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Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Enterprise Knowledge Search

Shanghai Jiao Tong University wanted to connect frontier AI techniques with real research workflows so faculty could use scientific data, models and computing resources more efficiently instead of relying on years of repeated manual experimentation.

A molecular SMILES query can return reaction processes, conditions and literature links in about 5 seconds.

Reported impact

Business outcome

The university reduced the time needed to retrieve and analyze scientific knowledge, opened a reproducible AI-for-science operating model and created a platform that supports multiple discipline-specific large models.

  • Productivity Improvement
  • Scalability
  • Speed to Market

Solution

Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Baidu AI Cloud built an AI for Science platform that combines generative AI, scientific data management and trusted data sharing in one research environment. ERNIE provides the base model layer, while the BaiGe Heterogeneous Compute Platform optimizes training and inference across the university's research workloads. On top of that, the data middle platform and AI middle platform manage scientific datasets, model development and deployment workflows, and the privacy-computing platform enables trusted sharing and federated modeling across disciplines. The resulting architecture underpins a scientific-data open platform that can answer molecular queries, retrieve reaction processes and literature links, and support forward reaction prediction, knowledge Q&A and model evaluation. Rather than leaving AI expertise siloed inside one lab, the platform industrializes compute, data governance and model services so researchers in chemistry, law and urban science can run repeatable AI-assisted experiments on a shared foundation.

Data flow

Scientific datasets and model artifacts are governed through the data and AI middle platforms, scheduled on BaiGe compute resources for training and inference, then served to researchers through AI-for-Science tools that return reaction knowledge, predictions, evaluations and multi-domain model outputs.

Solution architecture

5 components · 4 layers
  1. Compute
    • ERNIE Large Model Provides the foundational model layer for AI-for-science applications and knowledge workflows.
    • BaiGe Heterogeneous Compute Platform Optimizes training and inference resource allocation for research workloads.
  2. Storage
    • Data Middle Platform Manages scientific datasets and supports shared data development workflows.
  3. Orchestration
    • AI Middle Platform Standardizes model development, management and delivery across research use cases.
  4. Governance
    • Privacy Computing Platform Enables trusted scientific-data sharing and federated computation across disciplines.

Architecture clues

  • It supports federated modeling and trusted data sharing across disciplines
  • The platform combines a compute platform, AI middle platform, data middle platform and privacy-computing layer
  • The same environment is used for chemistry, law and urban-science models

Evidence from the source

BaiGe provides optimized compute allocation for training and inference to accelerate research efficiency (original: 在算力层,通过百度百舸端到端优化的异构算力底座能力,为上海交通大学科研人员提供训练、推理网络的算力优化配置).
In chemistry, researchers can input a molecular SMILES sequence and get reaction processes, conditions and related literature links within about 5 seconds (original: 在 AI for Science 科学数据开源开放平台输入分子 SMILES 序列,基本 5 秒之内就可以检索出反应过程、反应条件和相关文献链接等信息).
The platform supported BAI-Chem 2.0, BAI-Law-13B and an AI plus urban-science result published on the cover of Nature Computational Science (original: 发布白玉兰科学大模型1.0……共研白玉兰科学大模型——法律(BAI-Law-13B)……在 Nature Computational Science 封面发表 AI+ 城市科学要成果).
The platform uses ERNIE, the AI middle platform, the data middle platform, the privacy-computing platform and BaiGe to build an AI for Science scientific-data open platform (original: 以百度自主研发的国产大模型——文心大模型为基石,搭载大模型、人工智能中台、数据中台、隐私计算平台、百度百舸AI异构计算平台等).
Transparency Evidence & methodology 90/100 reference value · 89% confidence · 1 source

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Scoring methodology

How scores are calculated

Customer Reference Value measures usefulness as a customer reference. Evidence Confidence measures the quality and traceability of available evidence, not independent verification.

Customer reference value90/100
  • Problem clarity20/20
    Measures whether the customer's operational problem is specific enough to compare.
  • Implementation depth25/25
    Rewards named components, data flow, integrations, and architecture detail.
  • Outcome specificity20/20
    Measures whether the reported benefit is concrete rather than a generic claim.
  • Quantified impact15/25
    1 metric describe measurable impact.
  • Deployment scale10/10
    Rewards evidence of a live or scaled deployment and meaningful integration scope.
Evidence confidence89%
  • Source authority20/25
    The main evidence is an official vendor-published customer story.
  • Claim traceability21/25
    10 of 12 key fields link to a named source.
  • Direct evidence20/20
    4 direct source quotes retained.
  • Date provenance10/10
    The publication date comes from the source page or publisher.
  • Source transparency8/10
    1 source reference document publisher, URL, authority, retrieval, and supported fields.
  • Implementation specificity10/10
    Rewards source-backed components, data flow, quantified impact, and a specific outcome.
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Sources & provenance

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  1. Baidu AI Cloud

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University customer story

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    https://cloud.baidu.com/customer/case/sjtu.html
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    Published
    May 15, 2025
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  • Published on source page May 15, 2025 · Baidu AI Cloud · First-party
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