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The 40th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-26)

The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-26) promotes research in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and fosters scientific exchange among researchers, practitioners, scientists, students, and engineers across AI and its affiliated disciplines. The event features technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutor…

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28Speakers
28Sponsors
42Exhibitors
0Sessions
61Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at The, in alphabetical order.

Alan Mackworth
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science · University of British Columbia
Anthony Opipari
Arthur Zhang
Ashok Goel
Professor of Computer Science and Human-Centered Computing; Chief Scientist · Georgia Institute of Technology / Georgia Tech’s Center for 21st Century Universities
Bart Selman
Professor, Computer Science · Cornell University
Bowen Zhou
Director and Chief Scientist · Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Chad Jenkins
Daniel Whiteson
Professor, Particle Physicist
David Poole
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science · University of British Columbia
Derek Haoyang Li
Founder/Chairman and Chief Education Technology Scientist · Squirrel Ai Learning
Ece Kamar
Distinguished Scientist, Corporate Vice President, Managing Director of the AI Frontiers Lab · Microsoft Research
Edward Feigenbaum
Professor · Stanford University
Eric Horvitz
Chief Scientific Officer, Director Emeritus · Microsoft
Gautham Vasan
Isabelle Guyon
Director and Research Scientist, Professor of Artificial Intelligence · Google / Université Paris-Saclay
Joydeep Biswas
Katerina Fragkiadaki
JPMorgan Chase Associate Professor, Machine Learning Department · Carnegie Mellon University
Kiri Wagstaff
Manuela Veloso
Managing Director, Head, JPMorganChase AI Research; Herbert A. Simon University Professor Emerita · JPMorganChase / Carnegie Mellon University
Matt Lease
Matt Taylor
Peter Friedland

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Alibaba GroupPlatinum
Allianz GroupPlatinum
AmazonPlatinum
ElsevierPlatinum
HPC-AI TECHDiamond
Hunan Huishiwei Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.Platinum
Infocomm Media Development AuthorityDiamond
Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen InstitutePlatinum
TuringDiamond
XiaomiPlatinum
American ExpressGold
CATOSGold
HuaweiGold
Sapient IntelligenceGold
BaiduSilver
E Fund Management Co., Ltd.Silver
GoogleSilver
GPUhubSilver
JPMorgan ChaseSilver
ACMBronze
Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI)Bronze
DUT School of Software Technology & DUT-RU International School of Information Science and EngineeringBronze
Intelligent Computing (Zhejiang Lab/Science Partner Journals)Bronze
KeensightBronze
NTU-UBC Research Centre of Excellence in Active Living for the Elderly (LILY)Bronze
reNAND.aiBronze
UnderlineBronze
WisPaperBronze
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 61 companies show up, and 22 bet on three roles at once?

61 companies. 22 are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
22All threespeak · spons · exh
6Sponsoringsponsor only
20Exhibitingexhibitor only
13Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

ACM·Alibaba Group·Allianz Group·Amazon·American Express·Baidu·Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI)·CATOS·DUT School of Software Technology & DUT-RU International School of Information Science and Engineering·E Fund Management Co., Ltd.·Elsevier·GPUhub·HPC-AI TECH·Huawei·Hunan Huishiwei Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.·Infocomm Media Development Authority·JPMorganChase·Keensight·Sapient Intelligence·Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute·WisPaper·Xiaomi

Speakers by seniority

32% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite518%
  • VP-level14%
  • Director / Head of311%
  • Other roles1968%

Of 28 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1ACMSponsor · BronzeExhibitor-
2Alibaba GroupSponsor · PlatinumExhibitor-
3Allianz GroupSponsor · PlatinumExhibitor-
4AmazonSponsor · PlatinumExhibitor-
5American ExpressSponsor · GoldExhibitor-
6BaiduSponsor · SilverExhibitor-
7Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI)Sponsor · BronzeExhibitor-
8CATOSSponsor · GoldExhibitor-
9DUT School of Software Technology & DUT-RU International School of Information Science and EngineeringSponsor · BronzeExhibitor-
10E Fund Management Co., Ltd.Sponsor · SilverExhibitor-
11ElsevierSponsor · PlatinumExhibitor-
12GPUhubSponsor · SilverExhibitor-
13HPC-AI TECHSponsor · DiamondExhibitor-
14HuaweiSponsor · GoldExhibitor-
Sponsors by tier
diamond3
11% of 28
platinum7
25% of 28
gold4
14% of 28
silver5
18% of 28
bronze9
32% of 28
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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