Speakers

Meet the experts and thought leaders at AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence

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Peter Stone

Keynote Speaker

Truchard Foundation Chair in Computer Science, Chair of Computer Science Department, Founding Director of Texas Robotics

University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Peter Stone will present "From How to learn to What to learn in Multiagent Systems and Robotics". There has been a lot of exciting recent progress...

Bowen Zhou

Keynote Speaker

AI Researcher

AI Research Organization

Bowen Zhou will present "Specialized Generalist: Towards High-Efficiency AGI". The pursuit of high-efficiency Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) re...

Daniel Whiteson

Keynote Speaker

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

University of California, Irvine

Daniel Whiteson will discuss fundamental physics and science communication, exploring how AI can help bridge the gap between complex scientific resear...

Yolanda Gil

Keynote Speaker

Director of Knowledge Technologies

University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute

Yolanda Gil will present an invited talk at AAAI-26. Details of the talk title and content will be announced.

Katerina Fragkiadaki

Keynote Speaker

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Carnegie Mellon University

Katerina Fragkiadaki will present "Learning World Simulators from Data", exploring how AI systems can learn to model and simulate the world from obser...

Isabelle Guyon

Keynote Speaker

President

ChaLearn

Isabelle Guyon will present "AI in science and technology: the future in our hands", discussing how AI is transforming scientific research and technol...

Ece Kamar

Keynote Speaker

Senior Principal Researcher

Microsoft Research

Ece Kamar will present "Navigating the AI Horizon: Promises, Perils, and the Power of Collaboration", discussing the future of AI development and the ...

Ashok Goel

Keynote Speaker

Professor of Computer Science and Cognitive Science

Georgia Institute of Technology

Ashok Goel will present "AI for Reskilling, Upskilling, and Workforce Development" as the AAAI Robert S. Engelmore Memorial Lecture Award recipient. T...

Alan Mackworth

Keynote Speaker

Professor Emeritus of Computer Science

University of British Columbia

Alan Mackworth will co-present "The Essence of Intelligence is Appropriate Action (not thinking, reasoning, learning or language) and other things eve...

David Poole

Keynote Speaker

Professor Emeritus of Computer Science

University of British Columbia

David Poole will co-present "The Essence of Intelligence is Appropriate Action (not thinking, reasoning, learning or language) and other things every ...

Derek Haoyang Li

Keynote Speaker

Founder/Chairman and Chief Education Technology Scientist

Squirrel Ai Learning

Derek Haoyang Li will present "Small Data: A New Paradigm for the Next Generation of AI", exploring how small data approaches can revolutionize AI dev...