Invited Talk, "Self-Organizing Neural Networks for Universal Learning and Multimodal Information Fusion", South-Central Minzu University (SCMZU), Wuhan, December 7, 2023.

Invited Talk, "AI and Cognitive Computing: A Self-Organizing Neural Network Approach", Temasek Foundation-Nanyang Technological University (TF-NTU) AI Asia Distinguished Speakers Series, Singapore, August 2, 2022.

Keynote, “Cognitive Computing: Cognitive Computing: Theories, Models, and Applications", IROHMS Future Leaders Academy, Cardiff, United Kingdom, June 16, 2022.

Keynote, “Cognitive Information Systems and Smart Learning Companions”, The 8th International Conference on Frontiers of Educational Technologies  (ICFET 2022), Yokohama, Japan, June 10-12, 2022.

Plenary Talk, “Cognitive Computing: A New Wave of Computational Intelligence?”, 3rd International Symposium on New Trend in Computational Intelligence, Qindao, China, December 10-12, 2021.

Invited Talk, “Brain-Inspired AI for Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making”, Singapore-France AI Workshop, Online, October 15, 2020 [PDF]

Keynote, “Brain-Inspired AI: Self-Organizing Neural Networks for Universal Learning, Multi-Modal Memory Encoding and Self-Awareness Modelling”, CCF Young Computer Scientists & Engineers Forum (YOCSEF), Wuhan, China, December 14, 2019 [PDF]

Keynote, “Cognitive Information Systems”, 2019 International Conference on Advanced Information Science and Systems (AISS 2019), Singapore, November 16, 2019

Keynote, “Biologically-Inspired Cognitive Systems: Next Wave of AI?”, 2019 International Conference on Advances in Computer Technology, Information Science and Communications (CTISC 2019), Xiamen, China, March 15-17, 2019

Keynote, “Neural Network Models for Universal learning and Memory Encoding”, 2019 International Conference for Leading and Young Computer Scientists (IC-LYCS 2019), Okinawa, Japan, February 28 - March 3, 2019.

Invited Talk, “Towards Human-Like AI Systems: From Universal learning to Autobiographical Memory and Self-Awareness”, Cardiff University Incoming Fellow Seminar, Cardiff, United Kingdom, May 22, 2018

Keynote, “Towards Self-Awareness in Artificial Intelligence Systems”, 11th Multi-disciplinary International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence (MIWAI 2017), Brunei, November 20-22, 2017

Invited Talk, “Universal Machine Learning Theory for Interactive Real-Time Data Analytics”, NTU-India Connect and DA-IICT Workshop on Data Science, Ahmedabad, India, 21 July 2017

Keynote, “From Universal Learning of Sensory Signals  to Autobiographical Memory Modelling and Self-Awareness in Human-Like AI Systems”, Sensors, Signals and Imaging Symposium, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 27 June 2017

Invited Talk, “From Learning, Memory, to Self-Awareness in Artificial Intelligence”, DSO Technical Talk Series, Singapore, June 8, 2017

Keynote, “Biologically-Inspired Machine Learning Theory for Knowledge Discovery”, 5th International Conference on Internet Services Technology and Information Engineering (ISTIE 2017), Bali, Indonesia, May 20, 2017

Keynote, GIST First International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Gwangju, Korea, December 2, 2016

Invited Talk, Third Reverse-Engineering Visual Intelligence for Cognitive Enhancement (REVIVE) Workshop, Fusionopolis, Singapore, November 18, 2015

Keynote, 19th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES), Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, September 7-9, 2015

Keynote, 2014 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), Orlando, Florida, USA, December 9-12, 2014

Plenary Talk, 3rd International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA 2014), Beijing, China, November 6 - 8, 2014

Plenary Talk, 13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, Zakopane, Poland, June 1-5, 2014

Opening Keynote, “Big Data Analytics: Challenges and what computational intelligence techniques may offer”, European Roundtable and Big Data Symposium, London, UK, September 13, 2013

Invited Talk, “Aging in Place”, First International Conference on Ageless Aging, Vancouver, Canada, June 27, 2013

Invited Talk, College of Computer Science and Software Engineering and National High Performance Computing Centre at Shenzhen, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China, December 2012

Invited Talk, Human Cognition Workshop, NTU, Singapore, November 2012

Invited Talk, Virtual Humans Workshop, IMI/NTU, Singapore, March 2011

Invited Talk, The Seventh International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Intelligence (UIC'10), Xi’an, China, 28 October 2010

Invited Talk, Chinese Academic of Science, Beijing, China, 26 October 2010

Invited Talk, First International Workshop on Neuroinformatics, Bioinformatics and Cognitive Science, Guangzhou, China, 3-5 June 2009

Invited Talk, ADSC Workshop on Databases and Data Mining, Singapore, 13 February 2009

Invited Talk, DSO-DARPA Workshop, Singapore, 21 October 2008

Invited Talk, US-Singapore Workshop on Cognitive Science, Orlando, Florida, 14-17 January 2008

Plenary Talk, Joint 3rd International Conference on Soft Computing (SCIS) and Intelligent Systems and 7th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (ISIS), Tokyo, 20-24 September 2006

Guest Lecture, Practical Aspects of Artificial Intelligence, organized by the Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) Computer Science (CS) Program, Singapore, October 2002

Invited Talk, WCCI Special Session on Computational Web Intelligence, Honolulu, May 2002

Invited Talk, IT@Orchard “Personalized Content Management”, July 2001

Invited Talk, PRIS Seminar "Intelligent Text Processing on the Web", Singapore, November 2000

Invited Talk, South East Asia Regional Computing Confederation (SEARCC’99), Singapore, December 1999

Invited Talk, Trends in Knowledge Discovery from Databases Symposium, Singapore, June 1999

Invited Talk, First Brazilian School on Machine Learning and KDD, Rio de Janeiro, September 1998

Invited Talk, Intelligent Systems Lab Seminar, National University of Singapore, 1997

Invited Talk, 3rd-Country Training Program, Intelligent Systems for MIS Managers, Singapore, 1997

 Invited Talk, ISS Technology Update Seminar on Intelligent Document Imaging, Singapore, 1997

Invited Talk, DTG Technology Update Seminar on Machine Learning, Singapore, 1996

Invited Talk, IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks (ICNN'95), Perth, 1995