The Forum on Mathematical Frontiers and Foundational Reconstruction of AI was held during the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference.

Co-hosted by Putuo district and Feishu, and organized by the Shanghai AI Industry Association, the forum highlighted the crucial synergy between mathematics and AI.

​Prominent global experts, including former Fields Director Prof Kumar Murty, Academia Europaea member Prof Torsten Hoefler, and Spanish Royal Academy member Prof David Rios Insua, participated. Discussions focused on "AI×Mathematics" collaboration, pathways to AGI, and global fundamental research cooperation, covering frontier topics like LLM optimization, ML security, adversarial modeling, and mathematical finance.

A key part was a complex mathematical challenge curated by Fields Medalist Shing-Tung Yau's team. Four major Chinese AI models — Shanghai AI Lab, SenseTime, StepFun, and MiniMax — tackled the problem live, demonstrating their reasoning processes.

Prof Xu Zongben, Chinese Academy of Sciences academician, stressed the significance of enhancing foundational theory and original innovation for China's AI to take a good place in the global market.

Shanghai, accelerating its global sci-tech innovation hub status, views deep math-AI integration as essential for boosting R&D. The city aims to drive mathematical breakthroughs to fuel AI innovation and build a top-tier ecosystem.

Putuo is fostering collaborative research along the Shanghai-Nanjing Industrial Innovation Belt, linking universities, institutes, and enterprises for joint projects and pilots to become an "AI+Math" highland. It aims to be an incubator and service hub for math-guided AI and AI-driven math development, supporting Shanghai's global ambitions.

 

Source: Shanghai Putuo Media Center