AI for Science: Kickoff 2026

February 10, 2026

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Morning Session
8:00 - 9:00 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15 - 9:45
Terence Tao (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))

Machine assistance and the future of research mathematics

9:45 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 10:30
Barry Barish (California Institute of Technology)

LIGO: 10 Years of New Science

10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 12:00 Panel: AI & Mathematics. Andrea Bertozzi (UCLA), Deanna Needel (UCLA), Hayden Schaeffer (UCLA). Moderator: Terence Tao.
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch (Hosted by IPAM)

Afternoon Session
1:30 - 2:00
Richard Sutton (University of Alberta)

The future of AI

2:00 - 2:15 Break
2:15 - 3:30 Panel: AI & Science -- Industry Leadership. Sebastian Bubeck (OpenAI), Jiantao Jiao (NVIDIA), Erran Li (Amazon AWS), Hoifung Poon (Microsoft Research). Moderator: Chuck Ng.
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 5:15 Panel: AI & Science -- Higher Education Transformation. Bhuvnesh Jain (UPenn), Peter Loewen (Cornell), Brenda Rubenstein (Brown), Yannis Yortsos (USC). Moderator: Miguel Garcia-Garibay.
5:15 - 6:30 Reception (Location: IPAM Lobby)