[Iefac.list] AI conference - Seattle, WA, USA, May 28 - 30, 2018

[Tao Hong]

 Dear colleagues,

Please help broadcast the conference information below to those who may be
interested.
http://www.taacna.org/ffse

Regards,
Tao Hong
www.drhongtao.com


The 1st Forum on Frontiers of Science and EngineeringEverything
towards AISeattle,
WA, USA, May 28 - 30, 2018

The *1st Forum on Frontiers of Science and Engineering (FFSE-2018)* will be
held in Seattle, WA, USA, on May 28-30, 2018. FFSE is a forum for
researchers in academia and industry to be exposed to breakthroughs,
innovations, and new trends in the broad areas of science and engineering
that are changing the human society. FFSE offers an informal setting for
dynamic interactions and exchanges on the frontiers of science and
engineering research. FFSE promotes multidisciplinary collaboration in research
and education in all aspects of science and engineering, including
socio-economic impacts.

The Forum is an annual convention organized by the Tsinghua Alumni Academic
Club (TAAC). The theme of the FFSE-2018 focuses on artificial intelligence
(AI) and everything in science and engineering that may benefit from AI.
FFSE features 6 keynote presentations, 4 invited talks, a career
development panel, and a 1-hour research collaboration mixing.
*Keynote presentations (abstracts and speaker bios
<http://www.taacna.org/ffse/keynotes>):*

   - "A Builder’s Take on AI," Eric Xing, Carnegie Mellon University &
   Petuum
   - "AI and Security: lessons, challenges and future directions" Dawn
   Song, University of California, Berkeley
   - "Information Theoretic Interpretation of Deep Neural Networks" Lizhong
   Zheng, MIT
   - "Architecture Innovations in the AI Era" Yuan Xie, University of
   California, Santa Barbara
   - "Speech and Language to AI Evolution" Xuedong Huang, Microsoft AI and
   Research
   - "Low-dimensional Structures and Deep Models for High-dimensional
   Data" Yi Ma, University of California, Berkeley

*Featured talks (abstracts and speaker bios
<http://www.taacna.org/ffse/talks>):*

   - "Natural Language Processing Research & Development in Alibaba" Luo
   Si, Alibaba
   - "Selected Topics in Deep Learning for Medical Image Analysis" Jane
   Wang, University of British Columbia
   - "The Challenges of Running Neural Networks on Edge and Mobile
   Devices" Yiran Chen, Duke University.
   - "Statistical Thinking for AI: Keeping Human in the Loop" Tian Zheng,
   Columbia University

*Career development panel: *
1) How to perform outstanding research under current international and
national political environment; 2) How to write winning proposals and
establish viable multidisciplinary research collaborations; 3) How to
prepare for taking administrative roles.

   - Chengshan Xiao (Moderator), Lehigh University
   - Jiangyu Li, University of Washington
   - Yi Ma, UC Berkeley
   - Zhenqiang Ma, University of Wisconsin-Madison
   - Zhi Tian, George Mason University
   - Yinhai Wang, University of Washington
   - Min Wu, University of Maryland
   - Jean Zu, Stevens Institute of Technology


*Technical Program Summary:*

   - May 28, Monday Evening Reception – get to know each other
   - May 29, Tuesday – two technical sessions in the morning and two
   technical sessions in the afternoon with keynotes and tutorials
   - May 29, Tuesday Evening – Banquet and TAAC Inaugural Meeting
   - May 30, Wednesday - two technical sessions of keynotes and tutorials
   in the morning and a panel session in the afternoon.


*Registration Fees (REGISTRATION OPEN
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-1st-forum-on-frontiers-of-science-engineering-everything-towards-ai-tickets-44066931378>):*

   - Regular (w/ banquet): $350/person May 7 or earlier; $450/person after
   May 7.
   - Student and post docs (w/o banquet): $150/person May 7 or earlier;
   $200/person after May 7.
   - Banquet on May 29: $100/person.


*Hotel: **Hilton Bellevue
<http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/L/LION-HF-UWCECI-20180528/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG>,
300
112th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA 98004. *The Monday evening reception and Tuesday
evening banquet will be hosted at Hilton Bellevue. Hilton Bellevue provides
a block of rooms at a lower rate ($109/night) for our conference. To take
advantage of this rate, please reserve your room as soon as possible and no
later than April 28, 2018 using THIS LINK
<http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/L/LION-HF-UWCECI-20180528/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG>
. You can also call (425) 450-4102 and mention "TAAC Conference" to make
room reservations using our conference rate. Our conference rate is kept
available until all the reserved rooms are booked or the *April 28,
2018* deadline
is passed.

*Venue: **GIX Campus, 12280 NE District Way, Bellevue, WA 98005. *The
FFSE-2018 will be held at the GIX campus, a global partnership between
major research universities and innovative corporations to develop leaders
in innovation. The first two academic partners are Tsinghua University and
the University of Washington, with early support from Microsoft. Seattle is
a trendy, artistic and tech-savvy city in North America with countless
activities within the city and around. The Forum attendees can visit the
Experience Music Project museum, watch flying fish at the Pike Place Market,
take a ride to the top of the Space Needle, or sip coffee at the original
Starbucks Shop.
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