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Frontiers in Computing Workshop

30-31 August, 2023

Building 19, Conference Hall 1
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  • Wednesday

    August 30
  • Thursday

    August 31
Breakfast and Registration
08:00 AM
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Welcome address
08:30 AM
Prof. Xin Gao

Professor, Computer Science, Interim Director, Computational Bioscience Research Center, KAUST

Prof. Marco Canini

Associate Professor, Computer Science, Principal Investigator, Software-Defined Advanced Networked and Distributed Systems, KAUST

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Opening remarks
08:40 AM
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Session 1: Large Language Models
08:49 AM

Chair: Assoc. Prof. Marco Canini

Prof. Marco Canini

Associate Professor, Computer Science, Principal Investigator, Software-Defined Advanced Networked and Distributed Systems, KAUST

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Prof. Carlo Cannistraci, Tsinghua University
08:50 AM
Prof. Carlo Cannistraci

Professor, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

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Prof. Mohamed Elhoseiny, KAUST
09:35 AM
Prof. Mohamed Elhoseiny

Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Principal Investigator, Computer Vision, Core AI Research Group, KAUST

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Break
10:20 AM
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Prof. Bernard Ghanem, KAUST
10:35 AM
Prof. Bernard Ghanem

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Deputy Director, KAUST AI Initiative

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Prof. Xin Gao, KAUST
11:20 AM
Prof. Xin Gao

Professor, Computer Science, Interim Director, Computational Bioscience Research Center, KAUST

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Lunch
12:05 PM
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Session 2: Cloud Computing
01:29 PM

Chair: Prof. Xin Gao

Prof. Xin Gao

Professor, Computer Science, Interim Director, Computational Bioscience Research Center, KAUST

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Prof. Khalid Al-Hawaj, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)
01:30 PM
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Prof. Suhaib Fahmy, KAUST
02:15 PM
Prof. Suhaib Fahmy

Associate Professor, Computer Science, Principal Investigator, Accelerated Connected Computing Lab, KAUST

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Session 3: Memory Management
03:00 PM

Chair: Prof. Xin Gao

Prof. Xin Gao

Professor, Computer Science, Interim Director, Computational Bioscience Research Center, KAUST

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Prof. Panos Kalnis, KAUST
03:00 PM
Prof. Panagiotis Kalnis

Professor, Computer Science, Principal Investigator, InfoCloud Research Group, KAUST

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Dr. Tang Nan, Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI)
03:45 PM
Dr. Tang Nan

Senior Scientist, Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), HBKU, Qatar

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Break
04:30 PM
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Session 4: Scaling learning across data and modalities
04:39 PM

Chair: Prof. Xin Gao

Prof. Xin Gao

Professor, Computer Science, Interim Director, Computational Bioscience Research Center, KAUST

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Dr. Joshua Meier, Chief AI Officer, Absci, USA
04:40 PM
Dr. Joshua Meier

Chief AI Officer, Absci, USA

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Dr. Amanpreet Singh, CTO, Contextual AI, USA
05:05 PM
Dr. Amanpreet Singh

Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Contextual AI, USA

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Panel Discussion
05:40 PM

Moderator: Prof. Xin Gao

Prof. Xin Gao

Professor, Computer Science, Interim Director, Computational Bioscience Research Center, KAUST

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Dinner (By invitation only)
07:00 PM
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Breakfast
08:00 AM
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Session 5: Distributed Computing
08:29 AM

Chair: Prof. Robert Hoehndorf

Robert Hoehndorf

Associate Professor, Computer Science, KAUST

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Prof. Marco Canini, KAUST
08:30 AM
Prof. Marco Canini

Associate Professor, Computer Science, Principal Investigator, Software-Defined Advanced Networked and Distributed Systems, KAUST

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Prof. Zhihao Jia, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
09:15 AM
Prof. Zhihao Jia

Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

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Break
10:00 AM
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Session 6: Resource-efficient AI
10:14 AM

Chair: Prof. Robert Hoehndorf

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Prof. Shafiq Joty, Salesforce
10:15 AM
Prof. Shafiq Joty

Research Director, Salesforce AI Research, USA

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Dr. Ibrahim Alabdulmohsin, DeepMind
11:00 AM
Dr. Ibrahim Alabdulmohsin

Senior Research Scientist, Google Deepmind, Switzerland

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Closing remarks
11:45 AM

Prof. Xin Gao and Prof. Marco Canini will give the closing remarks.

Prof. Xin Gao

Professor, Computer Science, Interim Director, Computational Bioscience Research Center, KAUST

Prof. Marco Canini

Associate Professor, Computer Science, Principal Investigator, Software-Defined Advanced Networked and Distributed Systems, KAUST

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