Events

Improving reasoning capabilities in Large Language Models: techniques and experiences
ISTD COIL Seminar by Allan Jie – In this talk, I will present recent advancements and effective methodologies aimed at enhancing the reasoning capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs).


Generative AI and cybersecurity: preparing for the next wave of attacks
ISTD COIL Seminar by Chen Kin Siong – Generative AI (GenAI) is transforming industries, but its rapid adoption also brings new cybersecurity risks.


Introduction to the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore
ISTD COIL Seminar by Wong Choon Bong – The seminar will explore on the cybersecurity challenges faced in Singapore and provides an overview of the functions of Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA).


Watch out for the safety-threatening actors: mitigating risk by quantifying change in escape routes
ISTD Seminar by Zbigniew Kalbarczyk – The challenge of ensuring the safety of autonomous vehicles (AVs, also called ego actors) in real-world scenarios where AVs constantly interact with other actors will be addressed in this seminar.


Functional programming with Clojure in the wild
ISTD COIL Seminar by Zachary Teo – Once considered a niche, Functional Programming (FP) has been gaining increased popularity due to the evolving needs of software systems, such as scalability and concurrency.


Guided cooperation for multi-agent teams
ISTD PhD Oral Defense Seminar by Pamela Wang – The thesis will study various degrees of centralisation in cooperation mechanisms, spanning from fully centralised planning-based approaches to fully decentralised communicating agents.


Extracting and reasoning with structured information in natural language and beyond
ISTD PhD Oral Defense by Chia Yew Ken – This thesis investigates the crucial role of structured information in natural language processing and artificial intelligence, with a focus on its extraction, utilisation, and extension to multimodal reasoning.


Domain-aware stealthy attack and digital-twin-based defence for critical information infrastructures
ISTD PhD Oral Defense by Wei Lin – Critical Information Infrastructures (CII) encompass the fundamental computer systems that ensure the continuous delivery of essential services, including sectors such as energy, water, and infocomm. Safeguarding these systems against both physical and cyber threats is crucial to maintaining the continuity and resilience of the services they support.


Human-centred design of automated labelling interventions to mitigate misinformation on social media
ISTD PhD Oral Defense Seminar by Gionnieve Lim – The thesis investigates the use of various labelling interventions that incorporate automated fact-checking elements for humans, examining people’s perceptions of the labels and their attitudes to the labelled content.

Behaviour analysis in complex environments
ISTD PhD Oral Defense Seminar by Ng Xun Long – The thesis presents Chaotic World, a large-scale multi-modal dataset with fine-grained annotations of human actions, interactions, and sounds in chaotic situations.