Dr Chang Xu: Artificial Intelligence - Embracing the Future

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I’m really excited to share this talk from Dr Chang Xu of the University of Sydney — a brilliant lecturer in machine learning and computer vision who trained at Tianjin University and Peking University and has held fellowships with IBM and Baidu. In this presentation Dr Xu lays out a clear vision for how artificial intelligence should evolve around four core components — perception, learning, reasoning and memory — then dives into practical progress from his group across five visual tasks: object detection, object tracking, scene segmentation, depth estimation and face recognition. You’ll see how multi-layer deep neural networks combine different levels of image information, how short-term and long-term memory ideas improve robust tracking, and how these methods have been tested on real-world videos of cars and pedestrians. There are demos and competition-grade results referenced, plus insights into bringing research into real applications. If you’re into AI, computer vision, or practical machine learning for video, this is a compact, informative talk that’s well worth your time — leave a comment with your questions and I’ll try to follow up!

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G’day — glad you’re here. This video features Dr Chang Xu from the University of Sydney presenting an upbeat, practical talk on the future of artificial intelligence, with a strong focus on computer vision. Dr Xu, who completed his Bachelor at Tianjin University and PhD at Peking University and has had fellowships with IBM and Baidu, walks us through four essential components for intelligent machines — perception, learning, reasoning and memory — and shows how his team is advancing each area using modern deep learning techniques.

The bulk of the talk zeroes in on visual signal processing. Dr Xu highlights five representative applications: object detection, multi-object tracking, scene segmentation, depth estimation and face recognition. You’ll hear how multi-layer neural networks extract different types of features from images and how combining those features improves accuracy. There’s also a clear explanation of tracking strategies that integrate short-term and long-term memory to handle occlusion, viewpoint changes and lighting variation. Practical demos include vehicle and pedestrian detection and tracking in real video, and he references competitive results his group has achieved in major recognition challenges.

Who is this for? Students, researchers, industry practitioners and anyone curious about applied AI and computer vision. If you enjoy the video, please like, share and subscribe for more talks and demos. Drop your questions or thoughts in the comments — I’ll be keeping an eye and sharing follow-ups where useful.

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