Events

Join us for the International Symposium on Computational Intelligence (ISCI) 2026, a premier virtual half-day event on Agentic AI: From Hype to Reality, broadly covering what it takes to build, trust, and stand behind AI agents in real-world use. The symposium brings together researchers and practitioners to discuss how agentic AI works in practice. What to Expect - Expert Presentations - 30-45 minute talks from internationally recognized speakers - Interactive Q&A Sessions - 15-minute Q&A following each presentation - Global Perspective - Speakers from Australia, India and beyond - Live Streaming - Real-time access via zoom Talks & Speakers - Enough of scaling laws! Let's focus on downscaling - Prof. Tanmoy Chakraborty, IIT Delhi, India - AI Agents to Agentic AI: From Historical Perspective - Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta, The University of Memphis, US - TBA - Dr. Daron Yondem, Amazon Web Services , US - On the Possibility and Impossibility of Trusted Agentic Artificial Intelligence - Prof. Hussein Abbass, University of New South Wales, Australia Co-sponsored by: Vishnu S. Pendyala, San Jose State University Speaker(s): Prof. Tanmoy Chakraborty, Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta, Dr. Daron Yondem, Prof. Hussein Abbass Agenda: Conference Schedule (PST) 8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Opening Remarks 8:05 AM - 9:05 AM Enough of scaling laws! Let's focus on downscaling Prof. Tanmoy Chakraborty, IIT Delhi, India 9:05 AM - 10:05 AM AI Agents to Agentic AI: From Historical Perspective Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta, The University of Memphis, US 10:05 AM - 11:05 AM TBA Dr. Daron Yondem, Amazon Web Service , US 11:05 AM - 12:00 PM On the Possibility and Impossibility of Trusted Agentic Artificial Intelligence Professor Hussein Abbass, University of New South Wales, Australia Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/589225

An evening with Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull, hosted by Stanford IEEE: a live interview and Q&A with Ed, followed by a screening of the original Toy Story. Thursday, December 3, 6-9 PM at CEMEX Auditorium. Free. Students, faculty, staff, and families are all welcome (kids with a parent or guardian). Details are tentative. Details and RSVP: https://luma.com/zfh6spdm Bldg: CEMEX Auditorium (Knight Management Center), 655 Knight Way, Stanford, California, United States, 94305