China Café – China’s ambities op het gebied van AI
With Prof. Yingqian Zhang, Associate Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and Dr. Judith van Stegeren, machine learning engineer at Datakami.
China’s rapid rise in artificial intelligence is not only evident in large-scale investments but also in groundbreaking innovations such as DeepSeek. This Chinese AI company is shaking up the world with powerful open-source models that are changing the playing field. What does this development mean for global AI dynamics? How significant is China’s lead? We will interview Prof. Yingqian Zhang about the impact of DeepSeek and China’s broader AI ambitions and ask Dr. Judith van Stegeren about the implications for Dutch businesses.
Welcome to yet another fascinating China Café, the place where professionals who work with China on a daily basis have been meeting and sharing knowledge since 2007.
Language: English
Interviewer: Lianne Baaij, Board Member VNC
About the speakers
Yingqian Zhang is an Associate Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and specializes in Artificial Intelligence for decision-making. Her research focuses on machine learning, deep reinforcement learning, data-driven optimization, and socially aware algorithms. She holds leadership roles, including Chair of the Benelux Association for Artificial Intelligence (BNVKI) and is a member of the technical board of the European Big Data Value Association (BDVA).
Judith van Stegeren is a machine learning engineer. She is a co-founder of Datakami, a specialized software engineering company in generative AI. Datakami offers remote expertise to technology companies that have AI at their core. Judith holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Twente, where she researched text generation in the early days of Large Language Models. Today, she helps companies solve the unique challenges of running generative AI models in production, focusing on developing new applications and improving existing models and infrastructure.
