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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
‘You are holding the pen’ – 1,300 Bowers graduates honored at recognition ceremonies
The Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science’s celebrated their newest graduates in department recognition ceremonies during Commencement weekend.
Community leaders explore promise and risks of AI at Cornell summit
Civic leaders from across New York state gathered at Cornell May 18-20 to explore both the promise and risks of this technological transformation.
Widespread AI misuse means higher ed must rethink assessment
Large numbers of college students are now using artificial intelligence to complete – and cheat on – their assignments, suggesting that colleges and universities need to change how they are evaluating students.
Toyota Research Institute, Cornell partner on AI projects
Researchers from the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering and the Cornell Bowers College of Computing and Information Science are teaming up with the Toyota Research Institute for projects involving AI personalization and robotics.
Four student-founded AI companies win Cornell Tech Startup Awards
The startups each won $100,000 investments during the university’s annual Startup Awards competition, held May 14.
Morgans’ $1.25M gift to support AI fellows program
A $1.25 million seed grant from James C. Morgan ’60, MBA ’63, and Rebecca Quinn Morgan ’60 will support the establishment of an AI fellows program focused on operational and administrative transformation.
Humans are bad at making complex decisions. AI can help
A new tool is designed to help users rank a set of choices – such as job applicants, graduate schools, even Oscar candidates.
New approach designs healthcare robots with, not for, the people who use them
A new Cornell Tech-led study invites healthcare workers, long-term care residents, and community members to help design the robots themselves.
Regular audits would build trust, confidence in AI
J. Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication, is a co-author of “Auditing AI,” which offers AI users from all walks of life an introduction into AI evaluation, which is key for developing trust in the technology.
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