33rd U.S. Symposium
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center - Irvine, California
March 2-4, 2023
Sessions:
- Astrobiology: The Search for Life in the Era of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
- How Senses Shape Perception
- Impact of the Covid Pandemic on Mental Health
- Nuclear Fusion Energy
- Piloting the Cancer Moonshot
- Proteins, Biology and Artificial Intelligence
- Trust, Reliability and Security of Artificial Intelligence
Video Available
Astrobiology: The Search for Life in the Era of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Organizer: Nia Imara, University of California, Santa Cruz
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:Life, and how to find it
Clara Sousa-Silva, Bard College
SPEAKERS:The Faraway Nearby: Measuring Exoplanet Atmospheres with JWST
Munazza Alam, Carnegie Science
Exoplanet Hunters: The Collaborative Search for the Expected Unexpected with JWST
Caprice Phillips, Ohio State University
How Senses Shape Perception
Organizer: Lindsey Macpherson, The University of Texas at San Antonio
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:Diverse Sensory Systems Shape Perception of Our World
Corey Allard, Harvard University
SPEAKERS:Echo-Acoustic Behavior and Brain Activity in People
Lore Thaler, Durham University
Sensing and Action Across Time and Space
Melville Wohlgemuth, University of Arizona
Impact of the Covid Pandemic on Mental Health
Organizers: Félicie Albert, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Ricardo Perez Truglia, University of California, Berkeley
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:The Impact of the COVID19 Pandemic on Mental Health
Lee Chambers, Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing
SPEAKERS:Allostatic Load: The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health across the Academy
Jessica Malisch, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
The “Wicked” Challenge of Worsening Youth Mental Health – Pandemic Impacts and Beyond
Hasina Samji, Simon Fraser University
Nuclear Fusion Energy
Organizer: Félicie Albert, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:Nuclear Fusion Energy
Richard Magee, TAE Technologies
SPEAKERS:Igniting the Future with Magnetic Fusion Energy
Cami Collins, Oakridge National Laboratory
Target Gain >1 from Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions at the National Ignition Facility
Arthur Pak, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Piloting the Cancer Moonshot
Organizer: Lisa Beutler, Northwestern University
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:Piloting the Cancer Moonshot: Advances in Immuno-oncology
Marcia Paddock, Calico Life Sciences
SPEAKERS:Understanding the Tumor Immune Microenvironment
Mark Headley, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Bridging Synthetic Immunology and Genome Editing to Advance T Cell Therapies
Joseph Muldoon, University of California, San Francisco
Proteins, Biology and Artificial Intelligence
Organizer: Jason Williams, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:Protein Structure Prediction: Past, Present, and Future
Lauren Porter, National Institutes of Health
SPEAKERS:Recent Advancements in Protein Structure Prediction
Sergey Ovchinnikov, Harvard University
Viruses Can Be Beneficial Too – Understanding and Engineering Bacterial Viruses
Vatsan Raman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Trust, Reliability and Security of Artificial Intelligence
Organizer: Srijan Kumar, Georgia Institute of Technology
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:Interpretability and Robustness in Machine Learning: State-of-the-art, Opportunities, and Challenges
Hima Lakkaraju, Harvard University
SPEAKERS:Explaining and Testing Black-box Machine Learning
Sameer Singh, University of California, Irvine
Emerging Challenges and Risks of Language-Based AI Systems
Tatsunori Hashimoto, Stanford University
The Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium is sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences. Major support is provided by the Kavli Foundation. Additional funding from the National Academy of Sciences.
