Events
LKY CIC Brownbag Lunchtime Talk: “Geospatial Knowledge Graph for Urban Studies”
Synopsis
Cities are evolving into increasingly differentiated, complex, and diverse systems. Fundamental drivers of urban forms, such as energy, mobility, and information technology, have transformed radically within the past decade. These shifts have given rise to new lifestyles, alongside changing demographic and migration patterns, prompting a need for new social structures and a rethinking of spatial
Tensor networks and the Belief Propagation algorithm
ESD Research Seminar by Itai Arad – Belief-propagation (BP) is a well-known message-passing algorithm from the world of classical physics and machine learning. It can be used to approximate the local marginals on multivariate probability distributions that are described by graphical models.
AI for humanity: why it matters?
ISTD COIL Seminar by James Ong – As AI is progressing at exponential rate, are we steering toward a more sustainable development of AI that meets humanity’s needs? James will share his advocacy of why and how to embrace AI for Humanity.
Bayesian design principles for frequentist sequential learning
ESD Research Seminar by Yunbei Xu – We develop a general theory to optimise the frequentist regret for sequential learning problems, where efficient bandit and reinforcement learning algorithms can be derived from unified Bayesian principles.
Roundtable on Global Gardens: Botanical Spaces in Literature, Science, and Sustainable Design
Two of our speakers will be familiar faces from HASS and ASD. Dr. Zhenxing Zhao (Senior Lecturer, HASS) will be speaking about gardens in Chinese poetry and art (a topic which he teaches on in his elective class), and Dr. Daniel Whittaker (Senior Lecturer, ASD) will talk about what we can learn about sustainable design from rainwater cooling strategies from gardens in India, Mexico, and Southeast Asia.
Building effective RAG applications for public good
ISTD COIL Seminar by Isaac Lim – Join Isaac, a Data Scientist from GovTech’s AI Practice, as he shares his experience empowering developers in government to build effective RAG (and more generally, LLM-based) applications.
Need to relax – but perhaps later? Reflections on modelling sparsity and mixed-binary nonconvex optimisation problems
ESD Research Seminar by Immanuel M. Bomze – This talk will advocate the necessity of research efforts in the quest for global solutions and strong rigorous bounds for quality guarantees, showcased on one of the nowadays most popular domains – cardinality-constrained models.
LLMs for out-of-domain use cases
ISTD COIL Seminar by Anirudh Shrinivason – This talk will “delve” into Cohere’s strategies for harnessing the potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) within the enterprise domain. By exploring fine-tuning techniques and the integration of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), we aim to showcase how these methods can be tailored to solve complex, industry-specific challenges.
Bridging the gap: navigating the transition from design school to UX design in the real world
ISTD COIL Seminar by Samath Aravinda & Imran Nordin – In this talk, we will delve into my personal journey as a UX designer, highlighting the essential design processes that drive successful projects. We will discuss the myriad opportunities available in the field, from emerging technologies to innovative methodologies, and how these can shape your career trajectory. To enrich our discussion, I am excited to introduce my colleague, a seasoned UX researcher, who will present for 15-20 minutes on the UX research process. He will cover key methodologies, tools, and techniques used to gather user insights that inform design decisions.
Quantum machine learning: What’s happening, what’s hard, and what’s next
ESD Research Seminar by Kishor Bharti – This talk will provide an introduction to quantum machine learning, a summary of its current status, the challenges it faces, and what lies ahead.
