Huawei and ECNU's Qiyao time-series model tops TIME and GIFT-Eval leaderboards
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Huawei Cloud and East China Normal University say their Ascend-native time-series foundation model, Qiyao (七曜), ranks first on the TIME-leaderboard and on the Pretrained category of GIFT-Eval, according to a report by IThome on 11 October 2026.
The model supports zero-shot forecasting for tasks such as grid load analysis, industrial equipment anomaly detection and financial trend analysis.
Huawei Cloud also says the model can be fine-tuned at low cost for industry-specific needs. The report cites Huawei Cloud as the source of the leaderboard claims, and does not include benchmark scores or methodology.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 11, 10:25 AM ET
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AIHuawei Cloud and East China Normal University's Ascend-native time-series foundation model, Qiyao, ranks first on the TIME-leaderboard and GIFT-Eval (Pretrained category) benchmarks, according to Huawei Cloud. The model supports zero-shot time-series forecasting for tasks such as grid load analysis, industrial equipment anomaly detection, and financial trend analysis. It can also be fine-tuned at low cost for vertical industry needs.
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