Fellows are fully engaged in several initiatives geared towards scholarly and networking enrichment at the University of Chicago. To this effect, they are organizing a yearly Schmidt AI in Science Speaker Series parading both local and external presenters who are expert researchers routinely using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and Machine Learning (ML) to design and conduct their research experiments in their specific field.
Agenda
4:00pm – 4:45pm: Presentation
4:45pm – 5:00pm: Q&A
5:00pm – 5:30pm: Reception
Location: William Eckhardt Research Center, Room 401
Here is the list of dates when speakers will present for the Fall 2025 – Spring 2026 Schmidt AI in Science Speaker Series:
| October 7, 2025 |
Jonathan Weare (NYU) – Data Science Institute, Room 105 |
| October 14, 2025 |
Milo Lin (UT Southwestern) |
| October 21, 2025 |
Ulugbek Kamilov (WashU) |
| October 28, 2025 |
Jason MacLean (UChicago) – Data Science Institute, Room 105 |
| November 4, 2025 |
Ching-Yao Lai (Stanford) |
| November 18, 2025. |
Ethan Anderes, PhD (UC Davis) |
| December 2, 2025 |
Pankaj Mehta (Boston University) – Data Science Institute, Room 105 |
| January 13, 2026 |
Catherine Pfister, PhD (UChicago) |
| January 20, 2026 |
Hongliang Xin (Virginia Tech) |
| January 27, 2026 |
Chenhao Tan (UChicago) |
| February 3, 2026 |
Nicholas Jackson (UIUC) |
| February 10, 2026 |
Brice Ménard (Johns Hopkins) |
| February 17, 2026 |
Laura Gagliardi (UChicago) |
| February 24, 2026 |
Rama Ranganathan (UChicago) |
| March 3, 2026 |
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| March 31, 2026 |
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| April 7, 2026 |
Laurence Perreault-Levasseur (Université de Montréal) |
| April 14, 2026 |
Ramon Nogueira Manas (UChicago) |
| April 21, 2026 |
Yuxin Chen (UPenn) |
| April 28, 2026 |
Jorge Jaramillo (UChicago) |
| May 5, 2026 |
John Kitchin (CMU) |
| May 12, 2026 |
Aditi Krishnapriyan (UC Berkeley) |
| May 19, 2026 |
Christy Landes (UIUC) |
2024 – 2025 Seminar Speakers
