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Artificial Intelligence Symposium

The 2018 symposium took place on Nov 10, 2018. We look forward to seeing you next year.

Join us for a day of AI: talks, unconference sessions, posters, demos, and plenty of networking opportunities.

The symposium aims to bring together participants from both academia and industry who are interested in the foundations or real-life applications of artificial intelligence.
The symposium is open to the general public.

Call for Poster Contributions

We invite you to participate in the symposium with a poster describing your work in AI. Poster submissions are encouraged from both academic and industry participants, covering research contributions, work in progress, position statements, applications of AI. Previously published work can be submitted and presented. Registration is now closed.

Call for Sponsorship

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the symposium, please contact us at aisymposium@umich.edu.

Silver Level Sponsors

VOXEL 51
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Bronze Level Sponsors

Ann Arbor SPARK
TD Ameritrade
ithaka
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Keynote Speaker

Scott Huffman

Scott Huffman
AI Laboratory alumnus
(CSE MSE 1990, Ph.D. 1994)
VP of Engineering, Google Assistant

Scott Huffman leads the development of Google Assistant - Google's conversational AI that helps people find answers and get things done, on speakers, smart displays, and TV's, and on the go on the phone and in the car.

Registration

Registration is now closed. You can add your name to a waiting list.

Registrants will be required to confirm participation two weeks prior to the symposium. Your registration will be complete and you will be able to participate in the symposium only after you will confirm your participation. Registered participants who do not come to the symposium may be disallowed to participate in future events.

Organization

The symposium is organized by the Michigan AI Lab. Contact us at aisymposium@umich.edu.

General chairs:
Rada Mihalcea & Satinder Singh Baveja

Local arrangement chair:
Aurelia Bunescu

Poster session co-chairs:
MeiXing Dong, Max Smith

Venue and Directions

Bob and Betty Beyster Building
2260 Hayward Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2121

Nearby parking is available in lots NC48 and NC27. On the day of the symposium, parking restrictions for NC48 will not be enforced so anyone may park for no cost. Parking restrictions for NC27 will be in force; passes for blue spaces or payment at visitor spaces will be required.
North Campus map.

Program

STAMPS AUDITORIUM

  • 8:30 am- 9:00 am
    Registration

  • 9:00 am - 9:10 am
    Welcome message: Rada Mihalcea, Michigan AI Director

  • 9:10 am - 10:30 am
    Keynote Speaker: Scott Huffman, Google Assistant Armchair discussions: Chair - John Laird

  • 10:30 am - 11:00 am
    Networking coffee break

  • 11:00 am - noon
    Research talks: Chair - Edmund Durfee; Speakers: Danai Koutra, Jason Corso, Emily Mower Provost, Walter Lasecki

TISHMAN HALL (Bob & Betty Beyster Building, lobby)

Bob & Betty Beyster Building, Dow Engineering Building

  • 1:30 pm - 2:10 pm
    Unconference sessions 1 (parallel sessions): discuss AI topics defined by the audience

  • 2:15 pm - 2:55 pm
    Unconference sessions 2 (parallel sessions): discuss AI topics defined by the audience

See the list of unconference sessions and assigned locations here (PDF).

STAMPS AUDITORIUM

  • 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
    Networking coffee break

  • 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
    Research talks: Chair - Benjamin Kuipers; Speakers: Nikola Banovic, Jenna Wiens, Michael Wellman

  • 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
    Panel - companies in AI: Chair - Michael Cafarella

  • 5:15 pm - 5:30 pm
    Closing comments