IEEE SPS DISTINGUISHED INDUSTRY SPEAKER TWIN CITIES SP/COM CHAPTER SEMINAR 11/15/2024

Title: The Path to Artificial General Intelligence
During the past decade there has been remarkable progress in artificial intelligence. More recently, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) driven disruption marked a significant milestone in cognitive pattern understanding and generation across speech, natural language, image and vision modalities. These improvements have been seamlessly integrated into numerous systems and products, reaching hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Consequently, discussions surrounding the attainment of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) have transitioned from theoretical speculation to a tangible reality.
In this lecture, Dr. Ruhi Sarikaya will explore the driving forces behind the GenAI revolution and how they are shaping the path toward AGI in the coming decade. Specifically, the challenges and recent progress will be reviewed in the conversational and ambient intelligence field, focusing on how users engage with these systems in increasingly personalized and rich context—such as short- and long-term discourse, spatial awareness, temporal factors, device types, and input/output modalities. Additionally, Dr. Ruhi Sarikaya will share his perspective on navigating this exciting journey toward a future, where AI systems not only catch up to but potentially exceed human performance in sensory input understanding and cognition.
Speaker(s): Dr. Ruhi Sarikaya
Agenda:
12:00 – 12:05 p.m (CST). Welcome Remarks by Dr. Wenyu Jin
12:05 – 01:00 p.m (CST). The Path to Artificial General Intelligence by Dr. Ruhi Sarikaya
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/444053