School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Join us for this special session as doctoral student Anique Tahir in #SCAI defends his dissertation proposal, "Safe and Efficient AI." Supervisory Committee Members: ? Huan Liu ? Lu Cheng ? Paulo Shakarian ? YooJung Choi

If you have a chance, check out SCAI’s presence in the new 2024 CRA Academic Member Book! This year’s edition from the Computing Research Association features contributions from more than 150 academic member units. In the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, we are excited to have the opportunity to feature our 13 new faculty members, talk a bit about recent faculty awards and showcase some facts about our large but dedicated program. ?? See the book: https://lnkd.in/gr9kPw5d Featuring ?? award news from: ? Hasti Seifi ? Kookjin Lee ? Zilin Jiang ?? New announcements of: ????????????-?????????? ??????????????? ? Deniz Berfin Karakoc ? Lacy Greening ? Vivek Gupta ? Jaron Mink ? Muslum Ozgur Ozmen ? Lindsay Sanneman ? Bing Si ? Chenkai Weng ? Baoyu Zhou ? Ben Zhou ???????????????? ?????????????? ? Bharatesh Chakravarthi ? In Jung Kim ? Zahra Sadri-Moshkenani?

Every bot has its day ?? After a four-year hiatus, an interdisciplinary team at Arizona State University has revived the ?????????????????? ???????????????? ??????????????????, bringing back an event that was once a mainstay for southwestern academics and industry professionals. More than 600 people registered for the conference that took place earlier this month on ASU’s Tempe campus. Hamid Marvi, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, served as the event’s co-general chair. “Over the course of two days, we featured an exceptional lineup of invited talks, faculty presentations, student lightning talks, poster sessions and robot demonstrations,” Marvi says. “This event highlighted ASU’s leadership in robotics research and fostered meaningful connections with leaders in the field.” Nakul Gopalan, an assistant professor of computer science in #SCAI and fellow co-general chair of the symposium says it’s crucial to foster a sense of community. “Events like these are important for researchers because they create opportunities to explore collaborations that can lead to real advancements,” Gopalan says. #SWRS2024 ?? Read more: https://lnkd.in/gfJBQyrJ

?? ???????? ????????????-?????????? ???? ?????????????? ?????????????? ????????????????: Our ?????????????????????????? program is growing and #SCAI is currently reviewing applications for the position of Professor (all ranks) in ???????????????? ???? ?????????????????? ?????????????????????? ??????????????. ?? To apply: https://lnkd.in/gfKSHJF7 We seek applicants who can enhance our abilities in these areas as part of a community of experts. Particular areas of interest include, but are not limited to, security analysis of AI/ML systems; security analysis of expert systems; security analysis of composite systems; cybersecurity; adversarial examples; LLM security; security issues in human-automation interaction; emergent security issues in AI-augmented cyber physical system and peripherals; security of advanced algorithms; ML training attacks; privacy of ML; AI-driven security analysis; formal verification of AI/ML systems; compliance management of AI/ML systems; AI and computer network security; security of networks of AI agents; security of AI-enabled CPSes and related peripherals; security of computer networks; AI in protocol analysis; security issues in AI-as-a-service systems; anomaly detection; AI-enhanced malware analysis; AI in autonomous systems security; AI-based threat intelligence; AI-driven network resilience; and AI in secure communication.

Professor Andrea Richa in #SCAI has worked as part of a cross-disciplinary, inter-university team to explore how the new field of stochastic thermodynamics might be used to reconsider the constraints of 20th-century analyses of computation. The resulting paper, “???? ???????????????????? ???????????????????????????? ?????? ?????? ???? ?????????????????????????? ?????? ???????????? ?????????? ???? ???????????????????????" has been published in the November 5th edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS. “I think our initial goal was to create an understanding of how energy plays a role together with other parameters that are important in computer science, like time, space, etc. How do you integrate those things to create a bridge between computer science and statistical physics?” Richa says. The work evolved from discussions between the 19 researchers that took place at a workshop held at the Santa Fe Institute in 2022. ?? Read the paper: https://lnkd.in/gnn7HkUh ?? See the issue: https://lnkd.in/gAyXAwr7

Special congratulations to #SCAI Professor Subbarao Kambhampati who has received the 2025 ????????/???????? ?????????????? ?????????? ?????????????? ?????????????????????? ???????????????? ??????????. The accolade honors major contributions to #AI education that provide long-lasting benefits to the AI community and to society as a whole. Dr. Kambhampati's work continues to elevate the status of our AI educational programs as he endeavors to inspire past and future students. https://lnkd.in/gVQe643N

We’re so grateful for the efforts of our amazing faculty team to provide inspiration and support to our students. Paul Grogan, an associate professor of industrial engineering in #SCAI, is completing his first year as a FURI faculty mentor after joining ASU in 2023. Students are assisting with his research on engineering decentralized and distributed systems for ?? Earth-observing space missions, resource-intensive terrestrial infrastructure and logistics for ?? space exploration. The Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative, or FURI, provides hands-on lab experience, independent and thesis-based research, and travel to national conferences. “Becoming a FURI mentor provides the opportunity to tap into the intellect and curiosity of students who are interested in taking a first step toward a career in research,” he says. “Beyond the direct research contributions, mentorship provides the opportunity to have a significant impact on the career trajectory of the mentee and contribute to societal knowledge accumulation.” ?? Read more: https://lnkd.in/gun-ygZH

From our friends in the School of Arts, Media and Engineering: ?? Check out the AgentNeo Hackathon and explore careers in AI innovation ??

?? Huge congrats to ???????? ???????????????? ??????????????! ?? A student team led by Assistant Professor Zilin Jiang has won ?? fourth place in the ICPC - International Collegiate Programming Contest Rocky Mountain Regional Competition. The ICPC is a programming contest for college students. Teams of three, representing their university, work to solve the most real-world problems, fostering collaboration, creativity, innovation, and the ability to perform under pressure. It is regarded as one of the most prestigious programming contests in the world. The Rocky Mountain region represents the geographic area of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Eastern Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and New Mexico. This is only the second time that an Arizona State University team has participated in the contest and is a historically high placement for ASU. The team is now hoping to compete at the national level! Fantastic work: ? Theodore Gossett ? Skand Parvatikar ? Sahaj Rastogi ? With Benjamin Jeter as the team’s reserve You have made us proud! ?? See the rankings: https://lnkd.in/gKfK2zWV

On this Veterans Day and every day, SCAI honors the heroes who gave their lives in service to this great nation as well as all the veterans who served, including their families and loved ones. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. A special shout out to our very own veteran Eric Alexander Portillo, Department HR Specialist Senior, who continues to advocate for veterans and all SCAI team members.