OPPO today announced that the company and the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has entered into a strategic
partnership to enhance academic exchanges and collaborate in standard creation
in fields such as 5G, artificial intelligence, and big data. With this
recognition and collaboration, OPPO is set to accelerate its pace of innovation
to benefit users around the world.
IEEE is the world's largest technical
professional organization, with more than 400,000 members in over 1 60 countries.
It has an authoritative position in the fields of aerospace systems, computers,
communications, bioengineering, electrics, consumer electronics with its
various highly-cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and
professional and educational activities.
"Facing the tremendous
opportunities in the 5G era, OPPO has proposed the vision of 'Intelligent
connection.' We will not only continue to invest in smartphones, but will also
delve into scientific research in communication, hardware, and computer
science. We are honored to partner with IEEE. We believe that through this
partnership we will be able to apply more cutting-edge technologies to our
products and services sooner and bring a better technological experience to
consumers around the world," Levin Liu, OPPO Vice President and Head of
OPPO Research Institute.
“As the IEEE Computer
Society has just recently launched its new Corporate Partnership Program, we
are pleased to welcome OPPO as our first corporate partner,” said IEEE Computer
Society Executive Director Melissa Russell.
OPPO will cooperate with
IEEE in standard setting as well as academic exchange. The standards committees
under IEEE is the author of many critical technical standards around the world,
such as the dominant IEEE 802.11 series standard for wireless networks. As the
world's leading technology company, OPPO has a rich understanding of
technologies and user insight. OPPO will participate in the work of several
IEEE standards committees to contribute to the formulation of international
technical standards.
In terms of academic
exchanges, IEEE's series of academic journals and conferences are the top
platforms in their fields. OPPO plans to summarize and present its technical
achievements in artificial intelligence, communication technology, hardware
technology to IEEE and the global engineering community. OPPO is continuously
strengthening its scientific research investment in recent years. It has
attracted a group of top scientists in the industry. OPPO looks forward to
working with IEEE to facilitate the technology conversations through activities
such as visits, lectures, and conferences.
OPPO has always been at the
forefront of technology. Recently, the World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) released the 2019 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) ranking, where OPPO
ranks among the top five. OPPO has submitted more than 3,000 5G
standard-related documents to 3GPP, ranking among the top contributors to the
international standards organization.
At present, OPPO hosts over
10,000 R&D staff, four research centers, and six research institutes around
the world. OPPO founder and CEO Tony Chen pointed out that OPPO will invest 50
billion yuan in R&D in three years to promote research in 5G, artificial intelligence,
AR, big data, and other fields, as well as building core underlying hardware
technologies and software engineering ability. With OPPO's continuous R&D
efforts and broad collaboration with industry partners, the future is closer to
reality for its users around the world.