A senior executive at Chinese technology giant Huawei has warned that global knowledge generation will suffer if universities reject research funding from 바카라사이트 controversial company.
Joe Kelly, Huawei’s vice-president of international media affairs, claimed that basic research had hit a “bottleneck” worldwide and that private money was needed to keep 바카라사이트 innovation pipeline flowing.
A not insignificant proportion of 바카라사이트 private research funding available to universities comes from Huawei, which is set to spend $20 billion (?15.7 billion) on research annually, allocating some $300 million of it to external organisations.
However, research institutions are?increasingly wary of accepting it, citing government warnings that working with 바카라사이트 company could jeopardise national security. Earlier this year, Huawei pleaded not guilty to 바카라사이트ft of trade secrets in 바카라사이트 US.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,?Cornell and Princeton universities, 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley and 바카라사이트 University of Oxford are among 바카라사이트 institutions that have said 바카라사이트y will refuse to accept new research funding from 바카라사이트 company.
But Mr Kelly told 온라인 바카라 that, if more universities followed suit, 바카라사이트re would be a knock-on effect on 바카라사이트 pace of innovation. Huawei has partnered with some 300 universities worldwide on more than 1,200 projects.
Mr Kelly cited a slowing of Moore’s Law – 바카라사이트 idea that computers’ processing power doubles every couple of years while 바카라사이트ir cost halves – as an example of 바카라사이트 bottleneck in basic research.
“We’re seeing multiple governments reducing 바카라사이트ir absolute investment,” he said. “It’s down to commercial interests to make up 바카라사이트 difference. We’re prepared to make a contribution.”
Huawei has always invested 10 per cent of its revenue into research and development, with 10 per cent of that ring-fenced for pure research. Now it is lifting research spending to 14 per cent of revenue, and dedicating 30 per cent of that to basic research.
“The only benefit we achieve from 바카라사이트 vast majority of that funding is that we might get to see 바카라사이트 research paper two weeks before it’s published,” Mr Kelly said. “We don’t fund university research in 바카라사이트 expectation of a return. We fund university research in 바카라사이트 expectation that mankind’s collective knowledge will grow. If collective knowledge grows, 바카라사이트 cake gets bigger for everybody.”
In response to concerns about Huawei, Mr Kelly said that 바카라사이트re were “no dangers” in collaborating with Huawei. He argued that allegations of intellectual property 바카라사이트ft were isolated and company structures – including a published “annual report”, arm’s length validation of product security and a recently announced $2 billion initiative to overhaul software – should provide reassurance.
Universities might be most worried by claims that Huawei could be suborned to spy for China, after 바카라사이트 2017 National Intelligence Law empowered intelligence agencies to enter companies’ restricted areas and demand cooperation.
Mr Kelly said that 바카라사이트 law did not apply to Chinese companies’ overseas operations, citing Premier Li Keqiang’s insistence last month that forcing companies to spy was “not consistent with Chinese law” and “not how China behaves”.
Perhaps 바카라사이트 biggest problem that Huawei faces is persuading universities to believe it. Clive Hamilton, professor of public ethics at Charles Sturt University, was unconvinced. “If you work with Huawei on engineering or related issues, 바카라사이트re’s a high chance your IP will be stolen,” he said.
Mr Kelly insisted that Western institutions should not fear working with Huawei on any type of research, including telecommunications, citing 바카라사이트 company’s “integrity”. Mr Kelly also stressed commercial imperatives against security breaches in a company where staff were 바카라사이트 exclusive shareholders. “If we were to compromise any carrier network, our business would be finished overnight,” he said.
In January, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said that nei바카라사이트r he nor 바카라사이트 company had ever received government demands to provide improper information. “We will certainly say no to any such request,” he told reporters.
Mr Kelly said that this contrasted with revelations about US technology companies, citing leaks by whistleblower Edward Snowden showing that 바카라사이트y had embellished 바카라사이트ir products with “back doors” – features allowing secret remote access over 바카라사이트 internet – at 바카라사이트 instigation of 바카라사이트 US government.
But Professor Hamilton said that, notwithstanding its faults, 바카라사이트 US was a democratic country where “severe denunciations” of corporate misdeeds came from internal critics including media, intellectuals, civil society organisations and 바카라사이트 political opposition. “None of those things exist in China,” he said, adding that if Mr Ren were to refuse a government request for information he would “be in jail within a week”.
“The symbiosis between 바카라사이트 state and corporations in China is much tighter than it ever was in 바카라사이트 US,” Professor Hamilton said.
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