and poverty elimination in remote regions inhabited by rural communities. The idea is to help preserve the Yi language while connecting learners to the outside world.

Having been exhibited at multiple events, including China-CEEC Education Cooperation Exhibition and the 1st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education, the program has won worldwide recognition.

Mobile Learning Week (MLW) is the United Nations’ flagship event on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education, and has been organized by UNESCO and its partners for eight consecutive years. The 2020 edition of MLW, under the theme Artificial Intelligence and Inclusion, was postponed due to the outbreak. However, its design to steer the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) towards the inclusion and equity in education has succeeded, standing behind its core values of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and propeller of digital opportunities for all. It is noted that programs from Google and University College London are also among the recipients awarded Mobile Learning Week 2020 Innovation Certificate for their contributions.

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Blue Hat Holds “Smart Immersive Education Classes” Experience Session for Xiamen Preschool Principals

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XIAMEN, China, April 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology (“Blue Hat” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: BHAT), a producer, developer and operator of augmented reality (“AR”) interactive entertainment games, toys and educational materials in China, today announced that principals from 20 preschools in Xiamen were invited for a tour of the Company in which they were able to experience Blue Hat’s new range of smart AR immersive educational products first hand and participate in an in-depth information sharing session.

The event, organized by the Blue Hat Preschool Education Research Institute, also marked the opening of Blue Hat’s new Smart Immersive Education Classes Experience Center at Blue Hat’s headquarters, used to demonstrate Blue Hat’s new product range to potential clients.

At the event preschool principals had the opportunity to experience the products, including Blue Hat’s “Smart Immersive Cognitive Education Classes,” “Smart Screen Immersive Education Classes” and “Smart Immersive Physical Education Classes” firsthand, with a discussion session also held in which participants gave suggestions regarding future product iterations and applications.

“The application and use of AR technology, in terms of both hardware and software, is just beginning in the education industry,” said Mr. Xiaodong Chen, Chief Executive Officer of Blue Hat. “AR technology combines the physical with the virtual, and is a perfect complement for leading educational approaches such as situational learning and constructivism. Blue Hat is delighted with the success of this latest event, which confirms the market recognition and acceptance of our Smart Immersive Education Classes, and has significantly increased the profile of our products in Xiamen. In the future we intend to hold more of these events across China to enhance market recognition and promote a new data-based, smart and immersive style of preschool education.”

About Blue Hat

Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology is a producer, developer and operator of AR interactive entertainment games and toys in China, including interactive educational materials, mobile games, and toys with mobile game features. The Company’s interactive entertainment platform creates unique user experiences by connecting physical items to mobile devices, which creates a rich visual and interactive environment for users through the integration of real objects and virtual scenery. Distinguished by its own proprietary technology, Blue Hat aims to create an engaging, interactive and immersive community for its users. For more information, please visit the Company’s investor relations website at http://ir.bluehatgroup.com.

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This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain as they are based on current expectations and assumptions concerning future events or future performance of the Company. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of the date hereof. In evaluating such statements, prospective investors should review carefully various risks and uncertainties identified in this release and matters set in the Company’s SEC filings. These risks and uncertainties could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements.

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