Faculty, staff and students are invited to the Syracuse University AI Symposium on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 9 am to 12:30 pm in Schine Student Center, Room 304ABC. The half-day event looks at where AI is headed over the next two years and what the University should do now to prepare. Registration is available online for this in-person event.
Schedule
Opening program—The morning begins at 9 am with a welcome from Jeff Rubin, senior vice president for digital transformation and chief digital officer and interim dean of the School of Information Studies (iSchool). At 9:10 am, Jeff Knauss, CEO and co-founder of Arcovo AI, delivers the keynote.
At 9:40 am, Rubin will moderate a panel discussion featuring:
- Nina I. Brown, associate professor of communications, Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Hamid Ekbia, University Professor and founding director of the Academic Alliance for AI Policy
- Orion Goodman ‘28, president and co-founder of United AI
- Andrew Joncas, assistant vice president for enterprise data and artificial intelligence
- Paulo Shakarian, KG Tan Endowed Professor of Artificial Intelligence and director of the Syracuse University Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Featured sessions—After a break, attendees can choose from three tracks, each offered in two rounds at 10:45 am and 11:45 am:
- AI and the Future of Work Across Disciplines (Room 304A): Michael Fudge, professor of practice, iSchool (Round 1); Quran Karriem, assistant professor, College of Visual and Performing Arts (Round 2)
- AI in Research and Discovery (Room 304B): faculty speaker to be announced (Round 1); Enterprise Data and AI Student Group (Round 2)
- Governance, Ethics and Institutional Readiness (Room 304C): Moon-Heum Cho, professor, School of Education (Round 1); Boryana Rossa, professor, College of Visual and Performing Arts (Round 2)
The University community is invited to attend the full morning or the parts that fit your schedule. Seating is limited, so register now (you might be prompted to sign in to Claude using your Syracuse University account). This is an in-person event with no online option. Recordings will be shared afterward.
To learn more about AI at Syracuse University, visit ai.syracuse.edu.