6th 'Samsung AI Forum' Held… Han Jonghee "AI Will Lead Cam Tech"

November 8-9, In-Person Event Resumes After 3 Years with Online Participation
Vice Chairman Han Jong-hee: "AI Will Provide New Experiences and Serve as a Foundation for Technological Innovation"

Samsung Electronics will hold the 'Samsung AI Forum 2022' for two days starting from the 8th. On the first day of the 'Samsung AI Forum,' Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Han Jong-hee is delivering the opening address via video.

[Asia Economy Reporter Sunmi Park] Samsung Electronics will hold the 'Samsung AI Forum 2022' for two days starting from the 8th.

Now in its 6th year, the 'Samsung AI Forum' is a platform for technical exchange that invites world-renowned AI scholars and experts to share the latest research trends and explore future innovation strategies. Notably, this forum will be held in person for the first time in three years since the outbreak of COVID-19, with an expected attendance of about 1,200 AI experts, professors, and students.

On the first day of the forum, Samsung Electronics' Advanced Institute of Technology held a session under the theme "AI and Semiconductors Creating the Future." They discussed the current research status and directions of AI technologies that will create a new future, including semiconductor and material innovations using AI technology. Han Jong-hee, Vice Chairman and CEO of Samsung Electronics, said in his opening remarks, "AI is an indispensable core technology in discussions of advanced technology and future industries," adding, "AI applied with connectivity technology will lead 'Calm Tech' (technology that provides convenient services without people noticing) to offer convenience and new experiences in our lives."

Vice Chairman Han also stated, "AI will spread to various fields through securing a wide range of semiconductor products and elemental technologies," and expressed hope that "this AI forum will be a starting point for everyone to come together and think about creating a better world."

Joshua Bengio, a professor at the University of Montreal in Canada and a keynote speaker, gave a lecture on "Why Partitioned Bayesian Causal Models Are Needed." Known as a pioneer of deep learning, Professor Bengio shared the latest research results using partitioned inference and Bayesian methods for causal models in AI for scientific theory exploration and experiment design, as well as general AI. Following the keynote, technical sessions on ▲ AI for R&D innovation ▲ advancement of AI algorithms ▲ large-scale computing for AI were held.

In the 'AI for R&D Innovation' session, research leaders including Choi Chang-gyu, Vice President and Head of the AI Research Center at Samsung Electronics' Advanced Institute of Technology, presented Samsung Electronics' latest AI research status and vision. They particularly explained prospects and opportunities in the semiconductor AI field, discussing the direction of AI technology expansion into key areas such as semiconductor and material development and the future challenges to address.

Samsung Electronics also announced the winners of the 'Samsung AI Researcher Award,' aimed at discovering outstanding global young researchers in the AI field, and the 'Samsung AI Challenge,' conducted for domestic university and graduate students to foster AI talent. Among the recipients of the 'Samsung AI Researcher Award' were five young AI professors, including Mohit Iyyer, a professor at the University of Massachusetts and co-developer of ELMo, one of the main language model training methods in natural language processing. The 'Samsung AI Challenge,' which saw participation from 378 teams (1,038 students), awarded a total of eight teams.

Meanwhile, the second day of the forum, hosted by Samsung Research, will proceed under the theme "Expansion of AI for the Real World." It will share directions for the development of future AI technologies that will significantly impact our lives, such as recent hot topics like super-large AI models, digital humans, and robotics technologies.

Seunghyun Jun, head of Samsung Research and a world authority in the field of neuroengineering, will deliver a welcoming address and a keynote speech proposing a new brain science-based non-supervised learning algorithm for AI learning methods. Daniel Lee, Vice President and Head of the Global AI Center at Samsung Research, will present on "Samsung Research's AI Research Status."

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