Hosted by the College of Computing and IDEaS, the 2024 Generative AI Summit will showcase the strength and diversity of Gen AI research across the Georgia Tech campus as well as take feedback about challenges faced by the Tech community as they navigate the Gen AI research domain with a goal of creating an AI strategy for Georgia Tech. 

Allen Stewart is the Partner Director of Software Engineering in the Microsoft Strategic Missions and Technology Divisions Office of the CTO.  He leads all Software Engineering efforts in the CTO'S office including next generation AI agent development for various use cases: Autonomy and Science.  Allen’s expertise is in the following areas: Building AI applications and services, Cloud Native Application Development, Cloud Services Design, and Intelligent Edge Solutions. Allen is an IASA board Certified Distinguished Architect and is very active in the Cloud Software and AI Architect community. Allen is also a member of the Cloud Native Compute Foundation (CNCF) that governs various Cloud Native Open Source projects. Allen is a frequent conference speaker mainly focusing on the following topic areas: Building -designing new cloud-native applications and building AI applications and services. Prior to Microsoft Allen spent several years doing software development in the Financial Services Industry. Allen is the author of Inside Hyper-V and has published numerous articles and blogs. Allen is also the founder of Project Lift which is focused on highlighting AI uses cases for any scenario and showing the world how to Elevate any activity using generative AI.

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Event Agenda 

7:30am - 8:30am  | Registration & Breakfast
 

8:30am - 9:00am  

Welcome -  Kishore Ramachandran; Director, CloudHub @ GT

Introductory Remarks - Vivek Sarkar; Dean, College of Computing  |  Julia Kubanek, VPIR |  Srinivas Aluru; Director, IDEaS

9:00am - 10:00am
Keynote Talk -  The Era of Transformative AI
Allen Stewart, Director of Software Engineering in the Microsoft Strategic Missions and Technology Divisions 

Learn about Microsoft’s AI strategy. Gain insight into how Microsoft is integrating Generative AI into the majority of existing and new products. Gain understanding of how Microsoft is approaching responsible AI. Learn about Microsoft's  AI explorations in science and other areas.

10:00am - 10:30am | Coffee Break

10:30am - 12:00am | Invited Talks Session 1

• Yunan Lao | Designing New and Diverse Proteins with Generative AI 
• Kartik Goyal & Myrsini Mamoli | Generative AI for Greco-Roman Architectural Reconstruction: From Partial Unstructured Archaeological Descriptions to Structured Architectural Plans 
• Victor Fung | Intelligent LLM Agents for Materials Design and Automated Experimentation 
• Noura Howell | Applying Generative AI for STEM Education: Supporting AI Literacy & Community Engagement with Marginalized Youth
• Tuo Zhao | Adaptive and Robust Alignment of LLMs with Complex Rewards

12:00pm - 1:30pm | Lunch

1:30pm - 3:00pm | Invited Talks Session 2

• Maureen Linden | Best Practices in Generative AI Used in the Creation of Accessible Alternative Formats for People with Disabilities
• Surya Kalidindi | Accelerating Materials Development Through Generative AI Based Dimensionality Expansion Techniques
• Neha Kumar | Towards Responsible Integration of Generative AI in Creative Game Development
• Annalisa Bracco | Modeling the Dispersal and Connectivity of Marine Larvae with GenAI Agents

3:00pm - 3:30pm | Coffee Break

3:30pm - 4:30pm | Town Hall 

Town hall Participants: Anna Ivanova, College of Science | Sonia Chernova, College of Computing | Sudheer Chava, Scheller College of Business | Polo Chau, College of Computing | Allen Stewart, Microsoft

4:30pm - 6:00pm | Poster Session & Reception