Lingnan University shines at International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva, winning 5 prizes ― Record-breaking number of exhibitors and awards-winning achievements

HONG KONG, April 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lingnan University has achieved a historic milestone at the 50th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva, winning a record-breaking number of five awards. A total of six groundbreaking inventions from Lingnan were showcased at the exhibition, earning one Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury―the first time the University has achieved this honour―along with two Silver Medals and two Bronze Medals, making the number of Lingnan University's participating and winning projects a record high.

Prof S. Joe Qin, President and Wai Kee Kau Chair Professor of Data Science, conveyed his appreciation for the record-breaking achievements of Lingnan University. He said, "This year, Lingnan has achieved a historic milestone with the number of innovative inventions showcased and awarded at the exhibition. This exceptional accomplishment reflects the University's international recognition in the fields of science, innovation and technology transfer, further strengthening its position as a pivotal player in the global innovation arena. Lingnan will continue to focus on nurturing well-rounded liberal arts and sciences talents, advancing 'human-centred' AI research and development, promoting high-quality research, and enhancing 'industry-academia-research' collaboration. These initiatives will accelerate the transformation of research outcomes into impactful innovations, fostering the development of new quality productive forces and establishing Lingnan as a leading comprehensive university in arts and sciences in the digital era."

For the first time, Lingnan presented multiple inventions from various faculties and departments, showcasing its collaborative spirit and ingenuity. The six groundbreaking inventions exhibited in the exhibition covered areas such as intelligent transport, digital security, carbon neutral technology and humanitarian technology, which fully demonstrated Lingnan's strength in innovation and scientific research and its contribution to the community.

"BLOOM - A Low-cost, Energy-efficient Baby Incubator Designed for Remote and Rural Communities in Developing Countries", which was developed by a team led by Prof Albert Ko, Director of Office of Service-Learning and Lingnan Entrepreneurship Initiative (LEI), has been awarded the Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury.

Silver Award-winning projects include "A Multi-time-scale Model for Day-ahead Forecasting of Passenger Travel-time and Destinations Distribution" led by President S. Joe Qin; and "Direct Air Capture Robot (DACR) System Based on Mobile Automatic Cruise Tracking Coupled with Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation and Waste Heat Recovery System" led by Prof Li Jia, Associate Professor of School of Interdisciplinary Studies.

Bronze Award-winning projects include "Decentralised Authentication of Anti-Counterfeiting QR Codes Using Vision Transformer-Based Federated Learning" led by Prof Prof Sam Kwong Tak-wu, Associate Vice-President (Strategic Research) ), Acting Dean of the School of Data Science, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and J.K. Lee Chair Professor of Computational Intelligence; and "EmergentSync: An Intelligent Traffic Light System with Emergency Response" led by Prof Pan Fei, Assistant Professor of School of Interdisciplinary Studies.

Prof Sam Kwong Tak-wu, led the research project on "Decentralised Authentication of Anti-Counterfeiting QR Codes Using Vision Transformer-Based Federated Learning", which won the Bronze Medal, is delighted by this remarkable achievement and said, "This award is full recognition of our team's pioneering research and demonstrates Lingnan University's strong commitment to cultivating young talent and transforming research outcomes into practical applications. We aim to continue addressing the urgent challenges facing the world today through innovative inventions. Moving forward, we will deepen our efforts in the relevant fields and actively expand our networks with the government and industry, and leverage our research capabilities to make greater contributions to society."

The International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva is one of the world's most important annual events in the field of invention, this year showcasing more than 1,050 inventions from around 35 countries or regions.

