Programme

Programme

Day 1
08:45 – 09:15
Registration and welcome coffee
09:15 – 09:30
Opening remarks: Christopher Chao, Vice President, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
09:30 – 10:30
Particle Filtering: Past, Present, and Future
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 11:00
Session 1: Foundations of statistics
11:00 – 11:30
Advancing Statistical Frontiers: Leveraging Large Models in Statistical Analysis
11:30 – 12:00
Network and artificial intelligence approaches in healthcare and business
12:00 – 12:30
Toward robust and scalable Bayesian deep learning
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 – 14:00
Session 2: Emerging trends in AI and statistics
14:00 – 14:30
Unveiling Genetic Complexity: Fine Mapping with h2-D2 Bayesian Approach in Multi-Ancestry Settings
14:30 – 15:00
Bayesian knockoff filter for FDR control
15:00 – 15:30
Agentic AI for Deep Research
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00
Panel discussion

Charting the Path Forward: Collaborative Innovations and Future Directions

17:00 – 17:15
Closing remarks for day one
Day 2
09:30 – 10:30
Prediction, Structure Uncertainty and Decisions: Betting on Better Models
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 11:00
Session 3: Foundations of AI
11:00 – 11:30
Rethinking Intelligence through Embodiment and Autonomous Agents
11:30 – 12:00
Collaboration and Evolution of Foundation and Specialized Models
12:00 – 12:30
Unify Near Field Prediction and Inverse Design of Electromagnetic Metamaterials via a Diffusion Model
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 – 14:00
Session 4: Emerging computational methods
14:00 – 14:30
Filter Parametrization Methods and Their Applications
14:30 – 15:00
Machine Learning and Bayesian Approaches: Transforming Empirical Asset Pricing in Finance
15:00 – 15:30
Generative Models for Statistical Uncertainty
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00
Panel discussion

 Bridging the Gap: Integrating Statistical and AI Methods

17:00 – 17:15
Closing remarks for day 2

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