Huawei Indonesia awarded at AI Summit 2021 for consistency in developing AI ecosystem

Jakarta (ANTARA) -- Huawei Indonesia is named among the awardees of AI Summit 2021 for its contributions towards AI development in Indonesia. The award is co-organized by BRIN and KORIKA.

The awarding ceremony, witnessed by Chief of BRIN Dr. Laksana Tri Handoko, M.Sc., and handed over by Chairman of KORIKA Dr. Ir. Hammam Riza, M.Sc. IPU, recognizes Huawei Indonesia as the Leading Tech & Cloud Company on Indonesia AI Ecosystem.

In his address, Chief of BRIN Dr. Laksana Tri Handoko, M.Sc. lauded Huawei Indonesia’s commitment in supporting and contributing towards the realization of the AI National Strategy as well as the strengthening of AI’s role in achieving several important national milestones.

“We appreciate Huawei in supporting the government’s vision of making Indonesia a developed country based on research and innovation, in line with the visions and missions of the AI National Strategy,” he said.

Furthermore, Dr. Handoko revealed that AI will be utilized to solve various challenges in five priority areas to secure Indonesia’s future. These five priority areas are healthcare, bureaucracy reform, education and research, food security, and mobility, transport, and smart cities. Considering each area is a necessary component for Indonesia to become a developed country, the power of AI to automate manual workloads and analyze large volumes of data should be harnessed maximally. “At BRIN we hope Huawei will increase their role and support towards optimizing AI application in these strategic areas,” Dr. Handoko said.

Chairman of KORIKA Dr. Ir. Hammam Riza, M.Sc. IPU also conveyed the four challenges to AI adoption, namely human resources and digital talents, laws to regulate ethical and responsible AI use, technology infrastructure and data, and industry as well as the public sector’s readiness to adopt AI-based innovations.

“At the cusp of Indonesia’s massive economic digitalization, we need to make sure together that the ecosystem is mature enough to welcome different innovations that AI technology can bring about. We highly appreciate Huawei Indonesia in conducting crucial assessments in an attempt to place where we are in the big picture within the AI National Strategy,” said Dr. Ir. Riza.

Meanwhile, Chief Strategy Officer, Huawei Cloud, Joy Huang reaffirmed that Huawei has committed to presenting and contributing the most advanced technologies to various sectors in Indonesia. Huawei believes that the adoption of the most advanced digital technologies, including AI, is a critical foundation behind research-based innovations, which is needed by nations with the vision to become a global leader in the digital era, Indonesia notwithstanding.

“Our highest honors to BRIN and KORIKA for opening the door for Huawei to participate and contribute our technologies and digital talent development programs to support the development of Indonesia’s AI ecosystem. We will continue Huawei Indonesia’s commitment and contributions by providing the technology needed and also knowledge-sharing activities and entrepreneurship accelerator programs. At the government level, Huawei will not only continue working with BRIN and KORIKA but also with all government agencies to improve skills in AI, especially in relation to e-government implementation,” he said.

To solidify Huawei’s support towards AI development in Indonesia through multiple helix synergy with various stakeholders, the company also holds a series of joint study sessions with BRIN and KORIKA using AI solutions developed by Huawei. Hopefully, this activity will facilitate the development of local AI solutions that will benefit the nation.