of Computing: A 25-Year Vision
March 13-14, 2025
Ginsburg Human-Centered Computation Hall Auditorium, USC
Building a Roadmap for the Future of Computing
Join us for the USC Symposium on the Future of Computing: A 25-Year Vision, presented by the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and the Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science, USC School of Advanced Computing.
This two-day event will showcase groundbreaking fundamental and applied research shaping the future of computing over the next quarter century.
Featuring leading minds from academia and industry, the symposium will offer keynote and technical sessions spanning a wide range of pivotal topics, including hardware, software, AI and machine learning, theory, and human-computer interaction. Each session will be followed by a panel discussion.
Registration is now closed. However, walk-ins are welcome to attend specific sessions on the day of the event. Please note that lunch will be provided for pre-registered guests only.
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Keynote Speakers
DAY TWO
McGill University | Mila/Google DeepMind
Session Speakers
University of California, San Diego
SESSION 1
AI/ML: AI Horizons – Shaping Tomorrow’s Intelligence (Core AI, vision, graphics, robotics)
SESSION 2
Systems and Software: Rethinking the Future – Disruptive Innovations in Software and Systems (OS/networks, databases, programming languages)
SESSION 3
Architecture: Diverse, Secure, and Sustainable Hardware Acceleration (Processing, architecture, storage for cloud and edge)
SESSION 4
HCI: Mind Meets Machine – Innovations in Human-Computer Interaction (Human in the loop, brain/computer interfaces, edge device interfaces)
SESSION 5
Theory: New Frontiers of Theory in the Age of ML, AI, and Data Science (Complexity, algorithms, ML theory, optimization, control, information)
SESSION 6
Devices: Transforming Technologies – From Novel Devices to Integrated Circuits (Novel computing, quantum technologies, devices)
Day One
- 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast
- 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome Remarks
- 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote Speaker: Amin Vahdat (Google)
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
SESSION 1A: AI Horizons – Shaping Tomorrow’s Intelligence
Session Leads: Emilio Ferrara, Yan Liu
Guest Speakers: Maria-Florina Balcan (Carnegie Mellon University), Jennifer Neville (Microsoft) - 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Break
- 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
SESSION 1B: AI Horizons – Shaping Tomorrow’s Intelligence
Session Leads: Emilio Ferrara, Yan Liu
Guest Speakers: Pierre Baldi (UCI), Wei Wang (UCLA), Rose Yu (UC San Diego) - 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
- 1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
SESSION 2: Rethinking the Future – Disruptive Innovations in Software and Systems
Session Leads: Cyrus Shahabi, Harsha V. Madhyastha
Guest Speakers: Xin Luna Dong (Meta), Armando Solar-Lezama (MIT), Johannes Gehrke (Microsoft), Baishakhi Ray (Columbia University), Arun Kumar (UCSD | RapidFire AI) - 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Break
- 3:30 PM - 5:15 PM
SESSION 3: Architecture: Diverse, Secure, and Sustainable Hardware Acceleration
Session Leads: Murali Annavaram, Leana Golubchik
Guest Speakers: Carole Jean Wu (Meta), George Tzimpragos (Wisconsin University), Caroline Trippel (Stanford University), Moinuddin K. Qureshi (Georgia Institute of Technology), Josep Torrellas (University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign) - 5:15 PM Close
Day Two
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast
- 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote Speaker: Doina Precup (McGill University)
- 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Break
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10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
SESSION 4: Mind Meets Machine – Innovations in Human-Computer Interaction
Session Leads: Heather Culbertson, Maryam Shanechi
Guest Speakers: Laura Dabbish (CMU), Malte Jung (Cornell University), Jennifer C. Mankoff (University of Washington), Lydia Chilton (Columbia University), Vikash Gilja (Paradromics | UCSD) - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch
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1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
SESSION 5: New Frontiers of Theory in the Age of ML, AI, and Data Science
Session Leads: Haipeng Luo, Mahdi Soltanolkotabi
Guest Speakers: Mikhail (Misha) Belkin (UCSD), Christos Thrampoulidis (UBC), Enric Boix-Adsera (MIT) - 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM Break
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2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
SESSION 6: Transforming Technologies – From Novel Devices to Integrated Circuits
Session Leads: Joshua Yang, Rehan Kapadia
Guest Speakers: Eric Pop (Stanford University), Sayeef Salahuddin (UC Berkeley), Dana Weinstein (Purdue University), Chee Wei Wong (UCLA) - 4:00 PM Close
CO-CHAIR
and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
CO-CHAIR
and Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering