Schedule

Date: March 18, 2022

9:30-9:45 AM

CASY Begins

Overview and Opening Remarks - Prof. Biplav Srivastava, AI Institute, University of South Carolina

9:45-11:00 AM

Session 1: Talks on Research Areas

  • The Chasm between Research and Industrial Chatbots, Sachindra Joshi, IBM Research

  • Prioritizing safety and integrity when innovating in digital mental health space, Dr. Becky Inkster, University of Cambridge and Alan Turing Institute, UK

  • Moderators: Manas Gaur, Prof. Biplav Srivastava

11:00-11:15 AM

Break - Light Refreshments

11:15-12:30 PM

Session 2: Talks on Health Application/Technology

  • Chatbots RESET framework in practice,
    Venkataraman Sundareswaran, MCHC Fellow, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, World Economic Forum

  • A cognitive science vision for collaborative assistants, Prof. Valerie Shalin, Adjunct Professor of CSE and Psychology, Professor of Psychology at Wright State University

  • Moderators: Kaushik Roy, Prof. Vignesh Narayanan

12:30-1:15 PM

Session 3: Panel on Use-cases of Chatbots for Research and Society, lead by students

  • Robert K. Swick (High School)

  • Katelyn Wyandt, Nathan Dolbir (Undergrad)

  • Kausik Lakkaraju, Utkarshani Jaimini - Moderator (Grad)

1:15-1:30 PM

Closing Comments

Prof. Amit Sheth and Prof. Biplav Srivastava, AI Institute, University of South Carolina

1:30-2:00 PM

Lunch