* AI talent: Researchers possessing creative research ability and technical expertise in their research area and active in AI research with innovative outcomes. Innovative outcome refer to issued patents and/or published English papers. "Active" refers to the creation of innovative outcomes in the last ten years.
Top AI talent: International AI talent with leading research ability. The h-index was adopted as an indicator for the talent level. The h-index is widely recognized in the academic community as the indicator of research ability. Researchers whose H-index score ranks among the top 10% of international AI researchers as top international AI talent.
** No data given on top AI talent
The statistic shows the number of artificial intelligence (AI) experts/talents by country worldwide in 2018. The total number of AI experts in the United States stood at * in 2018, of which were considered top artificial intelligence talent.
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