1. Toyotaro Suzumura: “Graph Neural Network”
This lecture introduces the fundamental concepts of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs). It covers message passing, convolutional architectures, large-scale variants, and research on integrating GNNs with large language models.
2. Masatoshi Hanai: “Materials Informatics and Data Infrastructure for Big Science and AI”
This lecture introduces property prediction with GNNs, structure prediction using generative models, and large-scale neural network potentials in materials science. It also explores next-generation data infrastructure for efficiently managing the rapidly expanding research data.
3. Masahiro Tanaka (Microsoft): “Advancing Large-Scale Deep Learning: Challenges and Practices”
This lecture focuses on memory bottlenecks and computational efficiency in large-scale deep learning. It highlights DeepSpeed’s ZeRO, DeepSpeed-Ulysses, and ongoing efforts to overcome these challenges.
4. Asim Munawar (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center): “Reasoning Revolution: Cracking the Code of LLM Intelligence”
This lecture examines how Large Language Models (LLMs) reason, process information, and solve complex tasks. It also explores their limitations and the challenge of aligning outputs with human expectations.
5. Md Mostafizur Rahman (Rakuten Group, Inc.): “Embeddings: Theory and Applications”
This lecture surveys the theoretical foundations of embeddings, which compress high-dimensional data into lower-dimensional continuous spaces. It addresses Knowledge Graph Embeddings and real-world uses in recommender systems, fraud detection, and semantic search.
6. Yuichiro Yasui (Nikkei Inc.): “Structuring Unstructured Data in Media and Solving Data-Driven Problems”
This lecture illustrates data-driven problem-solving in media by structuring news articles with NLP and constructing knowledge graphs. It also covers scheduling optimization for journalists and user behavior analysis through web data.
7. Tatsuhiro Chiba (IBM Research - Tokyo): “The Large Scale AI Infrastructure for LLM Training and Inference”
This lecture explores large-scale AI infrastructure for training and inference of foundation models. It discusses how system software and AI accelerators enhance model performance, supported by ongoing research examples.
8. Yoshiaki Tanaka (University of Montreal): “AI and Machine Learning-Based Analysis of Patient-Derived Single-Cell Sequencing Data”
This lecture addresses key considerations when applying AI and machine learning to biomedical data, especially genomic sequencing data. It also explains how to tailor these techniques to patient-derived single-cell sequencing data.
9. Rudy Raymond (JPMorganChase & Co.): “An Introduction of Quantum Machine Learning and the Role of AI in Quantum Computing”
This lecture introduces quantum computation basics, including quantum bits, circuits, and Variational Quantum Circuits for machine learning. It also shows how classical machine learning extends the capabilities of quantum computing.
10. Gakuto Kurata (IBM Research - Tokyo): “AI for Business: AI Research at IBM”
This lecture outlines IBM Research’s approach to foundation models and generative AI, emphasizing trust, transparency, and open-source development. It also highlights strategies to lower barriers for AI adoption in enterprise environments.