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Long Tran-Thanh is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, UK. He is currently the Director of Research of the department (Deputy-Head) and the university's Chair of Digital Research Spotlight. Long has been doing active research in a number of key areas of Artificial Intelligence and multi-agent systems, mainly focusing on multi-armed bandits, game theory, and incentive engineering, and their applications to Al for Social Good. He has published more than 80 papers at peer-reviewed A* conferences in Al/ML (including AAAI, AAMAS, CVPR, IUCAI, NeurIPS) and journals (JAAMAS, AlJ), and have received a number of prestigious national/international awards, including 2 best paper honourable mention awards at top-tier Al conferences (AAAI, ECAI), 2 Best PhD Thesis Award Honourable Mentions (UK's BCS and Europe's ECCAl/EurAl), and the co-recipient of the 2021 AlJ Prominent Paper Award (for one of the 2 most influential papers between 2014-2021 published at the Artificial Intelligence Journal). Long has also been actively involved in a number of community services, including being the local co-chair for AAMAS 2021, AAMAS 2023, KR 2021, KR 2024, and AAMAS 2027. He is an Associate Editor for JAAMAS, and a member of the Editorial Board for AlJ. Previously he was a member of the IFAAMAS Board of Directors between 2018-2024 and a Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute, UK.

Students, graduate students, PhD candidates, and interested colleagues are welcome to join the seminar with the following details:

  • Time: 11:00 AM, Monday, November 25, 2024
  • Venue: Room E202, Campus I, University of Science, 227 Nguyen Van Cu Street, Ward 4, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City
  • Title: Attacking Reinforcement Learning Agents via Data Poisoning and How to Defend
  • Abstract:

Bandit algorithms and Reinforcement Learning models have been widely used in many successful applications in the recent years. However, it has been shown that these algorithms are vulnerable against data poisoning attacks, where an Adversary can manipulate the feedback of our Agent, guiding it to learn a suboptimal (or a targeted) behaviour on the long run. In this talk I will discuss the theoretical boundaries of such attacks, such as what the provable necessary and sufficient conditions are for a successful attack against different types of learning agents. I will also discuss a verification based way of defence mechanism against such data poisoning attacks. This talk is a summary of our recent papers published a AAAI 2022, ISCAl 2022, AAMAS 2024, with some new unpublished results.

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Mathematical Analysis Seminar, Academic Year 2024-2025

  • Invited Speaker: TRAN BAO NGOC (Institute of Mathematics and Scientific Computing, University of Graz, Austria)
  • Date & Time: 22nd of November, 2024, 10:00 - 12:00
  • Title: Singular limits arising from biological systems with fast processes and commonly mathematical consideration
  • Room: E202B, Nguyen Van Cu Campus.
  • Abstract: Many natural processes that happen fast in biological systems have been modelled and studied via mathematical tools. These processes are described by singular terms in systems of ordinary/partial differential equations (ODEs/PDEs) and usually relate to a sufficiently small parameter 0 < ε ≪ 1 (or a sufficiently large parameter λ ∼ 1/ε). This talk discusses such phenomena: “fast switching between healthy roots and toxic roots in plant growth dynamics” and “fast diffusion of chemicals secreted by a species that attract or repulse other species”, where the limits as ε ! 0 are respectively called fast reaction limits [2] and fast signal diffusion limits [3]. Mathematical considerations of these types of limits commonly contain rigorous simplifications of complicated systems of ODEs/PDEs to simpler systems in applications, and convergence rates or the accuracy of the simplified systems, which will be introduced. An interesting case of enzyme kinetics in which the Michaelis-Menten kinetics [1] are no longer applicable, as well as some widely applied models in bio-medicine, will be also linked. 

[1] Bao Quoc Tang and Bao-Ngoc Tran. Rigorous derivation of Michaelis-Menten kinetics in the presence of diffusion, to appear in SIAM Journal of Mathematical Analysis, 2024.

[2] Jeff Morgan, Cinzia Soresina, Tang Quoc Bao, and Bao-Ngoc Tran. Plant growth involves toxicity, diffusion, and fast switching, in preparation.

[3] Cordula Reisch, Bao-Ngoc Tran, and Juan Yang. Global existence, fast signal diffusion limit, and L ∞-in-time convergence rates in a competitive chemotaxis system, arXiv:2405.17392, 2024.

  • Organizer: LE TRONG THANH, BUI (Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City, University of Science)

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Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) (South Korea), through Hanwha Life Vietnam, offers 1 master’s scholarship in Actuarial Science, covering tuition fees and living expenses for 2 years. Detailed information can be found in the attached file here.

