Foundation Models for Time Series: Exploring New Frontiers

Andrew Gordon Wilson is an Associate Professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Center for Data Science at NYU. Prof. Wilson wishes to develop a prescriptive foundation for building intelligent autonomous systems, with work involving Bayesian inference, distribution shifts, scientific discovery, and generalization in deep learning. He has been Workshop Chair, Tutorial Chair, EXPO Chair, and Senior Area Chair for major machine learning conferences, and has received numerous awards, including the NSF CAREER Award, the Amazon Research Award, and best paper, reviewer, area chair, and dissertation awards.

Dr. James Zhang is the Managing Director of AI Prediction and Strategy Platform of Ant Group. Dr. Zhang obtained his Ph.D. degree from Univ. of Ottawa, Canada in Electrical Engineering, and both his Master’s and Bachelor degrees from Zhejiang Univ., China. Before he joined Ant Financial, Dr. Zhang worked on finance-related AI at Bloomberg, helped setting up the AI branch of Bloomberg Labs and initiating the GPU computation farm of Bloomberg. Dr. Zhang worked in various areas including image processing, natural language processing, pattern recognition, high-speed hardware development, optical networks, operations research, biometrics, and financial systems.