Ms. HO Pin Pin Purdy is currently the Executive Director of the Research Department of Huatai Financial Holdings (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd.  As an early participant in artificial intelligence, Ms. Ho obtained her Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2001.  After obtaining her Master of Business Administration from MIT Sloan, she moved on to her equity research career in New York, Shanghai and Hong Kong.  As the Head of Overseas Technology, her research focuses on artificial intelligence, semiconductor and cloud computing in the US market.  Ms Ho’s research also extends to Chinese startups specialized in autonomous driving.