Welcome  to  SDAIA  Winter  school 
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

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.

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

Ahmed Ali
Saudi Data & AI Authority (SDAIA)
Pedro Moreno
Saudi Data & AI Authority (SDAIA)
Bhiksha Ramakrishnan
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Hung yi Lee
National Taiwan University
Marek Hruz
University of West Bohemia
Parisa Kordjamshidi
Michigan State University
Rita Singh
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Sanjeev Khudanpur
Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
Thomas Hainn
Sheffield University
Murat Saraclar
Bogazici University
Matthew Wiesner
Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
Ehsan Hoque
Salima Mdhaffar
Avignon University (LIA)
Hisham Cholakkal
MBZUAI
Enamul Hoque Prince
York University
Alex Polok
Brno University
Amir Hussein
Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
Amit Meghanani
Sheffield University
Dominik Klement
Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
Ivan Gruber
University of West Bohemia
Yassine ElKheir
TU Berlin
Kalvin Chang
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)/Amazon
Mostafa Shahin
University of New South Wales
Olga Iakovenko
Sheffield University
Omnia Ibrahim
University of Zürich
Bashar Talafha
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