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2022 AI Symposium
Date: November 5, 2022
Join us for a day of AI: research talks, posters, demos, and plenty of networking opportunities.
Our symposium aims to bring together participants from both academia and industry who are interested in the foundations or real-life applications of artificial intelligence.
All the symposium talks are now available to watch online.
The symposium took place on North Campus, in the Bob and Betty Beyster building (room 1670 and Tishman Hall).
Free and open to the general public. Registration required, see below.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Associate Professor
School of Interactive Computing
Director: Robot Autonomy and Interactive Learning Lab
GEORGIA TECH
Talk: “Semantic-Driven Robot Assistance and User Interaction”
Professor
Information School and Computer Science and Engineering
Director: ACE Lab; Co-Director: CREATE Research Center
UNIV. OF WASHINGTON
Talk: “Ability-Based Design: What Role Might A.I. Play?”
Program
ALL THE TALKS WILL TAKE PLACE IN ROOM 1670 IN BOB & BETTY BEYSTER BUILDING, U-M North Campus
9:00 – 9:30 am Registration (T-shirts giveaway!) (Lobby – BEYSTER BUILDING)
9:30 – 9:40 am Welcome, Introduction to Michigan AI Lab (1670 – BEYSTER BUILDING)
Rada Mihalcea (Director Michigan AI)
Joyce Chai (Michigan AI)
Anhong Guo (Michigan AI)
9:40 – 10:40 am Keynote Talk
Jacob Wobbrock: Ability-Based Design: What Role Might A.I. Play?
Session chair: Anhong Guo (Michigan AI)
10:40 – 11:00 am COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 11:40 am Invited Talks
Sile O’Modhrain: Supporting Spatial Literacy for Blind Learners using Haptic Technology
Dhruv Jain: Advancing Sound Accessibility
Session chair: Xu Wang
11:40 – 12:10 pm Lightning Talks (1670 – BEYSTER BUILDING)
Session chair: Jenna Wiens
12:10 – 12:30 pm Posters Pitch
30s pitch from poster presenters (no slides)
12:30 – 2:00 pm LUNCH and Research Poster/Demo Session (TISHMAN HALL – BEYSTER BUILDING Lobby)
Session chairs: Martin Ma and Chen Liang
2:00 – 3:00 pm Keynote Talk (1670 – BEYSTER BUILDING)
Sonia Chernova: Semantic-Driven Robot Assistance and User Interaction
Session chair: Joyce Chai (Michigan AI)
3:00 – 3:40 pm Invited Talks
Stella Yu: Learning Visual Organization from Nothing but Data
Wei Hu: What is Weird about Deep Learning and What Can Theory Do?
Session chair: Benjamin Fish
3:40 – 4:00 pm COFFEE BREAK
4:00 – 5:00 pm AI & Accessibility Panel
Moderator: Anhong Guo (Michigan AI)
Panelists: Sonia Chernova, Shiwali Mohan, Sile O’Modhrain, Jacob Wobbrock
5:00 pm Closing remarks
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Call for Sponsorship
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the symposium, please contact us at: aisymposium@umich.edu
Call for Sponsorship
SILVER LEVEL SPONSOR
Organization
The symposium is organized by the Michigan AI Lab. Contact us at aisymposium@umich.edu.
General chairs:
Joyce Chai, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. University of Michigan
Anhong Guo, Assistant Professor in Computer Science & Engineering, University of Michigan
Poster/Demos Session chairs:
Chen Liang clumich@umich.edu
Ziqiao “Martin” Ma marstin@umich.edu
Local arrangement chair:
Aurelia Bunescu