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| Location: | IBM Research – Israel Haifa site, University of Haifa Campus, Mt. Carmel |
| Date: | Tuesday, March 04, 2025 |
| Time: | 12:00 - 17:00 |
| Moderator: | Dr. Noam Slonim, IBM |
Forward, Faster: Accelerating R&D with AI
To mark the opening of IBM Research – Israel’s renovated lab in Haifa, we are hosting a scientific conference examining the impact of Generative AI on research and development.
Conference schedule
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Gathering, refreshments, and poster session |
| 13:00 - 13:15 | Opening remarks Dr. Aya Soffer, IBM Research – Israel |
| 13:15 - 13:30 | Dr. Dario Gil, Director of IBM Research (virtual) |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Keynote: Ubiquitin Proteolytic System - From Basic Mechanisms through Human Diseases and on to Drug Development Prof. Aaron Ciechanover, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | NLP in the Wild — Harnessing Large Language Models for Multi-Disciplinary Research Dr. Gabriel Stanovsky, Hebrew University |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Technology and Biology Intertwined: Exploring Cross-Disciplinary Innovations Prof. Ora Schueler-Furman, Hebrew University |
| 14:40 - 14:55 | Break |
| 14:55 - 15:15 | System 2 in Visual Generative AI Prof. Gal Chechik, Bar-Ilan University and NVIDIA |
| 15:15 - 15:55 | Panel: From Gaps to Breakthroughs: AI’s Next Big Steps Moderator: Prof. Michal Rosen-Zvi, IBM Research – Israel / Hebrew University Panelists: Prof. Roi Reichart, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Shila Ofek-Koifman, IBM Research – Israel Dr. Maor Farid, Leo AI |
| 15:55 - 16:05 | Introduction to the Poster Session: Industry-Academia Collaboration Prof. Lihi Zelnik-Manor, Technion and Prof. Aaron Palmon, Hebrew University. |
| 16:05 - 17:00 | Poster session and happy hour |
- Registration is closed
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