Inaugural Columbia Center of AI Tech Symposium Monday, October 18 , 2021 11:00 PT/2:00 ET - 2:00 PT/5:00 ET Online The Columbia Center of AI Technology (CAIT) in collaboration with Amazon was founded in 2020 with a mission to better society through the development and adoption of advanced AI technologies contributing to a more secure, connected, creative, sustainable, healthy, and equitable humanity. A major goal within this mission is to create a community of scholars and practitioners at the leading edge of AI and AI technology development. The Inaugural Annual CAIT Symposium will bring together researchers, leaders, and experts from academia, industry, and government to discuss advances and new challenges in the field of AI technology. RSVP: [ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cait-inaugural-symposium-tickets-170360727522?a... | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cait-inaugural-symposium-tickets-170360727522?a... ] Visit the CAIT Symposium Webpage: [ https://2021caitsymposium.splashthat.com/ | https://2021caitsymposium.splashthat.com/ ] Schedule (ET) 2:00 – 2:05 pm || Opening Remarks 2:05 – 2:30 pm || Keynote: Spyros Matsoukas, Amazon Alexa AI 2:30 – 2:55 pm || Keynote: Angeliki Metallinou, Amazon Alexa AI 2:55 – 3:10 pm || Spark Talk: Elias Bareinboim, Columbia Engineering, Computer Science Department 3:10 – 3:25 pm || Spark Talk: Differential Privacy: Challenges and Opportunities | Rachel Cummings, Columbia Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Department 3:25 – 3:40 pm || Spark Talk: AI and New Abilities: Video Games for Blind Players | Brian Smith, Columbia Engineering, Computer Science Department 3:40 – 3:55 pm || Spark Talk: Active Scene Understanding with Robot Interactions | Shuran Song, Columbia Engineering, Computer Science Department 3:55 – 4:00 pm || Break 4:00 – 5:00 pm || Fireside Chat: Multi-sector Partnerships for Advancing AI Shih-Fu Chang, Interim Dean, Columbia Engineering Parag R. Chitnis, Associate Director for Programs, Acting Associate Director for Operations, USDA – National Institute of Food and Agriculture Erwin Gianchandani, Senior Advisor for Translation, Innovation, and Partnerships, National Science Foundation Prem Natarajan, Vice President, Amazon Alexa AI