Title: HKUx MOOC: Digital Currency

Time:  

Venue: online via edX

Speaker(s): Prof S.M. Yiu (CompSc), Prof. Douglas Arner (Law) & Dr. John T.H. Yuen (CompSc), HKU

Remark(s): 

Online course for 4 weeks (1-2 hours per week); Registration is required.

Title: AI-GPT Tech Seminar: About the Stellaris AI

Time: 07:00pm 

Venue: HKU iCUBE, 4005-07, 40/F, Two Exchange Square, Central, HK

Speaker(s): Dr. Jacob Wu, CEO, Stellaris AI; Moderator - Mr. Victor Yim, Head of FinTech, Cyberport

Remark(s): 

Online registration at https://hkuga.org/events/20231122

Title: Learning Imaging Systems

Time: 10:30am 

Venue: CPD-LG.18, Centennial Campus, HKU

Speaker(s): Prof Wolfgang Heidrich, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Visual Computing Center

Remark(s): 

Hybrid. Seats for on-site participants are limited. A confirmation email will be sent to participants who have successfully registered.

Title: How Should Central Banks Explore CBDC

Time: 12:30pm 

Venue: HKU iCube, 4005-07, 40/F., Two Exchange Square, Central, HK

Speaker(s): Dr Dong He, Deputy Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the Internal Monetary Fund

Remark(s): 

Registration is required at https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2aAOiwWOB8nh5JQ?Q_CHL=qr

Title: Workshop on financial crime and digital forensics

Time: 10:00am 

Venue: Lecture Theatre C, LG1/F., Chow Yei Ching Building, HKU, Pokfulam Road, HK

Speaker(s): Various speakers from HKU CS Dept, the industry, HK Police Force and overseas institutions

Remark(s): 

Registration is required. Target participants: General Public

Title: Almost-Optimal Sublinear Additive Spanners

Time: 04:00pm 

Venue: Room 313, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong

Speaker(s): Dr. Zhang Tianyi, Tel Aviv University

Remark(s): 

Title: AIFV-m Coding and Finding the Cheapest Markov Chain

Time: 10:30am 

Venue: Room 313, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong

Speaker(s): Prof. Mordecai Golin, Hong Kong UST

Remark(s): 

Title: Demystifying Attention Mechanism in Transformer and its application to Better Inference of Large Language Models (LLMs)

Time: 03:00am 

Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two, G/F, Run Run Shaw Building, HKU

Speaker(s): Dr. Yuandong Tian from Meta with Prof Yi Ma, Director of HKU IDS as moderator

Remark(s): 

Mixed mode

Title: HKU-SCF High School Student Workshop Series – Explore Non-fungible Token (NFT) Art Pieces and Marketplace

Time: 09:30am 

Venue: Innovation Wing, The University of Hong Kong

Speaker(s): Mr. Lester Cheuk-yu IP, Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau, HK Police Force

Remark(s): 

Registration is required. Target participants: Secondary
School students (F4 – F6 / Grade 10 – 12)
 

Title: Wireless AI Perception: A New Sense for Machine Intelligence Beyond Vision

Time: 04:30pm 

Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two, G/F, Run Run Shaw Building, HKU

Speaker(s): Dr Chenshu Wu, with Dr Chenxiong Qian as moderator, both Assistant Professors of HKU CS Dept

Remark(s): 

Mixed mode