A*STAR CFAR AI Symposium 2022

A*STAR CFAR AI Symposium 2022
02 December 2022, 10:00am – 3:30pm
Innovis, Multipurpose Hall 1 & 2, Level 1
2 Fusionopolis Way, Singapore 138634

ABOUT

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is recognised globally as a highly disruptive technology in recent years. Leveraging opportunities in AI could potentially bring about transformation and benefits to human societies and national economies. In this seminar jointly organised by A*STAR’s Centre for Frontier AI Research (CFAR) and the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), we bring together esteemed speakers from IEEE to share insights on future AI trends.

SPEAKERS

Prof Yew Soon ONG
Chief Artificial Intelligence
Scientist, A*STAR
President's Chair Professor
of Computer Science, NTU Singapore

Prof Ivor TSANG
Director
Centre for Frontier AI Research
(CFAR), A*STAR

Prof James KELLER
President
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, USA

Prof Kay Chen TAN
Vice-President (Publications)
IEEE Computational Intelligence
Society, USA

Prof Chuan-Kang TING
Editor-in-Chief
IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine

PANELLISTS

PANEL CHAIR:
Prof Yaochu JIN

President Elect
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, USA

Prof James KELLER
President
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, USA

Prof Jonathan GARIBALDI

Editor-in-Chief
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Prof Carlos A. COELLO COELLO
Editor-in-Chief
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation

Prof Georgios N YANNAKAKIS
Editor-in-Chief
IEEE Transactions on Games

Prof Mengjie ZHANG
Distinguished Lecturer
IEEE Computational Intelligence
Society, USA

Prof Yonggang WEN
President’s Chair in Computer Science and Engineering
Associate Dean (Research), College of Engineering
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

PROGRAMME

Time	Programme
09:30am - 10:00am	Registration
10:00am - 10:05am	Opening Remarks Mr Frederick CHEW Chief Executive Officer Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Chief, Public Sector Science & Technology Policy & Plans Office, Prime Minister’s Office
10:05am - 10:15am	*Introduction on ASTAR & AI in Singapore** Professor Yew Soon ONG Chief Artificial Intelligence Scientist, A*STAR President's Chair Professor of Computer Science, NTU Singapore
10:15am - 10:25am	Introduction on Centre for Frontier AI Research (CFAR) Professor Ivor TSANG Director, CFAR
10:25am - 10:45am	Official Launch of CFAR & Photo Taking
10:45am – 11:00am	An Introduction to the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Professor James KELLER President IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, USA
11:00am – 11:15am	An Overview of IEEE CIS Publications Professor Kay Chen TAN Vice-President (Publications) IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, USA
11:15am - 11:30am	Talk by Professor Chuan-Kang TING
11:30am – 1.30pm	*Lunch & ASTAR’s CFAR Research Exhibition**
1:30pm – 3:30pm	Panel Discussion: The Frontier of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and CI (Computational Intelligence)

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