Campus Lecture | "Creating the Engine for Scientific Discovery with AI” by Hiroaki Kitano

“Creating the Engine for Scientific Discovery with AI”

Hiroaki Kitano
Executive Deputy President and Chief Technology Officer of Sony Group Corporation

Hiroaki Kitano will discuss how scientific discovery accompanied by technological breakthroughs have brought about revolutionary changes to our civilization over the years and how AI can accelerate such scientific research in the future. We are entering a new stage where AI itself is beginning to autonomously make significant scientific discoveries, moving beyond being merely a tool in scientific research. Whether such AI will possess human-like intelligence or evolve into an entirely new form of intelligence represents a significant turning point in science.

About Hiroaki Kitano
Hiroaki Kitano is Executive Deputy President and Chief Technology Officer of Sony Group Corporation, overseeing the R&D ecosystem across Sony’s diverse business domains including electronics, semiconductors-and entertainment. He concurrently serves as Representative Director and President, Sony Research Inc. and Sony Computer Science Laboratories. Hiroaki Kitano is the Founding President of the RoboCup Federation, served as President of IJCAI (2009-2011) and is a member of scientific advisory boards for numerous academic institutions-as well as a Professor at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate School.

Agenda

3:45 pm  Doors open

4:00 pm  Welcome address
Edouard Bugnion, Vice President for Innovation and Impact, EPFL

4:05 pm  Campus Lecture "Creating the Engine for Scientific Discovery with AI"
 Hiroaki Kitano, Executive Deputy President and Chief Technology Officer, Sony Group Corporation

4:45 pm  Q&A
Moderated by Mélissa Anchisi, AI Communications Manager, EPFL

5:00 pm  Aperitif and networking

6:00 pm  End of the event

Practical information 

Date :  Friday, January 24, 2025

Time :  4pm - 6pm

Location : Forum Rolex

The lecture is in English

Registration here, if you have any questions, please contact : events-inscriptions@epfl.ch

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