Welcome to SDAIA Winter school
8 - 21 December 2024
Introduction
SDAIA Winter School (SWS 2024) will focus on Multimodal Large Language Models (MM-LLMs). This winter school is organized by the Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA). The event will be held In King Saud University, Main Lobby, Building 17, 4th Floor, Al Dirwasa Hall.
Research Track
Exploring Direct LLM Document Comprehension
Quran Pronunciation Learning
Sign Language Recognition
Zero Shot Multilingual Code-Switching Speech Recognition
Teaching Track
From Dec 8 to Dec 21 2024
The teaching track will provide foundational knowledge in AI through expert-led lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative group discussions. Lectures will focus on key topics such as Multimodal LLMs, Speech Understanding, Speech Generation, and Visual Perception, delivered by global experts. Interactive labs will offer students the chance to apply the concepts learned during lectures.
Agenda
Sunday, December 8, 2024 Intro & Speech Recognition/Understanding
Monday, December 9, 2024 Speech Synthesis and Voice Generation
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 Image and Video Processing
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 Image and Video Processing
Thursday, December 12, 2024 MultiModal LLM
Thursday, December 19, 2024 Last Day
Speakers

Saudi Data & AI Authority (SDAIA)

Saudi Data & AI Authority (SDAIA)

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)

National Taiwan University

University of West Bohemia

Michigan State University

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)

Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

Sheffield University

Bogazici University

Johns Hopkins University (JHU)


Avignon University (LIA)

MBZUAI
Enamul Hoque Prince
York University
Researchers

Brno University

Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

Sheffield University

Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

University of West Bohemia

TU Berlin

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)/Amazon

University of New South Wales

Sheffield University

University of Zürich

University of British Columbia
Injy Hamed
Mohamed Bin Zayed University for Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI)
Brian Yan
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Tomas Zelezny
University of West Bohemia
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