Institute-wide Meeting
See internal calendar for Zoom link.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: N/A. Accessibility Contact: llederer@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Data-Driven Seminar: Marin Soljacic
Note: this is an online-only event. Seminar will not be recorded- must attend live.
Title: Intersections of AI, Photonics, and Scientific Discovery
Abstract: Artificial intelligence is beginning to transform the way we do science and engineering—not only by analyzing data, but increasingly by generating hypotheses, designing experiments, and even running them. Photonics plays a dual role in this story: it provides some of the most promising physical platforms for AI hardware, while also serving as a rich testbed for applying AI itself. I will discuss how interpretable AI approaches can uncover structure in complex systems, and how large language models point toward a future where significant parts of scientific discovery may be automated. I will also highlight how robotics, combined with AI, is moving us closer to self-driving laboratories. While my examples will often come from photonics, the broader message is that these developments foreshadow a profound shift in how science is practiced across…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: llederer@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 7, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
For more info visit cassyni.com. Thrust Lead Meeting
Calendar invites with a Zoom link will be sent to participants.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: N/A. Accessibility Contact: llederer@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Data-Driven Seminar: Adrian Lozano-Duran
Details to be posted.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building (IEB). Campus room: G106. Accessibility Contact: llederer@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 21, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
HOLIDAY | UW CLOSED
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: N/A. Event Types: Not Specified.
Monday, May 25, 2026.
Data-Driven Seminar: Laure Zanna
Details to be posted.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building (IEB). Campus room: G106. Accessibility Contact: llederer@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 28, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Data-Driven Seminar: Colm-cille Caulfield
Details to be posted.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building (IEB). Campus room: G106. Accessibility Contact: llederer@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, June 4, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
HOLIDAY | UW CLOSED
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: N/A. Event Types: Not Specified.
Friday, June 19, 2026.
AI-DEEDS 2026
Machine learning is transforming engineering and physical sciences, enabling data-driven solutions across disciplines in estimation, forecasting, sensing, and control tasks. This workshop brings together domain experts, practitioners, and ML/AI developers to further innovation at the intersection of physics-informed AI and dynamic physical systems in the service of energy efficiency.
Hosted by the AI Institute in Dynamic Systems, AI-DEEDS aims to establish a community-driven framework for evaluating algorithms that address the complexities of dynamic systems in engineering and science.
Building off the success of AI-DEEDS 2025, this year we will host 2 challenges on the CTF platform, where individuals and teams can submit and benchmark their algorithms.
This workshop is part of a larger conference, ACM e-Energy 2026, in Banff, Canada: https://energy.acm.org/conferences/eenergy/2026/index.php.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: N/A. Event Types: Conferences.
Monday, June 22, 2026.
For more info visit ai-deeds.github.io. HOLIDAY | UW CLOSED
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: N/A. Event Types: Not Specified.
Friday, July 3, 2026.