The Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Fellowship

2025 - 2026 Schmidt AI in Science Speaker Series

Schmidt AI in Science Fellows are fully engaged in several initiatives geared towards scholarly and networking enrichment at the University of Chicago. Annually, they host the Schmidt AI in Science Speaker Series showcasing exciting, AI-driven developments across the physical sciences, biological sciences and engineering. The Schmidt AI in Science Fellows invite to the UChicago campus both local and external presenters who are expert researchers routinely using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and Machine Learning (ML) to design and conduct their research experiments in their specific field.

Agenda
4:00pm – 4:45pm: Presentation
4:45pm – 5:00pm: Q&A
5:00pm – 5:30pm: Reception

Location: William Eckhardt Research Center, Room 401

Here is the list of dates when speakers will present in the 2025 – 2026 Schmidt AI in Science Speaker Series:

October 7, 2025 Jonathan Weare (NYU)
October 14, 2025 Milo Lin (UT Southwestern)
October 21, 2025
October 28, 2025 Jason MacLean (UChicago)
November 4, 2025 Ching-Yao Lai (Stanford)
November 18, 2025 Ethan Anderes, PhD (UC Davis)
December 2, 2025 Pankaj Mehta (Boston University)
January 13, 2026 Catherine Pfister, PhD (UChicago)
January 20, 2026 Hongliang Xin (Virginia Tech)
January 27, 2026
February 3, 2026 Nicholas Jackson (UIUC)
February 10, 2026 Brice Ménard (Johns Hopkins)
February 17, 2026 Laura Gagliardi (UChicago)
February 24, 2026
March 3, 2026
March 31, 2026
April 7, 2026
April 14, 2026
April 21, 2026 Yuxin Chen (UPenn)
April 28, 2026
May 5, 2026
May 12, 2026
May 19, 2026 Christy Landes (UIUC)

Past Events

Schmidt AI+Science Summer School 2025

Schmidt AI+Science Summer School 2024

Schmidt AI in Science Seminar Series 2024-25

Schmidt AI in Science Hackathon 2024

Schmidt AI in Science Hackathon 2025

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