Theta Labs, a global leader in decentralized cloud infrastructure for AI, media, and entertainment, announces its latest customer, Sogang University’s Language & Data Intelligence Laboratory led by Professor Buru Chang, joins a network of twenty customers spanning academia, enterprise, esports, and traditional sports industries.
Sogang University adds to Theta Labs growing network of academic collaborators, empowering researchers with the first hybrid cloud-edge GPU computing platform. As one of South Korea’s leading AI research institutions, Sogang University joins an elite group of academic partners, including Seoul National University, KAIST, Korea University, Yonsei University, and other distinguished institutions worldwide, all leveraging Theta EdgeCloud to solve AI training and inference challenges.
About Dr. Buru Chang and the Language & Data Intelligence Laboratory
Dr. Buru Chang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Artificial Intelligence at Sogang University, where he leads the Language & Data Intelligence Laboratory. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Korea University, and gained industry experience as a machine learning research scientist at Hyperconnect, where he focused on advanced AI solutions.
The Language & Data Intelligence Laboratory specializes in natural language processing (NLP), multimodal machine learning, and data mining. Under Dr. Chang’s leadership, the lab has achieved significant recognition, publishing papers in leading AI conferences such as AAAI, CVPR, ECCV, EMNLP, and WSDM. The lab’s research focuses on various AI areas including dialogue generation, semantic diversity, and multimodal AI applications, making it a hub for cutting-edge AI innovation.
ESREAL (“Exploiting Semantic Reconstruction to mitigate Hallucinations”), a novel framework developed by Professor Chang and the SNU team, aimed at addressing hallucinations in vision-language models (VLMs), particularly in generating long captions.
Advancing AI Research with Theta EdgeCloud
With access to Theta EdgeCloud, the Language & Data Intelligence Lab will harness scalable, cost-effective and easy-to-use GPU computing power to accelerate its pioneering work in:
NLP and Multimodal AI: Advancing models for open-domain dialogue, semantic diversity, and multimodal data analysis.
Generative AI and Edge Computing: Developing real-time AI solutions for media processing and robust deployment on edge devices.
Efficient AI Workflows: Enhancing model training and inference efficiency through Theta’s hybrid GPU infrastructure.
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Professor Buru Chang:
“We selected the EdgeCloud platform by introduction from my fellow colleagues in academia. It seems like Theta has truly gotten significant market traction both in the US and especially here in South Korea. After thorough evaluation of the EdgeCloud AI platform, we’ve been impressed with how easy it is to use and scale effortlessly. We’re looking forward to exploring new frontiers in AI research by utilizing Theta’s decentralized infrastructure over the next few years.”
Mitch Liu, co-founder and CEO of Theta Labs:
“As we dive into 2025, we’re accelerating our pace of customer acquisition for Theta EdgeCloud AI and video services. Thrilled to welcome Sogang University and Dr. Chang’s Language & Data Intelligence Lab as our 21st customer. Their expertise in NLP, GenAI and edge computing aligns perfectly with Theta’s mission to empower teams with decentralized GPU computing power.”
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. Theta’s enterprise validator and governance council is composed of global market leaders including Google, Samsung, CAA, and Binance.
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About Sogang University
Founded in 1960, Sogang University is one of South Korea’s most prestigious institutions, known for its commitment to academic excellence, innovative research, and holistic education. Located in Seoul, the university offers a wide range of programs across disciplines, including natural sciences, engineering, business, and social sciences.
Sogang University is dedicated to fostering global leaders through a rigorous academic curriculum, cutting-edge research, and strong industry collaborations. With a focus on innovation and interdisciplinary learning, the university has earned a reputation as a hub for forward-thinking education and research in South Korea and internationally.