Networking Event for the National AI Research Lab in Connection with NeurIPS
Event Overview
- This event was held to foster networking among researchers in a friendly and informal atmosphere, and to promote exchanges between domestic and international AI researchers.
- The event encouraged the participation of outstanding PhD students and was utilized as a platform for outreach and talent identification for future postdoctoral researcher recruitment.
- Professor Masashi Sugiyama, Head of RIKEN AIP, the Japanese AI research hub, led discussions on future plans for academic research exchange between AI research hubs.
- Mi-ran Lee, an executive at MSRA, shared insights into the national AI research hub’s mid- to long-term self-sustainability strategy, using MSRA’s business model as a case study.
Attendees
- Kim Kee-Eung (National AI Research Lab), Masashi Sugiyama (RIKEN AIP), Lee Mi-ran (Executive at MSRA), and approximately 200 others.
- Date
- December 10, 2024
- Time
- 6:30 PM
- Location
- JOEY Bentall One, Vancouver, Canada
