From July 9 to 12, 2022, the School of Statistics and Management successfully held the "From Statistics to Artificial Intelligence - Reinforcement Learning International Seminar" online.
Reinforcement learning is one of the fastest-growing and most popular topics in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence today. The ideas and methods of statistics have had a profound impact on its birth and development. This seminar aims to let domestic and international statisticians understand the latest hotspots in the field of reinforcement learning and explore new intersections between statistics and deep learning. The seminar is jointly hosted by the School of Statistics and Management of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and the Institute of Data Science and Statistics, co-organized by the Applied Reinforcement Learning Seminar and the Shanghai Data Science and Decision-Making Frontier Scientific Research Base, and supported by Shanghai Mingshi Investment Management Co., Ltd.
The opening ceremony was hosted by Professor Feng Xindong, the Dean of the School of Statistics and Management.
The seminar lasted four days and invited outstanding scholars from both domestic and international backgrounds, including Fan Jianqing and Chen Zengjing, to give presentations. There were a total of 27 excellent academic speeches focusing on "Frontier Advances and Practical Applications of Reinforcement Learning," followed by in-depth discussions.
Expert Meeting Room
Student Union Venue
The seminar was broadcast live on the Tencent Meeting platform and simultaneously streamed on Bilibili and YouTube, with thousands of viewers tuning in across various platforms to watch the seminar.
The preparation for the International Symposium on Statistics to Artificial Intelligence has been ongoing for a long time. Professor Feng Xingdong, Dean of the School of Statistics and Management, and Professor Zhu Hongtu from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill jointly serve as the chairs of the conference. Many young and middle-aged teachers from the School of Statistics and Management participate as hosts and in other roles. The conference not only provides learning opportunities for summer school participants through themed sessions but also broadcasts live on multiple platforms, offering the latest information in the field of reinforcement learning research to a wide audience. The symposium is beneficial for promoting the learning and research work of our faculty and students in related fields, further establishing and strengthening international cooperation, and enhancing our college's academic influence globally.
