Day 1: Monday Nov 19th 

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10:00 -- 12:50: Algorithms and architectures

Opening remarks: Israel Ministry of science

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Amir Globerson: Understanding Generalization in Over-Parameterized Models 

Qibin Zhao: Tensor network representation for machine learning

Ran Bachrach: Private Prediction Services using Homomorphic Encryptions

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11:25-11:45 Coffee Break

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Jun Sakuma: AI security, privacy, and fairness

Uri Shalit: Machine learning and causal inference in healthcare

Yasuo Tabei: Data structures for scalable machine learning

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12:50-14:15 Lunch and poster session

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14:15 -- 17:00 Applications: perception and disaster response

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Naonori Ueda: Earthquake damage estimation

Sarit Kraus: Multi-agent systems
Naoto Yokoya: Geospatial analysis for rapid disaster response

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15:20-15:45 Coffee Break

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Lior Wolf: A Universal Music Translation Network

Masatoshi Hamanaka: Music information science and AINLP session

Gal Chechik: Talking about images

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16:50 End of sessions

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Day 2: Tuesday Nov 20th 

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10:00 -12:40: AI and society

Opening remarks: Masashi Sugiyama

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Yishay Mansour: Online Linear Quadratic Control

Hiroshi Nakagawa: Privacy and AI ethics

Saharon Rosset: Making Public Databases Infinitely Useful: Challenges and Solutions

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11:15 - 11:35 Coffee Break
 

Koiti Hasida: Circulation and utilization of personal data

Yossi Keshet: Deep Learning: Vulnerabilities, Defenses and Beyond

Osamu Sakura: Cultural and ethical studies of AI

Ami Wiesel: Towards Global Remote Discharge Estimation

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13:00-14:00 Lunch

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14:00-16:45: Language

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Yuji Matsumoto: Knowledge acquisition from scholarly documents

Jonathan Berant: Teaching machines to understand natural language

Kentaro Inui: Natural language understanding and assessment

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15:00-15:20 Coffee Break

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Ido Dagan: Consolidating and Exploring Open Textual Knowledge

Kazuki Yoshizoe: Search algorithms and high performance computing

Yoav Goldberg: The missing elements in NLP

Masashi Sugiyama: Weakly supervised classification

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16:45 Closing remarks