Symposium

Annual Spring Symposium

We host an annual symposium every year to showcase work from the community and invite researchers, industry, and community partners to join us. Details for our 2026 event will be announced in early spring.

Spring 2025 Event

May 30, 2025, 1:00-6:00 PM

This symposium and networking event will focus on the theme of AI and the Future of Hazard-Resilient Energy Systems at the University of Washington. Join us for presentations, panel sessions, a poster session and light refreshments. There will be opportunities to talk with other participants from academia, industry and friends of the UW who are working at the frontier of AI and the environment.

Location: University of Washington, Zillow Commons, 4th floor of the Bill & Melinda Gates Center for CSE (CSE2)

Schedule:

12:30 pmRegistration + Networking
1:00 pmWelcome
1:15 pmSession I: The Future of Energy Systems
Speakers:
Jim Conca- “The Geopolitics of Energy”
Baosen Zhang (ECE)- “Closing the loop between AI and Energy Systems”
Panel Discussion:
Jim Conca, Baosen Zhang, Fiodar Kazhamiaka (Microsoft)
2:15 pmLightning talks | Posters
2:30 pmPoster session
2:50 pmSession II: Global Change in Natural Hazards
Speakers:
Noah Brenowitz (NVIDIA)- Climate Sampling with AI Foundation Models
Brett Maurer (CEE)- CLessons from the Graveyard: Resurrecting AI for Geohazard Prediction in a Riskier World
Panel Discussion:
Erkan Istanbulluoglu (UW CEE, Moderator)
Noah Brenowitz, Brett Maurer, John Choe (UW ISE)
3:50 pmShort Break
4:00 pmSession III: Sensing & AI
Speakers:
Nathan Kutz (ECE-AMATH)- Modern sensing for model reduction and physics discovery
Chris Jones (EarthRanger @ AI2)– EarthRanger uses in the Preservation of Species
Panel Discussion:
Vikram Iyer (UW CSE, Moderator)
Nathan Kutz, Chris Jones, Shwetak Patel (UW CSE)
5:00 pmPoster session + networking

Driving and Transit directions

Parking: Self service parking (PayByPhone) is available at multiple parking lots on campus. Note that all of the parking lots require a short walk to the Gates Center for CSE. Permits may also be purchased from gatehouses at campus entrances if they are open.