APSIPA ASC 2025 Autumn School – Trustworthy AI: security, safety, and privacy
Introduction
The 17th Asia Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA) will be held in Singapore from October 22 to 24. To promote APSIPA in the local region and expand education in signal and information technology, we are organizing a one-day autumn school on Oct 21, 2025 as a satellite event of APSIPA ASC 2025. This event is designed for students and early‑career researchers who want practical foundations in building and evaluating trustworthy AI systems.
The theme of the autumn school is “Trustworthy AI: security, safety, and privacy”. We have invited several renowned scholars in the field of AI to deliver a series of lectures.
- Date and time: 9:00 – 17:00, Oct 21 2025
- Venue: E7-03-09, Seminar room 4, National University of Singapore
- Fee: Free (registration required; limited seats)
- Please register through this link by Oct 10 2025: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15EoXCpyj8rIK5QQd_vHfy5TYn67z5AvjpSZtVoCl7bY
Who should attend
- Undergraduate and postgraduate students in EE/CS/AI/Data Science
- Early‑career researchers and engineers who are interested in secure and responsible AI
- Anyone attending APSIPA ASC who wants a practical refresher on privacy, safety, and robustness
Tentative Program
| Time | Content |
|---|---|
| 9:00–9:30 | Registration |
| 9:30–10:00 | Opening |
| 10:00–10:45 | Talk 1: Real or Fake? Frontiers of Countering Fake Media in the Age of Infodemics, by Prof Isao ECHIZEN |
| 10:45–11:30 | Talk 2: Can We Still Trust the Voice?: Advancements in Deepfake Speech Detection, by Dr Rohan Kumar Das |
| 11:30–12:15 | Talk 3: AI/ML-Powered High-Level Synthesis Solution, by Mr Xingri Li |
| 12:15-13:45 | Lunch |
| 13:45–14:30 | Talk 4: Privacy Under Threat: Model Inversion in Deep Learning Systems, by Prof Ngai-Man (Man) Cheung |
| 14:30–15:15 | Talk 5: Ownership Verification of DNN Models, by Prof Minoru Kuribayashi |
| 15:15–16:00 | Tea break |
| 16:00-16:45 | Talk 5: FAIT (Financial AI Technology) using AI to connect enterprise systems, by Dr Corey Manders |
| 16:45-17:00 | Closing |
Speaker Information