阿里云推出马来西亚城市大脑以加强城市管理

阿里云, 阿里巴巴集团的云计算部门, 今天宣布与马来西亚数字经济公司合作推出马来西亚城市大脑计划 (MDEC的), 国家数字经济发展局, 和 Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL型), 首都市议会, 在吉隆坡举行的仪式上.

马来西亚 City Brain 计划是一个重要的里程碑，因为这是 City Brain 解决方案首次在海外采用. 它是在阿里云强大的云计算基础设施上开发的，并将通过云技术和人工智能支持马来西亚的数字化转型.

由阿里云的大规模计算引擎 Apsara 提供支持, Malaysia City Brain 提供一整套收购, 集成, 以及通过视频和图像识别分析城市空间中各种来源生成的大型异构数据, 数据挖掘和机器学习技术. City Brain 的功能将使马来西亚的城市规划者和城市官员能够升级他们的城市治理和决策，将城市转变为智能城市.

在计划的第一阶段, 首都吉隆坡将推出马来西亚城市大脑，用于交通管理，以改善城市的流动性. 凭借其庞大的云计算和数据处理能力, City Brain 可以通过计算到达十字路口的时间来优化车辆和交通信号灯的流动. 它还将能够生成结构化的数据摘要, 例如特定车道的交通量和速度, 可用于促进其他任务，包括事件检测.

另外, City Brain 可以连接各种城市管理系统，包括紧急调度, 救护车呼叫, traffic 命令, 和交通灯控制. 通过集成和分析这些系统生成的实时数据, City Brian 可以优化城市交通流量，例如确定紧急车辆在最短的时间内到达现场的最快路线.

随着 City Brain 的功能扩展, 企业, 初创企业, 企业家, 大学, and research institutions will in the future also have the opportunity to access and leverage its artificial intelligence tools to drive a wide range of innovation.

On the crucial integration of artificial intelligence, Simon Hu, Senior Vice President of Alibaba Group and President of Alibaba Cloud, commented: “Cloud computing, data technology and AI has become fundamental tools for all companies and organizations to operate effectively. Building on this partnership, we are happy to see Malaysia become the first country outside of China to adopt the City Brain. Through the program, we aim to empower all Malaysian stakeholders in both the public and private sectors with the tools to enhance efficiency, advance innovation and succeed in the digital age. For Alibaba Cloud, this is the true meaning of inclusive technology.”

Dato’ Yasmin Mahmood, Chief Executive Officer of MDEC, 说: “The collaboration with Alibaba Group is another leap towards digitizing Malaysia where knowledge-sharing and the crossover of best practices transpire. As we set our sights on the future, we are excited about the prospects this partnership will bring to our community, and benefiting Malaysians with the tangible results of digital solutions.”

Malaysia Tianchi Big Data Program

At the same event, Alibaba Cloud also announced the Malaysia Tianchi Big Data Program, a big data crowd intelligence platform that brings together global data experts to collaborate and compete in developing solutions for real world problems. Backed by MDEC, the initiative aims to incubate 500 data professionals and 300 startups in Malaysia within two years by facilitating the use of world class data intelligence technology through Alibaba Cloud’s cloud computing infrastructure and artificial intelligence capabilities.

The Malaysia Tianchi Big Data Program will be integrated into Alibaba Cloud’s Tianchi global community which already boasts over 120,000 developers and 2,700 academic institutes and businesses from 77 国家和地区. By participating in these big data competitions, Malaysian experts will compete with, and learn from, counterparts across the globe to develop best-in-class data technology, keeping Malaysia at the forefront of the global digital economy.

Malaysia City Brain and Tianchi are just the latest step in a successful partnership between Alibaba and MDEC. 3月 2017, Alibaba Group announced the setup of the first overseas e-hub under Electronic World Trade Platform (eWTP) in Malaysia. Alibaba Cloud has made significant progress on this endeavour since. In October 2017, Alibaba Cloud opened a data center in Malaysia, which became the first global public cloud platform in the country. The data center provides Malaysian enterprises with a local choice to build their businesses on a powerful, reliable and secure cloud platform.