Dear all, welcome to the AI Thrust! We are delighted to have you join us as we continue to advance the frontiers of Artificial Intelligence. Our thrust proudly hosts a distinguished team of 4 chair professors, 3 associate professors, and 12 assistant professors. Our faculty members are engaged in ground-breaking research across a wide spectrum of areas including data mining, business intelligence, mobile computing, big data in human resources, quantum communication, quantum entanglement, quantum error mitigation, and quantum machine learning. Additionally, we focus on accountable machine learning, human-ML collaborations, multimodal perception fusion, machine consciousness, LLM mechanisms and faithful AI, AI for science, computer vision, machine learning, trustworthy large language model exploration, and the distillation and acceleration of large language models. Our research extends to spatiotemporal data mining, graph learning, reinforcement learning with applications in urban computing, intelligent transportation, and recommender systems. We also delve into few-shot learning, AI security and transferability, and their applications in audio-visual speech recognition/generation and AI medical imaging. The design and analysis of networked control systems are also a significant focus, integrating concepts from distributed optimization, networked control theory, machine learning, and privacy preservation. Furthermore, our research encompasses Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), AI-powered perception and generation algorithms for the multimodal domain, computer vision, computational photography, deep learning, and intelligent systems, particularly in self-driving cars, robotics, large models, and AIGC. We offer three comprehensive programs: Ph.D. in AI, MPhil in AI, and Bachelor in AI. Our interdisciplinary research spans various fields such as AI in Design, Business, Smart Living, Smart Cities, Talent Intelligence, Finance, Security and Privacy, Manufacturing, and Transportation, pushing the boundaries of what AI can achieve. Over the past two years, we have successfully secured funding at both national and provincial levels. We have also established several joint laboratories with industry partners, fostering AI research with real-life applications and enhancing the impact of our work. We enthusiastically welcome you to join us and contribute to the exciting and transformative research in the AI era. Warm regards from Lei CHEN, Acting Head of the AI Thrust