May 26, 2017

Microsoft Research Asia Academic Day 2017

Location: Yilan, Taiwan

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Friday, May 26

Time Session Speaker
10:30-10:35
Opening and Welcome
Hsiao-Wuen Hon, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research
10:35-11:35
Distinguished Talks
  • Katsu Ikeuchi, Microsoft Research
  • Mark Liao, Academia Sinica
  • Yi-Bing Lin, National Chiao Tung University
11:35-12:35
Panel: Turning Ideas Into Reality
Moderator: Tim Pan, Microsoft Research

Panelists:

  • Hsiao-Wuen Hon, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research
  • Frank Chang, President, National Chiao Tung University
  • Jun Rekimoto, The University of Tokyo
12:35-14:00
Lunch and Research Showcase
14:00-15:30
Robotics & HCI: Whether, When, and How Reddy’s 90% AI works
Chair: Katsu Ikeuchi, Microsoft Research

Speakers:

  • Ren C Luo, National Taiwan University
  • Masayuki Inaba, The University of Tokyo
  • Takeshi Oishi, The University of Tokyo
Machine Generation and Discovery: Going Beyond Learning
Chair: Ruihua Song, Microsoft Research

Speakers:

  • Winston Hsu, National Taiwan University
  • Shou-De Lin, National Taiwan University
  • Yuki Arase, Osaka University

Understanding Conversation: The Ultimate AI Challenge

Chair: Eric Chang, Microsoft Research

Speakers:

  • Helen Meng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Andrew Liu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Vivian Chen, National Taiwan University
15:30-16:00
Break & Networking
16:00-17:30
Robotics & HCI: Sense & Wear
Chair: Masaaki Fukumoto, Microsoft Research

Speakers:

  • Yoshihiro Kawahara, The University of Tokyo
  • James Lien, National Cheng Kung University
  • Hao-Chuan Wang, National Tsinghua University
Machine Learning, Textual Inference, and Language Generation
Chair: Chin-Yew Lin, Microsoft Research

Speakers:

  • James Kwok, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Pascual Martínez-Gómez,  National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  • Koichiro Yoshino, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Multimedia and Vision
Chair: Tao Mei, Microsoft Research

Speakers:

  • Toshihiko Yamasaki, The University of Tokyo
  • Yinqiang Zheng, National Institute of Informatics
  • Pai-Chi Li, National Taiwan University
18:30-20:30
Dinner at RSL hotel