Industry-Academia Collaboration to Cultivate Future Talents
Recently, the Graduate School of Wuhan University of Science and Technology officially appointed Dr. Yi Kaijun, founder, Chairman and General Manager of WuHan Homsh Technology Co., Ltd., as a part-time master's supervisor with a three-year term, focusing on the supervision directions of artificial intelligence and integrated circuits.
This marks another landmark initiative for the in-depth integration of industry and academia, and a new starting point for Homsh's continuous efforts to cultivate talents in iris recognition technology.
I. Dual Identity Bridging the Laboratory and Industry
Dr. Yi Kaijun has long been active at the forefront of iris recognition technology. He holds a PhD in Electronic Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA (awarded the Annual Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award), and completed his master's studies at the National University of Singapore.
Before founding Homsh, he worked at the Singapore National Academy of Sciences, leading cutting-edge research projects and accumulating profound engineering experience and academic background. In 2011, he returned to Wuhan and founded Homsh. After more than a decade of in-depth development, he has led the team to achieve multiple groundbreaking "zero-to-one" breakthroughs.
The world's first iris recognition semiconductor intelligent chip, the Phaselirs™ iris recognition algorithm (with accuracy and speed 10 times higher than the industry average)... These achievements stem from an engineer's relentless pursuit of technological excellence.
Now, returning to the university classroom as a part-time supervisor, Dr. Yi Kaijun brings not only knowledge, but also a set of industry-proven engineering thinking and innovation methodologies.
II. Artificial Intelligence × Integrated Circuits: Two Converging Tech Waves of the Era
The two supervision directions of this appointment are exactly the cutting-edge fields with the fiercest technological competition today.
Artificial intelligence is extending from the cloud to the edge, placing increasingly stringent demands on chip computing power for algorithm inference; the design and manufacturing of integrated circuits directly determines whether AI systems can achieve real-time response under constrained power consumption.
Homsh's Qianxin series of FPGA intelligent chips are precisely the product of the convergence of these two fields — they complete high-precision iris feature extraction and matching at the edge, with millisecond-level response and no reliance on the cloud. This engineering approach of deeply embedding algorithms into hardware will be the most valuable practical experience Dr. Yi Kaijun brings to students.
III. Industry-University-Research Integration: Homsh's Talent Strategy
His appointment at Wuhan University of Science and Technology is part of Homsh's industry-university-research strategy. Prior to this, Dr. Yi Kaijun has served as:
● Adjunct Professor at the School of Integrated Circuits, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
● Distinguished Professor at the School of Computer Science, Huanggang Normal University (Hubei Provincial "Industrial Professor")
● Expert of the Wuhan Municipal Expert Advisory Committee for Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Development
Behind each identity is a talent channel jointly built by Homsh and universities — allowing promising students to be exposed to real engineering problems in advance, and enabling industry demands to directly influence the direction of talent cultivation.
This cooperation with Wuhan University of Science and Technology will also bring excellent talent reserves to Homsh, continuously supporting the company's technological innovation and product breakthroughs in the field of iris recognition.
Homsh's Belief
The best technologies require the best talents to inherit and break new ground.
