InnoHK CPII and Corvinus University of Budapest Sign Contract to Launch Hungarian-Funded Bilateral AI Research Project

Hong Kong — 11 March 2026

InnoHK Centre for Perceptual and Interactive Intelligence (CPII) and Corvinus University of Budapest (CUB) today signed a contract to launch a bilateral research project, supported by a research grant from the Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office.

Professor Mai Har Sham, CPII Board Chairperson, described the signing as a momentous occasion for a landmark bilateral project that serves as a significant bridge between the innovation hubs of Hungary and Hong Kong. She expressed confidence that this partnership will yield transformative insights and innovations to benefit both local communities and the broader global ecosystem. As the project officially commences, Professor Sham added that both institutions are embarking on a collaborative journey to define a new paradigm in AI transformation.

Professor Helen Meng, Director of CPII, highlighted that while artificial intelligence has made significant strides, its lack of interpretability and predictability often limits its trustworthiness in critical fields. She explained that this collaboration aims to address these challenges directly by utilizing linguistics-based studies to validate a novel machine learning algorithm. The project seeks to create AI architectures that are more precise, explainable, and provable, ultimately setting new global standards for the safe and reliable use of AI in practical applications.

Professor Péter Baranyi, Head of the Cognitive Info-communications Research Center at the Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies, expressed that it was a great honor to participate in the ceremony, which celebrated a collaboration that has flourished between key members of the two institutions for 30 years, both as colleagues and as friends. He noted that by introducing this new AI paradigm, the teams are moving beyond simple data approximation to deeply understand how AI represents information. He further emphasized that this collaboration is critical to ensuring that future AI systems are not just good learners, but are provably stable, transparent, and trustworthy.

About CUB

Corvinus University of Budapest is Hungary’s premier institution for Business, Economics, and Social Sciences. It is the only university in the country to hold dual AACSB and AMBA accreditations, ranking its programmes among the top 2% worldwide. With a 120-year legacy, it is a key European hub for academic and research excellence. Particularly, Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies was established in 2018 and has become an internationally recognized research hub in Central Europe, hosting more than 100 international visiting scholars from prestigious universities.

About CPII

InnoHK Centre for Perceptual and Interactive Intelligence (CPII) was established by The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2020 under the InnoHK initiative of the Innovation and Technology Commission of the HKSAR Government. Its research covers computer vision, multilingual speech and language technologies, natural language processing, and AI-enabled design automation. Through pioneering research and applications in its key strategic areas, CPII is dedicated to addressing global challenges to achieve social benefits in Hong Kong, Greater Bay Area and beyond.

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