Lecture Series in AI

Columbia Engineering's Lecture Series in AI explores the most cutting-edge topics in artificial intelligence and brings to campus thinkers and leaders who are shaping tomorrow’s technology landscape in a wide variety of fields. Join us to unravel the complexities and possibilities of AI in today's rapidly evolving world.

Past Guests

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The Fundamentals Behind the Future of AI

Amazon VP Byron Cook explains why AI makes the fundamentals of computing more important than ever.

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Richard Zemel standing at front of an auditorium, looking toward an audience.

Richard Zemel

Director & Principal Investigator, ARNI; Trianthe Dakolias Professor of Engineering and Applied Science; Professor of Computer Science

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Ali Farhadi stands at the front of a lecture hall, gesturing as he speaks to an audience seated below; one attendee holds up a phone to record.

Ali Farhadi

Founder, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2); Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington

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Jingren Zhou

Chief Technology Officer, Alibaba Cloud

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Guest speaker Micah Goldblum, assistant professor of electrical engineering

Micah Goldblum and John Hewitt

Assistant Professors at Columbia University

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Eric Xing

Eric Xing

President and University Professor at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence

For Eric Xing, Purpose Should Drive Intelligence
Ion Stoica

Ion Stoica

Computer scientist at the University of California at Berkeley, director of Sky Computing Lab, and executive chairman at Databricks and Anyscale

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Danqi Chen standing next to a sign that reads "Columbia Engineering Lecture Series in AI"

Danqi Chen

Assistant professor at Princeton University; associate director of Princeton’s Language and Intelligence Initiative; Macro-Language Policy Group co-lead

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Yann Lecun standing behind a podium with a microphone. The podium's banner reads "Columbia Engineering"

Yann LeCun

Chief AI scientist, Meta; Professor at New York University

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Pierre Gentine presenting in front of a seated crowd

Pierre Gentine

Maurice Ewing and J. Lamar Worzel Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering and professor of earth and environmental sciences

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