List of awarded projects and introduction

Awards	Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury
Project Title	BLOOM - A Low-cost, Energy-efficient Baby Incubator Designed for Remote and Rural Communities in Developing Countries
Awarded Lingnan Faculty and Staff	•        Prof Albert Ko, Director of Office of Service-Learning and Lingnan Entrepreneurship Initiative (LEI) •        Dr Nicole Lee Man-ying, Associate Programme Director of Office of Service-Learning and Lingnan Entrepreneurship Initiative •        Mr Adrian Lo Chun-kwong, Product Design Lead of Office of Service-Learning •        Mr Edward Lam Chi-yin, Senior Design Engineer of Office of Service-Learning •        Mr Martin Cheung Chun-hei, Project Engineer of Office of Service-Learning
Project description	The Bloom Baby Incubator is a foldable, portable and cost-effective baby incubator with AI technology designed for backward countries or remote and poor areas to ensure the care of newborns in different environments. Features: •        Accurate temperature monitoring Combined with AI technology, through the multi-point temperature sensor data analysis, to provide accurate temperature monitoring, greatly reducing the error. This technology ensures that the incubator maintains the exact temperature level set by medical professionals, creating a safe and controlled environment for preterm babies. •        Fault Alert AI algorithms monitor equipment operation and provide timely alerts of module failure risks. Simple light signals and codes are used to indicate maintenance recommendations, which can be operated without relying on the internet. •        Intelligent Energy Management Through AI model algorithms, power consumption can be adjusted more effectively to prioritise core functions (e.g. heating system), which improves battery life in areas with unstable power supply. The technology also supports unstable voltage inputs and can be integrated with solar charging to adapt to energy conditions in remote areas.

Awards

Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury

Project Title

BLOOM - A Low-cost, Energy-efficient Baby Incubator Designed for Remote and Rural Communities in Developing Countries

Awarded Lingnan Faculty and Staff

•        Prof Albert Ko, Director of Office of Service-Learning and Lingnan Entrepreneurship Initiative (LEI)

•        Dr Nicole Lee Man-ying, Associate Programme Director of Office of Service-Learning and Lingnan Entrepreneurship Initiative

•        Mr Adrian Lo Chun-kwong, Product Design Lead of Office of Service-Learning

•        Mr Edward Lam Chi-yin, Senior Design Engineer of Office of Service-Learning

•        Mr Martin Cheung Chun-hei, Project Engineer of Office of Service-Learning

Project description

The Bloom Baby Incubator is a foldable, portable and cost-effective baby incubator with AI technology designed for backward countries or remote and poor areas to ensure the care of newborns in different environments.

Features:

•        Accurate temperature monitoring

Combined with AI technology, through the multi-point temperature sensor data analysis, to provide accurate temperature monitoring, greatly reducing the error. This technology ensures that the incubator maintains the exact temperature level set by medical professionals, creating a safe and controlled environment for preterm babies.

•        Fault Alert

AI algorithms monitor equipment operation and provide timely alerts of module failure risks. Simple light signals and codes are used to indicate maintenance recommendations, which can be operated without relying on the internet.

•        Intelligent Energy Management

Through AI model algorithms, power consumption can be adjusted more effectively to prioritise core functions (e.g. heating system), which improves battery life in areas with unstable power supply. The technology also supports unstable voltage inputs and can be integrated with solar charging to adapt to energy conditions in remote areas.

Awards	Silver Medal
Project Title	A Multi-time-scale Model for Day-ahead Forecasting of Passenger Travel-time and Destinations Distribution
Awarded Lingnan Faculty and Staff	•        Prof S. Joe Qin, President and Wai Kee Kau Chair Professor of Data Science •        Dr Liu Yiren, Postdoctoral Fellow of Division of Industrial Data Science of School of Data Science
Project description	Funded by the Science, Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality, the system uses AI algorithms analyse integrated data for predicting passenger destinations and travel time distribution throughout the subway network. The technology significantly enhances the accuracy of station outflow forecasting, optimises resource allocation, and avoid emergency. Features: •        Accurate Passenger Flow Prediction Predicts the distribution of passenger travelling time and destination across multiple time scales, providing accurate predictions of passenger outflow at each station. •        Dynamic Real-Time Adjustments Using AI algorithms to analyses passenger flows at varying time intervals, enabling real-time resource deployment throughout the transit network. This capability minimizes service delays and provides critical predictive insights during emergencies to facilitate effective evacuations. •        AI-Powered Interactive Visualization Platform Using interactive visualization software to monitor and display prediction results in real time on the map. Enhanced with AI agents that monitor online sources for major events likely to impact passenger volumes.

Awards

Silver Medal  

Project Title

A Multi-time-scale Model for Day-ahead Forecasting of Passenger Travel-time and Destinations Distribution

Awarded Lingnan Faculty and Staff

•        Prof S. Joe Qin, President and Wai Kee Kau Chair Professor of Data Science

•        Dr Liu Yiren, Postdoctoral Fellow of Division of Industrial Data Science of School of Data Science

Project description

Funded by the Science, Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality, the system uses AI algorithms analyse integrated data for predicting passenger destinations and travel time distribution throughout the subway network. The technology significantly enhances the accuracy of station outflow forecasting, optimises resource allocation, and avoid emergency.

