This panel will explore how strategic partnerships drive AI innovation and funding success. This is an opportunity to engage with Cornell faculty collaborators and learn about institutional resources, including the Cornell AI Initiative supporting building impactful AI partnerships.

The session is sponsored by Cornell Research and Innovation, the Provost’s Office of Faculty Development and Diversity, and University Foundation Relations & Corporate Philanthropy.

Panelists:
David Erickson, S.C. Thomas Sze Director of the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Sibley College Professor of Mechanical Engineering;
Carla Gomes,
Ronald C. and Antonia V. Nielsen Professor of Computing and Information Science; Director, Institute for Computational Sustainability; Co-director, Cornell University AI for Science Institute;
Saurabh Mehta, Janet and Gordon Lankton Professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences;
David Rand, Professor of Information Science, Marketing, and Psychology;
Jovana Savanovic, Research Development Director, Cornell AI Initiative
Kilian Weinberger, Professor of Computer Science
Matthew Wilkens, Associate Professor of Information Science