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SUNY AI Symposium at Stony BrookAgenda

SUNY AI Symposium at Stony Brook: Scaling the NY AI Innovation Ecosystem

Day 1: Tuesday, April 14

Time Agenda Topic Details
7:45 to 9 am Check-in and Breakfast  
9 to 9:30 am Welcome Remarks

Lav Varshney
Della Pietra Infinity Professor & Director, AI Innovation Institute, Stony Brook University

Andrea Goldsmith
President, Stony Brook University

Melur "Ram" Ramasubramanian
Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost, The State University of New York

John B. King Jr. (Virtual)
Chancellor, The State University of New York
9:30 to 10:30 am Panel: AI across New York
“The Empire State’s Intelligence: Mapping  New York’s AI Future” 

Moderator: Jeff Jarvis, Stony Brook University

Panelists:

Jeremy Blackburn, Binghamton University

Jason D’Cruz, University at Albany

Sharon Moran, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Michael Carpenter, SUNY Polytechnic Institute
10:30 to 11:45 am Panel: This AI Life
“The Multiscale Intelligence: AI’s Role in Understanding Life Across Disciplines” 

Moderator: Anisha Kumar, Stony Brook University

Panelists:

Ecological Level: Heather Lynch, Stony Brook University

Human Level: Joel Saltz, Stony Brook University

Molecular Level: Ivet Bahar, Stony Brook University
11:45 am to 12 pm Introduce Poster Session

Introduction in honor of President Goldsmith's Inauguration: Mónica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

Remarks: Andrea Goldsmith, President, Stony Brook University
12 to 1:30 pm Networking Lunch / Poster Session:
“A Showcase of SUNY’s Next-Gen AI Talent”		 View the list of poster presenters here
1:30 to 2:45 pm Compute, Energy, and People Infrastructure for Scaling AI

Kiran Keshav
Empire AI

Fernando Gómez-Baquero
Cornell Tech

Catherine Stollar Peters
The State University of New York
2:45 to 3 pm Break / Refreshments

 
3 to 4:15 pm Panel: AI drives National Competitiveness
“The Global Race: AI as the Engine of American Strategic Advantage.”

Moderator: Lav Varshney, Stony Brook University

Panelists:

Andrea Goldsmith, Stony Brook University

Kristen Ellis,  United States Department of Energy

Jamie Metzl, OneShared World
4:15 to 4:45 pm Korea's AI Landscape: Insights from SUNY Korea

Yoon Seok Yang
SUNY Korea

Francois Rameau
SUNY Korea
4:45 pm Closing Remarks  

 

Day 2: Wednesday, April 15

Time Agenda Topic Details
7:45 to 8:50 am Check-in and Breakfast  
8:50 to 9 am Welcome Remarks

Nina Maung-Gaona
Senior Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation,  Stony Brook University
9 to 9:30 am STRIVE Discussion

Shadi Sandvik
Senior Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation & Economic Development, The State University of New York

Andrew Singer
Dean, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook University

Venu Govindaraju
Senior Vice President for Research, Innovation & Economic Development, University at Buffalo
9:30 to 10:30 am Keynote

Introduction by Carl Lejuez, Stony Brook University

David Spergel
President, Simons Foundation
10:30 to 11:45 am Short Talks + Panel: AI in Education:
"Innovations in the Classroom" 

Moderator: Rose Tirotta-Esposito, Stony Brook University

Panelists:

K-12 leader: Brenden Cusack, Huntington UFSD

Libraries: Christine Fena, Stony Brook University

Higher Ed faculty: Carlos Colosqui, Stony Brook University

Keith Landa, SUNY FACT2
11:45 am to 12 pm  Lightening Talk
“The New AI Workforce: Integrating Inclusion, 
Education, and Cross-Disciplinarity”

Introduction by: Bonita London, Stony Brook University

Lightening Talk: Susan Brennan, Stony Brook University
12 to 12:15 pm  Introduce Art Exhibition:
“Where AI Innovation Meets Artistic Expression”

Introduction by: David Wrobel, Stony Brook University

Remarks: Stephanie Dinkins, Stony Brook University
 12:15 to 1:15 pm Networking Lunch - Art Exhibition / Industry Displays  
 1:15 to 2:30 pm Talk+Panel: Diffusion of AI Across Industry and Society: “The Intelligence Revolution: How AI is Reshaping Industry Everyday Life” 

Moderator: Samita Heslin, Stony Brook University

Panelists:

Ruchir Puri, IBM Research

Sarah Matt, Upstate Medical University

Bryan McCann, You.com
2:30 to 3:45 pm Talk+Panel: “Quantum + AI: Where AI Meets the Frontiers of Physics"

Opening Talk: Eden Figueroa, Stony Brook University

Moderator: C.R. Ramakrishnan, Stony Brook University

Panelists:

 Hyeongrak "Chuck" Choi, Stony Brook University

 Krishna Rajan, University at Buffalo

Ben Verschueren, NY Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR)
3:45 to 5:00 pm Panel: Neuro-AI

Moderator:  Alfredo Fontanini, Stony Brook University

Panelists:

Lilianne Mujica-Parodi, Stony Brook University

Alexei Koulakov,  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Tuhin Chakrabarty, Stony Brook University

Paola Cascante-Bonilla, Stony Brook University
5:00 pm Closing Remarks  

Please direct any questions to  suny-ai-symposium-sbu@stonybrook.edu