Organized through CHAIR.
A 2-day conference dedicated to artificial intelligence research and innovation.
Over two days, the event will bring together researchers, industry professionals, and the wider AI community to share perspectives on current developments in AI and create opportunities for new connections and exchange between academia and industry.
Programme team: Fredrik Johansson, Simon Olsson, Giovanni Volpe
The programme features keynote talks by:
- Volker Sorger, University of Florida
- Julie Josse, Inria
- Demetri Psaltis, EPFL
- Julian Togelius, Chalmers University of Technology / NYU Tandon School of Engineering
alongside thematic sessions on AI Foundations, AI in Research, and AI & Health.
Detailled program:
29 October
08:30 Coffee
09:00 Welcome!
09:15 Keynote: Photonic AI for the 2030’s: can we realize 1000x higher performance AI systems?
Volker Sorger, Walden and Paula Rhines Endowed Professor in Semiconductor Photonics at the University of Florida.
10:15 Coffee break with fika
10:45 AI Foundations, thematic session with invited talks & panel discussion: Kathlén Kohn (KTH), Alexandre Proutiere (KTH), Giuseppe Durisi (Chalmers).
11.45 Lunch (provided)
13:00 Keynote: Beyond the Average Doctor: Uncertainty-Aware AI for Clinical Triage.
Julie Josse, Senior researcher at Inria, the French National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology.
14:00 Information on ongoing initiatives (ELLIS Unit Sweden, Chalmers Next Labs).
14:30 Coffee break
15:00 AI in Research, thematic session with invited talks on how AI is changing science and how we do research: Emily Riehl (Johns Hopkins University and Chalmers), Jesus Pineda (IFLAI), Richard Beckmann (Chalmers).
16:00 Panel discussion with international experts about the AI risks that have been dominating news headlines lately. Julian Togelius (New York University), Emily Riehl (Johns Hopkins University and Chalmers), Julie Josse (Inria). Moderator: Devdatt Dubhashi (Chalmers).
16:45 Mingle + provided food
30 October
08:30 Coffee
09:00 Keynote: Optical Computing: Past, Present and Future.
Demetri Psaltis, Professor of Optics and the Director of the Optics Laboratory at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL).
10:00 Coffee break with fika
10:30 AI and Health, thematic session with invited talks from AI and health researchers: Markus Lingman (Sahlgrenska), Rocío Mercado (Chalmers), Robin Strand (Uppsala University).
11:30 Keynote: Can we invent problems worth solving?
Julian Togelius, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at New York University, soon to be Wallenberg Chair at Chalmers.
12:30 Closing remarks
12:45 Lunch + mingle