报告人：刘际明 教授

时间：2020年5月15日（星期五）下午3:30-4:00

地点： Zoom (ID:  677-0029-9855)      

语言：英语

报告摘要：

In this talk, Professor Jiming Liu will share some of their stories in a journey of translating exciting computer science research into socially impactful solutions for infectious disease control and prevention, e.g., in combating the outbreaks of malaria, swine flu, and COVID-19. He will discuss their ongoing interdisciplinary efforts in  developing and deploying Data Science and AI technologies for addressing the most pressing needs in global health,  while envisioning grand challenges as well as opportunities ahead.

讲者简介：

Liu Jiming received his M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from McGill University. He is currently Chair Professor in Computer Science at Hong Kong Baptist University, where  he also directs Centre for Health Informatics, as well as Joint Research Laboratory for Intelligent Disease Surveillance and Control (a partnership with Chinese Center for  Disease Control and Prevention). He is a Fellow of the IEEE.   Prof. Liu’s research interests include Data-Driven Modeling, Machine Learning, Complex Networks, Autonomy-Oriented Computing, and AI for Social Good. He has served as the Editor-in-Chief of Web Intelligence Journal, and the Associate Editor of Big Data and Information Analytics, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, and Computational Intelligence, among  others.