ADIA Lab Summer School: Applied AI for the Digital Economy, in collaboration with the Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (SIGS)

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Agenda – ADIA Lab Summer School 2026

ADIA Lab Summer School 2026 — Agenda

Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School · Shenzhen, China
Week 1
Monday 6 July Tuesday 7 July Wednesday 8 July Thursday 9 July Friday 10 July
Foundations of AI High-Performance Computing Ethics, Governance & Innovation AI in Climate, Energy & Urban Environments Robotics & Autonomous Systems
9:00 – 9:30Registration
9:30 – 10:15
Welcome & Introduction
Tsinghua (Bo MENG), Tsinghua SIGS (Yi ZHANG) & ADIA Lab
 9:00 – 10:30
HPC and AI Fusion for Earth System Science
Haohuan FU (Tsinghua SIGS)
 9:00 – 10:30
The Global Landscape of AI Regulation
Fang LIU (Prospel Capital)
 9:00 – 10:30
Structural Break Data Competition
Jean HERELLE (Crunch Foundation)
 9:00 – 11:30
Pudu Technology Visit
Includes a talk by the CTO of Pudu Technology
10:15 – 10:30Coffee Break 10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break 10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break 10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:30
The Wave of LLMs: Progress and Trends in Generative AI
Moxian LIU (Tencent Research Institute)
 11:00 – 12:30
AI & Optics-Empowered Novel Imaging
Zihan GENG (Tsinghua SIGS)
 11:00 – 12:30
Group Work
 11:00 – 12:30
AI-Powered Zero-Carbon Energy-Use City
Yi ZHANG (Tsinghua SIGS)
12:30 – 13:30Lunch 12:30 – 13:30Lunch 12:30 – 13:30Lunch 12:30 – 13:30Lunch 11:30 – 13:00Lunch
13:30 – 15:00
Future Challenges of AI: from Deterministic to Probabilistic Learning
Ercan Engin Kuruoğlu (Tsinghua SIGS)
 13:30 – 17:00
Supercomputer Visit
National Supercomputing Center, Shenzhen
 13:30 – 14:45
AI Empowering Enterprise Innovation & Efficiency — Part 1
Yi XIAO (Tencent Academy)
 13:30 – 15:00
AI in Urban Climate — Local Climate Zone Application
Chao REN (University of Hong Kong)
 13:00 – 14:30
From Robot-Building Dualism to Mutualistic Symbiosis
Junjie CHEN (University of Hong Kong)
15:00 – 15:30Coffee Break 14:45 – 15:00Coffee Break 15:00 – 15:30Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:00
Introduction to Group Work
Amelie KOCH (ADIA Lab)
 15:00 – 16:00
AI Empowering Enterprise Innovation & Efficiency — Part 2
Yi XIAO (Tencent Academy)
 15:30 – 17:00
Group Work
16:00 – 17:00
Introduction to China / Shenzhen
Sophia DOOLY (Tsinghua SIGS)
 17:00 – 18:00
Survival Chinese
 17:00 – 18:00
The Beauty of Chinese Characters
17:30 – 20:00
Welcome Dinner
Monday 6 July
Foundations of AI
9:00 – 9:30
Registration
9:30 – 10:15
Welcome & Introduction
Tsinghua (Bo MENG), Tsinghua SIGS (Yi ZHANG) & ADIA Lab
10:15 – 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:30
The Wave of LLMs: Progress and Trends in Generative AI
Moxian LIU (Tencent Research Institute)
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 15:00
Future Challenges of AI: from Deterministic to Probabilistic Learning
Ercan Engin Kuruoğlu (Tsinghua SIGS)
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:00
Introduction to Group Work
Amelie KOCH (ADIA Lab)
16:00 – 17:00
Introduction to China / Shenzhen
Sophia DOOLY (Tsinghua SIGS)
17:30 – 20:00
Welcome Dinner
Tuesday 7 July
High-Performance Computing
9:00 – 10:30
HPC and AI Fusion for Earth System Science
Haohuan FU (Tsinghua SIGS)
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30
AI & Optics-Empowered Novel Imaging
Zihan GENG (Tsinghua SIGS)
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 17:00
Supercomputer Visit
National Supercomputing Center, Shenzhen
Wednesday 8 July
Ethics, Governance & Innovation
9:00 – 10:30
The Global Landscape of AI Regulation
Fang LIU (Prospel Capital)
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30
Group Work
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 14:45
AI Empowering Enterprise Innovation & Efficiency — Part 1
Yi XIAO (Tencent Academy)
14:45 – 15:00
Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:00
AI Empowering Enterprise Innovation & Efficiency — Part 2
Yi XIAO (Tencent Academy)
16:00 – 17:30
Group Work
