November 8-9 'Samsung AI Forum'... Global Experts Gather

Conducted by Jonggiwon and Samsung Research... Vice Chairman Han Jonghee and President Seunghyun Jun Attend

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] Samsung Electronics announced on the 18th that it will hold the 'Samsung Artificial Intelligence (AI) Forum 2022.'

Now in its 6th year, the 'Samsung AI Forum' will take place on December 8-9. It is a platform for technical exchange that invites world-renowned AI scholars and experts to share recent AI research achievements and explore future research directions. The forum will be held in person for the first time in three years since the COVID-19 pandemic, conducted simultaneously online and offline, and will be live-streamed on Samsung Electronics' YouTube channel.

The first day of the forum, hosted by Samsung Electronics' Advanced Institute of Technology, will focus on "AI and Semiconductors Creating the Future," discussing the current status and development directions of AI technology research, including semiconductor and material innovations utilizing AI technology.

Following the opening remarks by Vice Chairman and CEO Han Jong-hee and a keynote speech by Professor Yoshua Bengio of the University of Montreal, Canada, technical sessions on AI for research and development (R&D) innovation, advancements in AI algorithms, and large-scale computing for AI will be held. Professor Seo Min-jun of KAIST and Professor Song Hyun-oh of Seoul National University will introduce recent AI algorithm research achievements, and Alan Gara, a world-renowned supercomputing expert, will present on the evolution of computing and the future of AI.

The 'Samsung AI Researcher Award' for discovering emerging researchers and the awards ceremony for the 'Samsung AI Challenge Competition' held for domestic university and graduate students will also take place.

The second day of the forum, hosted by Samsung Research, will be held under the theme "Expansion of AI for the Real World."

Seung Hyun-joon, President of Samsung Research, will deliver a keynote speech on "An Evolutionary Approach to Brain-Based Learning Algorithms." Lectures will also be given by Terence Sejnowski, founder of NeurIPS, the world's most prestigious AI conference and professor at UC San Diego; Johannes Gehrke, head of Microsoft Research; and Dieter Fox, head of NVIDIA Robotics Research and professor at the University of Washington.

President Seung said, "I hope the Samsung AI Forum will serve as an opportunity to help understand the various recent AI research efforts in terms of 'expanding AI in real life' to enhance the value of our lives."

Participants can register for the event on the forum website until the day of the event. Online question submissions are also available.

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