Features:

•        Accurate Passenger Flow Prediction

Predicts the distribution of passenger travelling time and destination across multiple time scales, providing accurate predictions of passenger outflow at each station.

•        Dynamic Real-Time Adjustments

Using AI algorithms to analyses passenger flows at varying time intervals, enabling real-time resource deployment throughout the transit network. This capability minimizes service delays and provides critical predictive insights during emergencies to facilitate effective evacuations.

•        AI-Powered Interactive Visualization Platform

Using interactive visualization software to monitor and display prediction results in real time on the map. Enhanced with AI agents that monitor online sources for major events likely to impact passenger volumes.

Awards	Silver Medal
Project Title	Direct Air Capture Robot (DACR) System Based on Mobile Automatic Cruise Tracking Coupled with Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation and Waste Heat Recovery System
Awarded Lingnan Faculty and Staff	Prof Li Jia, Associate Professor of School of Interdisciplinary Studies
Project description	The robot is based on an innovative amine-loaded solid adsorbent and with its autonomous cruise intelligence, it will capture carbon dioxide from the air to permanently sequester or convert it into carbon neutral products. The carbon dioxide captured by the technology can be used in agriculture, in the production of carbonated water, or as a feedstock for other chemicals. Features: •        AI Autonomous Navigation DACR uses AI sensors and algorithms to autonomously navigate in urban and industrial environments, dynamically tracking and locating areas of high CO2 concentration to improve capture efficiency. •        Intelligent Control System for Fully Automated Capture The DACR is equipped with an intelligent control system that automatically monitors and manages the CO2 capture process and optimises operational efficiency.

Awards

Silver Medal      

Project Title

Direct Air Capture Robot (DACR) System Based on Mobile Automatic Cruise Tracking Coupled with Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation and Waste Heat Recovery System

Awarded Lingnan Faculty and Staff

Prof Li Jia, Associate Professor of School of Interdisciplinary Studies

Project description

The robot is based on an innovative amine-loaded solid adsorbent and with its autonomous cruise intelligence, it will capture carbon dioxide from the air to permanently sequester or convert it into carbon neutral products. The carbon dioxide captured by the technology can be used in agriculture, in the production of carbonated water, or as a feedstock for other chemicals.

Features:

•        AI Autonomous Navigation

DACR uses AI sensors and algorithms to autonomously navigate in urban and industrial environments, dynamically tracking and locating areas of high CO2 concentration to improve capture efficiency.

•        Intelligent Control System for Fully Automated Capture

The DACR is equipped with an intelligent control system that automatically monitors and manages the CO2 capture process and optimises operational efficiency.

Awards	Bronze Medal
Project Title	Decentralised Authentication of Anti-Counterfeiting QR Codes Using Vision Transformer-Based Federated Learning
Awarded Lingnan Faculty and Staff	Prof Sam Kwong Tak-wu, Associate Vice-President (Strategic Research), Acting Dean of the School of Data Science, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and J.K. Lee Chair Professor of Computational Intelligence
Project description	The project utilises AI models and proposes an "innovative anti-counterfeiting QR code privacy protection authentication method" to safeguard user privacy and reduce the risk of data leakage during transmission, effectively prevent tampering and improve the security of financial transactions and identity authentication, providing an innovative solution for enhancing "digital security". Features: •        Privacy Protection Verification Enhance security and reduce the risk of privacy leakage by decentralising data. The technology is suitable for application scenarios that require tamper-proof and high privacy protection, such as financial transactions and identity authentication. •        Enhances authentication accuracy The use of a pre-trained Vision Transformer significantly improves the accuracy of 2D code verification, ensuring that images can be clearly recognised even when blurred or distorted.

Awards

Bronze Medal  

Project Title

Decentralised Authentication of Anti-Counterfeiting QR Codes Using Vision Transformer-Based Federated Learning

Awarded Lingnan Faculty and Staff

Prof Sam Kwong Tak-wu, Associate Vice-President (Strategic Research), Acting Dean of the School of Data Science, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and J.K. Lee Chair Professor of Computational Intelligence

Project description

The project utilises AI models and proposes an "innovative anti-counterfeiting QR code privacy protection authentication method" to safeguard user privacy and reduce the risk of data leakage during transmission, effectively prevent tampering and improve the security of financial transactions and identity authentication, providing an innovative solution for enhancing "digital security".

