Discussion on shaping AI in the physical world features industry leaders

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March 18, 2024 Purdue News

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —

The Purdue University Institute for Physical Artificial Intelligence will host industry and research leaders Tuesday, March 26, for a panel discussion on the future of physical AI. The event, titled “Shaping AI in the Physical World: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities,” is the first discussion in a series on research at the intersection of AI and the physical world.

The panel will be held from noon-1 p.m. at the Bill and Shirley Rice Design Studio in the Materials and Electrical Engineering Building on Purdue’s campus and will also be broadcast online. Registration is required. To register, please visit: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2i3TWE3UOJhqRGS. For in-person attendees, lunch will start at 11:30 a.m.

The panelists are:

Somali Chaterji, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering at Purdue.
Jim Katter, director of engineering, artificial intelligence at Caterpillar.
Anthony Gregory, chief operating officer at Southwest Airlines Renewable Ventures.
Arvind Ramanathan, computational biologist at Argonne National Laboratory and senior scientist at the University of Chicago Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering.
Shiv Vitaladevuni, director of applied science, Amazon.

Read more about the event here.

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Media contact: Mary Martialay, mmartial@purdue.edu