Keynote Speakers
Professor Dr. Chang D. Yoo
Professor, School of Electrical Engineering,
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Director, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Lab (AIM)
Professor Chang D. Yoo is a renowned academic in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at KAIST, South Korea. He holds a Ph.D. from MIT (2006) and leads the Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Lab (AIM). His research spans deep learning, computer vision, multimedia signal processing, speech/audio processing, and robotics. Professor Yoo has made impactful contributions to premier AI conferences including NeurIPS, CVPR, and ECCV. He is known for pioneering work in high-quality region proposal networks, graph neural networks for few-shot learning, and multimodal AI systems.
Keynote Highlight
Generative AI Revolution: Promise, Peril and the Path Forward
Generative AI reshapes industries through large language models, multimodal systems, and diffusion models driving innovation in creative and scientific fields. While offering potential for progress and sustainability, it also presents challenges such as energy consumption, algorithmic bias, and ethical concerns around synthetic content. The focus is on balancing transformative impact with responsible development.
Professor Dr. Lam Kwok Yan
Associate Vice President (Strategy and Partnerships),
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Executive Director, Digital Trust Centre Singapore & Singapore AI Safety Institute
Professor Lam Kwok Yan is a leading authority in cybersecurity, digital trust, and AI safety with over three decades of academic and industry experience. He is currently Associate Vice President (Strategy and Partnerships) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, where he also serves as Professor at the College of Computing and Data Science. Professor Lam is Executive Director of both the Digital Trust Centre Singapore and the Singapore AI Safety Institute. He has served as a cybersecurity consultant to INTERPOL and has founded several award-winning deep-tech startups in AI and data privacy. His research spans distributed systems, quantum computing, federated learning, privacy-preserving AI, and satellite IoT security. In 2022, he was inducted into the Singapore Cybersecurity Hall of Fame.
Keynote Highlight
Building Digital Trust and Safety in AI-Driven Societies
Professor Lam will address the strategic imperatives of digital trust in the age of generative AI and hyper-connected infrastructures. Drawing from national-scale initiatives and cutting-edge research in AI safety, privacy-enhancing technologies, and federated unlearning, he will explore how policy, technology, and governance must converge to ensure resilience, transparency, and trustworthiness in digital ecosystems.
IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION 2025 (AI-SI 2025)
Theme: Shaping the Future with Intelligent Solutions
Organized by: Faculty of Artificial Intelligence, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Kuala Lumpur