Day 1: Oct 19th (Sat)
| Time | Event | Note | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast | Rodman room | |
| 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | Opening Remarks | Speaker: Brian Smith, Senior Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs, UVA Engineering | Thornton A120 |
| 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM | Keynote: Exploring New Frontiers in Materials Design with Large Language Models Details Slides (UVA login required) |
Speaker: Dr. Wesley Reinhart, Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State Host: Prasanna Balachandran |
Thornton A120 |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM | Coffee Break ☕ | ||
| 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | Faculty Talks | Host: Yangfeng Ji Speakers: Ferdinando Fioretto (CS) Yen Ling Kuo (CS) Tom Hartvigsen (SDS) Yu Meng (CS) |
Thornton A120 |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch/Poster Presentation | Student chair: Rongxiang Wang | Lunch: Rodman room Posters: Thornton A Hallway |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Panel Discussion: LLM technologies | Host: Felix Lin Panelists: Geoffrey Fox (CS/Biocomplexity) Aidong Zhang (CS) Miaomiao Zhang (ECE) Jing Yang (ECE) Yangfeng Ji (CS) |
Thornton A120 |
| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Coffee Break ☕ | ||
| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Panel Discussion: LLM applications | Host: Prasanna Balachandran Panelists: Stephen Baek (SDS) Afsaneh Doryab (SE/CS) Tariq Iqbal (SE/CS) Sarah Sun (MAE) |
Thornton A120 |
| 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM | Coffee Break (15 min) ☕ | ||
| 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM | Student Lightning Talks | Student chair: Elizabeth Palmieri Detailed schedule |
Thornton A120 |
| 5:15 PM - 5:30 PM | Summary and agenda for day 2 | Thornton A120 |
Day 2: Oct 20th (Sun)
| Time | Event | Note | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast | Location: Rodman room | Rodman room |
| 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM | Keynote: AuroraGPT/Eval: Establishing a methodology to evaluate LLMs/FMs as Research Assistants Details | Dr. Franck Cappello, Senior Computer Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory Host: Geoffrey Fox |
Thornton A120 |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM | Coffee Break ☕ | ||
| 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | Roundtable discussion on broadening participation in LLM | Hosts: Meiqin Li and Sara Riggs | Thornton A120 |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch/Poster Presentations | Student chair: Dane Williamson | Posters: Thornton A Hallway Lunch: Rodman room |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Tutorial: resources to LLM users Video (UVA login required) |
Speaker: Yangfeng Ji and Felix Lin | Thornton A120 |
| 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM | Coffee Break (15 min) ☕ | ||
| 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM | Student Lightning Talks | Student chair: Afsara Benazir Detailed schedule |
Thornton A120 |
| 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM | Closing remarks | The organizing committee | Thornton A120 |
Return to the main page.