Professor Yonghuai Liu inaugural lecture: Deep learning- an effective tool for data analysis

Artificial intelligence is creeping into all aspects of our lives. In this talk, Professor Yonghuai Liu will shed light on the idea behind the artificial neural networks and deep learning which seeks to replicate the structure of the human brain using layered, interconnected nodes.

During his talk, Professor Liu will use examples to demonstrate how they work over data regression and classification respectively, and most importantly, how this can be applied to solve real world problems. Professor Liu hopes the audience will be inspired to take an interest in these topics and their applications with an eye to working on collaborative research projects in the future.

Dr Yonghuai Liu is a professor and director of the Intelligent Visual Computing Research Centre at Edge Hill University since 2018. He obtained his first PhD degree in 1997 from Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China and second PhD degree in 2001 from The University of Hull, United Kingdom.  He is currently an area/associate editor or editorial board member for a number of international journals and conference proceedings. He has published more than 200 papers in the top-ranked international conference proceedings and journals. His primary research interests lie in 3D computer vision, image processing, pattern recognition, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and intelligent systems. He is a senior member of IEEE, Fellow of British Computer Society, and Fellow of Higher Education Academy of the United Kingdom.

Programme

5pm	Welcome refreshments
5.30pm	Inaugural lecture
6.15pm	Q&A
6.30pm	Networking and refreshments