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GFM 2024
The WebConf Workshop on
Graph Foundation Models

May 13, Singapore

Overview

The AI landscape is witnessing a transformative shift with the advent of foundation models, like ChatGPT and GPT-4, which are pre-trained on broad data and can be adapted to a myriad of downstream tasks. They have showcased astounding reasoning capabilities, revolutionizing areas such as linguistics and vision. 

However, the inherent complexities and pervasiveness of graph data, with its unique relational characteristics, present both challenges and intriguing opportunities for these foundation models. Given the extraordinary achievements of foundation models and the omnipresence of graph data, addressing this divergence becomes crucial.

Pivoting towards this emerging need, we introduce the "Graph Foundation Model Workshop" (GFM Workshop), envisioned as a pioneering foray into the intricate web of Graph Foundation Models (GFMs). Our workshop is meticulously crafted to mitigate the existing disparities between foundation models and graph machine learning, thereby fostering a convergence that can potentiate novel applications and theoretical advancements. Potential topics to be explored during the workshop include a thorough discussion of applications of existing foundation models to graphs, the design of foundation models for graphs, and a speculative glance toward future opportunities and applications. We are confident that our workshop will set the stage for a synergistic blend of graph and natural language processing, heralding new avenues in research and real-world applications.

Call for Papers

Submission websitehttps://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=thewebconf2024_workshops

 

Submission deadline: February 15, 2024

Submission site: https://easychair.org

Author notificationMarch 4, 2024

Camera-ready deadline: March 11, 2024

Workshop (in person): May 13, 2024 (Monday)

We welcome submissions regarding the foundation models for graphs, including but not limited to:

  • Graph-specific foundation models: Innovative ideas and perspectives in building generic foundation models for graph-structured data and relational data. Examples include scaling and extending graph-specific models like Graph neural networks to do pre-training and adapt to downstream tasks. Typical a special focus on the graph foundation model on big network (e.g., Google scale) and AI4Science application (e.g., computational biology, and chemistry). 

  • Data-centric perspectives on graphs: Ideas and proofs-of-concept in solving graph-related problems from a data-centric perspective. Examples include how to enhance graph data availability and quality, and how to learn from graph data with limited availability and low quality.
     

We invite submissions of both short research papers, with a maximum of 4 pages (excluding references and supplementary materials), and full-length research papers, extending up to 8 pages (excluding references and supplementary materials). There are up to 2 additional pages for references and optional appendix. Each accepted paper will be presented in a poster format. 

Submissions must adhere to the ACM template and formatting guidelines. It is not necessary for authors to include the checklist provided in the template. Papers should be submitted in .pdf format. Our review process is double-blind, and as such, submissions should be appropriately anonymized. We also accept papers that have been previously published or are currently under review.

Schedule

9:00-9:30

Giving a Voice to Your Graph: Data Representation in the LLM Age

Bryan Perozzi

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

N/A

12:00-13:30 

Lunch Break

N/A

9:30-10:00

Multi-modal foundation AI models for molecules and drug design

Marinka Zitnik

11:00-11:30

Foundation Models for Knowledge Graph Reasoning

Michael Galkin

13:30-14:30

Panel Discussion

Yuan Fang, Qian Liu, Michael Galkin, Zhen Li

10:00-10:30

Enhancing Foundation Models with Relational Data and Relational Reasoning

Rex Ying

11:30-12:00

Foundation Models for Text-Attributed Graphs

Bryan Hooi

14:30-15:00

Coffee break

N/A

Keynote Speaker 

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National University of Singapore

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Intel AI Lab

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Yale University

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Google Research

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Harvard

University

Panel Speaker

Panel Discussion 

Panelist

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Singapore Management University

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Sea AI Lab

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Intel AI Lab

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Amazon

Moderator

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National University of Singapore

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Zhejiang

University

Advisory Board

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Mila - Quebec AI Institute

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Amazon.com

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University of Oxford

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Amazon.com

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National University of Singapore

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National University of Singapore

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Amazon.com

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Michigan State University

Student Organizers

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Mila - Quebec AI Institute

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Mila - Quebec AI Institute

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Zhejiang University

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Michigan State University

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Mila - Quebec AI Institute

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National University of Singapore

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Michigan State University

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Stanford University

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