Program (tentative)
RESCHEDULED: Friday, November 3, 2023
| TIME | SESSION |
| 1:00-1:15pm | Opening Remarks
Dr. Emmanouil Anagnostou, Interim Executive Director, UConn Tech Park, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering, CIRCA Director of Applied Research, and Founding Director, Eversource Energy Center Derek Aguiar, Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, UConn |
| 1:15-1:40pm | A Gentle Introduction to Language Models
Dr. Christopher Tanner, Head of R&D at Kensho and Lecturer, Artificial Intelligence and Decision making, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1:40-2:05pm | Artificial Intelligence at RTRC
Dr. Kishore Kumar Reddy, Associate Director, Research, Artificial Intelligence Discipline Lead, Raytheon Technologies |
| 2:05-2:30pm | To Use, or not to Use AI, that is the Question – in BioPharma
Dr. Seda Arat, Computational Toxicologist, Pfizer Inc. |
| 2:30-3:20pm | Panel Session 1: “The Rise of AI in Science and Engineering” sponsored by Cyberdyne Systems
Moderator: Dr. John Chandy Panelists: Drs. Christopher Tanner, Kishore Kumar Reddy and Seda Arat, and Qian Yang, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, UConn |
| 3:20-3:35pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:35-4:00pm | From Classical to Modern and Generative AI: Challenges and Opportunities for the Enterprise
Serdar Kadıoğlu, Group VP of AI at Fidelity & Adjunct Professor, Computer Science, Brown University |
| 4:00-4:25pm | How Generative AI will change the way customers purchase products
Michael Storiale, MBA, VP, Innovation Development & University Partnerships, Synchrony Dan Murphy, SVP Deputy Engineering Leader, Synchrony |
| 4:25-4:50pm | AI: Developments, Challenges, and Opportunities
Dr. Michelle M Buxton, AI Practice Lead for Emerging Tech, The Travelers Companies, Inc |
| 4:50-5:15pm | Panel Session 2: “The Rise of AI in Business” sponsored by Cyberdyne Systems
Moderator: Dr. Laurent Michel Panelists: Dr. Serdar Kadıoğlu, Michael Storiale, Dan Murphy, and Dr. Michelle M. Buxton |
| 5:15pm | Closing Remarks and Reception
Mark Raymond, Chief Information Officer at State of Connecticut Department Dr. Laurent Michel, Co-Director, CACC and Synchrony Chaired Professor in Cybersecurity, Computer Science and Engineering, UConn |