Interested candidates are invited to submit their application via Hanwha Life Vietnam. Professors from SKKU will then conduct direct interviews with the candidates. Application documents should be sent to the following email:

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Mr. Trà Quốc Khanh)
Email subject: [Full Name] Apply for AASP Scholarship

Documents required for the interview include:

  • Undergraduate degree (in English)
  • CV (in English)
  • Transcript (in English)

If the candidate is selected after the interview, additional documents will need to be prepared according to SKKU’s requirements.

Application deadline: Before Friday, October 25, 2024.

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RECRUIMENT ANOUNCEMENT

Positions to recruit: Actuarial Intern

About FIRIS

FIRIS Investment and Consulting Company (“FIRIS”) is a leading actuarial consulting company in Vietnam, a well-established consulting firm in year 2011 providing more 10 corporate clients with risk management solutions in banking, insurance and investment. FIRIS partners with our clients to identify their values, address management issues, utilize the usage of resources and effectiveness in operation to maximize their potential.

FIRIS team have strong practical experiences in Vietnam, Asia & European countries and extensive experiences in actuarial pricing, reserving valuation & solvency II, Asset management and Enterprise Risk Management. We bring to our clients international practices knowledge and innovative solutions.

FIRIS provided numerous Actuarial valuation services and Bancassurance product development for more 10 life and non-life insurance companies in Vietnam and Korea. FIRIS is a strategic partner of Vietnam Insurance Development Institute of the Ministry of Finance to provide actuarial education program and actuarial advisory for new regulations.

Job Description:

  1. Role and Responsibilities
    • Analysis, data processing, support for Actuarial team.
    • Command and drive system data into information management as requested.
    • Perform analysis based on performance metrics, tools and dashboards to identify the issues and highlight areas of improvement.
    • Ad-hoc tasks assigned.
  1. Experience
    • Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, or related field.
    • Minimum Actuary Associate from any Actuarial association or equivalent.
    • Excellent mathematical, analytical and problem solving skills with attention to detail
    • Mathematical and actuarial knowledge, computer and actuarial software skills, analytical
    • Problem solving and a basic business sense of financial, accounting and economics aspects of business.
  1. Personal Characteristics
    • Goal oriented and well-organized
    • Ability to develop and manage disciplined processes
    • Desire to work in a ‘start-up’ and team environment
    • Excellent written and oral communication skills
    • Strong project management and organizational skills
    • Solid interpersonal and influencing skills
    • Desire to deliver a complete work product
    • Highly motivated and results-oriented
    • Strong analytical skills
    • Ability to work independently and across geographies
    • Desire to eliminate manual and spreadsheet-based processes

Working time: full-time

Contact information: Contact person: Mr.Ninh or Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

                                                    For more information, please visit http://firis.com.vn

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Vừ A Dính Scholarship for the Academic Year 2024-2025

Eligibility:

  • Undergraduate students with good moral conduct.
  • Students from ethnic minority groups (not of the Kinh ethnicity).
  • Academic performance in the 2023-2024 school year with a GPA of 7.0 or higher.
  • Conduct assessment in the 2023-2024 school year rated "Good" or higher.
  • Priority will be given to students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Scholarship Value: Each scholarship is valued at 1,500,000 VND per student.

Scholarship Application Documents:

  • A personal achievement summary (the provided template).
  • Academic transcript for the 2023-2024 school year (with official school stamp).
  • A copy of the ID card; a copy of the birth certificate or legal documents proving ethnic minority status issued by a competent authority.
  • Proof of poverty/near-poverty status for 2024 or certification of difficult circumstances in 2024 (if applicable).

Submission Method and Deadline:

  • Students must photograph/scan the original documents listed above (in order) into a single pdf file, naming the file as follows (no accents): HBVUAADINH_MSSV.
  • Fill in the required information and upload the file at the following link: Apply for Vừ A Dính Scholarship AY 2024-2025.
  • Students must submit the paper application to the Student Affairs Office at one of the two locations: Room A02, Nguyễn Văn Cừ campus, or Room 2.8, The Administration Building, Thủ Đức – Dĩ An campus.
  • Application deadline: From the announcement date until 4:00 PM on October 23, 2024.
  1. Invited Talk: Doctoral Study Opportunities at Cullen College of Engineering (University of Houston)
  2. TMA Tech Group - Internship Class 46
  3. VietHope Student Development Program (VSDP)
  4. Specialized Orientation for 2022 Cohort Students