This session is designed for high-school students.
In this hands-on workshop, students will explore how computers learn from examples instead of being given every rule by hand. Through interactive activities like drawing recognition, fitting a simple prediction model, and training an image classifier, students will see how machine learning models make guesses, learn from mistakes, and improve with better data. The workshop is designed for students who are curious about AI and want an accessible, engaging introduction to how modern machine learning works.
Location: DC 2585
Speakers:
Yang Xiao is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar with the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo. He received the B.E. (Hons.) and Ph.D. (Hons.) degrees in information and communication engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) in 2019 and 2024, respectively. He is a recipient of the National Scholarship for Doctoral Students in China. His research interests include network traffic engineering, wireless resource management, and deep reinforcement learning.
Muhammad Sulaiman is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Systems and Networking Group at the University of Waterloo, working with Dr. Raouf Boutaba. He earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology (Pakistan) in 2019 and joined University of Waterloo in 2020 for PhD in Computer Science. His research focuses on 5G and beyond networks, AI-driven network management, and software-defined networking, with an emphasis on reinforcement learning and optimization for autonomous networks. His work has been recognized with several best paper awards.
Eric Yan is currently a Master’s student in the Systems and Networking Group at the University of Waterloo, advised by Dr. Raouf Boutaba. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Computer Science and a Master of Management degree from the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on systems and networks for machine learning, as well as AI-driven network management. Outside of research, Eric enjoys hiking, and one of his life goals is to climb peaks around the world.