Leading Chinese AI researcher Liu Haolin dies aged 37 after brief illness

Academics and students have paid tribute to Liu Haolin, a leading computer scientist who died at the age of 37 after a sudden illness.

An obituary published online said that Liu, a professor at Xiangtan University in the central province of Hunan, had died in a hospital in Changsha on Saturday.

The obituary added that a memorial ceremony had been held the following day in the neighbouring city of Ningxiang.

His university also published its own obituary and changed his profile picture on its website to black and white.

Liu’s research focused on edge intelligence – a technology that allows devices to process and analyse data in real time and reduces reliance on cloud resources – computing power networks, smart networks and privacy.

These areas are particularly important given the rise of artificial intelligence, as is another one of his specialisms, resource allocation, which plays a key role in AI training and execution.