BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T161725Z UID:0B61D992-763C-48D7-B9CD-2DE6CF1F87E1 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T200000 DESCRIPTION:───────────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ───────────\n📝 EVENT DESCRIPTION\n───── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ───\n\nWe are organizing the inaugural Artificial Super Intelligence Conference (ASIConf)\, a forward-looking event centered on AI and its gro wing impact across research\, industry\, infrastructure\, healthcare\, rob otics\, and intelligent environments.\n\nThe conference is held as part of the launch event for the Prototype Living of Tomorrow (PLOT) initiative a t Kennesaw State University\, with support from KSU and the IEEE Computati onal Intelligence Society Chapter\, Computer Society Chapter\, Communicati ons Society Chapter and Atlanta Section.\n\nThe event features a plenary k eynote\, five invited talks\, a panel discussion\, five technical tracks c overing Foundation Models & LLMs\, AI Safety & Ethics\, Neural Architectur e\, Autonomous Systems\, and Cognitive Intelligence\, along with research paper presentations\, a poster session\, and a closing banquet.\n\nOur spe aker lineup includes industry practitioners and faculty from multiple univ ersities. ASIConf aims to create a substantive\, welcoming forum for resea rchers\, innovators\, students\, and community partners to explore what li es ahead in AI and intelligent systems.\n\n────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────\n🔬 T ECHNICAL TRACKS\n─────────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ─────────────\n\n1️⃣ Foundation Models & LLM s — Transformers\, scaling laws\, multimodal\, alignment\n2️⃣ AI Saf ety & Ethics — Robustness\, interpretability\, privacy\, bias mitigation \n3️⃣ Neural Architecture — NAS\, neuromorphic computing\, quantum M L\, compression\n4️⃣ Autonomous Systems — RL\, multi-agent\, percept ion\, human-robot interaction\n5️⃣ Cognitive Intelligence — Meta-lea rning\, causal reasoning\, knowledge graphs\n⭐ PLOT Launch (Special) — Intelligent environments\, living labs\, campus-scale AI\n\n──── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ────\n👥 TARGET AUDIENCE\n──────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ────────────────────\n\n🎓 Facul ty & Researchers and Industry\n🧑‍🎓 Students\n🏢 Industry Profess ionals & Practitioners\n🤝 Community Partners & Sponsors\n\nExpected Att endance: 100–200 attendees\n\n────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────\n📍 VENUE ADDRESS \n──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ────────\n\nVenue Name: Prillaman Hall\nAddress Line 1: 52 0 Parliament Garden Way NW\nAddress Line 2: Kennesaw State University\nCit y: Kennesaw\nState/Province: Georgia\nPostal Code: 30144\nCountry/Region: United States\n\nCo-sponsored by: Kennesaw State University \n\nSpeaker(s) : Shyam\, Fei\, Savneet\, Bhawesh\, Faran\, Rudra\, Rajesh\, Nishad\, Priy a\, Faizan\, Umair\, Yashvant\n\nAgenda: \n────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────\n🕐 C ONFERENCE SCHEDULE\n────────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────\n\n7:00 – 8:00 AM ☕ Registr ation & Check-In\nBadge pickup\, welcome materials\, and light refreshment s\n\n8:00 – 9:00 AM 🎤 Opening Remarks & Plenary Keynote\nWelcome addr ess\, PLOT Initiative overview\, Keynote by Shyam Kandavalli\n\n9:00 – 1 0:15 AM 🔬 Track 1: Foundation Models & LLMs\nTransformer architectures\ , scaling laws\, multimodal models\, alignment\n\n10:15 – 11:30 AM 🛡️ Track 2: AI Safety & Ethics\nAdversarial robustness\, alignment\, explainability\, bias & privacy\n\n11:30 – 12:30 PM 🍽️ Lunch & Post er Session\nNetworking\, informal discussions\, interactive poster present ations\n\n12:30 – 1:45 PM 🧠 Track 3: Neural Architecture\nArchitectur e search\, neuromorphic computing\, quantum ML\, compression\n\n1:45 – 3 :00 PM 🤖 Track 4: Autonomous Systems\nReinforcement learning\, multi-ag ent systems\, embodied AI\, HRI\n\n3:00 – 4:15 PM 💡 Track 5: Cognitiv e Intelligence\nMeta-learning\, causal reasoning\, knowledge representatio n\, continual learning\n\n4:15 – 5:00 PM 💬 Panel Discussion\nExpert p anel on the future of ASI & intelligent environments\n\n5:00 – 5:30 PM 🏆 Closing Remarks & Awards Ceremony\nBest Overall Paper\, Best Student Paper\, five track-specific awards\n\n6:00 – 8:00 PM 🥂 Conference Ban quet\nNetworking\, dining\, and celebration — included with registration \n\nRoom: Main Entrance\, Bldg: Prillaman Hall\, 520 Parliament Garden Way NW\, Kennesaw\, Georgia\, United States\, 30144 LOCATION:Room: Main Entrance\, Bldg: Prillaman Hall\, 520 Parliament Garden Way NW\, Kennesaw\, Georgia\, United States\, 30144 ORGANIZER:voicu@ieee.org SEQUENCE:57 SUMMARY:Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) Conference 2026 - KSU Prototype Living of Tomorrow (PLOT) Launch Event URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/547264 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────<br>📝 EVENT DESCR IPTION<br>───────────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ───────────</p>\n<p>We are organizing the inaugural Artificial Super Intelligence Conference (ASIConf)\, a forward-looking eve nt centered on AI and its growing impact across research\, industry\, infr astructure\, healthcare\, robotics\, and intelligent environments.