USC Center for Autonomy and AI

Fall 2023 Workshop on AI-Driven Safe Autonomy

October 19, 2023

MCB 101, UPC Campus

We invite you to join us at our USC Center for Autonomy and AI Fall Workshop for a day of learning, sharing, and tackling some of the most vexing challenges facing the development of intelligent autonomy. The Workshop on the campus of USC will bring together expert faculty from USC Viterbi School of Engineering and industry researchers such as you to explore current topics in research on AI-Driven Safe Autonomy.

The Fall 2023 Workshop will include lightning talks, panels, and breakout sessions. Participants will cross-pollinate with researchers from other industries as well as take deeper dives with colleagues from their own industries. Our 2021 Workshop featured presenters from 15 companies.

Come learn new approaches to solving current challenges in intelligent autonomy research, share your own challenges, and make new connections with fellow researchers in the field. Our Workshop day will run from 9am to 5:00pm, lunch is included as is our evening cocktail reception. 

Click the Register Now button to join the USC Center for Autonomy and AI Fall 2023 Workshop on October 19th. We look forward to seeing you.

Agenda

9:30AM Welcome and Center Overview

Center Director, Prof Rahul Jain

9:40AM AI and Advanced Computing Activities at USC: An Overview

Dean Yannis Yortsos (USC Viterbi School of Engineering)

10:00AM Faculty Talks I

Speakers: Profs. Jyo Deshmukh, Lars Lindemann, Pierluigi Nuzzo, Rahul Jain, Sven Koenig

11:00AM Faculty Talks II

Speakers: Profs. SK Gupta, Somil Bansal, Erdem Biyik, Stefanos Nikolaidis, Jesse Thomason 

11:45AM LUNCH

12:45PM Invited Talk on Autonomy: A US DOT Perspective 

Speaker: Huafeng Yu, US DOT

1:00PM Industry Lightning Talks

Speakers from: Aerospace Corporation, Boeing, GE Aerospace, Google, RTX, TuSimple,  Honeywell 

2:20PM Industry Affiliates Program Overview

Maurena Nacheff-Benedict, Director, Viterbi Corporate and Foundation Relations

2:30PM Keynote I: Challenges to Leap the Gap of Turning AI Prototypes into Safe Industrial-grade AI Products

Speaker: Dr. Christof J. Budnik (Siemens Technology)

3:00PM Student Poster Session

3:50PM Keynote II: Challenges in AI-Driven Autonomy

Speaker: Dr. Danil Prokhorov (Toyota Motor R&D NA)

4:30PM Panel Discussion on ‘The Future of AI-driven Safe Autonomy’

Moderator: Prof. Pierluigi Nuzzo

5:00PM Cocktail Reception

2023 Workshop 

We are expecting participation by attendees representing nearly a dozen companies.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Fall 2023 Workshop on AI-Driven Safe Autonomy on October 19, 2023 at the USC Campus. Come learn, share, and collaborate to solve current challenges facing the advancement of intelligent autonomy technologies. See you in October!

University of Southern California

Viterbi School of Engineering, Los Angeles, CA 90089

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