Event Rundown:
08:30 AM - 09:00 AM: Breakfast and Registration

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09:00 AM - 09:10 AM: Opening Remarks by Prof. Jinhua Zhao (MIT)

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09:10 AM – 09:45 AM: Keynote: “The Future of Embodied AI – Systems That See, Sense, and Support”

                                              Speaker: Prof. Daniela Rus (MIT)

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09:45 AM – 10:15 AM: Session 1 – Interfaces That Think: Designing the Next-Gen Human-AI Workplace

                                             Speaker: Dr. Andres Salazar-Gomez (MIT)

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10:15 AM – 10:45 AM: Session 2 – Soft Machines: Rethinking Robots for Collaboration, Not Replacement

                                             Speaker: Asst Prof. Paul Liang (MIT)

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10:45 AM - 11:00 AM: Break

 

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Session 3 – Smarter, Smaller, Greener: Algorithms for Sustainable AI

                                            Speaker: Prof. Armando Solar-Lezama (MIT)

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11:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Session 4 – Leveraging AI: Real-World Applications from Urban Design to Aviation

                                           Speaker: Dr. Fabio Duarte (MIT)

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12:00 PM - 12:30 PM: Panel Discussion - AI in Context: Bridging Research and Societal Impact

                                           Speaker: Prof. Sanjay Sarma (MIT), Prof. Armando Solar-Lezama (MIT), Prof. Archan Misra (SMU), Prof. Jinhua Zhao (MIT), Assoc Prof. Hai Wang (SMU)

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12:30 PM - 12:35 PM: Closing Remarks & Preview of Second Symposium by Dr. Alok Prakash (SMART)                             

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12:35 PM  - 01:30 PM: Lunch Break and Poster/Demo Session