October 13-15, 2022
1st CASL Workshop
at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI)
Video Recording
Video Recording
Research Session - Thu 13/10
Research Session - Thu 13/10
9:30-10:15
9:30-10:15
Arrival / Coffee and Light Breakfast
Arrival / Coffee and Light Breakfast
10:20-10:30
10:20-10:30
Opening Remarks from Organizers
Opening Remarks from Organizers
10:30-10:50
10:30-10:50
Willie Neiswanger
Willie Neiswanger
Stanford University
AI-Guided Experiments for ML Systems, AutoML, and Science
AI-Guided Experiments for ML Systems, AutoML, and Science
Willie Neiswanger - AI-Guided Experiments for MLSys, AutoML, Science.pdf10:50-11:10
10:50-11:10
Zhiting Hu
Zhiting Hu
Assistant Professor at UC San Diego
Standard Model and Algorithm for ML
Standard Model and Algorithm for ML
11:10-11:30
11:10-11:30
Marco Canini
Marco Canini
Associate Professor at KAUST
Accelerated Deep Learning via Efficient, Compressed and Managed Communication
Accelerated Deep Learning via Efficient, Compressed and Managed Communication
11:30-11:50
11:30-11:50
Chih-Jen Lin
Chih-Jen Lin
Distinguished Professor at National Taiwan University
Algorithms and Software for Text Classification
Algorithms and Software for Text Classification
Chih-Jen Lin - mbzuai.pdf11:50-13:30
11:50-13:30
Lunch
Lunch
13:30-13:50
13:30-13:50
Kun Zhang
Kun Zhang
Associate Professor at MBZUAI
Director of the Center for Integrative Artificial Intelligence (CIAI)
Causal Representation Learning: Advances and Perspective
Causal Representation Learning: Advances and Perspective
Kun Zhang - Methodological_Causal_Representation_Learning_Short_CASL_2022.pdf13:50-14:10
13:50-14:10
Sang Choe
Sang Choe
Carnegie Mellon University
Systems and Applications of Multilevel Optimization
Systems and Applications of Multilevel Optimization
14:10-14:30
14:10-14:30
Timothy Baldwin
Timothy Baldwin
Professor at MBZUAI
AI Ecosystems: The Case of Natural Language Processing
AI Ecosystems: The Case of Natural Language Processing
Tim Baldwin - ohp.pdf14:30-14:50
14:30-14:50
Maruan Al-Shedivat
Maruan Al-Shedivat
Principal Research Scientist at Genesis Therapeutics
Accelerating Drug Discovery via Deep Learning + Molecular Simulation
Accelerating Drug Discovery via Deep Learning + Molecular Simulation
14:50-15:20
14:50-15:20
Break
Break
15:20-15:40
15:20-15:40
Samuel Horvath
Samuel Horvath
Assistant Professor at MBZUAI
Fair and Accurate Federated Learning under Heterogeneous Targets
Fair and Accurate Federated Learning under Heterogeneous Targets
Sam Horvath - CASL_FjORD.pdf15:40-16:00
15:40-16:00
Xiaodan Liang
Xiaodan Liang
Associate Professor at Sun Yat-sen University
Grounded Multi-modal Pretraining and Applications
Grounded Multi-modal Pretraining and Applications
Xiaodan Liang - xiaodanlab-mbzuai.pdf16:00-16:20
16:00-16:20
Hongyi Wang
Hongyi Wang
Carnegie Mellon University
On the Utility of Gradient Compression in Distributed Training Systems
On the Utility of Gradient Compression in Distributed Training Systems
16:20-16:40
16:20-16:40
Jinliang Wei
Jinliang Wei
Scaling Deep Learning Training With Compiler Optimizations
Scaling Deep Learning Training With Compiler Optimizations
16:40-17:00
16:40-17:00
Break
Break
17:00-17:45
17:00-17:45
Discussion and Planning:
Discussion and Planning:
Research & Open Source
Research & Open Source
18:30
18:30
Dinner - venue TBC
Dinner - venue TBC
Leisure - Sat 15/10
Leisure - Sat 15/10
13:00-17:00
13:00-17:00
Indoor Skydiving and Rock Climbing at CLYMB Abu Dhabi
Indoor Skydiving and Rock Climbing at CLYMB Abu Dhabi