Hoffman-Yee Symposium

Overview

At the Symposium, the inaugural recipients of Hoffman-Yee Research Grants presented results from their research to date and plans for the future. The Hoffman-Yee grant program is a multiyear initiative to invest in research that leverages artificial intelligence to address significant scientific and/or societal challenges aligned with Stanford HAI’s focus areas.

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Agenda

September 21, 2021

9:45a.m. - 10:00a.m. PDT

Welcome and Introduction

Speakers

John Etchemendy

Provost Emeritus, and Patrick Suppes Family Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University; Denning Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

Reid Hoffman

Partner, Greylock; Co-Founded, LinkedIn

Hybrid

10:00a.m. - 10:40a.m. PDT

Toward Grounded, Adaptive Communication Agents

Speakers

Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar

Visiting Professor, Stanford Law School, Stanford University; Justice of the Supreme Court of California

Judith Degen

Professor of Linguistics, Stanford University

Mike Frank

David and Lucile Packard Professor of Human Biology and Director, Symbolic Systems Program, Stanford University

Noah Goodman

Associate Professor of Psychology, of Computer Science and by courtesy of Linguistics, Stanford University

Thomas Icard

Assistant Professor, Philosophy, and by courtesy, of Computer Science, Stanford University

Christopher Potts

Professor of Linguistics and, by courtesy, of Computer Science, Stanford University

Dorsa Sadigh

Assistant Professor of Computer Science and of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Hybrid

10:40a.m. - 11:20a.m. PDT

Curious, Self-aware AI Agents to Build Cognitive Models and Understand Developmental Disorders

Speakers

Mike Frank

David and Lucile Packard Professor of Human Biology and Director, Symbolic Systems Program, Stanford University

Nick Haber

Assistant Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Education, and by courtesy, Computer Science, Stanford University

Fei-Fei Li

Sequoia Professor, Computer Science Department, Stanford University; Denning Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

Dennis Wall

Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Systems Medicine), of Biomedical Data Science and, by courtesy, of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University

Dan Yamins

Assistant Professor of Psychology and Computer Science, Stanford University; Faculty Scholar, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Hybrid

11:20a.m. - 11:30a.m. PDT

Closing Remarks

Speakers

John Etchemendy

Provost Emeritus, and Patrick Suppes Family Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University; Denning Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

September 22, 2021

9:00a.m. - 9:10a.m. PDT

Welcome and Introduction

Speakers

John Etchemendy

Provost Emeritus, and Patrick Suppes Family Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University; Denning Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

Reid Hoffman

Partner, Greylock; Co-Founded, LinkedIn

9:10a.m. - 9:50a.m. PDT

Intelligent Wearable Robotic Devices for Augmenting Human Locomotion

Speakers

Steve Collins

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

Scott Delp

James H. Clark Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University; Director of the National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research

Leo Guibas

Paul Pigott Professor of Computer Science; Professor, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Karen Liu

Associate Professor, Computer Science, Stanford University

VJ Periyakoil

Professor of Medicine, Stanford University

Hybrid

9:50a.m. - 10:30a.m. PDT

An AI “Time Machine” for Investigating the History of Concepts

Speakers

Ran Abramitzky

Professor of Economics and the Senior Associate Dean of the Social Sciences, Stanford University.

R. Lanier Anderson

Professor, Philosophy and Senior Associate Dean for Humanities and Arts, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University

Mark Algee-Hewitt

Assistant Professor, English, Stanford University

Catherine Coleman

Digital Research Architect, Stanford University Libraries and Research Director for Humanities+Design, Stanford University

Dan Edelstein

William H. Bonsall Professor, French and Italian, Stanford University

Julian Nyarko

Assistant Professor of Law, Stanford Law School

Dan Jurafsky

Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor in Humanities, and Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University

Alison McQueen

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Stanford University

Londa Schiebinger

John L. Hinds Professor of the History of Science, Stanford University

Robb Willer

Professor in the Departments of Sociology, and by courtesy, Psychology and Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Jamil Zaki

Associate Professor, Psychology, Stanford University

James Zou

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science and, by courtesy, of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Hybrid

10:40a.m. - 11:20a.m. PDT

AI Tutors to Help Prepare Students for the 21st Century Workforce

Speakers

Emma Brunskill

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University

Noah Goodman

Associate Professor of Psychology, of Computer Science and by courtesy of Linguistics, Stanford University

James Landay

Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan Professor in the School of Engineering, Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University; Associate Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

Jennifer Langer-Osuna

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education, Stanford's Graduate School of Education, Stanford University

Chris Piech

Assistant Professor of Computer Science Education, Stanford University

Dan Schwartz

I. James Quillen Dean and Nomellini & Olivier Professor of Educational Technology at Stanford Graduate School of Education, Stanford University

Hybrid

11:20a.m. - 11:30a.m. PDT

Closing Remarks

Speakers

John Etchemendy

Provost Emeritus, and Patrick Suppes Family Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University; Denning Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence