Envisioning Artificial Intelligence at Yale: An Interdisciplinary Symposium
Friday, May 9, 2025, Kline Tower
This symposium organized by the Office of the Provost, will convene Yale community members to examine the wide-ranging array of research, scholarship, and art engaging with artificial intelligence at Yale. This discipline-spanning event responds to the vision of the Yale Task Force on AI by bringing together faculty, scholars, and students to promote innovation and thought leadership in artificial intelligence and to foster interdisciplinary collaborations. Sessions will be grouped by the themes below to catalyze reflection and conversation across disciplines.
Call for Proposals (Closed)
We welcome proposals for lightening talks, posters, panel entries, art, performances, demonstrations, and resource tables on artificial intelligence including, but not limited to innovations, applications and implications of machine learning and generative AI in the following thematic areas:
Imaging and Imagination – From satellite data to MRI imaging, how can AI help us see at new scales and recognize patterns? How can advances in AI imaging help solve big problems like health, climate change, and resource management (water, energy, minerals)? How might AI’s powerful capabilities to generate images be used in fields like engineering, architecture, and the arts for purposes like accelerating design and expression?
Reading and Understanding – How might technologies like natural language processing and LLMs mean for understanding large qualitative data sets? What might new modes of reading, interpreting, and analyzing mean for disciplines like the social sciences, language studies, medicine, and nursing?
Oversight & Ethics – How do we use AI responsibly? How do we design AIs to behave ethically? Who should be responsible for guardrails, policy, environmental impacts, etc.? How are emerging AIs impacting areas like management, law, intellectual property, education, religion, public health policy, environment, and governance?
Critical Lenses – What does AI reflect back about human culture? How can lenses like critical computing, disability studies, postcolonial studies, gender studies and more help us understand issues like bias or confabulations? What legacies, social constructs, and infrastructures can we better understand by confrontation with artificial others?
Visions of the Future – What is the future of AI? Do you have new visions for cutting edge research in areas like algorithms, hardware, or energy use? How do we lead in times of change? Creative, experimental, and innovative approaches to the future of AI could come from areas like computer science, the humanities, leadership studies, fine arts, and performance arts among others.
Session Formats
| Session Type | Submission Requires | Format Details |
|---|---|---|
| Lightning Talks | 150-250 word abstract | 5 Minutes, slide decks encouraged |
| Posters and Digital Art | 150-250 word abstract | Will be displayed on 48in LED screens |
| Art Installations |
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Be sure to specify spatial dimensions of the work. |
| Panel entries | 150-250 word abstract | 15 minutes each. You propose a paper or presentation. We will organize interdisciplinary panels. |
| Performances and Demonstrations |
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15 minutes, be sure to specify space needs |
| Resource Tables |
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Table will be provided |
Submissions
Eligibility
Yale faculty, staff, and students
Important Dates
- Submission Deadline for presenters: Monday, March 31, 2025
- Notification date: Monday, April 14, 2025*
- *Poster submissions will have rolling acceptance and early submissions may receive early notification.
- Poster upload deadline: Wednesday, April 24, 2025
- Registration Deadline for attendees: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Symposium date: Friday, May 9, 2025
Contact
Connie Steel, Program Manager AI Initiatives, Office of the Provost, connie.steel@yale.edu
