Keynote / Plenary / Invited Speech / Tutorial
Keynote speaker, 32nd International Conference on Neural Information Processing, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Japan, ICONIP2025, November 20-24, 2025.
Keynote speaker, 34th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, August 2025.
Keynote Speaker, Joint Symposium on Emerging Technologies and Future Talents by Harvard,
Stanford and The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 8 - 10 May 2025.
Keynote Speaker, Immersive Learning and Metaverse in Education (CILME) Annual workshop, The
Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU),
20 February 2025.
Keynote Speaker, 23rd IEEE/WIC International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent
Agent Technology (WI-IAT'24), December 9-12, 2024, Bangkok, Thailand.
Keynote Speaker, 2024 IEEE International Conference on New Trends in Computational
Intelligence, October 18-20, 2024, Qingdao, China.
Keynote Speaker, AI for Education Singapore conference, 4 - 5 November 2024, Singapore.
Keynote Speaker, International Learning Festival, Singapore Polytechnic, 24 September 2024,
Singapore.
Keynote Speaker, 2024 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence - Congress on
Evolutionary Computation (IEEE WCCI-CEC 2024), Jun 30 - Jul 5, 2024, Yokohama, Japan.
Keynote Speaker, 2023 IEEE Smart World Congress (IEEE SWC 2023), August 28-31, 2023,
Portsmouth, UK.
Keynote Speaker, 2023 Global AI Technology Conference (GAITC 2023) 9-11 June 2023, Hangzhou,
China.
Keynote Speaker, 11th International Conference on Information and Education Technology
(ICIET 2023), Fujisawa (Kanagawa), Japan, March 18-20, 2023.
Keynote Speaker, 15th International Conference on Computer Science and Information
Technology (ICCSIT 2022), Tokyo Japan, October 14-16, 2022.
Keynote Speaker, 2021 3rd International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Education,
Xi'an, China, November 19-21, 2021.
Keynote Speaker, The 14th International Conference on Advanced Computer Theory and
Engineering (ICACTE), Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, China, September 17-19, 2021.
Panelist, A*STAR Scholars Network Hackathon/Ideathon Panel Discussion, Singapore, June 25,
2021.
Panelist, WAIC 2021 International Webinar: Co-Shaping our Sustainable Future with AI,
Organized by Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII), Shanghai, China, June
22, 2021.
Panelist, 5th Deep Learning and AI Summer School (DLAI5), APNNS/IEEE-CIS Education Forum
Series, Bangkok, Thailand, May 6-10, 2021.
Invited Speaker, Machine Learning and AI Virtual Workshop, The Statistical and Applied
Mathematical Sciences Institute, March 8-12, 2021, US. Co-Organized by University of
California at Los Angeles, Stanford University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, National
University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University.
Keynote Speaker, NIE's Innovations in Teaching and Learning (ITL) Seminar, NIE, Singapore,
March 2, 2021.
Invited Speaker, 'General Optimization Intelligence', ECOLE Summer School 2020, Funded by
the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, 29 September 2020.
Distinguished Speaker, 'AI for Societal Good', Forum on Artificial Intelligence Applied
Research, Education and Innovation in Asia, Temasek Foundation International-NTU, Singapore,
09 September 2020.
Keynote Speaker, Hunan Artificial Intelligence International Graduate Summer School, Central
South University, Changsha, China, 20 August 2020.
Invited Speaker, Westlake Master Forum, Hangzhou, China, 16 December 2019.
Invited Speaker, SAINT-CIS Workshop on Computational Intelligence and Its Applications,
Shenzhen, China, 10th December 2019.
Keynote speaker, The 9th EAI International Conference on Cloud Computing (CloudComp2019),
4th-5th Dec 2019, Sydney, Australia.
Keynote speaker, The 11th IEEE International Conference on Knowledge and Systems Engineering
(KSE 2019), 24-26 October, 2019, Da Nang, Vietnam.
Invited Speaker, SAINT Workshop on Evolutionary Computation and Its Applications, Shenzhen,
China, 25-26 March 2019.
