Recently, SBC-USST and the Beijing Institute of Big Data Research (BIBDR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a collaborative partnership. The two parties will cooperate in areas such as strategic planning and system implementation of SBC’s AI infrastructure, AI-enabled teaching methodologies and systems, curriculum design and delivery for AI-related courses, student internship cooperation and more, exploring new pathways for international talent cultivation and industry-education integration.
This collaborative partnership was agreed upon by both parties in late 2025. Zhang Zheng, Vice Dean of SBC, who signed the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the College, noted that the partnership represents a concrete step in advancing educational reform and responding to the needs of the digital economy. By integrating with BIBDR's research resources, the College will promote the digital intelligence upgrade of its curriculum system and explore collaborative mechanisms for industry-university-research talent cultivation.
According to the MoU, both parties will fully leverage BIBDR's research and industry strengths in big data and artificial intelligence, combined with SBC's international education resources, to jointly develop industry-oriented curriculum systems and provide students with internship and practice platforms, thereby enhancing the relevance and adaptability of talent cultivation.
This collaboration marks a significant step forward for SBC in AI-empowered talent development and educational teaching reform. The College will further focus on interdisciplinary integration and industry-education synergy, continuously improving its educational standards and talent cultivation quality, cultivating more internationally competitive interdisciplinary talents to serve the national big data strategy and AI industry development.
【Background】
Founded in 2015, the Beijing Institute of Big Data Research (BIBDR) was jointly established with support from four parties: Peking University, Beijing University of Technology, the People's Government of Haidian District, and the Zhongguancun Administrative Committee. It is led by four academicians, including Professor E Weinan, a professor in the Department of Mathematics at Peking University and an early advocate of AI for Science, and Professor Zhang Pingwen, then Vice President of Peking University. As China's first comprehensive R&D platform in the big data and artificial intelligence sector, BIBDR integrates talent development, scientific research and innovation, industrial transformation, and think-tank consulting. It has achieved a series of landmark breakthroughs in fields such as machine learning, macroeconomic big data, and intelligent information processing.
BIBDR's current partners and clients include: China Development Bank, China Construction Bank, Bank of China, China Everbright Bank, Xinhua News Agency, China Electronics Corporation, China Telecom, China Unicom, State Grid Corporation of China, China Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd., China Railway Construction Corporation Limited, National Coal Trading Center, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, and others.
