Caltech Chinese AssociationAIX
11.21.2026 · Pasadena, CA
Caltech C 1st AI Workshop
AI in Academia
Student research on AI and AI for science
- Date
- Sat, Nov 212026 · Pacific time
- Time
- 1:30–5:40 PMCheck-in from 1:00 PM
- Place
- Chen 100 & 130Caltech · Pasadena
- Abstracts due
- Thu, Nov 19, 11:59 PM PT
01About
PhD students and postdocs from Caltech and across Southern California show how AI is actually used in their research.
A small research meeting hosted by Caltech C and supported by AIX. We care less about headline results than about the working details: what was used, how, how well it worked and where it broke. You can also talk face to face with guests from academia and industry. Talks, Q&A and awards are in English, and everyone is welcome to attend.
- $0
- Free admission
- 60
- Seats for attendees
- 4
- Judges
- $500+
- In gift cards
02Program
Program
Session times and the list of talks come with the final program on Friday, Nov 20.
- 13:00Check-in
- 13:30Keynote
- Contributed talks6–10 minutes each, plus 3 minutes of Q&A
- Poster session and tea break
- DiscussionFace to face with guests from academia and industry
- AwardsBest Oral and Best Poster, chosen by the judges on the day
- 17:40Close
- AfterDinnerFor speakers, poster presenters and volunteers
03Register
Register
All three tickets are on one Luma page and all are free. Please use your school (.edu) email. To both submit and volunteer, say so in the notes field.
- One English abstract of up to 300 words; one figure optional
- Accepted work is presented as a talk or a poster
- A gift card for every presenter, and dinner afterward
- Hear the keynote and the talks, visit the posters
- Skip every form question marked 【投稿】
- Check-in, photography, food or the poster area, during your own shift only
- A 30-minute online briefing on the evening of Thu, Nov 19
- Dinner afterward and a volunteer certificate
The form also asks forSchool, department and positionResearch area (multiple choice)Dietary restrictionsWeChat ID (optional, to join the event group)Dinner RSVP (speakers, presenters, volunteers)
04Call for abstracts
Call for abstracts
Open to PhD students and postdocs at Caltech and other Southern California universities, in any field. One abstract per presenting author, who must attend in person on Nov 21. Published, under-review and ongoing work are all welcome. The workshop is non-archival, so submitting here does not affect a later conference or journal submission.
What to submit
- AAI applied to a research problemModelling and prediction, data analysis, imaging and signal processing, experiment design and automation
- BAI in the research workflowLiterature review, coding, writing and agent tools
- CAI methods themselvesLarge models, vision and multimodal, robotics, learning theory, trustworthy AI and more
How to submit
- 1Choose the Abstract ticketOn the Luma registration page.
- 2Fill in the 【投稿】 questionsTitle, authors, English abstract (up to 300 words) and presentation preference (Oral, Poster or Either). The form shows them as optional; fill in all of them when submitting.
- 3List the presenter firstPut the presenting author first and mark them, and include your advisor so reviewers with a conflict can be excused.
- 4Add a figure by linkOptional. Upload a PDF or PNG to Google Drive or Dropbox and paste the link.
- Review
- Each abstract is scored by two or three reviewers from different areas, as abstracts arrive.
- Decision
- A talk or a poster is confirmed by email. Final notifications and the program go out on Friday, Nov 20.
- Posters
- If printing a poster on short notice is difficult, tell us when you submit.
The 23 research areas on the form
- Theory (learning, control, algorithmic game theory)
- AI for mathematics (theorem proving, formalization, discovery)
- Optimization
- Probabilistic methods (Bayesian and causal inference)
- General machine learning
- Deep learning (architectures, generative and foundation models)
- Generalization and multi-task learning
- Decision-making, reinforcement learning and control
- Data-centric AI (datasets, data quality, evaluation)
- AI and network science (graph learning)
- SysML infrastructure (training, inference, hardware)
- Computer vision
- Language and multimodal models, agents
- Robotics, embodied systems and engineering
- AI for physical sciences (physics, chemistry, materials, astronomy)
- AI for health and biotechnology
- AI for sustainability (climate, earth science, energy)
- AI for social sciences
- AI for creatives
- Neuroscience and cognitive science
- Trustworthy and socio-technical AI
- Human interaction in AI systems
- AI tools in the research workflow
05Judges and awards
Judges and awards
- Tony Yue Yu余越Professor of Mathematics, Caltech
- Thomas Y. Hou侯一钊Charles Lee Powell Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Caltech
- Shun YeUCLA · Founder of eBot Bio
- Bo LiCaltech · Formerly co-founder and CSO of QuanMol Tech
- Best Oral
- Chosen by the judges after the talks
- Best Poster
- Chosen by the judges after the poster session
- $500+
- In gift cards, one for every speaker and poster presenter
06Venue
Chen 100 & Chen 130
Chen Neuroscience Research BuildingCaltech
1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125
Check-in opens at 1:00 PM; the program starts at 1:30 PM
07Good to know
Good to know
- Language
- Talks, moderated Q&A and awards are in English.
- Cost
- All three tickets are free.
- Please register with your school (.edu) email.
- Photography
- Photos will be taken at the event and may be used for promotion.
- Abstracts
- By submitting, you agree that the workshop may publish the title, authors and abstract on its website and in event posts.
- Your information
- Registration information is used for this event only. Your name, school, research area and email are shared with sponsors for internship and recruiting information only if you tick the box on the form.
Host
Caltech C (Caltech Chinese Association)
Supported by
AIX (Academia-Industry X)
Connects academia and industry through AI events and workshops. Since 2024 it has sponsored SoCal NLP, the Texas NLP Symposium, and workshops and challenges at NeurIPS and CVPR, and has held lunch meetups at Caltech and UCLA.
academiaindustryx.github.ioRegister or submit on Luma
- AbstractThu, Nov 19, 11:59 PM PT
- AttendeeFri, Nov 20, 11:59 PM PT
- VolunteerFri, Nov 13, 11:59 PM PT
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