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August 19, 2025 (Tue) |
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19:00 |
Welcome Reception |
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August 20, 2025 (Wed) |
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08:45 – 09:00 |
Registration |
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09:00 – 09:30 |
Opening Session |
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09:30 – 10:30 |
Keynote I: From Automation to Autonomy: Embodied Generative AI Driving the Future of Work |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee Break & Poster Session |
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11:00 – 12:00 |
Keynote II: Harnessing Data Analytics and Deep Learning for Uncertainty Management in Smart Grids |
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12:00 – 13:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30 – 15:30 |
Technical Session 1: Robotics |
Technical Session 2: Sensing and Communications |
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13:30 – 14:00 |
When Bio-inspired Sensing Meet Foundation AI Models: Challenges and Approaches Lin Wang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
Generative AI-Empowered 3D Human Pose Tracking Shiwen MAO, Auburn University, USA |
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14:00 – 14:30 |
Do You Need a Hand? A Bimanual Robotic Dressing Assistance Scheme Jihong Zhu, University of York, UK |
Rydberg Atomic Receiver: Next Frontier of Wireless Communications Kaibin HUANG, The University of Hong Kong, China |
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14:30 – 15:00 |
Moving Event Detection from LiDAR Point Streams Fu Zhang, University of Hong Kong, China |
Key Technologies of Semantic Communications for Smart City Bin LIN, Dalian Maritime University, China |
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15:00 – 15:30 |
Active Perception and Mobile Manipulation with Autonomous UAVs Boyu Zhou, The Southern University of Science and Technology, China |
Synergizing Wireless Communication and GAI for Next-Generation Networks Qianqian YANG, Zhejiang University, China |
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15:30 – 16:00 |
Coffee Break & Poster Session |
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16:00 – 18:00 |
Technical Session 3: Artificial Intelligence |
Technical Session 4: Big Data |
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16:00 – 16:30 |
Online Flow Time Minimization: Tight Bounds for Non-Preemptive Algorithms Yuhao ZHANG, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
Graph Language Model: A Roadmap from Embedding, Reasoning, and Generation Tasks Qiaoyu TAN, New York University (Shanghai), China |
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16:30 – 17:00 |
Fair Submodular Maximization over a Knapsack Constraint Chenyang XU, East China Normal University, China |
When Spatio-Temporal Data Meet Large Language Models Yuxuan LIANG, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), China |
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17:00 – 17:30 |
Robust Dynamic Staffing with Predictions Yiding FENG, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China |
Graph-Based Intelligence for Smarter Urban Futures: From Traffic Detection to AI-Driven Social Simulation Tyler DERR, Vanderbilt University, USA |
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17:30 – 18:00 |
Recent Progress in Approximating Total Variation Distance Weiming FENG, The University of Hong Kong, China |
Human Language Technologies: put the human back in language technologies Jie YANG, TU Delft, Netherlands |
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18:30 |
Bus leaves for Banquet |
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19:00 – 21:00 |
Conference Banquet |
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August 21, 2025 (Thu) |
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08:45 – 09:00 |
Registration |
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09:00 – 10:00 |
Keynote III: Microgrids Overview |
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10:00 – 11:00 |
Keynote IV: Towards Region Understanding Vision Language Model |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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11:30 – 12:30 |
Panel: AI-Driven Innovation for Smarter Urban Futures: Opportunities and Challenges TBD |
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 – 16:00 |
Technical Session 5: Urban Safety and Disaster Prevention |
Technical Session 6: Intelligent Transportation |
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14:00 – 14:30 |
Preparing Coastal Cities for Sea-Level Rise, Storms, and Tsunamis: An Integrated Multidisciplinary Approach to the Past Adam D. SWITZER, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
Trajectory Compression: From Raw Data to Road Networks Tianyi LI, Aalborg University, Denmark |
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14:30 – 15:00 |
Integrated Modelling and AI-Based Monitoring of Embedded Urban Rail Systems for Smart City Applications Xueyu GENG, University of Warwick, UK |
Urban Informatics for Sustainable and Liveable Cities Filip BILJECKI, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
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15:00 – 15:30 |
Physics-Enhanced Machine Learning Strategies for Monitoring Critical Infrastructures Under Uncertainty Alice CICIRELLO, University of Cambridge, UK |
Decision-Focused Learning in Transportation Operations and Management: Methods and Case Studies Wei MA, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China |
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15:30 – 16:00 |
Mechanical In-Sensor Computing: A Programmable Meta-Sensor for Structural Damage Classification Without External Electronic Power Zhilu LAI, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), China |
Local contexts matter in regional transport energy transition: a mountainous city perspective An WANG, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China |
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16:00 – 16:30 |
Coffee Break |
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16:30 – 18:30 |
Technical Session 7: AI and Big Data |
Technical Session 8: Energy |
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16:30 – 17:00 |
Environmental Planning and Design with AI: Emerging Trends and Opportunities Steven Jige QUAN, Seoul National University, South Korea |
Sustainable and Secure Operation of Modern Urban Power Networks Siqi BU, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China |
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17:00 – 17:30 |
Fair Contracts Yingkai LI, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
The Increasing Need for Flexibility in the European Energy Transition Geert DECONINCK, KU Leuven, Belgium |
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17:30 – 18:00 |
Online Stochastic Matching with Unknown Arrival Order Zhihao TANG, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China |
Lightning Risks to Electricity Assets Under Climate Change: UK Case Study Chenghong GU, University of Bath, UK |
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18:00 – 18:30 |
TBD Zhedong ZHENG, University of Macau, Macau SAR |
Sustainable Energy Trading for Distributed Energy Resources Jing QIU, The University of Sydney, Australia |
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August 22, 2025 (Fri) |
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09:00 – 10:40 |
ORP Session I |
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09:00 – 09:20 |
FaceReclaim: Deep Traceability of Face-Swapped Images Through Feature Decoupling Yuanman LI, Shenzhen University, China |
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09:20 – 09:40 |
Perceptive Mobile Networks for UAV Surveillance: From the Perspective of Cooperative Sensing Hangguan SHAN, Zhejiang University, China |
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09:40 – 10:00 |
Make Graph Neural Networks Great Again: A Generic Integration Paradigm of Topology-Free Patterns for Traffic Speed Prediction Pengfei WANG, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
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10:00 – 10:20 |
Rethinking Temporal Fusion with a Unified Gradient Descent View for 3D Semantic Occupancy Prediction Xingping DONG, Wuhan University, China |
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10:20 – 10:40 |
A Software and Hardware Co-Design for On-Camera Video Analytics Based on Dual Image FPGA Yili GONG, Wuhan University, China |
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10:40 – 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00 – 13:00 |
ORP Session II |
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11:00 – 11:20 |
Harnessing an Expert Agent Team for Next POI Recommendation Hao WANG, Wuhan University, China |
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11:20 – 11:40 |
Toward Trajectory-Free Accident Detection: A Generative Approach Using Segment Map Diffusion Hao YU, Southeast University, China |
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11:40 – 12:00 |
Fusion of Physics-Informed Priors and SHM data for Bayesian Real-time Identification of Vehicle Load, Vehicle Position and Bridge Damage Heqing MU, South China University of Technology, China |
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12:00 – 12:20 |
Regression Models for Interval Power Spectral Densities and Their Inference Thomas Potthast, Leibniz University Hannover |
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12:20 – 12:40 |
Assess Flood Risks of EV Charging Infrastructure: a Joint Causal–Mobility Framework Xiaoyu Wang, University of Bath |
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12:40 – 13:00 |
Low-Complexity Worst-Case Load Flow for Power Distribution System Unvertainty Kin-Cheong SOU National Sun Yat-sen University |
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