SINGAPORE, Nov. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The awe-inspiring beauty and untamed majesty of the Amazon comes to life in Amazônia, an extraordinary photographic odyssey by internationally acclaimed Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado. Making its highly anticipated Asia-Pacific debut at the National Museum of Singapore from 22 November 2024 to 2 March 2025, this travelling exhibition transports visitors into the heart of one of the world's greatest ecosystems.
Curated and designed by Salgado's work and life partner, Lélia Wanick Salgado, the exhibition spotlights critical aspects of the complex ecosystems of the Amazon, presenting more than 200 evocative black-and-white photographic prints in addition to slide projections, documenting its vibrant landscapes and the lives of the people who reside within it. Through this visual spectacle that encapsulates the region's majesty and fragility in equal measure, Salgado hopes that this serves as a poignant call for all to conserve the "lungs of the world".
The first theme of the exhibition shows natural wonders and phenomena unique to the rainforest through the following sections:
The second theme showcases 100 photographs of the 12 Amazonian communities with whom Salgado engaged with in structures modelled after ocas, complemented by video interviews with their leaders and an immersive audio experience by French composer Jean-Michel Jarre. The journey continues in two projection rooms housing landscapes, portraits and soundscapes, a space featuring Instituto Terra's work, and Amazônia Touch, the first photographic volume designed for blind and visually impaired audiences.
For its Singapore staging, the museum introduces Eco Sanctuary, a rainforest-themed interactive space to complement the exhibition and highlight local themes by engaging visitors' senses of touch, smell and hearing. Visitors can also participate in conservation-related programmes and workshops and contribute their thoughts at the Reflection Zone.
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Witness the majesty of the Amazon rainforest through the lens of world-renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado in the Asia-Pacific debut of Amazônia: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado at the National Museum of Singapore
Witness the majesty of the Amazon rainforest through the lens of world-renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado in the Asia-Pacific debut of Amazônia: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado at the National Museum of Singapore
Witness the majesty of the Amazon rainforest through the lens of world-renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado in the Asia-Pacific debut of Amazônia: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado at the National Museum of Singapore
HANGZHOU, China, Nov. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global AI Defense Challenge 2024 has successfully concluded, attracting over 3,200 participants from 18 countries and regions across the world. Co-hosted by the China Society of Image and Graphics (CSIG), the Cloud Security Alliance Greater China Region (CSA GCR), and Ant Group, the competition aims to facilitate collaboration between academic and industry communities, exploring and addressing potential technical risks associated with large model applications, and supporting the sustainable and reliable development of the global AI industry.
Launched in September 2024, the competition focused on defense strategies for large model applications. Over the past two months, participants from more than 290 universities, including renowned institutions such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, Nanyang Technological University, Johns Hopkins University, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and The University of Sydney, and more than 280 companies, including ByteDance, Zhipu AI, Tencent, Shopee, and NetEase, joined the competition. They competed in two tracks: Vaccination for Text-to-Image Generative Models, and AI Identity Verification - Financial Certificate Tampering Detection.
Based on the results submitted by participating teams, the judging panel announced the winners for each track, including one team from ByteDance and another from INTSIG Information.
Wang Yaonan, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Chairman of the CSIG, noted, "Enhancing security measures and constructing a comprehensive security system for large models are crucial for ensuring the sustainable, reliable, and healthy development of AI technologies. This responsibility falls on all industry participants and researchers as we address the opportunities and challenges posed by AI."
"This competition is committed to exploring the security challenges in large model applications and fostering the continuous advancement of AI security technologies, "added Wang Weiqiang, Chief Scientist of Ant Security Lab and a member of the judging panel. "Meanwhile, it has also brought together technology experts and talents from across the globe, creating a platform for collaboration and competition. We are excited to witness the remarkable capabilities of these exceptional security talents, which will contribute significantly for the industry's continued development."
The competition is organized by Ant Security Lab, Alibaba Cloud, Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zhejiang University, and various other industry, academic, and research institutions, with the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory serving as a technical advisor. In addition to awarding the overall winners, the competition also presents Outstanding Solution Awards to recognize the practices in algorithm innovations and computational sustainability from participating teams.
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The Global AI Defense Challenge 2024 Announces Winners Across Two Competition Tracks
