BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T190619Z UID:30C80EE6-8600-4160-9C23-0D30A96FA8DC DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260213T160000 DESCRIPTION:[ECE header](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?ur l=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Fy098nk%2Fu9lp6f3%2Fepvy6t&data=05%7C0 2%7Cmsol%40groute.uic.edu%7Cd03601db3664407f406f08de69a88ebd%7Ce202cd477a5 64baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C639064369820383899%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d 8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpb CIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Ro7mN7%2FtsIL6%2Fa9iUkrBquAhT6eL3YU TMQ%2F4WjsWdks%3D&reserved=0)\n\nIEEE SPS Chicago Chapter\nDistinguished L ecture\n\nFriday February 13th at 2 PM\n\nLocation: SEO 1000\n\n[]\n\nGene rative Large Language Models\n\nProf. Jen-Tzung Chien\nLifetime Chair Prof essor\nNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University\n\nHsinchu\, Taiwan\n\nThi s talk will introduce the fundamentals of flexible generation and long-con text representation in large language models and highlight the advances in diffusion process\, flow matching and state-space model for image\, speec h and language applications. The issues of uncertainty\, scalability\, dis criminability\, low-latency and multi-modality will be discussed.\n\nBio: Jen-Tzung Chien is the Chair Professor in National Yang Ming Chiao Tung Un iversity\, Taiwan. He has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed articles in machine learning\, natural language processing and computer vision\, and three books including Bayesian Speech and Language Processing\, 2015\, Sou rce Separation and Machine Learning\, 2018\, and Machine Learning for Spea ker Recognition\, 2020. He received the Best Paper Award in IEEE Workshop on Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding in 2011\, and IEEE Inter national Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing in 2023. He se rves as an Elected Member of the IEEE Machine Learning for Signal Processi ng Technical Committee and the IEEE Speech and Language Processing Technic al Committee\, and the Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Audio\ , Speech and Language Processing.\n\n**\nThe meeting will be followed by a meeting with graduate students and other interested participants to discu ss potential joint research ideas and U.S.-Taiwan collaboration opportunit ies.\n\nFaculty Host: Prof. Mojtaba Soltanalian (msol@uic.edu)\n\nDept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering\n\nSpeaker(s): Prof. Jen-Tzung Chien\ , \n\nBldg: SEO\, 851 S Morgan St\, 1000 SEO\, CHICAGO\, Illinois\, United States\, 60607 LOCATION:Bldg: SEO\, 851 S Morgan St\, 1000 SEO\, CHICAGO\, Illinois\, Unit ed States\, 60607 ORGANIZER:msol@uic.edu SEQUENCE:6 SUMMARY:Distinguished Lecture on Generative Large Language Models by Prof. Jen-Tzung Chien URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/538687 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><table role="presentation" border="0" width=" 100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table role=" presentation" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" alig n="center">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table class="m_11348127057169586row-con tent m_11348127057169586stack" role="presentation" border="0" width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class= "m_11348127057169586column" width="100%">\n<table class="m_113481270571695 86image_block" role="presentation" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div align="center">\n<div class=" m_11348127057169586fullWidth"><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection. outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Fy098nk%2Fu9lp6f3%2Fepv y6t&amp\;data=05%7C02%7Cmsol%40groute.uic.edu%7Cd03601db3664407f406f08de69 a88ebd%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C639064369820383899%7CU nknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXa W4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp\;sdata=Ro7mN7%2Ft sIL6%2Fa9iUkrBquAhT6eL3YUTMQ%2F4WjsWdks%3D&amp\;reserved=0" target="_blank " rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https: //nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ft.e2ma .net%252Fclick%252Fy098nk%252Fu9lp6f3%252Fepvy6t%26data%3D05%257C02%257Cms ol%2540groute.uic.edu%257Cd03601db3664407f406f08de69a88ebd%257Ce202cd477a5 64baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%257C0%257C0%257C639064369820383899%257CUnknown%257CT WFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkF OIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%253D%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DRo7mN7%25 2FtsIL6%252Fa9iUkrBquAhT6eL3YUTMQ%252F4WjsWdks%253D%26reserved%3D0&amp\;so urce=gmail&amp\;ust=1770926585674000&amp\;usg=AOvVaw1WoE5kYQVnwXEX-4d4vZg5 "><img class="CToWUd" title="ECE header" src="https://ci3.googleuserconten t.com/meips/ADKq_NZrKbhzRnqFMX-IWwY1N7Xcxy5yYE_PG0CoLOzTOOwbT6hUTEx8IVKNct pPl7ALLwdM0AoIsdVabUJTSImmWWC2WDyAgx_xgJloZ53eeKyEzGEEJBezFCuVNwO6lXndFnO4 DtGNj-xYfE2-Ir0=s0-d-e1-ft#https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20260211/ 4b/cb/d7/d4/99774560bb4384dbfc2c4af5.jpg" alt="ECE header" width="600" hei ght="auto" data-bit="iit"></a></div>\n</div>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</ta ble>\n<table role="presentation" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" c ellpadding="20">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><em>IEEE S PS Chicago Chapter<br>Distinguished Lecture</em></strong></p>\n</div>\n</d iv>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<table role="presentation" border=" 