AE: Global Summit on Open Problems for AI
Boston, 2024
4-6th December, 2024. Boston, USA.
Speakers
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Dr Jonathan Richard Schwarz
Head of AI Research (Thomson Reuters)
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Dr Zi Wang
Research Scientist (Google Deepmind)
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Professor Aaron Courville
Professor and CIFAR Chair (Université de Montréal & Mila)
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Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday
Conference Chair (Harvard & MIT & Thinking About Thinking)
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Professor Kanaka Rajan
Associate Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School & Kempner Institute at Harvard
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Professor Hidenori Tanaka
Research Scientist & Group Leader (CBS-NTT Program in Physics of Intelligence, Harvard University)
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Dr James Whittington
Conference Co-Chair (Oxford & Stanford & Zyphra)
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Dr Isabel Papadimitriou
Kempner Fellow, Harvard
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Dr Lio Wong
Postdoctoral Fellow, LINGO Labs, MIT
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Dr Kazuki Irie
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
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Jeremy Dohmann
AI Research Scientist, MosaicML & Databricks
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Alex Reinhart
Investor, Pillar VC
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Professor Skyler Wang
Conference Co-Chair (McGill & Thinking About Thinking)
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Professor David Duvenaud
Associate Professor (University of Toronto)
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Dr William Casey King
Director, Capstone Program (Yale & Microsoft)
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Stephen Casper
PhD Student, MIT
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Hope Schroeder
PhD Student, MIT
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Chris Lengerich
Partner, Context Fund
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Dr Naomi Saphra
Kempner Institute, Harvard
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Danny Belgrad
PhD Student, Columbia University
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Patricia Thaine
Co-Founder & CEO (Private AI)
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Jurgita Miseviciute
Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs (Proton)
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Dr Aleks Jakulin
Co-Founder & President (Data.Flowers)
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Dr Chuncheng Liu
Microsoft Research, Northeastern University
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Minsoo Thigpen
Senior Technical Product Manager, Responsible AI, Microsoft
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Sydney Runkle
Software Engineer, Pydantic
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Prof Alex 'Sandy' Pentland
HAI Fellow, Professor and Director (Stanford, MIT Media Lab, MIT Human Dynamics Lab)
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Han Sheng Chia
Advancing Evidence in Policy Fellow (Center for Global Development)
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Saima Fancy
Session Chair, Women in AI Ethics & Women in AI Governance
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Eric Kaplan
Executive VP and President, Operation HOPE: AI Ethics Council & Financial Literacy for All initiatives
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Ashley Ramrachia
CEO & Co-Founder, Academy
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Dr Sulagna Ghosh
Founder, Joint Family
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Dr Sadid Hasan
AI Lead, Microsoft
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Professor Andreea Bobu
Assistant Professor (MIT)
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Professor Agata Lapedriza
Principal Research Scientist (NEU EAI / UOC / MIT)
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Nemo Shi
Conference Co-Chair, Aethos
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David Rose
Founder, LOOKOUT
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Kimo Gandall
Founder, Fortuna-Insights
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Kenny McLaren
Co-Founder & CTO, Fortuna-Insights
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Jenna Winocur
Co-Founder, Cognisee
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Thomas Baker
Co-Founder, Cognisee
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Tanay Wakhare
Co-Founder & CEO, Prompt Inversion
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Fredrik Heiding
Researcher, Harvard
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Dr Mireia Torello
Co-founder & CEO, AIKreate
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Trevor Keith
Founder, Codapt.ai
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Albert Chen
Co-founder, CEO, Anago
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Waleed Atallah
Founder, Maco
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Kachina Studer
XR Technical Associate, Harvard / MIT
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Dr Mihailo Isakov
CEO & Co-Founder, BoolSi
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Sebastien Mannai
CEO & Co-Founder, Amplified Industries, Inc.
