The Panel on Challenges for Generative AI and Hyper Intelligence
Panel Time: 15:10-17:00 p.m. PHT (UTC+8), November 5, 2024
Panel Chair:
Jianhua Ma, Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Hosei University, Japan
Panel Speakers:
Qun Jin, Department of Human Informatics and Cognitive Sciences and Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Japan
Hui-Huang Hsu, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Tamkang University, Taiwan
John Paul C. Vergara, Department of Information Systems and Computer Science, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Paulo F. Pires, Department of Computer Science, University of Coimbra, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Panel Secretary:
Ao Guo, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Japan
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Jianhua Ma, Professor
Hosei University, Japan
Biography: Jianhua Ma is a professor in the Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences and a director in the Institute of Integrated Science and Technology (IIST), Hosei University, Japan. He is one of pioneers in research on Hyper World and Cyber World (CW) since 1996. He first proposed Ubiquitous Intelligence (UI) towards Smart World (SW), which he envisioned in 2004, and was featured in the European ID People Magazine in 2005. He has conducted several unique CW-related projects including the Cyber Individual (Cyber-I), which was highlighted on the IEEE Computing Now in 2011. He has founded IEEE Conferences on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC), Pervasive Intelligence and Computing (PICom), Cyber Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom), Internet of Things (iThings), and Internet of People (IoP). He is a chair of IEEE SC Technical Committee on Hyper-Intelligence, a co-chair of IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Cybermatics, and a founder of IEEE CIS Technical Committee on Smart World.
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Qun Jin, Professor
Waseda University, Japan
Biography: Qun Jin is a professor in the Department of Human Informatics and Cognitive Sciences, Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Japan. He has been extensively engaged in research works in the fields of computer science, information systems, and human informatics, with a focus on understanding and supporting humans through convergent research. His recent research interests cover behavior and cognitive informatics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, big data, personal analytics and individual modeling, trustworthy platforms for data federation, sharing, and utilization, cyber-physical-social systems, and applications in healthcare and learning support and for the realization of a carbon-neutral society. More information can be found at https://researchmap.jp/jinqun/?lang=en.
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Hui-Huang Hsu, Professor
Tamkang University, Taiwan
Biography: Hui-Huang Hsu is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at Tamkang University in Taipei, Taiwan. Since August 2022, he has also served as the Vice President for Academic Affairs. From February 2017 to January 2019, he was the President of the Taiwanese Association for Artificial Intelligence (TAAI). He co-edited the book "Big Data Analytics for Sensor-Network Collected Intelligence," published by Elsevier in February 2017. With over 30 years of experience, his research interests include machine learning, data mining, ambient intelligence, biomedical informatics, and multimedia processing.
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John Paul C. Vergara, Professor
Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Biography: John Paul Vergara is a Professor in the Department of Information Systems and Computer Science at the Ateneo de Manila University, where he also served as Vice President from 2010-2016 and 2019-2022, overseeing its higher education units. His research interests are in theoretical computer science, algorithms, graph theory, and artificial intelligence. He is currently a research fellow under the University of the Philippines President Eduardo J. Angara (UP PEJA) fellowship program working on a policy framework for higher education in response to developments in generative artificial intelligence.
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Paulo F. Pires, Research Manager
Office of the CTO division of Dell, Brazil & US
Biography: Paulo F. Pires (DSc COPPE / UFRJ 2002) currently serves as a Research Manager at the Office of the CTO division of Dell, leading dynamic global teams in Brazil and the US. His current research focuses on AI/ML, Intelligent Infrastructures, and Quantum Computing. Paulo Pires is also an Associate Professor at the Fluminense Federal University, Brazil where he researches at the intersection of Software Engineering and Distributed Systems. He has published more than 200 papers in internationally renowned journals, conference and book chapters and has more the 15 patents registered with the USPTO (United States). He is currently a member of the IEEE TC on Cybermatics, Associate Editor of the IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society and member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Computer Networks (CSC Journals). Dr. Pires has a CNPq research productivity scholarship since 2010 and is a member of IEEE and the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).