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Hoffman-Yee Symposium Agenda

Agenda

September 21, 2021

September 21, 2021

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

Welcome and Introduction

Speakers

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
Partner, Greylock; Co-Founded, LinkedIn

Hybrid

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

Toward Grounded, Adaptive Communication Agents

Speakers

Visiting Professor, Stanford Law School, Stanford University; Justice of the Supreme Court of California
Professor of Linguistics, Stanford University
David and Lucile Packard Professor of Human Biology and Director, Symbolic Systems Program, Stanford University
Associate Professor of Psychology, of Computer Science and by courtesy of Linguistics, Stanford University
Assistant Professor, Philosophy, and by courtesy, of Computer Science, Stanford University
Professor of Linguistics and, by courtesy, of Computer Science, Stanford University
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

David and Lucile Packard Professor of Human Biology and Director, Symbolic Systems Program, Stanford University
Assistant Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Education, and by courtesy, Computer Science, Stanford University
Sequoia Professor, Computer Science Department, Stanford University; Denning Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Systems Medicine), of Biomedical Data Science and, by courtesy, of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
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

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

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
Partner, Greylock; Co-Founded, LinkedIn
9:10a.m. - 9:50a.m. PDT

Intelligent Wearable Robotic Devices for Augmenting Human Locomotion

Speakers

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
James H. Clark Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University; Director of the National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research
Paul Pigott Professor of Computer Science; Professor, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Associate Professor, Computer Science, Stanford University
Professor of Medicine, Stanford University

Hybrid

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

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

Speakers

Professor of Economics and the Senior Associate Dean of the Social Sciences, Stanford University.
Professor, Philosophy and Senior Associate Dean for Humanities and Arts, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
Assistant Professor, English, Stanford University
Digital Research Architect, Stanford University Libraries and Research Director for Humanities+Design, Stanford University
William H. Bonsall Professor, French and Italian, Stanford University
Assistant Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor in Humanities, and Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Stanford University
John L. Hinds Professor of the History of Science, Stanford University
Professor in the Departments of Sociology, and by courtesy, Psychology and Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Associate Professor, Psychology, Stanford University
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

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University
Associate Professor of Psychology, of Computer Science and by courtesy of Linguistics, Stanford University
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
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education, Stanford's Graduate School of Education, Stanford University
Assistant Professor of Computer Science Education, Stanford University
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

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

Hybrid