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Serge Vasylechko
Co-Founder, Sundai.Club
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Samuel Colvin
Founder (Pydantic)
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Kristen Craft & friends
Vice President, Business Partner Manager (Fidelity)
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Dr Anna Litvak-Hinenzon
Chief AI Strategist & Founder (AL-Tech AI)
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Dennis R. Mortensen
CEO and Founder (LaunchBrightly)
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Professor Marzyeh Ghassemi
HealthyML (MIT)
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Professor Dan Nicolau Jr
Associate Professor (Kings College London)
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Anna Marie Wagner
Independent Advisor & Board Member
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Dr Alex Oshmyansky
Co-founder & CEO, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company
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Thiri Shwesin Aung
CEO & Founder, Global Impact Assessment
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Dr Salim Afshar
Chief Medical & Innovation Officer, Reveal HealthTech
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Grigori Guitchounts
Flagship Pioneering
Session Chairs
Chair
Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday
Harvard & MIT & Thinking About Thinking
Chair
Dr James Whittington
Oxford & Stanford & Zyphra
Chair
Nicolay Hagen
Session Chair, NTNU & Thinking About Thinking
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Professor Skyler Wang
Conference Co-Chair (McGill & Thinking About Thinking)
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Leroy Sibanda
Session Chair, Thinking About Thinking
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Yasmine Ayman
Session Chair, Harvard & Thinking About Thinking
Chair
Dr Clara-Lea Bonzel
Session Chair, Harvard & Thinking About Thinking
Schedule
Day 1 - Algorithms Day (December 4th)
Morning keynotes - What can Artificial Intelligence Learn from the Study of Natural Intelligence and Vice Versa?
09:00 - 09:20Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday - Conference Chair (Harvard & MIT & Thinking About Thinking)
09:20 - 10:00Professor Kanaka Rajan - Group Leader (Harvard Medical School)
10:00 - 10:20Professor Hidenori Tanaka - Group Leader (CBS-NTT & Harvard University)
10:220 - 10:40Dr James Whittington - Conference Chair (Stanford & Oxford & Zyphra)
10:40Break & Networking
11:20Panel & Breakouts: How Should We Fund AI Research? Felix Sosa (Session Chair) - Harvard & MIT & Advaita & Thinking About Thinking. Dr Olivia Viessmann - Senior Machine Learning Scientist (Flagship Pioneering). Michael Fischer - Founder (DeSciNYC/DB DAO). Mary Wang - Head of Strategic Initiatives (Convergent Research). Professor Michael Lissack - Executive Director (Second Order Science Foundation). Zahra Khwaja - Venture Manager (PillarVC + ARIA)
12:00Break & Networking
13:00 - 13:40Dr Jonathan Richard Schwarz - Head of AI Research (Thomson Reuters)
13:40 - 14:20Dr Zi Wang - Research Scientist (Google Deepmind)
14:20Break & Networking
15:00 - 15:40Professor Aaron Courville - Professor and CIFAR Chair (Université de Montréal & Mila)
15:40 - 16:20Panel: Is This the End of Scale? Dr James Whittington - Conference Chair (Oxford & Stanford & Zyphra). Dr Isabel Papadimitriou - Kempner Fellow (Harvard). Dr Lio Wong - Postdoctoral Fellow (MIT). Dr Kazuki Irie - Postdoctoral Fellow (Harvard University). Jeremy Dohmann - AI Research Scientist (MosaicML & Databricks). Alex Reinhart - Investor (Pillar VC)
Day 2 - Ethics & Society Day (December 5th)
Micro Ethics Keynotes: What Can Individual Researchers Do for Ethical AI?
