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 |
| Morning Session | ||
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0850 – 0900 |
Opening Remarks Prof. Yi Ma [The University of Hong Kong] |
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0900 – 0905 |
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0905 – 0950 |
Invited Talk: Are we still Bayesians with big models? Prof. Zhuowen Tu [University of California, San Diego] |
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0950 – 1035 |
Invited Talk: Embodied Diffusion Models for General Manipulation Prof. Jun Zhu [Tsinghua University] |
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1035 – 1050 |
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1050 – 1135 |
Invited Talk: A Camera-Centric Framework for Unified Multimodal Understanding and Generation Prof. Chen Change Loy [Nanyang Technological University] |
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1135 – 1205 |
Student Lightning Talks Jiwen Yu Xubin Ren |
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Lunch Break
| Afternoon Session | ||
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1430 – 1515 |
Invited Talk: Understanding Visual Intelligence Through Physical Intrinsics Prof. Jiajun Wu [Stanford University] |
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1515 – 1600 |
Invited Talk: The Multimodal Future: Building Supersensing for Superintelligence Prof. Saining Xie [New York University] |
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1600 – 1615 |
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1615 – 1700 |
Invited Talk: BAGEL: The Open-Source Unified Multimodal Model Dr. Haoqi Fan [ByteDance] |
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1700 – 1730 |
Panel Discussion: Generative and Multimodal AI Moderator: Prof. Ping Luo Panelists: Prof. Zhuowen Tu Prof. Jun Zhu Prof. Chen Change Loy Prof. Jiajun Wu Prof. Saining Xie Dr. Haoqi Fan |
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1730 – 1800 |
Student Lightning Talks Yunhan Yang Yuqing Wang |
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| 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 Prof. Ping Tan [The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology] |
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0945 – 1030 |
Invited Talk: Sensing, Aligning, Planning: Steps Toward Embodied Intelligence Prof. Harold Soh [National University of Singapore] |
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1030 – 1045 |
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1045 – 1115 |
Panel Discussion: Spatial Intelligence and Embodied AI Moderator: Prof. Hongyang Li Panelists: Prof. Ping Tan Prof. Harold Soh Prof. Yanchao Yang Prof. Bo Dai |
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1115 – 1200 |
Student Lightning Talks Zhuoling Li Yi Chen Jiabin Tang |
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| 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 Prof. Qing Qu [University of Michigan] |
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1515 – 1600 |
Invited Talk: Fast and Efficient AI Prof. Yang You [National University of Singapore] |
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1600 – 1615 |
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1615 – 1700 |
Invited Talk: ASearcher: Large-Scale End-to-End RL Training for Search Agents Prof. Yi Wu [Tsinghua University] |
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1700 – 1800 |
Panel Discussion: Science of AI Moderator: Prof. Yi Ma Panelists: Prof. Qing Qu Prof. Yang You Prof. Yingyu Liang Prof. Qingpeng Zhang Prof. Difan Zou |
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1800 – 1805 |
Closing Remarks Prof. Yi Ma |
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| 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 – 1700 |
Invited Talk: ASearcher: Large-Scale End-to-End RL Training for Search Agents |
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1700 – 1800 |
Panel Discussion: Science of AI |
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1800 – 1805 |
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.