The white paper press conference of "digital water, wisdom for the future" and "Ai enabled digital water", jointly organized by IWA and Baidu, was officially held in Nanjing on April 29, 2021.
Digitization is changing human production and life style at an unprecedented speed, and the digital transformation of water industry is also in full swing. Promoting the digitization process of the global water industry and encouraging the water industry to manage water resources in a more intelligent way has always been the goal and mission of the International Water Association; As an enterprise with a strong Internet foundation and leading AI technology, baidu also hopes to deeply integrate with the application of the water industry and help its digital upgrading and intelligent transformation with the help of AI chips independently developed and artificial intelligence technologies and products and services such as deep learning open source framework.
Mr. Li Shuo, vice president of Baidu and director of industrial Intelligence Laboratory of industrial Internet industry alliance, made an opening speech for the press conference. New ideas, new technologies and new products represented by "intelligence" are building new business models to serve all walks of life; For the water industry, it is very important to realize the interconnection of data and business in all links. Artificial intelligence is of great significance in mining data value and enabling the intelligent upgrading of the water industry.
Mr. Lu Hong, deputy director of the Management Committee of Jiangsu Nanjing ecological technology Island, introduced Singapore Nanjing ecological technology Island, a fourth generation smart city model driven by artificial intelligence and water technology.
Under the testimony of many industry colleagues, Dr. Li Hong, director of IWA Asia Pacific region, Dr. Li Tao, IWA global water technology information director, Mr. Li Shuo, vice president of Baidu, and Chang Cheng, general manager of Baidu Intelligent Cloud strategy industry, jointly launched the official release of the report. This highlight moment interprets the cross industry cooperation potential of "when water meets AI", and is also endowed with the profound meaning of "actively exploring new technologies and jointly bursting out new forces".
Dr. Li Tao, global water technology information director of IWA, gave a comprehensive and profound interpretation of the content and significance of the white paper. From the current challenges and crises faced by the water industry to the new opportunities of digital water, Dr. Li Tao showed the difficulties and innovation opportunities faced by the water industry through many data and examples. Based on nearly 50 classic cases from 22 countries, the white paper deeply discusses the important role of artificial intelligence in the value chain of the water industry, covering all-round business management including water resources monitoring and optimal dispatching, operation and maintenance of drinking water plants and sewage plants, preventive maintenance of pipe network and urban rainwater and flood management, In easy to understand language, it provides readers with solutions, ideas and case studies of artificial intelligence enabled water industry.
Chang Cheng, general manager of Baidu Intelligent Cloud strategy industry solutions, Dr. Fan Xiaojun, senior vice president of Suez Asia, Mr. Su Xianghua, deputy general manager of Quanzhou water affairs group and academician Yuan Zhiguo, senior water center director of University of Queensland, respectively interpreted and looked at how artificial intelligence can empower digital water services from different angles. For example, at the business application level, the prediction model based on artificial intelligence, combined with historical water use data and weather information, can more accurately predict water consumption through machine learning algorithm. On this basis, accurate pressure regulation according to different water supply conditions can finally achieve the purpose of reducing pressure loss and energy consumption of pump station. The guests also stressed that the future water system must be more intelligent, but what we need must be systematic framework reform, integrate data and knowledge with the joint efforts of multiple parties (operating units, software and hardware suppliers, research institutions, etc.), and manage the expectations of artificial intelligence to a certain extent, On this premise, innovative digital means are used to ensure the safe operation of water affairs, improve the efficiency of personnel and equipment, and reduce energy consumption and waste.
In the technical discussion session, the guests shared the application opportunities of artificial intelligence, optimization design and digital transformation practice of the water department. They stressed that only under the business drive and through online digital empowerment, can the toughness of the water operation system be improved and the overall high-quality development of the enterprise be realized. In the urban water environment management system, artificial intelligence can play a great value role in monitoring, early warning and prediction, traceability, evaluation and decision-making control, but isolated technology can not become a climate. Only the profound collision of interdisciplinary disciplines and the close cooperation of interdisciplinary talents can promote the deep integration and complement each other of water affairs and artificial intelligence.
The digital transformation of water affairs is imperative, and artificial intelligence contributes to this transformation.
(Editor: IWA International Water Association)
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