November 3, 2016

Computing in the 21st Century 2016

2016-11-03

Location: Seoul, Republic of Korea

Venues: Main Auditorium at Yonsei University

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Overview

Science fiction has given us many examples of what it would look like if machines manifested our worst fears. While entertaining, this well-worn narrative gives humanity very little credit. In truth, scientists around the world strive to create machines that represent our highest values and aspirations. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer just a fantasy of authors and film directors – it is an established phenomenon that is having an increasingly major influence on the daily lives of people around the world. What once seemed magical is becoming reality, with self-driving cars, autonomous appliances, and all kinds of bots. Previously developed for highly specialized tasks, the scope of AI is broadening and becoming more relevant to the fields of education, healthcare, agriculture, transportation, and more. As such, the relationship between people and their machines is now a vital topic for exploration.

AI’s greatest value lies in improving human life, and it is most efficient in this role when it is complemented with the creativity, judgment and wisdom of human intelligence (HI). Together, AI + HI creates a harmonious relationship founded on augmented reality. With this approach, AI maintains its usefulness by incorporating the best parts of human ingenuity.

Microsoft Research Asia’s biggest annual event, Computing in the 21^st Century Conference, will be held in Seoul, Korea on November 3, 2016 and will explore the theme “Human and Machine Working as a Team”. The conference features global computer science pioneers and industry leaders as keynote speakers and panelists. These thought leaders will share their visionary ideas, provide insights from their research, and discuss how AI and HI can function in tandem to answer some of the biggest questions facing the world today.

Computing in the 21^st Century Conference, an academic event hosted yearly by Microsoft Research Asia since the lab’s inception, is one of the largest and most influential conferences on computer science education and research in China and the Asia Pacific region. To date, 17 sessions have been held throughout China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and other countries and territories, with a combined audience of more than 40,000 people. Over 140 distinguished speakers have attended the conference, including more than 30 (person-time) Turing Award winners.

Conference Chairman

Wei-Ying Ma
Assistant Managing Director
Microsoft Research Asia

Agenda

Time	Session	Speaker
09:00-09:15	Opening Speech	Yong-Hak Kim President, Yonsei University
09:15-10:00	Chasing the Next Big Thing: Why Top Companies are Betting on Research	Peter Lee Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research NExT Fellow of ACM
10:00-10:45	IoT: The Insecurity of Things	Adi Shamir Professor, Computer Science Department, Weizmann Institute of Science 2002 Turing Award Recipient
10:45-11:30	Learning at Scale as a Driver of Innovation	Marti A. Hearst Professor, School of Information and EECS Department, UC Berkeley Fellow of ACM
11:30-12:00	Q&A with Keynote Speakers
12:00-13:30	Lunch
13:30-13:45	Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship Award Ceremony
13:45-14:30	A Science of Cyber – Security?	Fred Schneider Samuel B. Eckert Professor and Chairman, Department of Computer Science, Cornell University Fellow of ACM, Fellow of IEEE
14:30-15:15	Democratizing Urban Data Analysis	Juliana Freire Professor, Computer Science and Engineering and Data Science, New York University Fellow of ACM
15:15-16:00	Co-Evolution of Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence	Hsiao-Wuen Hon Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D Group and Microsoft Research Asia Fellow of IEEE
16:00-16:30	Q&A with Keynote Speakers
16:30-17:15	Panel – Engaging with AI: How Human and Machine can Work Together to Shape the Future	Baining Guo Assistant Managing Director, Microsoft Research Asia Fellow of ACM, Fellow of IEEE
		Seong-Whan Lee President, Korea AI Society Professor, Korea University Fellow of IEEE
		Jin Hyung Kim CEO, AIRI (Artificial Intelligence Research Institute) Professor Emeritus, KAIST Computer Science Department Chairman, Korea National Open Data Strategy Council
		Seung-won Hwang Professor, Yonsei University
		Hideyuki Tokuda Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance / Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University