DECOR 2024 Program

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9:00 – 9:10 am CET	Welcome and Opening remarks by DECOR2024 co-chairs (Dr. Hdr. Frederic Andres, Prof. Farshad Fotouhi, Prof. George Ghinea, Prof. Steve Tanimoto)
9:10 – 10:00 am CET	Keynote I: "Food Computing for Nutrition and Health", Dr. Shuqiang Jiang Abstract: Food determines the quality of life, it is not only essential for health, but also an important source of personal enjoyment. Food computing applies computational approaches for acquiring and analyzing heterogeneous food data from disparate sources for recognition, correlation, retrieval, recommendation, and monitoring to improve human health and understanding the culinary culture etc. This talk will first introduce the food computing group in Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and then present several research progresses including food image recognition, food knowledge graph, multi-modal food question answering, food recommendation and nutrition analysis, then some application examples such as nutrition analysis and health management will be introduced. Finally, we will discuss futur prospects of food computing research. Bio: Shuqiang Jiang (SM’08) is a professor with the Institute of Computing Technology(ICT), Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS) and a professor in University of CAS. He is also with the Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, CAS. His research interests include multimedia analysis and multimodal intelligence. He leads the food computing research group in ICT, CAS. He has authored or coauthored more than 200 papers on the related research topics. He was supported by National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2021. He won the CAS International Cooperation Award for Young Scientists, the CCF Award of Science and Technology, Wu Wenjun Natural Science Award for Artificial Intelligence, CSIG Natural Science Award, and Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award. He is the Associate Editor of ACM ToMM, vice Chair of IEEE CASS Beijing Chapter, vice Chair of ACM SIGMM China chapter. He has served as an organization member of more than 20 academic conferences, including the general chair of ICIMCS 2015, program chair of ICIMCS2010, PCM2017, ACM Multimedia Asia2019, He has also served as an area chair or TPC member for many conferences, including ACM Multimedia, CVPR, ICCV, IJCAI, ICME, ICIP, etc.
10:00 – 10:30 am CET.	Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00 am CET	10:30 am CET Analyzing Socioeconomic Status through Culinary Ingredients: A Large-Scale Study of Pita and Pizza Dishes 11:00 am CET From Text to Taste: Advancing Smart Appliances with Multilingual Recipe Interpretation 11:30 am CET Using LLMs to Extract Food Entities from Cooking Recipes
12:00 – 1:30 pm CET	Lunch Break
1:30 – 3:00 pm CET	Keynote II: "Data-Driven Food Innovations and Challenges" Dr. Xiaohui Cui Abstract: In the evolving landscape of the food industry, the integration of data-driven technologies has ushered in a new era of innovation and efficiency. This report delves into how artificial intelligence (AI) and big data are revolutionizing food production, safety, and consumer engagement. We explore cutting-edge applications such as AI in flavor development, data driven food quality control and blockchain for food traceability, highlighting how these technologies enhance the quality and safety of food products. However, the adoption of these innovations is not without challenges. The report identifies key hurdles such as data scarcity, issues with data integrity, and the complexity of distinguishing authentic data from falsified records. It emphasizes the importance of developing robust data collection methods, reliable verification processes, and fostering a culture of cross-departmental collaboration to overcome these obstacles. Bio: Dr. Xiaohui Cui, Senior Professor at the School of Cyber Science at Wuhan University, China. He also holds a distinguished professorship at the Future Food Engineering Center of Jiangnan University and leads the Food Safety Blockchain Alliance. As the Chief Scientist for the national research and development program on "Key Technologies in Food Safety Big Data," Professor Cui contributes significantly to advancements in food safety in China food industry. He is also a member of the Ministry of Education's Software Engineering Teaching Guidance Committee. Professor Cui’s research interests include big data, swarm intelligence, blockchain, food computing, and social computing.
3:00 - 3:30 pm CET	Coffee break
3:30 – 5:00 pm CET	Panel Discussion session on Food and Data Engineering Dr. Hdr. Frederic Andres, Prof. Farshad Fotouhi, Prof. George Ghinea, Prof. Steve Tanimoto including Discussion and Exchange with attendees Wrap-Up: Future Directions. DECOR2024 Co-Chairs.

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