Features:

•        Privacy Protection Verification

Enhance security and reduce the risk of privacy leakage by decentralising data. The technology is suitable for application scenarios that require tamper-proof and high privacy protection, such as financial transactions and identity authentication.

•        Enhances authentication accuracy

The use of a pre-trained Vision Transformer significantly improves the accuracy of 2D code verification, ensuring that images can be clearly recognised even when blurred or distorted.

Awards	Bronze Medal
Project Title	EmergentSync: An Intelligent Traffic Light System with Emergency Response
Awarded Lingnan Faculty and Staff	•        Prof Pan Fei, Assistant Professor of School of Interdisciplinary Studies •        Mr Wang Fangyu, student of Master of Science in Cross-disciplinary Technologies+ (MScCT+)
Project description	The system adopts AI and V2I communication technology to analyse and respond to emergencies based on real-time road conditions, avoiding traffic congestion by adjusting traffic light timings, while improving road safety and efficiency. Features: •        Enhance Traffic Management Efficiency Through AI image recognition and processing technology, emergency vehicles can pass through intersections quickly, enhancing traffic management efficiency. •        AI analysis to help build a smart city Using AI to assess the congestion level of different road sections and adjust the duration of different traffic signals in time, optimising the waiting time for vehicles and pedestrians and avoiding traffic congestion.

Awards

Bronze Medal      

Project Title

EmergentSync: An Intelligent Traffic Light System with Emergency Response

Awarded Lingnan Faculty and Staff

•        Prof Pan Fei, Assistant Professor of School of Interdisciplinary Studies

•        Mr Wang Fangyu, student of Master of Science in Cross-disciplinary Technologies+ (MScCT+)

Project description

The system adopts AI and V2I communication technology to analyse and respond to emergencies based on real-time road conditions, avoiding traffic congestion by adjusting traffic light timings, while improving road safety and efficiency.

Features:

•        Enhance Traffic Management Efficiency

Through AI image recognition and processing technology, emergency vehicles can pass through intersections quickly, enhancing traffic management efficiency.

•        AI analysis to help build a smart city

Using AI to assess the congestion level of different road sections and adjust the duration of different traffic signals in time, optimising the waiting time for vehicles and pedestrians and avoiding traffic congestion.

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Lingnan University shines at International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva, winning 5 prizes ― Record-breaking number of exhibitors and awards-winning achievements

• Innovative technologies enable retailers to implement intelligent stores at scale to deliver smarter, more responsive shopping experiences
• Industry partners to display production-ready AI solutions for loss prevention, digital twins, AI agents, customer analytics, and more

SAN JOSE, Calif. and NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Retail's Big Show -- Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a Total IT Solution Provider for AI/ML, HPC, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, today announced collaboration with technology partners for AI-powered intelligent in-store retail solutions designed to meet increasing customer expectations with scalability, improved productivity and increased profitability.

"AI is reshaping shopping experiences, enabling real-time analysis of video and other data to give retailers actionable insights to optimizing staff efficiency, reducing shrinkage, increasing profits, and avoiding stock-outs," said Charles Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro. "By combining Supermicro's complete and scalable AI platforms with NVIDIA RTX PRO accelerated computing solutions, we're enabling retailers to build intelligent stores that maximize the benefits of AI-driven applications."

According to the latest NVIDIA State of AI in Retail & CPG report, 89% of respondents reported that AI is helping to increase annual revenue, while 95% said it is helping decrease annual costs, highlighting the measurable business impact retailers are already achieving because of AI¹.

For more information, please visit https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/edge/servers

Supermicro Complete and Scalable Edge AI Infrastructure

Retail-centric AI applications require sub-second responsiveness which is only possible, at scale, if data is processed directly at the edge. Supermicro's Edge AI infrastructure enables the deployment of solutions in distributed environments, such as intelligent retail stores and supply chains, to provide a complete solution.

Deploying at the edge presents a myriad of unique challenges in comparison to the data center. Supermicro's broad Edge AI portfolio of products helps customers and partners overcome these challenges while striking the right balance between performance and ROI.

For deployments in harsh environments where conditioned space is not available, the fanless E103 series of products bring AI processing power where it couldn't go before. Supermicro also offers a fanned small form factor E300 series systems with AI capabilities.

