Prof. Andy Chun of City University of Hong Kong

Generative AI is a powerful technology that can create novel and realistic content across different modalities, such as images, video, music, speech, text, software code, and product designs. In this talk, you will learn about the fundamentals of generative AI and its applications in engineering design and development. You will discover how generative AI can enhance engineering processes such as product design by generating diverse and optimal solutions. You will also get familiar with some of the techniques and models that enable generative AI, such as foundation models, generative adversarial networks, and variational autoencoders. Moreover, you will explore some of the opportunities and challenges of generative AI for engineering innovation and collaboration, as well as some of the ethical and social issues that generative AI raises for engineering practice and society.

Biography:

Prof. Andy Chun is a renowned AI pioneer and tech innovator with over three decades of experience in various fields of technology. He is the Regional Director of Technology Innovation at Prudential plc, where he is an evangelist for the global adoption of cutting-edge technologies, such as AI and Web3 to improve customer health and wealth. Prior to Prudential, he was a Computer Science professor and CIO at City University of Hong Kong and the CEO of several AI startups. Prof. Chun is actively involved in community service and serves as an AI advisor to the Hong Kong Computer Society, an honorary Adjunct Professor at City University of Hong Kong, and a senior advisor to various government bodies. He has been recognized as Hong Kong’s top CIO and one of Greater China’s top five CIOs for his vision and innovative use of AI and other emerging technologies. He has also received numerous international awards for his AI work. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has completed executive MBA training from Boston University.