Invited Speaker for The Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Promise and Reality, stars
Singapore symposium 2019, Future-ready Asia, 27 February - 2 March 2019, Changi Cove,
Singapore.
Keynote Speaker, GIST AI Forum, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, 13
November 2018.
Invited Speaker, Global Forum on Development of Computer Science Discipline, Tsinghua
University, China, 15-16 September 2018.
Keynote Speaker, Workshop on Multi-objective Optimisation, Shenzhen, China, 20-21 August
2018.
Plenary Speaker, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation 2018 in IEEE World Congress on
Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2018), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 08-13 July 2018.
Keynote Speaker, International Symposium on Data-driven Optimisation of Complex Systems and
Applications, Taiyuan, China, 28 - 29 April 2018.
Tutorial, The 10th International Conference on Advanced Computational Intelligence, Xiamen,
China, 29 - 31 March 2018.
Keynote Speaker, The 11th International Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning (SEAL
2017), ShenZhen, China, 10-13 November, 2017.
Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Visualization, Graphics and Image Processing
(CVGIP 2017), Taiwan, August 21-23, 2017.
Keynote Speaker, Joint AI Conferences: ICCSE-ICA-ICAA, Beijing, China, 6 -9 July, 2017.
Invited Speaker, China Computer Federation, Xi An, 24 - 25 June, 2017.
Invited Speaker, Workshop on Complex System Optimization, Hefei, Anhui, China, 29-30 April,
2017.
Keynote Speaker, FASLIP, IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligent, Athens, Greece,
6 -9 December 2016.
Keynote Speaker, Applied Informatics and Technology Innovation Conference, Newcastle,
Australia, 22 -24 November 2016.
Keynote Speaker, Computational Intelligence Forum (CIF'2016), Shenzhen, China, October
27-28, 2016.
Keynote Speaker, 8th International Conference on Knowledge and Systems Engineering (KSE
2016), Ha Noi, Vietnam, 6-8 October 2016.
Keynote Speaker, 8th Search Based Software Engineering Symposium, Raleigh, North Carolina,
USA, 8-10 October 2016.
Invited Speaker, 2016 IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Summer School ('Advanced
Topics in Computational Intelligence - Theory and Applications'), PES University, Bangalore,
India, 8 - 12 August 2016.
Keynote Speaker, International Workshop on Computational Intelligence and Applications,
23-25th May, 2016, New Delhi, India.
Keynote Speaker, Australasian Conference on Artificial Life and Computational Intelligence
(ACALCI 2016), Canberra, Australia, 2-5 February 2016.
Invited Speaker, 'Course Topic: Evolutionary Multi-tasking', IEEE Computational Intelligence
Society Winter School ('Emerging Research Trends in Computational Intelligence - Theory and
Applications') at Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology,
Ahmedabad, India, March 1-4, 2016.
Keynote Speaker, The Sixth International Symposium on Information and Communication
Technology (SoICT 2015), Hue Royal city, Vietnam, 3 - 4 Dec 2015.
Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Cyber Security and
Computational Models, 17-19 Dec 2015, Jaipur, India.
Keynote Speaker, 4th International Conference on Frontiers in Intelligent Computing: Theory
and Applications, FICTA 2015, Durgapur, 16-18 November, 2015.
Invited Talk: Computer Science & Information Technology, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia.
Keynote Speech: The Seventh IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Security and
Defense Applications (IEEE CISDA 2014), Hanoi, Vietnam, 14-17 December 2014.
Keynote Speech: 4th World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT
2014), Melaka, Malaysia, 8 - 10 December 2014.
Plenary Speech: 3rd Complex Adaptive Systems Conference 2014 (CAS 2014), Conquering
Complexity: Challenges and Opportunities, November 3-5, 2014, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Invited Speeches: The 2014 International Workshop on Nature Inspired Computation and
Applications (IWNICA 2014), IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, April 2013,
Hefei, China.
Keynote Speech: Artificial Intelligence & Swarm Intelligence in Interactive Digital Media
and Entertainment Game, The Fifth International Conference on Swarm Intelligence
(ICSI'2014). October 17-20, 2014, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
Keynote Speaker: Advancements in Memetic Computation, 17th Asia Pacific Symposium on
Intelligent and Evolutionary Systems, Seoul, Korea, (IES 2013), November 7-9, 2013.
Keynote Speech: Towards Human-Inspired Memetic Computational Search Paradigm, IEEE Symposium
on Computational Intelligence for Human-like Intelligence (CIHLI 2013), IEEE Symposium
Series on Computational Intelligence, April 2013.
Keynote Speech: Advances in Memetic Computation: Ninth International Conference on Simulated
Evolution And Learning (SEAL'2012), 16 - 19 December 2012.
Keynote Speech: Advances in Memetic Computation: Seventh International Conference on
Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Application, 2012 (BIC-TA 2012) ABV-Indian Institute of
Information Technology and Management Gwalior, Gwalior, India, December 14 - 16, 2012.
Keynote Speech: Optimization Made Smarter with Memetic Computation: Sixth International
Symposium on Intelligence Computation & Applications, October 2012, Wuhan, China.
"Topic: Advances in Memetic Computation": Department of Computer Science and Information
Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, 168, University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi,
Taiwan, May 2012.
"Topic: Advances in Memetic Computation": AI Forum 2012, E-Da World, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 11 -
12 May 2012.
"Topic: Memetic Computation": National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, May 2012.
"Topic: Memetic Computation": Foreign Scholars Workshop for Graduate Students in Yonsei
University, Korea, Feb 2-5, 2012.
Invited Speaker: 'Course Topic: Advances in Memetic Computing', IEEE Sun Yat-sen University
Computational Intelligence Winter School, Jan. 24 to Jan. 28, 2011 in the south campus of
Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.
"Keynote Speech: Towards Memetic Computing": International Conference on Swarm, Evolutionary
and Memetic Computing (SEMCCO), December 2010.
'Topic: Towards Memetic Computing', Osaka Prefecture University, Japan, Host: Professor
Hisao Ishibuchi, August 2010. 'Topic: Towards Memetic Computing', The University of Tokyo,
Japan, Host: Professor Hitoshi Iba, July 2010.
'Topic: Towards Memetic Computing', Department of Computer Science Seminar 2010 Series,
Faculty of Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, Jun 2010.
'Topic: Towards Memetic Computing', ShenZhen University, ShenZhen, China, Host: Professor Ji
Zhen, Jun 2010.
'Topic 1: Memetic Computing', 'Topic 2: Computational Expensive Problems', National Academic
Conference for PhD candidates, Key Lab of Intelligent Perception and Image Understanding of
Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Intelligent Information Processing, Xidian
University, Xi'an, China, Oct 2009.
'Topic: A Development Platform for Memetic Algorithm Design', Joint 3rd International
Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 7th International Symposium on
Advanced Intelligent Systems, SCIS&ISIS 2006, 20-24 September, 2006, O-okayama Campus West
Bldg. 9, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
Judge, Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors' Award (TKKYIA), Computer & IT Category, 2005, 2006,
Singapore.
'Plenary Topic: Open Problems and Challenges in Natural Computation and Knowledge Discovery'
in International Conference on Natural Computing and Fuzzy System & Knowledge Discovery,
ICNC and FSKD'05, Changsha, China, 2005.
'Topic: Research on Memetic Algorithms', School of Computer and Communication, Hunan
University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China, August 2005.
'Topic: Inverse Multi-Objective Robust Evolutionary Design', Honda Research Institute
Europe, Frankfurt, Germany, May 2005.
'Topic: Grid-enabled Optimization Environment for Complex Engineering Problems', Honda
Research Institute Europe, Frankfurt, Germany, December 2003.
'Topic: Evolutionary Design of Computationally Expensive Problem', Centre of Excellence for
Research in Computational Intelligence and Applications (CERCIA), School of Computer
Science, University of Birmingham, UK, December 2003.