Invited Speakers

Akari Asai

AI2/CMU

Akari Asai is an incoming Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University (Fall 2026), affiliated with the Language Technologies Institute. Her research focuses on natural language processing, machine learning, and information retrieval.

Gabe Gomes

Carnegie Mellon University

Gabe Gomes is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. His research focuses on applying AI to chemical discovery and synthesis.

Chenglei Si

Stanford University

Chenglei Si is a PhD student at Stanford University. His research interests include large language models and AI for science, exploring how LLMs can transform scientific research.

Keyon Vafa

Harvard University

Keyon Vafa is a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University as part of the Harvard Data Science Initiative. His research focuses on behavioral machine learning and applications of AI to scientific problems.