The Third RIKEN AIP & A*STAR-CFAR Joint Workshop on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

We will hold a joint workshop with A*STAR-CFAR, as follows;

Centre for Frontier AI Research (CFAR)
Officially opened in 2022, A*STAR's CFAR aims to advance use-inspired basic research in AI within the broader scientific community of A*STAR.

Date and Time:
June 24, 2024: 10:00 am - 17:00 pm (JST)
Venue: Online

Program:

10:00-10:15 Opening speech by Prof Ivor Tsang(A*STAR-CFAR)

10:15-10:20 Introduction to RIKEN AIP by Prof Masashi Sugiyama (RIKEN AIP)

10:20-10:35 Qibin Zhao (RIKEN AIP)
Title: Efficient and robust machine learning with tensor networks

10:35-10:50 Atsushi Nitanda (A*STAR-CFAR)
Title: Mean-field Optimization and its Application

10:50-11:05 Pierre Alquier (RIKEN AIP)
Title: Learning with PAC-Bayes bounds

11:05-11:20 Lyu Yueming (A*STAR-CFAR)
Title: Black-box Optimization Theory and Application

11:20-11:35 Break

11:35-12:00 Naonori Ueda (RIKEN AIP)
Title: Simulation-based Machine Learning and its Application to

12:00-12:15 Basura Fernando (A*STAR-CFAR) / Cheston Tan (A*STAR-CFAR)
Title: Dissecting Multimodality in VideoQA Transformer Models by Impairing Modality Fusion

12:15-12:30 Wei Huang (RIKEN AIP)
Title: Understanding Convergence and Generalization in Federated Learning through Feature Learning Theory

12:30-12:45 Nancy F. Chen (A*STAR-CFAR)
Title: Merlion AI: Multimodal, Multilingual Large Language Models for Singapore

12:45-14:15 Break time

14:15-14:30 Ryuichiro Hataya (RIKEN AIP)
Title: Automatic Domain Adaptation by Transformers in In-Context Learning

14:30-14:45 Yao Yinghua (A*STAR-CFAR) / Pan Yuangang (A*STAR-CFAR)
Title: Generative AI and its Application in Science

14:45-15:00 Jingfeng Zhang (RIKEN AIP)
Title: Towards Robust Foundation Models:Efficient Adversarial Contrastive Learning

15:00-15:15 Guo Qing (A*STAR-CFAR)
Title: Advancing Safe Models via Cross-Modal Attacks and Visual-Resampling-inspired Guards

15:15-15:45 Prof. Klaus-Robert MÜLLER (TU Berlin)
Title: XAI and higher order XAI with applications

15:45-16:30 Tea break

16:30-16:45 Yu Zhe (RIKEN AIP)
Title: Parameter Matching Attack: Enhancing Practical Applicability of Availability Attacks

16:45-17:00 Du Jiawei (A*STAR-CFAR) /He Yang (A*STAR-CFAR)
Title: Multisize Dataset Condensation / Efficient Dataset Distillation

17:00 Closing Remarks