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DESCRIPTION:SU Agent-AI Workshop 2026\, sponsored by the IEEE Syracuse Sect
 ion\n\nThe Syracuse University Department of Electrical Engineering and Co
 mputer Science is organizing the SU Agent-AI Workshop 2026\, bringing toge
 ther industry leaders and academic experts to explore the latest innovatio
 ns\, opportunities\, and challenges in AI agents. The workshop will focus 
 on how agent-based AI systems can streamline workflows\, enhance decision-
 making\, and transform organizational operations through real-world applic
 ations and emerging research.\n\nSpeakers:\n\n- Professor Alex Jones\, Cha
 ir-EECS\, Klaus Schroder Endowed Chair Professor\, Syracuse University\n- 
 Stephanie Vanwagner\, Vice President\, Turing Intelligence\n- Professor Ha
 oyu Wang\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Computer Science\, Universi
 ty at Albany\, State University of New York\n- Professor Jamison Heard\, A
 ssistant Professor\, Department of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineer
 ing\, Rochester Institute of Technology\n- Professor Yuchen Wu\, Assistant
  Professor\, School of Operations Research and Information Engineering\, C
 ornell University\n\nIEEE Members please register in vtools\, we&#39;ve reserv
 ed 10 spots just for you!\n\nWorkshop website: https://su-agent-ai.github.
 io/SU-Agent-AI-Workshop-2026/\n\nCo-sponsored by: Syracuse University Depa
 rtment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\n\nAgenda: \n8:00AM 
 – 9:00AM\nCoffee and Networking - Sponsored by the IEEE Syracuse Section
 \nMeet in the lobby\, get registered\, enjoy some coffee\, and meet your f
 ellow attendees.\n\n9:00AM – 9:10AM\nOpening Remarks — Professor Alex 
 Jones\nChair\, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (
 EECS)\; Klaus Schroder Endowed Chair Professor\, Engineering and Computer 
 Science\n\n9:10AM – 10:00AM\nInvited Talk: &quot;From Benchmarks to Environme
 nts: Training Agentic Systems for Reliability&quot; — Stephanie Vanwagner\nVi
 ce President\, Turing Intelligence (Palo Alto\, California)\n\n10:00AM –
  10:50AM\nInvited Talk: &quot;Constructing and Evolving Rubrics: Synergizing Sy
 nthetic Data with Multi-Agent RL&quot; — Professor Haoyu Wang\nAssistant Prof
 essor\, Department of Computer Science\, College of Nanotechnology\, Scien
 ce and Engineering\, University at Albany\, State University of New York\n
 \n10:50AM - 11:00AM\n10 Minutes Break\n\n11:00AM – 11:50AM\nInvited Talk
 : &quot;Human-Aware Reinforcement Learning: Towards Natural Human–Robot Colla
 boration&quot; — Professor Jamison Heard\nAssistant Professor\, Department of
  Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering\, Kate Gleason College of Engi
 neering\, Rochester Institute of Technology\n\n12:00Noon – 12:50PM\nInvi
 ted Talk: &quot;Recent theoretical advances in diffusion models&quot; — Professor 
 Yuchen Wu\nAssistant Professor\, School of Operations Research and Informa
 tion Engineering\, Cornell University\n\n12:50PM - 1:00PM\nClosing Remarks
 \n\nRoom: 132\, Bldg: Lyman\, 100 College Pl.\, Syracuse\, New York\, Unit
 ed States\, 13210
LOCATION:Room: 132\, Bldg: Lyman\, 100 College Pl.\, Syracuse\, New York\, 
 United States\, 13210
ORGANIZER:stone@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:32
SUMMARY:SU Agent-AI Workshop 2026
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/539187
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SU Agent-AI Workshop 2026\, sponso
 red by the IEEE Syracuse Section&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The Syracuse University 
 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is organizing th
 e SU Agent-AI Workshop 2026&lt;em&gt;\,&lt;/em&gt; bringing together industry leaders 
 and academic experts to explore the latest innovations\, opportunities\, a
 nd challenges in AI agents. The workshop will focus on how agent-based AI 
 systems can streamline workflows\, enhance decision-making\, and transform
  organizational operations through real-world applications and emerging re
 search.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Speakers:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Professor
  Alex Jones\, Chair-EECS\, Klaus Schroder Endowed Chair Professor\, Syracu
 se University&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Stephanie Vanwagner\, Vice President\, Turing Inte
 lligence&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Professor Haoyu Wang\, Assistant Professor\, Department
  of Computer Science\, University at Albany\, State University of New York
 &lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Professor Jamison Heard\, Assistant Professor\, Department of E
 lectrical and Microelectronic Engineering\, Rochester Institute of Technol
 ogy&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Professor Yuchen Wu\, Assistant Professor\, School of Operat
 ions Research and Information Engineering\, Cornell University&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;
 \n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IEEE Members please register in vtools\, &lt;/strong&gt;we&#39;ve reser
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 990507730080OWAcee5cf7f-3dbf-842f-bad6-43fb2cc81f9c&quot; title=&quot;https://su-age
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 ub.io/SU-Agent-AI-Workshop-2026/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer
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 dash\; Professor Alex Jones&lt;br&gt;Chair\, Department of Electrical Engineerin
 g and Computer Science (EECS)\; Klaus Schroder Endowed Chair Professor\, E
 ngineering and Computer Science&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9:10AM &amp;ndash\; 10:00AM&lt;/s
 trong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Invited Talk: &quot;From Benchmarks to Environments: Training
  Agentic Systems for Reliability&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;mdash\; Stephanie Vanwagner&lt;br
 &gt;Vice President\, Turing Intelligence (Palo Alto\, California)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;st
 rong&gt;10:00AM &amp;ndash\; 10:50AM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Invited Talk: &quot;Construct
 ing and Evolving Rubrics: Synergizing Synthetic Data with Multi-Agent RL&quot;&lt;
 /strong&gt; &amp;mdash\; Professor Haoyu Wang&lt;br&gt;Assistant Professor\, Department
  of Computer Science\, College of Nanotechnology\, Science and Engineering
 \, University at Albany\, State University of New York&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10:
 50AM - 11:00AM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10 Minutes Break&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;stro
 ng&gt;11:00AM &amp;ndash\; 11:50AM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Invited Talk: &quot;Human-Aware
  Reinforcement Learning: Towards Natural Human&amp;ndash\;Robot Collaboration&quot;
 &lt;/strong&gt; &amp;mdash\; Professor Jamison Heard&lt;br&gt;Assistant Professor\, Depart
 ment of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering\, Kate Gleason College 
 of Engineering\, Rochester Institute of Technology&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;12:00No
 on &amp;ndash\; 12:50PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Invited Talk: &quot;Recent theoretical 
 advances in diffusion models&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;mdash\; Professor Yuchen Wu&lt;br&gt;Ass
 istant Professor\, School of Operations Research and Information Engineeri
 ng\, Cornell University&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;12:50PM - 1:00PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;stro
 ng&gt;Closing Remarks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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