Seminar Calendar, Information and Innovation Management
Statistics in the age of AI: opportunities and challenges
30 Apr 2025 | 2:30 p.m. — 3:30 p.m.
KKL 301, 3/F ., K.K. Leung Building, HKU
SPEAKER
Professor Qiwei Yao
Professor of Statistics
Department of Statistics
The London School of Economics and Political Science
ABSTRACT
Powered by explosion of computer power, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a cornerstone of innovation, reshaping industries, and altering the fabric of our daily lives. In this talk, we briefly recount the history of statistics as a discipline, and identify the new challenges and opportunities in this information age. We illustrate the relevance and usefulness of statistics in solving complex data analytic problems by example.