</p>\n<p >The conference is held as part of the launch event for the Prototype Livi ng of Tomorrow (PLOT) initiative at Kennesaw State University\, with suppo rt from KSU and the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Chapter\, Comp uter Society Chapter\, Communications Society Chapter and Atlanta Section. </p>\n<p>The event features a plenary keynote\, five invited talks\, a pan el discussion\, five technical tracks covering Foundation Models &amp\; LL Ms\, AI Safety &amp\; Ethics\, Neural Architecture\, Autonomous Systems\, and Cognitive Intelligence\, along with research paper presentations\, a p oster session\, and a closing banquet.</p>\n<p>Our speaker lineup includes industry practitioners and faculty from multiple universities. ASIConf ai ms to create a substantive\, welcoming forum for researchers\, innovators\ , students\, and community partners to explore what lies ahead in AI and i ntelligent systems.</p>\n<p>─────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ─────────────────<br>🔬 TECHNICAL TRAC KS<br>────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────</p>\n<p>&nbsp\; 1️⃣ &nbsp\;Foundation M odels &amp\; LLMs &mdash\; Transformers\, scaling laws\, multimodal\, alig nment<br>&nbsp\; 2️⃣ &nbsp\;AI Safety &amp\; Ethics &mdash\; Robustnes s\, interpretability\, privacy\, bias mitigation<br>&nbsp\; 3️⃣ &nbsp\ ;Neural Architecture &mdash\; NAS\, neuromorphic computing\, quantum ML\, compression<br>&nbsp\; 4️⃣ &nbsp\;Autonomous Systems &mdash\; RL\, mul ti-agent\, perception\, human-robot interaction<br>&nbsp\; 5️⃣ &nbsp\; Cognitive Intelligence &mdash\; Meta-learning\, causal reasoning\, knowled ge graphs<br>&nbsp\; ⭐ &nbsp\;PLOT Launch (Special) &mdash\; Intelligent environments\, living labs\, campus-scale AI</p>\n<p>────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ──<br>👥 TARGET AUDIENCE<br>───────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ───────────────────</p>\n<p>🎓 &nb sp\;Faculty &amp\; Researchers and Industry<br>🧑&zwj\;🎓 &nbsp\;Stude nts&nbsp\;<br>🏢 &nbsp\;Industry Professionals &amp\; Practitioners<br> 🤝 &nbsp\;Community Partners &amp\; Sponsors</p>\n<p>Expected Attendance : &nbsp\;100&ndash\;200 attendees</p>\n<p><br>───────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ───────────────────────<br> 📍 VENUE ADDRESS<br>───────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ───────────────</p>\n<p>Venue Name: &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; Prillaman Hall<br>Address Line 1: &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; 520 Parliament Garden Way NW<br>Address Line 2: &nbsp\; &n bsp\; &nbsp\; Kennesaw State University<br>City: &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; & nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; Kennesaw<br>State/Province: &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; Georgia<br>Postal Code: &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; & nbsp\;30144<br>Country/Region: &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; United States</p>\n <p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>───── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ───<br>🕐 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE<br>─────────── ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── ─────────────────────</p>\n<p>7: 00 &ndash\; 8:00 AM &nbsp\; &nbsp\;☕ &nbsp\;Registration &amp\; Check-In <br>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\ ; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Badge pickup\, welcome materials\, and light refr eshments</p>\n<p>8:00 &ndash\; 9:00 AM &nbsp\; &nbsp\;🎤 &nbsp\;Opening Remarks &amp\; Plenary Keynote<br>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Welcome address\, P LOT Initiative overview\, Keynote by Shyam Kandavalli</p>\n<p>9:00 &ndash\ ; 10:15 AM &nbsp\; 🔬 &nbsp\;Track 1: Foundation Models &amp\; LLMs<br>& nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nb sp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Transformer architectures\, scaling laws\, multimodal models\, alignment</p>\n<p>10:15 &ndash\; 11:30 AM &nbsp\;🛡️ &nbsp\;T rack 2: AI Safety &amp\; Ethics<br>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Adversarial robust ness\, alignment\, explainability\, bias &amp\; privacy</p>\n<p>11:30 &nda sh\; 12:30 PM &nbsp\;🍽️ &nbsp\;Lunch &amp\; Poster Session<br>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; & nbsp\; &nbsp\;Networking\, informal discussions\, interactive poster prese ntations</p>\n<p>12:30 &ndash\; 1:45 PM &nbsp\; 🧠 &nbsp\;Track 3: Neura l Architecture<br>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Architecture search\, neuromorphic computing\, quantum ML\, compression</p>\n<p>1:45 &ndash\; 3:00 PM &nbsp\; &nbsp\;🤖 &nbsp\;Track 4: Autonomous Systems<br>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Re inforcement learning\, multi-agent systems\, embodied AI\, HRI</p>\n<p>3:0 0 &ndash\; 4:15 PM &nbsp\; &nbsp\;💡 &nbsp\;Track 5: Cognitive Intellige nce<br>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nb sp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Meta-learning\, causal reasoning\, knowledge r epresentation\, continual learning</p>\n<p>4:15 &ndash\; 5:00 PM &nbsp\; & nbsp\;💬 &nbsp\;Panel Discussion<br>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbs p\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Expert panel on the future of ASI &amp\; intelligent environments</p>\n<p>5:00 &ndash\; 5 :30 PM &nbsp\; &nbsp\;🏆 &nbsp\;Closing Remarks &amp\; Awards Ceremony<b r>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Best Overall Paper\, Best Student Paper\, five trac k-specific awards</p>\n<p>6:00 &ndash\; 8:00 PM &nbsp\; &nbsp\;🥂 &nbsp\ ;Conference Banquet<br>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nb sp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Networking\, dining\, and cele bration &mdash\; included with registration</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR