| Prof. KING Kuo Chin IrwinThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, ChinaIEEE Fellow, INNS Fellow, AAIA Fellow, ACM Distinguished MemberBreif Introduction：Irwin King is the Associate Dean (Education) of the Engineering Faculty and Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also the Director of Rich Media and Big Data Key Laboratory at the Shenzhen Research Institute. His research interests include machine learning, social computing, Big Data, data mining, and multimedia information processing. Recently, Prof. King has been an evangelist in the use of education technologies in eLearning for the betterment of teaching and learning. Speech Title: The Critical Role of AI in Learning Analytics and Assessment in the Future of Education |
| Prof. Jon-Chao HongNational Taiwan Normal University, ChinaBreif Introduction：Jon-ChaoHong is currently working as a Chair professor in the department of industrial education at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). As the director of Digital Game-based Learning Laboratory (GBL), he has developed 24 educational Apps and VR for skill training, science and language learning. As the secretary general of Taiwan Creativity Development Association, he also organizes several creative contests relevant to STEAM, such as PowerTech Contest to ensure students’ hands-on creation without parents or teachers’ assistance. As the international Chairman of International Exhibition for Young Inventors (IEYI), he also promotes the innovative contest to give students an opportunity to stimulate their science inquiry abilities. In addition, he has published a number of academic articles in international journals related to learning psychology and human resource development. As a professor with 4Ps (products, patents, papers and platforms) performance, he received the Outstanding Research Prize twice from Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan. Speech Title: Immersive VR Development for University Students to Escape from Dangerous |
| Prof. Huiyu ZhouUniversity of Leicester, UKBreif Introduction：Dr. Huiyu Zhou received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Radio Technology from Huazhong University of Science and Technology of China, and a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from University of Dundee of United Kingdom, respectively. He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Computer Vision from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Dr. Zhou currently is a full Professor at School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Leicester, United Kingdom. He has published over 500 peer-reviewed papers in the field. His research work has been or is being supported by UK EPSRC, ESRC, AHRC, MRC, EU, Royal Society, Leverhulme Trust, Invest NI, Puffin Trust, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Invest NI and industry. Speech Title: Artificial intelligence and applications in smart agriculture. Abstract: Smart agriculture refers to the usage of modern ICT technologies on farms in order to increase quality and quantity of crops whilst optimising human labour. In this talk, we will first describe the relationship between AI and agriculture, and then discuss two case studies that deeply involve AI to support farming. First of all, we will discuss the impacts of weeds on yield and quality of rice, and then propose a deep learning model to separate rice seedlings and weeds for down-stream tasks. Secondly, we will discuss the use of deep learning technologies in estimating internal structures of rice seedling stems so as to examine health and growth of rice seedlings. Finally, we will summarise this talk and point out our future work. |
| Prof. Hua WangZhejiang University, ChinaBreif Introduction：Professor Wang's research and teaching interests include financial products and markets, Fintech, quantitative trading, and financial market regulation. With nearly 20 years of academic and financial market experience, proficient in English and Japanese, and rich international financial work experience in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other places, he has worked as a research consultant for China Financial Futures Exchange, participated in and was responsible for the research and development of financial products listing and a number of CSRC and exchange projects. His research reports have been approved by national leaders, and he has published many research articles and results in financial markets, fintech and regulation. Speech Title: Optimizing Large Models for the Chinese Stock Market: Efficient Prediction and Investment Advisory Approach |