0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<di v>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Friday February 13th&nbsp\; at 2 PM</strong></p>\n<p ><strong>Location: SEO 1000</strong></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</ tbody>\n</table>\n<table class="m_11348127057169586image_block" role="pres entation" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">\n<tbody >\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div align="center">\n<div><img class="CToWUd a6T" tabindex ="0" title="" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_Na-wdAS5s7 QQOeOXK9obo-kp_IKsxJSYV9-rAbxbxaP0UKTvOJdSWxhfnSQg1u9p_yDuM8kLahFQTtpWnCA_ FFIsFjpVeIVaSxURLoMWkdvSVpprW7eIyZDKSo-JVf4pWP0HMJ3R2kKSu4YsDk=s0-d-e1-ft# https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20260211/f8/27/56/12/385464deee807a7 fcb6fbffb.jpg" alt="" width="276" height="275" data-bit="iit"></div>\n</di v>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</ td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<table role="presentation" border="0" widt h="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n< td>\n<table class="m_11348127057169586row-content m_11348127057169586stack " role="presentation" border="0" width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding=" 0" align="center">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class="m_11348127057169586column" w idth="100%">\n<table role="presentation" border="0" width="100%" cellspaci ng="0" cellpadding="20">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p >\n<p><strong>Generative Large Language Models</strong></p>\n</div>\n</div >\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<table role="presentation" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div> \n<div>\n<p><strong>Prof. Jen-Tzung Chien</strong><br><strong>Lifetime Cha ir Professor</strong><br><strong>National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University< /strong></p>\n<p><strong>Hsinchu\, Taiwan</strong></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</ td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n< /tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<table role="presentation" border="0" width="100 %" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n< table class="m_11348127057169586row-content m_11348127057169586stack" styl e="height: 752.688px\;" role="presentation" border="0" width="600" cellspa cing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">\n<tbody>\n<tr style="height: 752. 688px\;">\n<td class="m_11348127057169586column" style="height: 752.688px\ ;" width="100%">\n<table role="presentation" border="0" width="100%" cells pacing="0" cellpadding="0">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>This ta lk will introduce the fundamentals of flexible generation and long-context representation in large language models and highlight the advances in dif fusion process\, flow matching and state-space model for image\, speech an d language applications. The issues of uncertainty\, scalability\, discrim inability\, low-latency and multi-modality will be discussed.</p>\n<p>&nbs p\;</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<table role="pr esentation" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">\n<tbo dy>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Bio:&nbsp\;</strong>Jen-Tzung Ch ien is the Chair Professor in National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University\, T aiwan. He has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed articles in machine lea rning\, natural language processing and computer vision\, and three books including Bayesian Speech and Language Processing\, 2015\, Source Separati on and Machine Learning\, 2018\, and Machine Learning for Speaker Recognit ion\, 2020. He received the Best Paper Award in IEEE Workshop on Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding in 2011\, and IEEE International Wor kshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing in 2023. He serves as an E lected Member of the IEEE Machine Learning for Signal Processing Technical Committee and the IEEE Speech and Language Processing Technical Committee \, and the Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Audio\, Speech and Language Processing.</p>\n<p><br><br><br>**<br><strong>The meeting will b e followed by a meeting with graduate students and other interested partic ipants to discuss potential joint research ideas and U.S.-Taiwan collabora tion opportunities.</strong><br><br></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</ tbody>\n</table>\n<table role="presentation" border="0" width="100%" cells pacing="0" cellpadding="0">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong >Faculty Host: Prof. Mojtaba Soltanalian (<a href="mailto:msol@uic.edu" ta rget="_blank" rel="noopener">msol@uic.edu</a>)</strong></p>\n<p><strong>De pt. of Electrical and Computer Engineering</strong></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n< /td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n </tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<table role="presentation" border="0" width="10 0%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n <table class="m_11348127057169586row-content m_11348127057169586stack" rol e="presentation" border="0" width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" al ign="center">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class="m_11348127057169586column" width= "100%">\n<table class="m_11348127057169586social_block" role="presentation " border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10">\n<tbody>\n<tr> \n<td>&nbsp\;</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</t able>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR