Caltech Convocation 2025

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This year's program, hosted by Vice President and Faculty Dean of Students Kevin M. Gilmartin, will feature a welcome from President Thomas F. Rosenbaum and a faculty panel discussion on artificial intelligence chaired by Frederick Eberhardt, Professor of Philosophy. Panelists include Katie Bouman, Associate Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences; Georgia Gkioxari, Assistant Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences; and Steve Chien, Senior Research Scientist at JPL. The discussion will introduce students to advances in AI research at Caltech, highlight how AI is used across disciplines, and offer guidance on its ethical use in academics and research. Featured Speakers: Dr. Frederick Eberhardt Professor of Philosophy, Computing and Mathematical Sciences; Co-Director of the Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy Frederick Eberhardt's research primarily focuses on methods for causation and how we might learn about causal relations from data. His research projects generally fall in an area of overlap between philosophy, machine learning, statistics, and cognitive science. Before joining Caltech in 2013, he taught at Washington University in St. Louis and held a postdoctoral fellowship at UC Berkeley. He earned his Ph.D. in Logic, Computation, and Methodology from Carnegie Mellon University. Together with Dr. Michael Alvarez he directs Caltech's Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy. Dr. Katie Bouman Associate Professor of Computing and Mathemat

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