FM4TS: AAAI'26 Tutorial




Foundation Models


for Time Series: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications


January 21st, 2026, Singapore
Held in conjunction with the 40th AAAI 2026 Conference

About This Tutorial

Time series analysis is fundamental to understanding temporal patterns and making predictions across diverse domains such as finance, healthcare, climate science, and intelligent transportation. Traditional deep learning approaches have significantly advanced this field, but these models remain task-specific and often require extensive labeled data. Inspired by the success of Foundation Models (FM), especially large language models, researchers have begun exploring the concept of Time Series Foundation Models to enhance adaptability and generalization across diverse time series tasks. This tutorial aims to provide a comprehensive review of Foundation Models for Time Series, covering theory, algorithms, and applications, categorizing existing methodologies and identifying key research directions.

Detailed Schedule (January 21st)

Host: Yuxuan Liang & Dongjin Song
Time Zone: GMT+8

TimeSpeakerContent
2:00-2:10PMYuxuan LiangOpening and Introduction
2:10-2:20PMYuxuan LiangRevisiting Conventional Methods for Time Series
2:20-3:00PMYuxuan LiangWhat Can LLM Tell Us about Time Series Analysis?
3:00-4:00PM-Break
4:00-5:00PMDongjin SongEmpowering Time Series Analysis with Large Language Models: A Survey
5:00-5:40PMMing JinMethodologies of Time Series Foundation Models
5:40-6:00PMMing JinFuture Directions
 

Organizers

Yuxuan Liang

HKUST (Guangzhou)

Dongjin Song

University of Connecticut

Ming Jin

Griffith University

Qingsong Wen

Squirrel AI, USA

Shirui Pan

Griffith University

Qingxiang Liu

HKUST (Guangzhou)

Xu Liu

National University of Singapore

Yushan Jiang

University of Connecticut

Reference