Program (June 9-10)

The entire symposium will be held in Hong Kong Time (GMT+8).

 

Day 1 (Thursday, June 9)
08:45-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:15

Opening Remarks
1. Prof. Tim CHENG, Center Director of AI Chip Center for Emerging Smart Systems 
2. Mr. Albert WONG, Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
09:15-10:15

Public Lecture #1: Technology-Driven Architectural Innovations in the AI Era
Lecturer: Prof. Yuan XIE (Alibaba)
Session Chair: Prof. Wei ZHANG (HKUST)
10:15-10:25 Break
10:25-12:10 Workshop #1: AI Accelerator: Device and Technology Perspective
Session Chair: Prof. Mansun CHAN (HKUST)

1. Prof. Philip WONG (Stanford) - “A Device Perspective of AI Accelerator End-to-End Co-design”
2. Prof. Zhongrui WANG (HKU) - “Memristor-based Echo State Networks”
3. Prof. Can LI (HKU)- “Defect Tolerant Memristive Neural Networks”
4. Prof. Qiming SHAO (HKUST) - “Device Variation-Aware Quantization for In-Memory Computing with SOT-MRAM”
5. Prof. Mansun CHAN (HKUST) - “Resistive Memory: From Technology to Device Model”
12:10-14:05 Lunch
14:05-15:50 Workshop #2: Recent Developments in Heterogeneous System Integration and Architecture
Session Chair: Prof. Chi Ying TSUI (HKUST)

1. Prof. Boris MURMANN (Stanford) - “Challenges and Opportunities in Emerging Memory for AI Accelerators”   Updated 
2. Prof. Wei ZHANG (HKUST) - “CNN Pruning and Performance Optimization on GPU Based on History Data”
3. Prof. Chi Ying TSUI (HKUST) - “Trend of SRAM-based CIM Design”   Updated 
15:50-16:00 Break
16:00-17:45 Workshop #3: Design Space Exploration of Deep Learning Architecture
Session Chair: Prof. Tsung-Yi HO (CUHK)

1. Prof. Weiwen JIANG (GMU) - “HW/SW Co-Exploration to Enable Automated Machine Learning System Design”
2. Prof. Yuzhe MA (HKUST GZ) - “Agile Arithmetic Optimization in AI Computing: From Architecture to Layout”
3. Prof. Zhiyao XIE (HKUST) - “Exploring Design Solutions through AI-assisted Prediction and Parameter Tuning”
17:45-18:30 Open House and Demonstration I
Day 2 (Friday, June 10)
08:45-09:00 Registration
09:00-10:00 Public Lecture #2: Mobile NPUs for Intelligent Human Computer Interaction
Lecturer: Prof. Hoi-Jun YOO (KAIST)
Session Chair: Prof. Zhongrui WANG (HKU)
10:00-10:10 Break
10:10-12:10 Entrepreneurship Workshop
Session Chair: Prof. Terence WONG (HKUST)

1. Dr. Shin Cheul KIM (HKUST) - “Commercialization of AI and Semiconductor Technologies”
2. Ms. Laura SWAN (Silicon Catalyst LLC) - “Semiconductor Startups: Incubation and Investment”
3. Mr. Kenny OKTAVIUS (PointFit Technology) - “PointFit: Non-invasive, Real-time and Continuous Health Monitoring for Precautionary Diagnostics”
12:10-12:55 Open House and Demonstration II
12:55-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:45 Workshop #4: The AI Engines and Applications
Session Chair: Prof. Ngai WONG (HKU)

1. Prof. Guoliang XING (CUHK) - “Tackling Challenges of Federated Learning for Next-Generation Smart Health Systems”   Updated 
2. Prof. Yu WANG (THU) - “Software and Hardware Co-Design for Multi-Tenant DNN Accelerator in the Cloud”   Updated 
3. Prof. Wayne LUK, (ICL) - “Recent Advances in AI Acceleration”
15:45-16:00 Closing Remarks

    Prof. Chi Ying TSUI, Head and Professor of Division of Integrative Systems and Design at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
16:00 End of Program