The inaugural Penn AI symposium, gathering AI experts across academic disciplines.
The inaugural Penn AI symposium, gathering AI experts across academic disciplines.
Please join Penn AI for the inaugural Penn AI symposium.
The inaugural Penn AI Symposium is a landmark event gathering the world's leading minds to explore the frontiers of artificial intelligence.
The symposium is hosted by Penn AI, a University-wide initiative driving responsible AI innovation at Penn. The launch of Penn AI and the upcoming symposium signal a new chapter in Penn's commitment to pioneering the future of AI, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, and addressing the most significant scientific and societal questions of our time.
The symposium is open to faculty, students, and thought leaders, both internal and external to Penn. Penn AI is an interdisciplinary initiative, and speakers will address topics in Penn AI's core themes: AI Foundations, AI+Business, AI+Education, AI+Health, AI+Science, and AI+Society.
Jon M. Huntsman Hall
October 10 · 9am - October 11 · 5pm EDT
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"Research Arcs within Natural Language Processing: Retrospective and Future Views"
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. AI + Business: Sanjog Misra"Agentic Interactions"
11:45 - 12:30 p.m. AI + Education: Ig Ibert Bittencourt"AIED Unplugged: Expanding Learning Opportunities and Reducing Educational Inequities
in Resource-Constrained Environments"
"Theories of Neural Computation Underlying Few-Shot Learning, Imagination and Reasoning in Brains and Machines"
03:00 - 03:30 p.m. Coffee Break 03:30 - 04:15 p.m. AI + Society: Arvind Narayanan"AI as Normal Technology"
04:15 - 05:15 p.m. Panel: AI + EducationPanelists: Hamsa Bastani, Ig Ibert Bittencourt, Seiji Isotani, Bhuvnesh Jain, Jérémie O Lumbroso, and Lilach Mollick.
"AGI for the Physical World: Will Today’s AI Get Us There?"
09:45 - 10:30 a.m. AI + Society: Michael Horowitz"Tracking AI Advances and Competition in the Shadow of Artificial General Intelligence"
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. AI + Education: Stefania Druga"From Curiosity to Discovery: Building Multimodal AI for Education and Science"
11:45 - 12:30 p.m. AI + Health: Guillermo Sapiro“A Wearable-Based Aging Clock Associates with Disease and Behavior”
12:30 - 01:30 p.m. Lunch Break 01:30 - 02:15 p.m. AI + Science: Andrew Connolly"Unravelling the Universe in the Era of AI"
02:15 - 03:00 p.m. AI + Society: Sharad Goel“The Use and Misuse of AI in Graduate Admissions”
3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Closing Ceremony