17:00 – 18:00
Survival Chinese
Thursday 9 July
AI in Climate, Energy & Urban Environments
9:00 – 10:30
Structural Break Data Competition
Jean HERELLE (Crunch Foundation)
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30
AI-Powered Zero-Carbon Energy-Use City
Yi ZHANG (Tsinghua SIGS)
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 15:00
AI in Urban Climate — Local Climate Zone Application
Chao REN (University of Hong Kong)
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00
Group Work
17:00 – 18:00
The Beauty of Chinese Characters
Friday 10 July
Robotics & Autonomous Systems
9:00 – 11:30
Pudu Technology Visit
Includes a talk by the CTO of Pudu Technology
11:30 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 14:30
From Robot-Building Dualism to Mutualistic Symbiosis
Junjie CHEN (University of Hong Kong)
Week 2
Monday 13 July Tuesday 14 July Wednesday 15 July Thursday 16 July Friday 17 July
AI in Healthcare AI in Life & Materials Sciences Company Visits Manufacturing & Industry 4.0 Group Presentations & Certificates
9:00 – 10:30
Building Trustworthy Healthcare AI
Huazhu FU (A*STAR)
 9:00 – 10:30
AI-Driven Drug Discovery
Man ZHANG, SVP (Insilico Medicine)
Company Visits
TBC — full day
 9:00 – 10:30
A Robotic AI-Chemist: Integrating Theory and Practice
Jun JIANG (USTC)
 9:00 – 10:30
Group Presentations
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break 10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break 10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break 10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30
Multimodal AI for Patient-Centered Healthcare Technologies
Farah SHAMOUT (NYU Abu Dhabi / ADIA Lab)
 11:00 – 12:30
Speaker from XtalPi
tbd
 11:00 – 12:30
Embodied Intelligent Industrial Robotics: A New Technical Framework
Long ZENG (Tsinghua SIGS)
 11:00 – 12:30
Group Presentations
12:30 – 13:30Lunch 12:30 – 13:30Lunch 12:30 – 13:30Lunch 12:30 – 13:30Lunch
13:30 – 15:00
Scaling AI Healthcare in China: The AFU Story
Shu MIAO (CFO, Ant Group Health Care Division)
 13:30 – 15:00
Group Work
 13:30 – 15:00
Smart Drone Delivery
 13:00 – 14:30
Certificates & Farewell
15:00 – 15:30Coffee Break 15:00 – 15:30Coffee Break 15:00 – 15:30Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00
Group Work
 15:30 – 17:00
Group Work
 15:30 – 17:30
Group Work
17:00 – 18:00
Atlas of Food in Shenzhen
 17:00 – 18:00
Kung Fu & HEMA
 18:00 – 20:00
Farewell Dinner
Monday 13 July
AI in Healthcare
9:00 – 10:30
Building Trustworthy Healthcare AI
Huazhu FU (A*STAR)
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30
Multimodal AI for Patient-Centered Healthcare Technologies
Farah SHAMOUT (NYU Abu Dhabi / ADIA Lab)
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 15:00
Scaling AI Healthcare in China: The AFU Story
Shu MIAO (CFO, Ant Group Health Care Division)
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00
Group Work
17:00 – 18:00
Atlas of Food in Shenzhen
Tuesday 14 July
AI in Life & Materials Sciences
9:00 – 10:30
AI-Driven Drug Discovery
Man ZHANG, SVP (Insilico Medicine)
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30
Speaker from XtalPi
tbd
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 15:00
Group Work
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00
Group Work
17:00 – 18:00
Kung Fu & HEMA
Wednesday 15 July
Company Visits
Full day
Company Visits
TBC
Thursday 16 July
Manufacturing & Industry 4.0
9:00 – 10:30
A Robotic AI-Chemist: Integrating Theory and Practice
Jun JIANG (USTC)
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30
Embodied Intelligent Industrial Robotics: A New Technical Framework
Long ZENG (Tsinghua SIGS)
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 15:00
Smart Drone Delivery
tbd
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:30
Group Work
18:00 – 20:00
Farewell Dinner
Friday 17 July
Group Presentations & Certificates
9:00 – 10:30
Group Presentations
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30
Group Presentations
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:00 – 14:30
Certificates & Farewell
Academia
Industry Speaker
Company Visit
Group Work
Social / Cultural
Break / Lunch