Program

FRIDAY, January 25

All sessions are held at the MTCC

08:30-9:00 Check in and coffee (MTCC Auditorium)

09:00-9:15 Welcome and Introductory Remarks, Eunice Santos and Mustafa Bilgic, Computer Science

09:15-9:35 "What is AI", Shlomo Argamon, Computer Science

09:40-10:00 "Statistics vs Machine Learning", Matthew Dixon, Applied Math and the Stuart School of Business

10:00-10:30 AI@IllinoisTech Vision, Eunice Santos and Anita Nikolich, Computer Science

10:30-12:00 Individual Lightning Talks (the list of the talks)

12:00-1:00 Lunch (provided)

01:00-1:15 Introduction of AI Working Groups

01:15-2:00 Informal networking with potential collaborators or Working Group topics

02:00-2:45 Working Groups semi-structured discussion

02:45-3:00 Coffee break

03:00-4:00 Panel “Preparing for the Future of AI”

Panelists:

Engineering (Ankit Srivastava, MMAE)

Ethics (Elisabeth Hildt, Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions)

Social (Aron Culotta, Computer Science)

Design (Anijo Mathew, Institute of Design)

Moderator (Anita Nikolich, Computer Science)

04:00-4:15 Concluding Remarks, Mustafa Bilgic, Computer Science