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Information Resilience at ADC2024
CIRES had a strong representation at the 35th Australasian Database Conference (ADC’24) with CIRES CIs Professor Hongzhi Yin and Dr Rocky Chen as the General Chair and Program Chair, respectively. ADC’24 has taken an innovative twin-city approach to host the conference in two cities, namely Gold Coast and Tokyo, where major events like keynotes were […]
CIRES had a strong representation at the 35th Australasian Database Conference (ADC’24) with CIRES CIs Professor Hongzhi Yin and Dr Rocky Chen as the General Chair and Program Chair, respectively. ADC’24 has taken an innovative twin-city approach to host the conference in two cities, namely Gold Coast and Tokyo, where major events like keynotes were broadcasted and synced between two sites. By doing so, this conference was taken out of the Australasian region for the first time.
Additionally, the ADC’24 award committee recognised CIRES Centre Director Professsor Shazia Sadiq as a strong contributor to Australasia’s data management research with its Lifetime Contribution Award. Congratulations!
And as part of the ADC program, on December 18th 2024, CIRES hosted a highly engaging Information Resilience Bootcamp. The bootcamp featured four outstanding presentations, each shedding light on cutting-edge advancements in data and information resilience:
Tingting Wang (RMIT): Discovering and Assembling Data in Tabular Data Lakes – Explored advanced methods for uncovering and integrating structured data from vast tabular data repositories to enhance usability and insights.
Zixin Wang (CIRES, The University of Queensland): Online Test-Time Adaptation: A Journey Through Lost and Found – Delved into adaptive learning techniques for real-time model adjustment in dynamic environments, ensuring robust performance despite unseen distributions.
Junliang Yu (CIRES, The University of Queensland): Leveraging Large Language Models for Data Bias Management – Highlighted the potential of large language models to detect, manage, and mitigate biases in data systems to improve fairness and integrity.
Xin Xia (The University of Queensland): On-Device Recommendation Powered by Language Models – Unveiled the promise of language model-powered recommendation systems operating directly on devices to deliver personalized and efficient user experiences.
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the incredible speakers for their invaluable contributions and to everyone who joined us for this inspiring event! Your engagement and enthusiasm made the bootcamp a tremendous success.
Let’s continue to drive innovation and resilience in the face of evolving information challenges!