Invited Speakers
Invited Speakers (Alphabetize by Last Name)
 Ahmet Tugrul Bayrak
Ahmet Tugrul BayrakAta Technology Platforms, Turkey
Speech Title: Comparing Few-Shot Prompting and Machine Learning Models for Multi-Class Text Classification
Ahmet Tugrul Bayrak is the Data Science Manager at Ata Technology Platforms in Turkey. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematical Engineering from Yildiz Technical University and another in Computer Engineering from The Technological University of the Shannon. Additionally, he attended Uppsala University for a Master's degree in Computer Science. With a career rooted in software engineering and data science, Mr. Bayrak has contributed to numerous projects, particularly in Natural Language Processing and Recommender Systems. Alongside his industry work, he remains active in academia, with a substantial portfolio of published research papers.

    													Kevin Xin
    														
    															XINVISIONQ, INC., USA
    															Speech Title: On Scientific Discovery - A decision-machine approach
    											
    													
XINVISIONQ, INC., USA
Speech Title: On Scientific Discovery - A decision-machine approach
Kevin Xin is co-founder of XINVISIONQ, INC., and has published two papers and a book. His research interests include decision-making under uncertainty, time-series forecasting, and machine learning for scientific discovery. He was awarded Excellent Oral Presentation Award at the 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Algorithms, and as CEO of XINVISINQ, INC., xINvisionQ has been accepted to two premier international startup programs. He graduated from ALVS Class of 2021 with exemplary student honors; was admitted to UIUC Class of 2025.
Invited Speakers in Past CEII
 
    								
    									Asst. Prof. Hugo Wai Leung Mak
    										
								   The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    										
    									
    									
    							
 
    								
    									Asst. Prof. Hamza Djigal
    										
    									 Wenzhou Kean University, China
    										
    									
    									
    							
 
    							
    									Assoc. Prof. Qiyu Kang 
								  
    										University of Science and Technology of China
    									
    							
 Mr. Ahmet Tugrul Bayrak
Mr. Ahmet Tugrul Bayrak
Ata Technology Platforms
 
    								Concordia University
 
    								Zhejiang Lab, China