{"id":282959,"date":"2016-08-28T21:11:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T04:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&p=282959"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:59:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:59:31","slug":"asia-faculty-summit-2016","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/asia-faculty-summit-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Faculty Summit 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

Co-Organizers:<\/strong> Yonsei University (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Microsoft Research Asia<\/a><\/p>\n

Venues: <\/strong>The Commons at Yonsei University (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Contact us:<\/strong>\u00a0If you have questions about this event, please send us an email at asiafacsumm@microsoft.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Past events:<\/strong>
\nAsia Faculty Summit 2014<\/a>
\nAsia Faculty Summit 2012<\/a>
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Welcome to Microsoft Research Asia Faculty Summit 2016. The summit is organized by Microsoft Research Asia in partnership with Yonsei University. We are delighted to provide a forum for academic leaders from the top research universities and institutes to share the latest progress of related research areas, discuss the future of artificial intelligence (AI) and how we foster next generation talent in these areas.<\/p>\n

The rapid advances of artificial intelligence are leading a new industry revolution and changing every aspect of our lives. There are a few reinforcing trends and forces that are driving this disruption and exponential growth opportunities. The large push for digitalization and increased connectivity of devices are generating big data that fuel machine learning to build extensive models that are increasingly powerful enough to create semantic representations of the world we live in. The ever increasing power of computation, such as cloud computing and internet of things, are providing infrastructure support for building ever more intelligent software that is written and programmed by big data through machine learning. These reinforcing forces are contributing to the advancement of artificial intelligence, which is now playing the most central and critical role in the tech world. New innovations are redefining our digital life and digital work, reinventing productivity and business processes, and creating more personal computing with new forms of human computation interaction. It is vital that we understand these important trends and advancement of technologies, and how we can leverage this unprecedented opportunity to further advance the capacity of artificial intelligence to impact and improve everyday life.<\/p>\n

Since its debut in 2000, more than 2,000 academics across the Asia-Pacific region have participated in Microsoft Research Asia Faculty Summit. This year\u2019s program consists of plenary sessions, breakout sessions, and research showcases that will enable us to share the current research results and identify future challenges. We hope you will explore new ideas and collaborative opportunities during the Faculty Summit. Look forward to seeing you in Seoul!<\/p>\n

