Theta Labs Announces New Academic Collaboration with Chung-Ang University's Intelligent Information Processing Lab (IIPL)

Theta Labs, a global leader in decentralized cloud infrastructure for AI, media, and entertainment, announces a new academic collaboration with Chung-Ang University's Intelligent Information Processing Lab (IIPL)

Theta Labs, a leading provider of decentralized cloud infrastructure for AI, media, and entertainment, today announces a new academic partnership with Chung-Ang University's Intelligent Information Processing Lab (IIPL), headed by Professor Young Bin Kim. This partnership marks Edgecloud's 25th customer since its launch in the summer of 2024.

IIPL has built a global reputation in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing (NLP), consistently contributing to top-tier AI conferences such as NAACL, EMNLP, ECCV, AAAI, and ICLR. The partnership further highlights Theta's commitment to empowering academic institutions worldwide with scalable, high-performance computing.

Chung-Ang University joins the Theta EdgeCloud ecosystem as the platform continues to strengthen its role as a leading enabler of AI research and decentralized computing.

Chung-Ang University's Intelligent Information Processing Lab (IIPL) specializes in low-resource AI, natural language processing (NLP), multimodal AI, and data-efficient machine learning. Through this collaboration, Theta EdgeCloud will provide scalable and cost-effective GPU compute power to support various AI researches in:

* LLM-driven Data Generation and Augmentation: Enhancing the efficiency and scalability of dataset generation and augmentation by leveraging large language models and the high-performance computational resources of Theta EdgeCloud.

* Domain Generalization for Low-resource and Multimodal Tasks: Strengthening AI resilience in diverse, resource-constrained environments while ensuring consistent and robust performance through Theta EdgeCloud's optimized edge computing capabilities and infrastructure.

* Bias Mitigation and Enhanced Model Robustness: Ensuring fairness and reliability in AI systems by employing advanced bias mitigation techniques and robust model training methods, powered by Theta EdgeCloud's computational resources.

Theta EdgeCloud's hybrid cloud-edge GPU computing platform enables Chung-Ang University's researchers to scale deep learning models efficiently, overcoming the high costs and computational bottlenecks of traditional centralized cloud providers.

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"We evaluated multiple cloud based services from all the top tier providers and we’re excited to collaborate with Theta Labs to integrate EdgeCloud into our research," said Professor Young Bin Kim, Associate Professor at Chung-Ang University. "We had the easiest access to EdgeCloud’s GPU computing infrastructure and received the most responsive customer service compared to all other providers. Looking forward to accelerating our AI model training and pushing the boundaries of NLP and multimodal AI in low-resource environments."

"EdgeCloud has received tremendous customer interest and traction since launch last summer. We aim to become the largest provider of decentralized cloud services for AI, video and other GPU-intensive tasks by the end of 2025," said Mitch Liu, CEO of Theta Labs. "With the June beta launch of our hybrid cloud architecture powered by Theta edge and elite nodes globally, we believe we can lower GPU hour rates by another 30-50%, placing us among the top GPU price-to-performance."

About Theta Labs

Theta Labs is the leading provider of decentralized cloud infrastructure for AI, media and entertainment powered by a global network of 30,000 distributed edge nodes and a native blockchain. Backed by Samsung, Sony, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments and Creative Artists Agency, Theta is among the top 10 DePIN blockchains by market capitalization on Coingecko and top AI tokens on Binance.com.

Recently launched Theta EdgeCloud is the first hybrid cloud-edge computing AI platform with over 80 PetaFLOPS of on-demand distributed GPU compute power. EdgeCloud now counts 25 global customers including 4 of the top 5 South Korea universities, top professional sports teams including NHL's Las Vegas Knights, New Jersey Devils, and global esports teams FlyQuest and Evil Geniuses.

Theta's enterprise validator and governance council is composed of global market leaders including Google, Samsung, CAA and Binance.

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About Chung-Ang University

Founded in 1918, Chung-Ang University (CAU) is one of South Korea's premier research institutions, recognized for its excellence in AI, engineering, and multimedia studies. The university is home to cutting-edge AI research labs, including the Intelligent Information Processing Lab (IIPL), which specializes in natural language processing (NLP), multimodal AI, and efficient deep learning solutions. With a strong emphasis on innovation and industry collaboration, CAU continues to drive advancements in AI, computing, and digital transformation, making significant contributions to both academia and real-world applications.