When there is a demanding AI workload at the edge, customers and partners can turn to numerous systems capable of holding the latest discrete GPUs for AI acceleration. Ranging from 1U short-depth to larger 4U form factors, solutions can be right-sized to meet the customer's needs by enabling the latest generation of NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell series.

Supermicro Intelligent Store Partners

Supermicro is collaborating with ecosystem partners including Everseen, Kinetic Vision, ALLSIDES, LiveX, WobotAI, and Aible, to create intelligent stores that positively impact day-to-day retail operations as well as longer term supply chain management.

• Everseen's Evercheck solution uses Vision AI to help reduce shrink and improve staff productivity and customer experiences. Built on the Everseen Vision AI platform, Evercheck detects, and deters recovery of unwanted behaviors at checkout, helping retailers recover losses and streamline front-of-store operations.

"Everseen has spent years working alongside some of the world's largest retailers, understanding the realities of the store floor and solving loss challenges where they actually happen," said Joe White, CEO of Everseen. "By partnering with Supermicro and leveraging NVIDIA-accelerated computing, Evercheck delivers real-time computer vision at the edge - transforming store activity into intelligence retailers can act on immediately."

• Wobot AI, focused on building Video AI Agents for the physical world, will be demonstrating how the cameras retailers already own can be turned into systems that continuously observe, learn, and produce usable insight. By converting ordinary CCTV infrastructure into autonomous agents that recognize patterns, identify friction, and surface decisions, Wobot's AI Agents enable retailers to improve day-to-day operations with practical and measurable outcomes.

"By working with Supermicro and NVIDIA at the edge, we're able to deploy Video AI Agents in a way that's scalable, reliable, and focused on real-time operational insight—not experimentation," said Will Kelso, President, Revenue & Growth at Wobot AI.

• LiveX AI - "Retail is entering an era where AI agents become the default interaction layer between brands and customers," said Jerry Li, Co-Founder and CEO of LiveX AI. "With NVIDIA's accelerated AI and Supermicro's edge infrastructure, we can deploy a helpful, human-like AI agent directly in physical spaces—such as kiosks or holograms—bringing the speed, intelligence, and continuity of digital experiences into brick-and-mortar environments. This collaboration makes AI agents usable, in real time, where customers actually are."

• • Kinetic Vision and ALLSIDES are bundling their expertise for a True Digital Twin solution designed to develop, test, and optimize supply chain processes, checkout stations, and other complex systems.

"The combination of Supermicro's high reliability optimized infrastructure and NVIDIA's accelerated computing stack gives Kinetic Vision the foundation to innovate at speed. Together, we are helping retailers move from experimentation to production-ready AI solutions that drive measurable operational and customer experience gains," says Jeremy Jarratt, Kinetic Vision CEO.

Franz Tschimben, CEO at ALLSIDES, adds: "Building on the combined strengths of NVIDIA and Supermicro, we deliver a high-fidelity 3D digital twin data layer for AI training that enables retailers to power applications across the entire retail value chain — from training robots with physical AI, to production and production planning, virtual store layouts and consumer feedback systems, and e-commerce integrations — helping drive higher conversion rates, faster decision-making, and greater operational efficiency."

• Supermicro will also feature Superb AI's retail-focused VSS solution, combining Superb AI's proprietary VLM with NVIDIA AI Blueprint components to enable subjective reasoning capabilities, natural-language search, automated incident summarization, and customer behavior insights across store camera networks.
• Aible will highlight its automated agent solution, which analyzes vast amounts of data across millions of patterns to explain changes in retail KPIs, such as the average purchase amount or number of purchases. Aible will also demonstrate how the latest NVIDIA Retail blueprints can be incorporated into agentic solutions that automatically customize customer experiences and optimize retail operations at scale.

Arijit Sengupta, CEO of Aible, adds, "Today's market and labor conditions are constantly changing. Only autonomous agents can understand and adjust to these ever-changing patterns of customer behavior, inventory costs and supply, and labor access at scale. Working with NVIDIA and Supermicro, Aible brings autonomous agents subject to business user review to the retail edge."

These intelligent retail solutions will be demonstrated by Supermicro and its partners at NRF: Retail's Big Show in New York City from January 11-13. To learn more about AI-powered retail applications or Supermicro's AI Infrastructure solutions, visit Supermicro booth #5281 and attend its speaking session featuring PepsiCo and Kinetic Vision. For more details, please visit www.supermicro.com/NRF

¹Source: "NVIDIA State of AI in Retail and CPG" 2026

About Super Micro Computer, Inc.

Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI) is a global leader in Application-Optimized Total IT Solutions. Founded and operating in San Jose, California, Supermicro is committed to delivering first to market innovation for Enterprise, Cloud, AI, and 5G Telco/Edge IT Infrastructure. We are a Total IT Solutions provider with server, AI, storage, IoT, switch systems, software, and support services. Supermicro's motherboard, power, and chassis design expertise further enables our development and production, enabling next generation innovation from cloud to edge for our global customers. Our products are designed and manufactured in-house (in the US, Asia, and the Netherlands), leveraging global operations for scale and efficiency and optimized to improve TCO and reduce environmental impact (Green Computing). The award-winning portfolio of Server Building Block Solutions® allows customers to optimize for their exact workload and application by selecting from a broad family of systems built from our flexible and reusable building blocks that support a comprehensive set of form factors, processors, memory, GPUs, storage, networking, power, and cooling solutions (air-conditioned, free air cooling or liquid cooling).

Supermicro, Server Building Block Solutions, and We Keep IT Green are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc.

All other brands, names, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

 

• Innovative technologies enable retailers to implement intelligent stores at scale to deliver smarter, more responsive shopping experiences
• Industry partners to display production-ready AI solutions for loss prevention, digital twins, AI agents, customer analytics, and more

SAN JOSE, Calif. and NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Retail's Big Show -- Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a Total IT Solution Provider for AI/ML, HPC, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, today announced collaboration with technology partners for AI-powered intelligent in-store retail solutions designed to meet increasing customer expectations with scalability, improved productivity and increased profitability.

"AI is reshaping shopping experiences, enabling real-time analysis of video and other data to give retailers actionable insights to optimizing staff efficiency, reducing shrinkage, increasing profits, and avoiding stock-outs," said Charles Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro. "By combining Supermicro's complete and scalable AI platforms with NVIDIA RTX PRO accelerated computing solutions, we're enabling retailers to build intelligent stores that maximize the benefits of AI-driven applications."

According to the latest NVIDIA State of AI in Retail & CPG report, 89% of respondents reported that AI is helping to increase annual revenue, while 95% said it is helping decrease annual costs, highlighting the measurable business impact retailers are already achieving because of AI¹.

For more information, please visit https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/edge/servers

Supermicro Complete and Scalable Edge AI Infrastructure

Retail-centric AI applications require sub-second responsiveness which is only possible, at scale, if data is processed directly at the edge. Supermicro's Edge AI infrastructure enables the deployment of solutions in distributed environments, such as intelligent retail stores and supply chains, to provide a complete solution.

Deploying at the edge presents a myriad of unique challenges in comparison to the data center. Supermicro's broad Edge AI portfolio of products helps customers and partners overcome these challenges while striking the right balance between performance and ROI.

For deployments in harsh environments where conditioned space is not available, the fanless E103 series of products bring AI processing power where it couldn't go before. Supermicro also offers a fanned small form factor E300 series systems with AI capabilities.

When there is a demanding AI workload at the edge, customers and partners can turn to numerous systems capable of holding the latest discrete GPUs for AI acceleration. Ranging from 1U short-depth to larger 4U form factors, solutions can be right-sized to meet the customer's needs by enabling the latest generation of NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell series.

Supermicro Intelligent Store Partners

Supermicro is collaborating with ecosystem partners including Everseen, Kinetic Vision, ALLSIDES, LiveX, WobotAI, and Aible, to create intelligent stores that positively impact day-to-day retail operations as well as longer term supply chain management.

• Everseen's Evercheck solution uses Vision AI to help reduce shrink and improve staff productivity and customer experiences. Built on the Everseen Vision AI platform, Evercheck detects, and deters recovery of unwanted behaviors at checkout, helping retailers recover losses and streamline front-of-store operations.

"Everseen has spent years working alongside some of the world's largest retailers, understanding the realities of the store floor and solving loss challenges where they actually happen," said Joe White, CEO of Everseen. "By partnering with Supermicro and leveraging NVIDIA-accelerated computing, Evercheck delivers real-time computer vision at the edge - transforming store activity into intelligence retailers can act on immediately."

• Wobot AI, focused on building Video AI Agents for the physical world, will be demonstrating how the cameras retailers already own can be turned into systems that continuously observe, learn, and produce usable insight. By converting ordinary CCTV infrastructure into autonomous agents that recognize patterns, identify friction, and surface decisions, Wobot's AI Agents enable retailers to improve day-to-day operations with practical and measurable outcomes.

