09:30 – 09:45 — Opening Remarks
Dr. Ng Aik Beng (Singapore Institute of Technology; Senior Regional Manager, NVAITC-APS, NVIDIA)
09:45 – 10:15 — Industry Perspectives
Mr. Yethoven Tukimin (Meta)
10:15 – 10:45 — Keynote #1
Prof. Ian McLoughlin (Singapore Institute of Technology)
10:45 – 11:00 — Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:18 — Advancing Agentic AI: Synthetic Data for Personified and Inclusive Human-AI Interactions
Megani Rajendran, Darren Tan, Timothy Liu, Aik Beng Ng, Jeannie S. Lee, Ethan Yuxin Wei, Simon See
11:18 – 11:36 — Towards Privacy-Preserving and Explainable AI for Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis Using Federated Learning on MRI Data
Shayalkumar Vaghasiya, Rajesh Gupta, Akshita Abrol, Naman Jain, Fenil Ramoliya, Zhengkui Wang, Sudeep Tanwar, Aik Beng Ng
11:36 – 11:54 — SMARTE-VR: Student Monitoring and Adaptive Response Technology for e-Learning in Virtual Reality
Roberto Daza, Lin Shengkai, Aythami Morales, Julian Fierrez, Katashi Nagao
11:54 – 12:00 — Transition / buffer
Topic: Intersection of AI and the Metaverse: Reflections and Perspectives
Moderator: Megani Rajendran (NVIDIA)
Panelists: Ng Aik Beng (SIT/NVIDIA), Ian McLoughlin (SIT), Yethoven Tukimin (Meta), Kotaro Sakamoto (University of Tokyo)
Speaker: Mr. Kotaro Sakamoto (University of Tokyo)
Title: TBD (Metaverse/AI Systems Perspective)
14:00 – 14:18 — AI-Enhanced Creation of Digital Twins from iPhone LiDAR for Immersive XR Experiences in NVIDIA Omniverse
Kamran Gholizadeh HamlAbadi, Monica Vahdati, Haiwei Dong, Abdulmotaleb El Saddik
14:18 – 14:36 — Immersive Composition: Aesthetic Photography Powered by Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning
Liaorui Zhang, Shurong Jiang, Bolun Wu, Xin Jin, Hangbing Yin
14:36 – 14:54 — Gamified Immersive Learning and User Experience Evaluation of Metaverse-Based Cultural Heritage Education
Muhammad Shahid Anwar, Miran Ali, Majed Elwardy, Shabir Ahmad, Pir Noman Ahmad, Mubashir Ahmad
14:54 – 15:00 — Transition / buffer
Topic: Metaverse Technologies and Synthetic Data with SynthDa
Guided practice on provided instances; bring your own laptop recommended.
Closing Remarks & Open Q&A