General Chairs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Seong-Whan Lee
\nPresident of Korea AI Society
\nProfessor of Korea University
\nFellow of IEEE<\/td>\n		<\/td>\nWei-Ying Ma
\nAssistant Managing Director
\nMicrosoft Research Asia
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Friday, November 4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Time<\/th>\nSession<\/th>\nSpeaker<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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08:20 \u2013 08:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Opening and Welcome<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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  • Yong-Hak Kim, President, Yonsei University<\/li>\n
  • Peter Lee, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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08:30 \u2013 09:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Future AI 2025<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Moderator:<\/strong> Tie-Yan Liu, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Panelists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Marti A. Hearst, University of California, Berkeley<\/li>\n
  • Hsiao-Wuen Hon, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n
  • Seong-Whan Lee, Korea University<\/li>\n
  • Masashi Sugiyama, RIKEN \/ The University of Tokyo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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09:30 \u2013 09:50<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Break<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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09:50 \u2013 11:10<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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MSR AI Engage – Learning and Intelligence<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chair:<\/strong> Evelyne Viegas, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Nicole Beckage, The University of Kansas<\/li>\n
  • Katsu Ikeuchi, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n
  • Change D. Yoo, KAIST<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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How to Make Spoken Dialogue based\u00a0Intelligent Agent Pervasive?<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chair:<\/strong> Qiang Huo, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Speakers: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Jingdong Chen, Northwestern Polytechnical University<\/li>\n
  • Tatsuya Kawahara, Kyoto University<\/li>\n
  • Kai Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Conversation As A Platform (CAAP)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Chair:<\/strong> Ming Zhou, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Tim Baldwin, The University of Melbourne<\/li>\n
  • Jun Zhao, Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/li>\n
  • Ming Zhou, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:10 \u2013 12:30<\/td>\n\n
Machine Learning: Theory Meets Application<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chair:<\/strong> Tie-Yan Liu, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Wei Chen, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n
  • Hwanjo Yu,\u00a0POSTECH<\/li>\n
  • Wensheng Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Video Analysis and Understanding<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chair:<\/strong> Wenjun Zeng, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Gunhee Kim, Seoul National University<\/li>\n
  • Shin’ichi Satoh, National Institute of Informatics, Japan<\/li>\n
  • Junsong Yuan, Nanyang Technological University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Machine Translation<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
 Chair:<\/strong> Mu Li, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Boxing Chen, National Research Council Canada<\/li>\n
  • Satoshi Nakamura, Nara Institute of Science and Technology<\/li>\n
  • Jiajun Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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12:30 \u2013 14:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Lunch + Research Showcase<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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14:00 \u2013 15:20<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Machine Learning System and Infrastructure<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chair:<\/strong> Tao Qin, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • James Tin-Yau Kwok, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/li>\n
  • Chih-Jen Lin, National Taiwan University<\/li>\n
  • Taifeng Wang, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Social Multimedia and Visual Q&A<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
 Chair:<\/strong> Jingdong Wang, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Peng Cui, Tsinghua University<\/li>\n
  • Toshi Yamasaki, The University of Tokyo<\/li>\n
  • Lexing Xie, The Australian National University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Knowledge Mining<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chair:<\/strong> Jun Yan, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Huajun Chen, Zhejiang University<\/li>\n
  • Seung-Won Hwang, Yonsei University<\/li>\n
  • Juanzi Li, Tsinghua University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:20 \u2013 16:40<\/td>\n\n
Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chair:<\/strong> Taifeng Wang, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Tao Qin, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n
  • Masashi Sugiyama, RIKEN \/ The University of Tokyo<\/li>\n
  • Dit-Yan Yeung, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Learning for Vision and Multimedia<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chair:<\/strong>\u00a0Jingdong Wang, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Tatsuya Harada, The University of Tokyo<\/li>\n
  • Yu-Gang Jiang, Fudan University<\/li>\n
  • Kyong Mu Lee, Seoul National University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Big Scholarly Data Research, Utilities, and Impact Assessments<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chair:<\/strong> Kuansan Wang, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Xueqi Cheng, Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/li>\n
  • Seung-won Hwang, Yonsei University<\/li>\n
  • Irwin King, Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/li>\n
  • Sung-Hyon Myaeng, KAIST<\/li>\n
  • Min Song, Yonsei University<\/li>\n
  • Chengxiang Zhai, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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16:40 \u2013 17:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Break<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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17:00 \u2013 18:00<\/td>\n\n
Future Talent 2040<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Moderator:<\/strong> Tim Pan, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Panelists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Juliana Freire, New York University<\/li>\n
  • Sue Moon, KAIST<\/li>\n
  • Fred Schneider, Cornell University<\/li>\n
  • Xiaofan Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18:30 \u2013 20:30<\/td>\n\n
Dinner Event at Four Seasons Hotel Seoul<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Saturday, November 5<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Time<\/th>\nSession<\/th>\nSpeaker<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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08:30 \u2013 09:50<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Machine Learning: Generative vs. Discriminative<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chair:<\/strong> Tie-Yan Liu, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Seungjin Choi,\u00a0POSTECH<\/li>\n
  • Alice Oh, KAIST<\/li>\n
  • Tao Qin, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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3D Real World Capturing and Reconstruction<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Chair:<\/strong>\u00a0Richard Cai, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Min H. Kim, KAIST<\/li>\n
  • Yebin Liu, Tsinghua University<\/li>\n
  • Yasuyuki Matsushita, Osaka University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Urban Big Data and Urban Computing<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chair:<\/strong> Yu Zheng, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Minyi Guo, Shanghai Jiao Tong University<\/li>\n
  • Hideyuki Tokuda, Keio University<\/li>\n
  • Vincent S. Tseng, National Chiao Tung University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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09:50 \u2013 11:10<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Robotics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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Chair:\u00a0<\/strong>Katsu Ikeuchi, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Masayuki Inaba, The University of Tokyo<\/li>\n
  • Hiroshi Ishiguro, Osaka University<\/li>\n
  • Jin Bae Park, Yonsei University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Computer Vision<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Chair:<\/strong> Gang Hua, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Xilin Chen, Chinese Academy Sciences<\/li>\n
  • Sudipta Sinha, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n
  • Xiaogang Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AI and Psychology<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chair: <\/strong>Xing Xie, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Hao Chen, Nankai University<\/li>\n
  • De-Nian Yang, Academia Sinica<\/li>\n
  • Tingshao Zhu, Chinese Academy of\u00a0Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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11:10 \u2013 11:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Break<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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11:30 \u2013 12:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Artificial Intelligence Research at Microsoft Research Asia<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Wei-Ying Ma, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:30\u00a0\u2013 14:00<\/td>\nLunch & Networking<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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