Day 1 – Monday, November 17
*All events will take place in the Rogel Ballroom unless otherwise specified*
*Schedule is subject to change*
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM
Registration and Check-in
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM
Welcome Remarks
Bradford Orr, Professor of Physics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Acting director for MIDAS
Jing Liu, Executive Director, MIDAS
Morning Session Chair: Nicholas Carl Henriksen, Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Professor of Spanish, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and Professor of Linguistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
9:00 AM – 10:05 AM
Keynote Speaker – Andrew Connolly, William P. and Ruth Gerberding University Professor, Director of the eScience Institute and the Associate Vice Provost for Data Science at the University of Washington
Unravelling the Universe in the Era of AI
recording10:05 AM – 11:10 AM
Research Vision Talks – Session 1
Transforming perception with AI and Biosonar
Presented by Ganesh Patil
Enabling End-to-End Uncertainty Quantification in Astrophysics Measurements with AI Hardware & Software
Presented by Nicholas Kern
The Paradox of Dissonant Predictions: The Central Dilemma of Physician-AI Interaction
Presented by Jayson Marwaha
11:10 AM – 11:50 AM
Research Vision Talks – Session 2
Incorporating Large Language Models to Enhance P300 Brain-Computer Interfaces
Presented by Longhao Pang
CVEP: A Framework for Qualitative and Quantitative Counterfactual Visual Explanations
Presented by Jian Hu
11:50 AM – 1:15 PM
Lunch
Poster Session
📍Pendleton Room, Michigan Union
Afternoon Session Chair: Dani Jones, Associate Research Scientist, Data Science and Modeling, School of Environment and Sustainability
1:15 PM – 2:20 PM
Keynote Speaker – Betsey Stevenson, Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy and Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan
From Productivity to Purpose: Human Flourishing in the Age of Artificial General Intelligence
recording2:20 PM – 3:25 PM
Research Vision Talks – Session 3
A Joint Human-AI Framework for Responsible AI
Presented by Colleen Seifert
WinAI: Propelling UM Soccer with Data-Driven AI
Presented by Raed Al Kontar
Disentangling AI Governance Capacity: A Cross-National Measurement Model with Global Indices and Factor Analysis
Presented by Ha Heonuk
3:25 PM – 4:30 PM
University Vision Panel
Moderator: Bradford Orr, Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Associate Vice President for Research – Natural Sciences and Engineering, UM Office of Research, Center Director, UMOR-MIDAS and Professor of Physics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Panelists:
Arthur Lupia, Gerald R Ford Distinguished University Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Research Professor, Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research and Vice President for Research and Innovation, Office of the Vice President for Research
Ravi Pendse, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Special Advisor to the President for India, Office of the President and Professor of Engineering Practice in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Karen A Thole, Robert J Vlasic Dean of Engineering, Professor Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Networking Reception
Day 2 – Tuesday, November 18
Morning Session Chair: Jon Reader, Programmer Analyst Supervisor
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Keynote Speaker – Ashley Llorens, Corporate Vice President & Managing Director, Microsoft Research
Research Frontiers in the AI Era
10:00 AM – 11:10 AM
Research Vision Talks – Session 4
Tracing Matters of Concern
Presented by Gabriel Harp
Human-AI Co-Evolution in Future Industry 5.0 Manufacturing Systems
Presented by Chenhui Shao, Ashlee Breitner, and Mengjie Lyu
DeepChiral: From Discovery to Clinical Integrity and Counterfeit Defense
Presented by Ashu Tripathi
11:10 AM – 12:10 PM
Keynote Panel
recording12:10 PM – 1:10 PM
Lunch
Poster Session
📍Pendleton Room, Michigan Union
Afternoon Session Chair First Half: Aaron King, Nelson G Hairston Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Complex Systems, Professor of Complex Systems, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Professor of Mathematics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
1:10 PM – 2:10 PM
Keynote Speaker – Kyle Cranmer, Director, UW-Madison Data Science Institute and Professor of Physics, Statistics, and Computer Science
Emerging Patterns in AI for Science
recording2:10 PM – 3:10 PM
Research Vision Talks – Session 5
Evaluating Solutions to the Decline of Online Knowledge Communities
Presented by Yan Chen
Simulation-Based Hybrid Agent-Based and Neural Network Framework for Modeling COVID 19 Transmission Dynamics in Kenya
Presented by Verrah Otiende
Optimizing Fusion Device Design with Convolutional Neural Network Surrogates for Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations
Presented by Milo Parrott
3:10 PM – 3:20 PM
Poster Session Award Announcement
Afternoon Session Chair Second Half: Nambi Nallasamy, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Assistant Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, Medical School
3:20 PM – 4:20 PM
Keynote Speaker – Brad Malin, Accenture Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Computer Science, Vanderbilt University and Vice Chair, Research Affairs, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Building Responsible AI Technologies That Work!
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