AI Panel Opportunities and Challenges

3:45 p.m. Reception; 4:15 – 5:15 p.m. Panel | Wimberly Recital Hall, Presser Building
 

• Audience: This event is open to the public.
• Cost: Free!
• Registration: Registration/tickets are not required.

Ask questions and hear experts from business and education discuss the impact of Artificial Intelligence in their areas.

Moderator: Katrin Schenk, Associate Professor of Physics and Engineering. As well as having a PhD in astrophysics, Dr. Schenk focuses on computational problems and also does research in neuroscience.

Panelists:

• Karen Jackson, former Virginia Secretary of Technology
• Catherine Phillips, Instructional Supervisor for Technology & Science, Lynchburg City Schools
• Brad Spendlove, Assistant Professor of Computer Science. Dr. Spendlove’s research area is computational creativity, a research field that seeks to develop autonomous agents that exhibit creativity.
• Robert Turcotte, Senior Systems Consultant, Entré Computer Center