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AI4AI Seminar Series
The AI4AI seminar series will occur on the second Friday of each month this fall.
The AI4AI Seminar Series is part of the Assured Integrity for AI-Based Software (AI4AI) initiative led by Cornell faculty by Alexandra Silva and Vitaly Shmatikov. The series brings together researchers and practitioners to discuss emerging challenges and advances in AI security, assurance, and trustworthy AI systems.
Location: Computing and Information Science Building room 350, Ithaca Campus
Click here to attend via Zoom
The AI4AI seminar series will occur on the second Friday of each month this fall.
Date: September 11, 2026
Time: 3-4 p.m.
Speaker: Guy Amir, postdoctoral researcher, Department of Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin
Title: Verifiable Fault Tolerance in AI Training
Date: October 9, 2026
Time: 3-4 p.m.
Speaker: Stefan Zetzsche, Applied Scientist, Automated Reasoning Group, Amazon Web Services
Title: Dogwood: Runtime Verification for AI Agents
Date: November 13, 2026
Time: 3-4 p.m.
Speaker: TBD
Title: TBD
Date: December 11, 2026
Time: 3-4 p.m.
Speaker: TBD
Title: TBD
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Inaugural Frontiers of AI Summit focuses on the foundational research behind AI’s rapid progress
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