AI & Electronic Structure

All events take place in the Jen–Hsun Huang Engineering Center (475 Via Ortega) in Stanford University’s Science and Engineering Quad (SEQ). All times are Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). The agenda is tentative but subject only to minor changes.

We plan to hold another conference next year, possibly in August 2027. Anyone interested in joining should reach out to zxshen [at] stanford.edu, karenlei [at] stanford.edu, lgarcia3 [at] stanford.edu, and jgw33 [at] stanford.edu.

First Day — Tuesday, 4th August

8.30 – 9.00Check-in & breakfast  (Mackenzie Room — Third Floor)
9.00 – 9.30Introductory remarks
Presentations  (Chair: Donghui Lu)
9.30 – 10.00Risa Wechsler
10.00 – 10.20Zhurun (Judy) Ji
10.20 – 10.40Talal Widatalla — Brian Hie’s lab
10.40 – 11.10Coffee break
Presentations  (Chair: Karen Lei)
11.10 – 11.30Laurenz Rettig (remote)
11.30 – 11.40Philip Hofmann (remote)
11.40 – 11.50Phil King (remote)
11.50 – 12.00Yulin Chen (remote)
12.00 – 12.10Chunjing Jia
12.10 – 13.30Lunch  (Patio — Second Floor)
Presentations  (Mackenzie Room)  (Chair: Takeshi Kondo)
13.30 – 13.40Ting Cao
13.40 – 13.50Timothy Zaklama — Liang Fu’s lab
13.50 – 14.00Matteo Michiardi — Andrea Damascelli’s lab
14.00 – 14.10Yu He
14.10 – 14.20Zahid Hasan
14.20 – 14.30Dan Dessau
14.30 – 14.40Shuolong Yang
14.40 – 14.50Inna Vishik
14.50 – 15.20Coffee break
Presentations  (Chair: Sergey Borisenko)
15.20 – 15.40Yucheng Guo — Ming Yi’s lab
15.40 – 15.50Sergey Borisenko
15.50 – 16.00Takeshi Kondo
16.00 – 16.10Sung–Kwan Mo
16.10 – 16.20Tanny Chavez
16.20 – 16.30Takafumi Sato (remote)
16.30 – 16.45Kyle Shen (remote)
16.45 – 16.55Vytis Krupovnickas (remote, Lanzara’s lab)
16.55 – 17.30Recap and review
17.30 – 19.00Dinner  (Patio)

Second Day — Wednesday, 5th August

8.30 – 9.00Check-in & breakfast  (Mackenzie Room)
9.00 – 9.15Recap of previous day (Chair: Karen Lei)
9.15 – 9.30León Garcia — Shen lab
9.30 – 10.30Discussion 1  (Chair: Zhi-Xun Shen, Karen Lei)
10.30 – 11.00Coffee break
11.00 – 12.00Discussion 2  (Chair: Makoto Hashimoto, Karen Lei)
12.00 – 13.30Lunch  (Patio)
13.30 – 14.50Discussion 3  (Mackenzie Room)  (Chair: Andrea Damascelli, León Garcia)
14.50 – 15.30Coffee break
15.30 – 16.40Discussion 4  (Chair: Shuolong Yang, León Garcia)
16.40 – 17.30Recap and review (Moderator: Zhi-Xun Shen, León Garcia)
17.30 – 19.00Dinner  (Patio)

Third Day — Thursday, 6th August

8.30 – 9.00Check-in & breakfast  (Mackenzie Room)
9.00 – 9.30Recap of previous day (Chair: Jin Gene Wong)
9.30 – 10.30Discussion & action items  (Chair: Yu He, Jin Gene Wong)
10.30 – 11.00Coffee break
11.00 – 12.00Closing remarks  (Chair: Zhi-Xun Shen, Jin Gene Wong)