Speaker: Prof. Liu Jiming

Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m., 15 May 2020 (Fri)

Online platform: Zoom（ID: 677 0029 9855）

Language: English

Abstract: 

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.

About the speaker: 

Jiming Liu 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.