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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 Check-in, light breakfast, and networking
9 to 9:30 am Welcome Remarks

Lav Varshney
Director, AI Innovation Institute, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Andrea Goldsmith
President, State University of New York at Stony Brook

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 Keynote  
10:30 to 11:45 am Panel: This AI Life
“The Multiscale Intelligence: AI’s Role in Understanding Life Across Disciplines” 

Moderator: Anisha Kumar, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Panelists:

Ecological Level: Heather Lynch, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Human Level: Joel Saltz, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Molecular Level: Ivet Bahar, State University of New York at Stony Brook

11:45 am to 12 pm Introduce Poster Session

Introduction (in honor of President Goldsmith's Inauguration): Mónica Bugallo, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Remarks: Andrea Goldsmith, President, State University of New York at Stony Brook

12 to 1:30 pm Networking Lunch / Poster Session:
“A Showcase of SUNY’s Next-Gen AI Talent”
 
1:30 to 2:45 pm Compute, Energy, and People Infrastructure for Scaling AI

Kiran Keshav
Empire AI

Fernando Gómez-Baquero
Energy Storage Engine In Upstate New York

Catherine Stollar Peters
The State University of New York

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

Moderator: Lav Varshney, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Panelists:

Andrea Goldsmith, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Kristen Ellis,  United States Department of Energy

Jamie Metzl, OneShared World

4:15 pm Break / Refreshments  
4:30 to 5:30 pm Panel: AI across New York
“The Empire State’s Intelligence: Mapping  New York’s AI Future” 

Moderator: Jeff Jarvis, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Panelists:

Jeremy Blackburn, Binghamton University

Jason D’Cruz, University at Albany

Sharon Moran, College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Michael Carpenter, Polytechnic Institute

5:30 pm Closing Remarks  

 

Day 2: Wednesday, April 15


Time Agenda Topic Details
7:45 to 9 am Check-in and Breakfast Check-in, light breakfast, and networking
9 to 9:30 am Welcome Remarks / 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, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Venu Govindaraju
Senior Vice President for Research, Innovation & Economic Development, University at Buffalo

9:30 to 10:30 am Keynote

Introduction by Andrew Singer, State University of New York at Stony Brook

David Spergel
Simons Foundations

10:30 to 11:45 am Short Talks + Panel: AI in Education:
"Innovations in the Classroom" 

Moderator: Rose Tirotta-Esposito, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Panelists:

K-12 leader: Brenden Cusack, Huntington UFSD

Libraries: Christine Fena, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Higher Ed faculty: Carlos Colosqui, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Keith Landa, SUNY FACT2

11:45 am to 12 pm  Lightening Talk
“The New AI Workforce: Integrating Inclusion, Education, and Cross-Disciplinary”
 
12 to 12:15 pm  Introduce Art Exhibition:
“Where AI Innovation Meets Artistic Expression”

Introduction: David Wrobel, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Remarks: Stephanie Dinkins, State University of New York at Stony Brook

 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, State University of New York at Stony Brook

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, State University of New York at Stony Brook


Moderator: C.R. Ramakrishnan, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Panelists:

 Hyeongrak "Chuck" Choi, State University of New York at Stony Brook

 Krishna Rajan, University at Buffalo

Ben Verschueren, NY Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR)

3:45 pm Break / Refreshments  
4 to 4:15 pm Korea's AI Landscape:  Insights from SUNY Korea

Yoon Seok Yang, SUNY Korea

Francois Rameau, SUNY Korea

4:15 to 5:15 pm Panel: Neuro-AI

Moderator:  Alfredo Fontanini, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Panelists:

Lilianne Mujica-Parodi, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Anthony Zador,  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Tuhin Chakrabarty, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Paola Cascante-Bonilla, State University of New York at Stony Brook

5:15 pm Closing Remarks  

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