09:00 - 09:20Professor Skyler Wang - Assistant Professor (McGill University)
09:20 - 09:40Professor David Duvenaud - Associate Professor (University of Toronto & Anthropic)
09:40 - 10:00Dr William Casey King - Director, Capstone Program (Yale & Microsoft)
10:00Micro Panel - A False Sense of Safety: Are Current AI Safety Methods Truly Effective, or are They Just Patchwork Solutions for Deeper Problems? Nicolay Hagen - Session Chair (NTNU & Thinking About Thinking). Professor David Duvenaud - Associate Professor (University of Toronto & Anthropic). Stephen Casper - PhD Student (CSAIL, MIT). Hope Schroeder - PhD Student (MIT). Chris Lengerich - Partner (Context Fund). Dr. Naomi Saphra - Kempner Institute, Harvard. Danny Belgrad - Columbia University
10:40Break & Networking
11:20 - 11:40Patricia Thaine - Co-Founder & CEO (Private AI)
11:40 - 12:00Jurgita Miseviciute - Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs (Proton)
12:00Break & Networking
13:00 - 13:40Dr Aleks Jakulin - Co-Founder & President (Data.Flowers)
13:40Meso panel: What can Organizations do for Ethical AI? Professor Skyler Wang - Session Chair (McGill & Thinking About Thinking). Dr Chuncheng Liu (Microsoft Research, Northeastern University). Minsoo Thigpen - Senior Technical Product Manager, Responsible AI (Microsoft). Jurgita Miseviciute - Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs (Proton). Dr Aleks Jakulin - Co-Founder & President (Data.Flowers). Sydney Runkle - Pydantic
14:20Break & Networking
15:00 - 15:30Prof Alex 'Sandy' Pentland - HAI Fellow & Professor & Director (Stanford & MIT Media Lab & MIT Human Dynamics Lab)
15:30 - 16:00Han Sheng Chia - Advancing Evidence in Policy Fellow (Center for Global Development)
16:00Macro Panel: If AI Is the Answer, What Is the Question? Saima Fancy - Session Chair (Women in AI Ethics & Women in AI Governance). Eric Kaplan - Executive VP and President (Operation HOPE & financial literacy for all; FL4A.org). Patricia Thaine - Co-founder & CEO (Private AI). Ashley Ramrachia - CEO & Co-Founder (Academy). Sulagna (Dia) Ghosh - JointFamily
Day 3 - Applications Day (December 6th)
Morning Keynotes: Data, Coding, Robotics
09:00 - 09:40Sadid Hasan - Microsoft
09:40 - 10:00Professor Andreea Bobu - Assistant Professor (MIT)
10:00 - 10:20Professor Agata Lapedriza - (MIT/NEU EAI)
10:20Break & Networking
10:30Lightning Talks: Data, Coding, Robotics. Nemo Shi - Session Chair, Aethos. David Rose - Founder (LOOKOUT). Kimo Gandall & Kenny McLaren - Founder (Fortuna-Insights). Jenna Winocur & Thomas Baker - Founders (Cognisee). Tanay Wakhare - Co-Founder & CEO (Prompt Inversion). Fredrik Heiding - Researcher (Harvard). Dr Mireia Torello - Co-founder & CEO (AIKreate). Trevor Keith - Founder (Codapt.ai). Albert Chen - Co-founder, CEO (Anago). Waleed Atallah - Founder (Mako). Kachina Studer - XR Technical Associate (MIT). Mihailo Isakov - Founder (BoolSi). Sebastien Mannai - Founder (Amplified Industries, Inc.). Serge Vasylechko - Co-Founder (Sundai.Club)
12:00Break & Networking
13:00 - 13:20Samuel Colvin - Founder & CEO (Pydantic)
13:20 - 13:40Kristen Craft & friends (Fidelity) - Expert Workshop: Best Practices for Closing a Fundraising Round
13:40 - 14:00Dr Anna Litvak-Hinenzon - Chief AI Strategist & Founder (AL-Tech AI)
14:00 - 14:20Dennis R. Mortensen - CEO and Founder (LaunchBrightly)
14:00Break & Networking
15:00 - 15:20Professor Dan Nicolau Jr - Associate Professor (Kings College London)
15:20 - 15:40Professor Marzyeh Ghassemi - HealthyML (MIT)
16:00Panel: What is Being Overlooked Right Now for AI in Biomedicine? Dr Clara-Lea Bonzel - Session Chair (Harvard & Thinking About Thinking). Anna Marie Wagner - Independent Advisor & Board Member. Dr Alex Oshmyansky - Co-founder & CEO (Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company). Thiri Shwesin Aung - CEO & Founder (Global Impact Assessment). Dr Salim Afshar - Chief Medical & Innovation Officer (Reveal HealthTech). Grigori Guitchounts (Flagship Pioneering)
16:40Closing reception (Lily P's)
Conference Chairs
Chair
Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday
Harvard · MIT · Thinking About Thinking
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Dr James Whittington
Oxford · Stanford · Zyphra
Chair
Prof. Skyler Wang
McGill · Thinking About Thinking
Chair
Nemo Shi
Aethos