AI Symposium
This in-person and virtual event has concluded. Thank you to everyone who attended. Photos and video recordings will be available in the coming weeks.
Today’s Agenda:
09:00 AM - Welcome & Framing
Dr. Tiesha Roby, Associate Provost
09:05 AM - Provost’s Welcome
Dr. Al Liddicoat, Institutional Priorities for AI
09:15 AM - Keynote I
Dr. Julie Carpenter, AI and Human Interactions with 10-min Q&A
09:58 AM - Keynote II - (LAUNCH VIRTUAL SESSION)
Dr. Rama Akkiraju, NVIDIA
10:40 AM - Student Voices
Neeraja Beesetti, Alexios Sideris and Weston Kenneth Patrick
11:00 AM - Faculty Panel
Kelly Bodwin, Associate Professor of Statistics
Ashish Hingle, Assistant Professor of Information Systems
Ben Lutz, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Martin Mehl, AI-Human Interface Strategist
Ashley Ringer McDonald, Professor of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (Moderator)
Leida Chen, Professor of Information Systems and AI (Moderator)
11:53 AM - Chancellor’s Office Perspective
Dr. Ed Clark, California State University, Office of the Chancellor
Lunch & Networking
12:45 PM - Industry Panel
Fred Roby, U.S. Head of Solutions Architecture for Semicoductor and High-Tech Industries, AWS
Trevor Strohman, AI Software Engineer, Google Labs
Dhara Vaishnav, Solutions Architecture Leader, AWS
Corrine Watson, Staff Engineer, Water Systems Consulting
Anthony Young, Senior Engineering Leader , Apple
Amie Hammond, Exec. Director of Career Services (Moderator)
01:40 PM - Concurrent Sessions 1
02:43 PM - Concurrent Sessions 2
03:38 PM - Keynote III - (LAUNCH VIRTUAL SESSION)
Industry Speaker
Mike Abbott, Technology Executive and Cal Poly Alumnus
04:07 PM - Keynote IV
Noyce Distinguished Speaker
Dr. Chris Clark, Professor of Computer Science and Robotics Researcher
04:54 PM - Closing Remarks
Provost Dr. Al Liddicoat