Final proposal speaker plan

Invited Speakers

The proposal plans four invited speakers spanning physical simulation, 3D/4D geometry, embodied intelligence, robot learning, and multimodal perception.

Speaker Lineup

Planned invited speakers listed in the final PDF

Anima Anandkumar
Physical simulation and world models

Anima Anandkumar

Bren Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences

Caltech

Her work on neural operators and AI for scientific computing connects physical simulation, multiscale phenomena, and scalable world modeling.

Noah Snavely
Physical geometry

Noah Snavely

Professor of Computer Science

Cornell University / Cornell Tech / Google DeepMind

His research spans 3D understanding, scene reconstruction, neural rendering, and large-scale visual collections.

Chelsea Finn
Embodied intelligence

Chelsea Finn

Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Stanford University

Her work advances robot learning, reinforcement learning, meta-learning, and generalizable policies for embodied agents.

William T. Freeman
Cross-cutting physical signals

William T. Freeman

Thomas and Gerd Perkins Professor of EECS

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

His research spans computer vision, computational photography, motion understanding, and audio-visual perception.

Program Flow

Half day workshop with moderated Q&A and live demos

Introduction and Opening Remarks

Invited Talk 1 + Q&A

Geometry

Invited Talk 2 + Q&A

Characteristics

Coffee Break

Invited Talk 3 + Q&A

Sensors

Invited Talk 4 + Q&A

Cross-cutting

Contributed Paper Spotlights

Posters + Live Demos

Synthesis Panel + Closing Remarks