For Presenters
Seminar Topics
Seminar Topics
Presenters cover a wide range of specializations, from foundational theoretical work to innovative applications of AI techniques to new fields and problems, with applications to agriculture, bioinformatics, biology, climate change, cognitive science, communications, control engineering, defense, drug discovery, economics, environment, games, healthcare, law enforcement, linguistics, management, medicine, natural resource exploration, psychiatry, operations research, and more.
Presenters cover a wide range of specializations, from foundational theoretical work to innovative applications of AI techniques to new fields and problems, with applications to agriculture, bioinformatics, biology, climate change, cognitive science, communications, control engineering, defense, drug discovery, economics, environment, games, healthcare, law enforcement, linguistics, management, medicine, natural resource exploration, psychiatry, operations research, and more.
Some recent topics of interest are:
Some recent topics of interest are:
- Causal Inference and Learning
- Computer Vision and Perception
- Deep Learning
- Game Playing and Search
- Game Theory
- Learning on Graphs
- Machine Learning
- Mathematical Optimization and Statistics
- Natural Language Processing
- Neurobiology and Information Theory
- Reinforcement Learning
- Robotics
- Symbolic AI, Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge Representation
Presentation Details
Presentation Details
Audience: The audience will have a range of backgrounds, with both students and researchers in attendance. Talks should be applicable to broader areas of AI, although in-depth research in a particular area is also welcome.
Audience: The audience will have a range of backgrounds, with both students and researchers in attendance. Talks should be applicable to broader areas of AI, although in-depth research in a particular area is also welcome.
Meeting format: Hybrid. In-person attendance is in the Computing Science Center (CSC) room 3-33, with a virtual attendance option (Zoom link & Password: Spr!ng2023). The Zoom meeting is not restricted to the U of A - anyone with the link and password can join. You can expect an in-person audience of around 50, with another 20 or so joining online.
Meeting format: Hybrid. In-person attendance is in the Computing Science Center (CSC) room 3-33, with a virtual attendance option (Zoom link & Password: Spr!ng2023). The Zoom meeting is not restricted to the U of A - anyone with the link and password can join. You can expect an in-person audience of around 50, with another 20 or so joining online.
AV setup: At 11:30 sharp, we will set up and test the AV. You will need to connect your laptop to the projector, as well as share your presentation in the Zoom meeting. We use a Meeting Owl to capture the audio and video for the Zoom meeting. The Zoom meeting will be recorded for Amii's YouTube channel, and will be edited and uploaded to YouTube in the week following the seminar. Here are a few AV notes to keep in mind:
AV setup: At 11:30 sharp, we will set up and test the AV. You will need to connect your laptop to the projector, as well as share your presentation in the Zoom meeting. We use a Meeting Owl to capture the audio and video for the Zoom meeting. The Zoom meeting will be recorded for Amii's YouTube channel, and will be edited and uploaded to YouTube in the week following the seminar. Here are a few AV notes to keep in mind:
Laptop ports - we will use HDMI, USB and ethernet - adaptor provided
Internet connection - connect to wired internet using the ethernet cable, as the wireless internet is sometimes unreliable
Bluetooth mic (clipped onto shirt collar) - this mic will record your audio, which will be used later for sound in the YouTube video (not for amplification)
Zoom - stay unmuted and turn off any background effects
Timing & Questions: Your presentation will begin at noon. You should prepare 45 minutes of material and leave 15 minutes for questions. The seminar is fairly interactive, with the in-person audience and Zoom participants raising questions throughout. You can moderate these questions as they come up or at the end, in whatever way works best for you.
Timing & Questions: Your presentation will begin at noon. You should prepare 45 minutes of material and leave 15 minutes for questions. The seminar is fairly interactive, with the in-person audience and Zoom participants raising questions throughout. You can moderate these questions as they come up or at the end, in whatever way works best for you.
Presentation Info: Submit your presentation info in this google form by noon the Friday before your presentation, to allow sufficient time for advertising.
Presentation Info: Submit your presentation info in this google form by noon the Friday before your presentation, to allow sufficient time for advertising.
Marketing info: Complete this google form on the day of your presentation to provide our marketing team with promotional information.
Marketing info: Complete this google form on the day of your presentation to provide our marketing team with promotional information.
Coordinators:
Bobby-Jo Miller - Amii UofA Admin team
Tianpei Yang - UofA Postdoctoral fellow - academic & AV support