Alibaba Launches the “Academy for Discovery, Adventure, Momentum and Outlook”

As a Global Research Program for Cutting-Edge Technology Development,

in the beginning, the Academy will focus on the opening of seven research labs in China (Beijing and Hangzhou), the United States (San Mateo and Bellevue), Russia (Moscow), Israel (Tel Aviv) and Singapore. The labs will focus on both foundational and disruptive technology research including data intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), fintech, quantum computing and human-machine interaction.
One can observe that, within those broad research areas, the labs will focus on topics such as machine learning, network security, visual computing, Natural Language Processing (NLP), etc. The company expects to invest more than US$15billion in research and development over the next three years.