UVA LLM Workshop 2025

The UVA Workshop on Large Language Models for Science and Engineering, Dec. 5th, 2025

Workshop Agenda

The workshop will be fully online today (Dec. 5, 2025).

Time Event Speaker(s)
10:00AM - 10:10AM Opening Remarks Brian Smith, Senior Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs, UVA Engineering
Henry Kautz, Co-Director, AI Research@UVA; Professor, Computer Science
10:10AM - 11:15AM Keynote: Science of AI and AI for Science Noah Smith, University of Washington/AI2
Host: Yangfeng Ji
11:15AM - 12:15PM Faculty Talks Info Hannah Bako (SDS)
Michael A. Livermore (School of Law)
Mandy Wilson (Biocomplexity)
Miaomiao Zhang (ECE)
Host: Sara Riggs (SIE)
12:15PM - 1:15PM Lunch break  
1:15PM - 2:15PM Panel Discussion: LLM Techniques and Impacts Scott Acton (ECE)
Henry Kautz (CS)
Madhav Marathe (CS/Biocomplexity)
Nikolaos Sidiropoulos (ECE)
Host: Yangfeng Ji (CS)
2:15PM - 2:30PM Short Break  
2:30PM - 3:30PM Panel Discussion: AI in Science and Engineering Camille Bilodeau (ChE)
Andres Clarens (CEE)
Gia-Wei Chern (Physics)
Jianxin Xie (SDS)
Phillip Taylor (ChE)
Host: Prasanna Balachandran (MSE)
3:45PM - 4:30PM Engineering Education with LLMs/AI: Opportunities and Ethical Pathways Robbie Hott (CS)
Esther Tian (FYEC)
Host: Meiqin Li (APMA)