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HKU IDS Scholar Seminar Series #16:

From Words to Action: AI Agents Powered by LLMs

Title: From Words to Action: AI Agents Powered by LLMs
Speaker: Prof Chao HUANG, Assistant Professor, HKU IDS & Department of Computer Science, School of Computing and Data Science
Date: March 31, 2025
Time: 4:30pm – 5:30pm

Venue: IDS Seminar Room, P603, Graduate House / Zoom 
Mode: Hybrid. Seats for on-site participants are limited. A confirmation email will be sent to participants who have successfully registered.

Abstract

The advent of large language models (LLMs) has transformed the field of artificial intelligence, empowering machines with unprecedented capabilities to understand and generate human-like text. Yet, the true potential of LLMs lies far beyond language generation—when seamlessly integrated with intelligent agents, they bridge the critical gap between comprehension and action. This seminar will explore the groundbreaking synergy between LLMs and autonomous agents, highlighting cutting-edge research and innovations. The talk will showcase how LLM-powered agents are driving advancements that enable systems to not only interpret natural language instructions but also perform complex tasks in dynamic, real-world environments, including programming, web searching, data analysis, scientific discovery, and more.

Speaker

Prof Chao HUANG
Assistant Professor @ HKU IDS & CDS

Dr Chao Huang is a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong. He is a faculty member of the Institute of Data Science and Department of Computer Science. Before that, he was a research scientist at JD Research America in Silicon Valley. He obtained the Ph.D degree from the Computing Science and Engineering Department at University of Notre Dame in United States.

For full biography of Prof. HUANG, please refer to: https://datascience.hku.hk/people/chao-huang/

Moderator

Prof. Yi Ma
Director; Professor, Chair of Artificial Intelligence @ HKU IDS & Department of Computer Science 

Professor Yi Ma is a Chair Professor in the Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science (HKU IDS) and Department of Computer Science at the University of Hong Kong. He took up the Directorship of HKU IDS on January 12, 2023. He is also a Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He has published about 60 journal papers, 120 conference papers, and three textbooks in computer vision, generalized principal component analysis, and high-dimensional data analysis. 

Professor Ma’s research interests cover computer vision, high-dimensional data analysis, and intelligent systems. For full biography of Professor Ma, please refer to: https://datascience.hku.hk/people/yi-ma/

For information, please contact:
Email: datascience@hku.hk