2025 WAIC Young Elite Exchange Conference Program
Conference TimeJuly 27, 2025, 9:30-12:00 AM
VenueShanghai Expo Center, Room 609
Organizational Structure
Supervisory Unit: World Artificial Intelligence Conference Organizing Committee Office
Host Unit: Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Industry Association
Co-organizers: Shanghai Innovation Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Branch, Shanghai Institute of Science and Intelligence, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Host Unit: Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Industry Association
Co-organizers: Shanghai Innovation Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Branch, Shanghai Institute of Science and Intelligence, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Host: Kong Linghe (Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Agenda
(I) Opening Remarks 1 (9:30-9:40)
• Online video address by Turing Award Laureate John Hopcroft
• Opening Remarks 2: On-site address by Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering Ling Wen
(II) Establishment of Academic Committee (9:40-9:45)
Ling Wen, Teng Shanghua, Xiong Hui
(III) Website Launch (9:45-9:50)
WAICA: WAIC Academic World Artificial Intelligence Academic Conference Official Website Launch
(IV) Paper Highlights Collection Release (9:50-10:00)
• Online release by Arnout Jacobs, CEO of Nature Greater China
• Xiong Hui, Associate Vice President, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
(V) Academic Sharing (10:00-11:00)
• Li Xuelong, CTO and Chief Scientist, China Telecom Group
• Teng Shanghua, 2-time Gödel Prize winner (2008, 2015), Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Southern California, ACM Fellow
• Xiong Hui, Associate Vice President, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Chair Professor of AI Domain, Editor-in-Chief of NPJ AI
(VI) Roundtable Discussion (11:00-11:45)
Topic: After Transformer, how will the next generation model architecture develop?
Sharing Guests:
• Ren Ju, Associate Professor, Tsinghua University
• Qiu Xipeng, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, Fudan University
• Lin Zhouhan, Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• Zhang Chi, PhD, China Telecom AI Research Institute
• Tan Zhiyu, Researcher, Shanghai Institute of Science and Intelligence
2025 WAIC Young Elite Exchange Conference
Next Generation Large Model Architecture Evolution
Conference TimeJuly 27, 2025, 2:00-5:00 PM
VenueShanghai Expo Center, Room 607
Co-organizer: Shanghai Innovation Institute
Host: Yan Junchi (Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Agenda
1. Paper Sharing (2:00-3:00 PM)
Speaker: Xu Si, Associate Professor, Xidian University
Topic: Model Uncertainty Quantification: From Traditional Models to Large Models
Topic: Model Uncertainty Quantification: From Traditional Models to Large Models
Speaker: Lin Zhouhan, Associate Professor, Shanghai AI Laboratory
Topic: Self-Attention Mechanism and Its Derivative Methods
Topic: Self-Attention Mechanism and Its Derivative Methods
Speaker: Xiong Hao, Young Associate Researcher, Fudan University
Topic: Physics-Inspired Large Models
Topic: Physics-Inspired Large Models
2. Roundtable Discussion (3:00-5:00 PM)
All guests participate in discussion
2025 WAIC Young Elite Exchange Conference
Spatial Intelligence and Embodied Intelligence
Conference TimeJuly 27, 2025, 2:00-5:00 PM
VenueShanghai Expo Center, Room 610
Co-organizer: Shanghai Innovation Institute
Host: Cai Panpan (Associate Professor, Shanghai Innovation Institute)
Agenda
1. Paper Sharing (2:00-3:00 PM)
Speaker: Hu Yuhang, CEO, Shouxing Technology
Topic: Making Robots Less Robotic - From Robot Autonomous Modeling to Bionic Humanoid Robot Interaction
Topic: Making Robots Less Robotic - From Robot Autonomous Modeling to Bionic Humanoid Robot Interaction
Speaker: Zhou Boyu, Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology
Topic: Autonomous Aerial Robot Active Perception and Mobile Manipulation
Topic: Autonomous Aerial Robot Active Perception and Mobile Manipulation
Speaker: Wang Tai, Young Scientist, Shanghai AI Laboratory
Topic: Towards Spatial Intelligence Large Models: From Understanding to Interaction
Topic: Towards Spatial Intelligence Large Models: From Understanding to Interaction
2. Roundtable Discussion (3:00-5:00 PM)
All guests participate in discussion
2025 WAIC Young Elite Exchange Conference
Scientific Intelligence
Conference TimeJuly 27, 2025, 2:00-5:00 PM
VenueShanghai Expo Center, Room 611
Co-organizer: Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Branch
Host: Yang Ge (Researcher, Multi-modal AI System National Key Laboratory, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Agenda
1. Paper Sharing (2:00-3:00 PM)
Speaker: Li Chen, Associate Professor, Osaka University
Topic: Generative AI Applications in Drug Development
Topic: Generative AI Applications in Drug Development
Speaker: Xiao Chengyu, PhD Student, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Topic: Machine Learning-Assisted Ultra-Broadband and Band-Selective Thermal Radiation Metamaterial Design
Topic: Machine Learning-Assisted Ultra-Broadband and Band-Selective Thermal Radiation Metamaterial Design
Speaker: Cheng Lixue, Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Topic: Orbformer: Wave Function Primal Molecular Foundation Model Established Through Deep Quantum Monte Carlo Methods
Topic: Orbformer: Wave Function Primal Molecular Foundation Model Established Through Deep Quantum Monte Carlo Methods
2. Roundtable Discussion (3:00-5:00 PM)
All guests participate in discussion