AI & Fundamentals
Efficient and Long-Context GenAI Models - Sung Ju Hwang, KAIST Endowed Chair Professor, Kim Jaechul School of Artificial Intelligence and School of Computing at KAIST
Efficient and Long-Context GenAI Models - Sung Ju Hwang, KAIST Endowed Chair Professor, Kim Jaechul School of Artificial Intelligence and School of Computing at KAIST
Zoom LinkAbstract:Generative AI models have demonstrated remarkable performance across various tasks in recent years. However, their deployment in real-world production-grade AI systems is hindered by significant computational costs. Add...
General Event
Connecting Minds: Exploring the Intersection of AI and the Social Sciences
Connecting Minds: Exploring the Intersection of AI and the Social Sciences
Join us on September 19th at 11:00am at the Walter C. Koerner Library (UBC ID needed for entry), Research Commons’ Presentation Room (548/552), for "Connecting Minds: Exploring the Intersection of AI and the Social Sciences." The m...
AI & Fundamentals
Changing Behaviour using AI and Experimentation: Applications in Education, Health Behaviour, Marketing, Website Design - Joseph Jay Williams, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, University of Toronto
Changing Behaviour using AI and Experimentation: Applications in Education, Health Behaviour, Marketing, Website Design - Joseph Jay Williams, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, University of Toronto
Zoom Link Abstract:How can we change people's behaviour to help them achieve their goals? This lecture presents tools and methods for optimizing a product or intervention by making it Intelligent and Adaptive, including: (1) Message...
General Event
CAIDA Faculty Lunch - October 2024
CAIDA Faculty Lunch - October 2024
Our monthly faculty lunch allows our members to connect and encourages future interdisciplinary collaborations. This event is for CAIDA Faculty Members only and requires registration. If you are a UBC faculty member working i...
AI & Fundamentals
Ensembles in the Age of Overparameterization: Promises and Pathologies - Geoff Pleiss, Assistant Professor, UBC
Ensembles in the Age of Overparameterization: Promises and Pathologies - Geoff Pleiss, Assistant Professor, UBC
Zoom LinkAbstract:Ensemble methods have historically used either high-bias base learners (e.g. through boosting) or high-variance base learners (e.g. through bagging). Modern neural networks cannot be understood through this classic bias...
General Event
CAIDA Faculty Lunch - November 2024
CAIDA Faculty Lunch - November 2024
Our monthly faculty lunch allows our members to connect and encourages future interdisciplinary collaborations. This event is for CAIDA Faculty Members only and requires registration. If you are a UBC faculty member working i...
AI & Fundamentals
When Should Reinforcement Learning Use Causal Reasoning? - Oliver Schulte, Professor, Simon Fraser University
When Should Reinforcement Learning Use Causal Reasoning? - Oliver Schulte, Professor, Simon Fraser University
Zoom LinkAbstract:Reinforcement learning (RL) and causal modelling naturally complement each other. The goal of causal modelling is to predict the effects of interventions in an environment, while the goal of reinforcement learning is to...
AI & Fundamentals
Entropy-regularized optimal transport and its connection with score estimation - Soumik Pal, Professor, University of Washington
Entropy-regularized optimal transport and its connection with score estimation - Soumik Pal, Professor, University of Washington
Abstract:Entropy-regularized optimal transport (EOT) is a popular version of the classical Monge-Kantorovich optimal transport problem. The addition of entropy as a regularizer was introduced to provide smoothness, robustness, and comput...
AI & Applications
Clinical Radiology Workflow Management Optimization Using AI - William Parker
Clinical Radiology Workflow Management Optimization Using AI - William Parker
Zoom LinkAbstract:Learning Objectives:1) How can AI optimize clinical productivity and efficiency2) AI used to decrease administrative burden3) Basic principle of medical data curation for AI Bio:Dr. William Parker is a General Radi...
General Event
CAIDA Faculty Lunch - December 2024
CAIDA Faculty Lunch - December 2024
Our monthly faculty lunch allows our members to connect and encourages future interdisciplinary collaborations. This event is for CAIDA Faculty Members only and requires registration. If you are a UBC faculty member working i...