{"id":362366,"date":"2017-02-09T23:30:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T07:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&p=362366"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:58:06","slug":"microsoft-research-asia-academic-day-2017","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/microsoft-research-asia-academic-day-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Research Asia Academic Day 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

Venue:<\/strong> RSL Cold & Hot Springs Resort Suao<\/p>\n

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

Welcome to Microsoft Research Asia Academic Day 2017. This is one of the workshops hosted by Microsoft Research Asia for our academic partners and researchers in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong to share the progress of collaborative research projects, discuss new ideas, and inspire technological innovation.<\/p>\n

Over the years, Microsoft Research Asia has been collaborating with academia in Asia in a variety of research areas to advance state-of-the-art research in computer science. Knowledge and data mining research explores new algorithms, tools, and applications to collect, analyze, and mine results for data-intensive business in both the consumer and enterprise sectors. It applies data-mining, machine-learning, and knowledge-discovery techniques to information analysis, organization, retrieval, and visualization, all of which play a central and critical role in the rapid development of AI. Research in multimedia enables users to interact with a computer that understands and uses speech, graphics, and vision; thus allowing people to search for and be immersed in interactive online experiences through multimedia. We have seen tremendous innovations and growth opportunities in robotics and human-computer interactions in the form of\u00a0hardware and software integration and progress of devices and mobile sensing. It is essential that we have a deep understanding of the digital revolution around us and how to best leverage opportunities to solve more pressing challenges for the benefit of society.<\/p>\n

This workshop consists of plenary sessions, break-out sessions, and technology demos and showcases. We will also demonstrate our latest research work on AI along with products such as HoloLens and Microsoft Translator.<\/p>\n

We look forward to seeing you soon!<\/p>\n

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Friday,\u00a0May 26<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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10:30-10:35<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Opening and Welcome<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Hsiao-Wuen Hon, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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10:35-11:35<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Distinguished Talks<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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  • Katsu Ikeuchi, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n
  • Mark Liao, Academia Sinica<\/li>\n
  • Yi-Bing Lin, National Chiao Tung University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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11:35-12:35<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Panel: Turning Ideas Into Reality<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Moderator:<\/strong> Tim Pan, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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  • Ren C Luo, National Taiwan University<\/li>\n
  • Masayuki Inaba, The University of Tokyo<\/li>\n
  • Takeshi Oishi, The University of Tokyo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Machine Generation and Discovery: Going Beyond Learning<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chair:<\/strong> Ruihua Song, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

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

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  • Winston Hsu, National Taiwan University<\/li>\n
  • Shou-De Lin, National Taiwan University<\/li>\n
  • Yuki Arase, Osaka University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Understanding Conversation:\u00a0The Ultimate AI Challenge<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

Chair:<\/strong> Eric Chang, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

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

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  • Helen Meng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/li>\n
  • Andrew Liu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/li>\n
  • Vivian Chen, National Taiwan University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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15:30-16:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Break & Networking<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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16:00-17:30<\/td>\n\n
Robotics & HCI: Sense & Wear<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chair:<\/strong> Masaaki Fukumoto, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

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

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  • Yoshihiro Kawahara, The University of Tokyo<\/li>\n
  • James Lien, National Cheng Kung University<\/li>\n
  • Hao-Chuan Wang, National Tsinghua University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Machine Learning, Textual Inference, and Language Generation<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chair:<\/strong> Chin-Yew Lin, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

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  • James Kwok, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/li>\n
  • Pascual Mart\u00ednez-G\u00f3mez, \u00a0National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology<\/li>\n
  • Koichiro Yoshino,\u00a0Nara Institute of Science and Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Multimedia and Vision<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chair:<\/strong> Tao Mei, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n

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

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  • Toshihiko Yamasaki, The University of Tokyo<\/li>\n
  • Yinqiang Zheng, National Institute of Informatics<\/li>\n
  • Pai-Chi Li, National Taiwan University
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18:30-20:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Dinner at RSL hotel<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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