"By working with Supermicro and NVIDIA at the edge, we're able to deploy Video AI Agents in a way that's scalable, reliable, and focused on real-time operational insight—not experimentation," said Will Kelso, President, Revenue & Growth at Wobot AI.

• LiveX AI - "Retail is entering an era where AI agents become the default interaction layer between brands and customers," said Jerry Li, Co-Founder and CEO of LiveX AI. "With NVIDIA's accelerated AI and Supermicro's edge infrastructure, we can deploy a helpful, human-like AI agent directly in physical spaces—such as kiosks or holograms—bringing the speed, intelligence, and continuity of digital experiences into brick-and-mortar environments. This collaboration makes AI agents usable, in real time, where customers actually are."

• • Kinetic Vision and ALLSIDES are bundling their expertise for a True Digital Twin solution designed to develop, test, and optimize supply chain processes, checkout stations, and other complex systems.

"The combination of Supermicro's high reliability optimized infrastructure and NVIDIA's accelerated computing stack gives Kinetic Vision the foundation to innovate at speed. Together, we are helping retailers move from experimentation to production-ready AI solutions that drive measurable operational and customer experience gains," says Jeremy Jarratt, Kinetic Vision CEO.

Franz Tschimben, CEO at ALLSIDES, adds: "Building on the combined strengths of NVIDIA and Supermicro, we deliver a high-fidelity 3D digital twin data layer for AI training that enables retailers to power applications across the entire retail value chain — from training robots with physical AI, to production and production planning, virtual store layouts and consumer feedback systems, and e-commerce integrations — helping drive higher conversion rates, faster decision-making, and greater operational efficiency."

• Supermicro will also feature Superb AI's retail-focused VSS solution, combining Superb AI's proprietary VLM with NVIDIA AI Blueprint components to enable subjective reasoning capabilities, natural-language search, automated incident summarization, and customer behavior insights across store camera networks.
• Aible will highlight its automated agent solution, which analyzes vast amounts of data across millions of patterns to explain changes in retail KPIs, such as the average purchase amount or number of purchases. Aible will also demonstrate how the latest NVIDIA Retail blueprints can be incorporated into agentic solutions that automatically customize customer experiences and optimize retail operations at scale.

Arijit Sengupta, CEO of Aible, adds, "Today's market and labor conditions are constantly changing. Only autonomous agents can understand and adjust to these ever-changing patterns of customer behavior, inventory costs and supply, and labor access at scale. Working with NVIDIA and Supermicro, Aible brings autonomous agents subject to business user review to the retail edge."

These intelligent retail solutions will be demonstrated by Supermicro and its partners at NRF: Retail's Big Show in New York City from January 11-13. To learn more about AI-powered retail applications or Supermicro's AI Infrastructure solutions, visit Supermicro booth #5281 and attend its speaking session featuring PepsiCo and Kinetic Vision. For more details, please visit www.supermicro.com/NRF

¹Source: "NVIDIA State of AI in Retail and CPG" 2026

About Super Micro Computer, Inc.

Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI) is a global leader in Application-Optimized Total IT Solutions. Founded and operating in San Jose, California, Supermicro is committed to delivering first to market innovation for Enterprise, Cloud, AI, and 5G Telco/Edge IT Infrastructure. We are a Total IT Solutions provider with server, AI, storage, IoT, switch systems, software, and support services. Supermicro's motherboard, power, and chassis design expertise further enables our development and production, enabling next generation innovation from cloud to edge for our global customers. Our products are designed and manufactured in-house (in the US, Asia, and the Netherlands), leveraging global operations for scale and efficiency and optimized to improve TCO and reduce environmental impact (Green Computing). The award-winning portfolio of Server Building Block Solutions® allows customers to optimize for their exact workload and application by selecting from a broad family of systems built from our flexible and reusable building blocks that support a comprehensive set of form factors, processors, memory, GPUs, storage, networking, power, and cooling solutions (air-conditioned, free air cooling or liquid cooling).

Supermicro, Server Building Block Solutions, and We Keep IT Green are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc.

All other brands, names, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

 

** The press release content is from PR Newswire. Bastille Post is not involved in its creation. **

Supermicro Announces Intelligent In-Store Retail Solutions in Collaboration with a Broad Range of Industry Partners