Hengtian and University College Cork Reach Strategic Agreement

On Sep. 26th 2017, Hengtian and University College Cork (UCC) signed a MoU that allows the two organizations to collaborate as partners on development of technology products and services in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.  The MoU was announced at the Cork Financial Services Forum by Mr. Eoin Motherway, its Chairman.

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Pic: President of UCC (left) and Chairman of Hengtian (right) signing the MOU

“I look forward to a productive partnership and I hope that this will open a gateway to further opportunities. We have a strong, committed team here, and I am delighted to see that Hengtian has strong faith in them.” said Mr. Patrick G. O’Shea.

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Pic: A group photo of (left to right): Senior Advisor Michael Wilson, Director Paul O’Neil and Chairman Robert Williams of Hengtian, Chairman of the Cork Financial Services Forum Eoin Motherway, Mark Hutchinson of University College Cork, and Albert Ma, Chief Innovation Officer of Hengtian

The collaboration between Hengtian and UCC will start with BlueMorpho, an automated legacy code analysis and transformation product developed by Hengtian, which includes deep learning architecture, business function prediction algorithms, code pattern search algorithms that can help developers quickly understand the code and help enterprises extract complex business rules. As the next step, UCC and Hengtian will work together to draft a project plan, and a BlueMorpho workshop in Dublin in November is being planned.

About University College Cork

University College Cork, a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen’s Colleges. The university was named Irish University of the Year by the Sunday Times on five occasions.

About Cork Financial Services Forum

Cork Financial Services Forum was established in 2008 to drive the advancement of the financial services industry in the region and strengthen partnerships between industry, educational and government organizations.