Deadline: October 25, 2025 (Sat)
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This forum aims to bring together world-leading AI researchers and rising stars, providing a platform for global scholars to exchange ideas and inspiration. Topics include but not limited to: generative models, multimodal AI, embodied AI, computer vision, machine learning and deep learning theory. This forum is organized by HKU Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science (HKU IDS).
News & Announcement
Schedule for Student Lightning Talks Confirmed!
We are pleased to announce that 7 outstanding PhD students have been selected to present at the “Student Lightning Talks” sessions! Please refer to the schedule below and the presenters will be contacted shortly.
Invited Speakers
Professor
Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
President’s Chair Professor
College of Computing and Data Science
Nanyang Technological University
Presidential Young Professor
Department of Computer Science
National University of Singapore
Assistant Professor
Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences (IIIS)
Tsinghua University
Dr Yue XIE
Research Assistant Professor
HKU Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science
Department of Mathematics
Organizing Committee @
HKU Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science
Programme
26 Oct, 2025 (Sun)
| Morning Session | ||
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0850 – 0900 |
Opening Remarks |
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0900 – 0905 |
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0905 – 0950 |
Invited Talk: Are we still Bayesians with big models? |
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0950 – 1035 |
Invited Talk: Embodied Diffusion Models for General Manipulation |
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1035 – 1050 |
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1050 – 1135 |
Invited Talk: A Camera-Centric Framework for Unified Multimodal Understanding and Generation |
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1135 – 1205 |
Student Lightning Talks |
Jiwen Yu Xubin Ren |
Lunch Break
| Afternoon Session | ||
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1430 – 1515 |
Invited Talk: Understanding Visual Intelligence Through Physical Intrinsics |
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1515 – 1600 |
Invited Talk: The Multimodal Future: Building Supersensing for Superintelligence |
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1600 – 1615 |
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1615 – 1700 |
Invited Talk: BAGEL: The Open-Source Unified Multimodal Model |
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1700 – 1730 |
Panel Discussion: Generative and Multimodal AI |
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1730 – 1800 |
Student Lightning Talks |
Yunhan Yang Yuqing Wang |
27 Oct, 2025 (Mon)
| Morning Session | ||
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0900 – 0945 |
Invited Talk: Spatial Intelligence: 3D perception, simulation, and motion |
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0945 – 1030 |
Invited Talk: Sensing, Aligning, Planning: Steps Toward Embodied Intelligence |
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1030 – 1045 |
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1045 – 1115 |
Panel Discussion: Spatial Intelligence and Embodied AI |
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1115 – 1200 |
Student Lightning Talks |
Zhuoling Li Yi Chen Jiabin Tang |
Lunch Break
| Afternoon Session | ||
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1430 – 1515 |
Invited Talk: Understanding Generalization in Generative AI via Low-Dimensional Models: From Diffusion to LLMs |
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1515 – 1600 |
Invited Talk: Fast and Efficient AI |
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1600 – 1615 |
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1615 – 1645 |
Panel Discussion: Science of AI |
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1645 – 1730 |
Invited Talk: ASearcher: Large-Scale End-to-End RL Training for Search Agents |
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1730 – 1745 |
Closing Remarks |
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Registration
Seats for on-site participation has been full. You are welcome to register for the online participation (Quotas are limited, and for those who have already registered to be on “waiting list” of on-site participation, you need to register again and we will share the Zoom link with you on event day. )
Registration Deadline:
on or before 08:00 HKT on October 25, 2025 (Sat)
For enquiry, please contact us at datascience@hku.hk.