Conversations in Intercampus Research
Monday, June 1 - Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Belfer Research Building, 413 East 69th Street, New York, NY, 10021
Our symposium, funded by Cornell's Office of Academic Integration, aims to create a broader awareness of AI advances at Cornell, and promote and strengthen collaborations. We anticipate that 100+ Cornell faculty and staff members will join the two-day event to bridge the strengths in Ithaca with the clinical and technological environment in New York City.
Registration required by May 8, 2026
Travel and accommodation for Ithaca supported - Register ASAP space is limited
Tentative Agenda
Monday, June 1
6:00am: Bus departure from Ithaca
12:30pm: Introduction and Keynote
- Mohammed N AlQuraishi, PhD, Columbia Systems Biology
- Adam J. Gormely, PhD, Rutgers Department of Biomedical Engineering
Session: AI for Materials
Session: AI for Neuroscience / Neural Network & Models
- Mert Sabuncu, Cornell Tech
- Jonathan Victor, Weill Cornell Medicine
- Amy Kuceyeski, Cornell University
- Chang Su, Weill Cornell Medicine
~4:30pm: Lightening Talks & Poster Session with Refreshments
Tuesday, June 2
8:00am
Session: AI for Genes and Proteins
- Haiyuan Yu, Cornell University
- Iman Hajirasouliha, Weill Cornell Medicine
- Ashley Laughney, Weill Cornell Medicine
- Parminder Basran, Cornell University
- Erik Thiede, Cornell University
Session: AI for Chemistry / AI for Chemical Engineering
Session: AI for Decisions in Clinical Practice, Population-Health and Healthcare Operations
Funded Collaborations Panel
~4:00pm - Meeting Adjourned
Eligibility Criteria
The AI symposium will feature works by trainees, including graduate students, postdoctoral associates and junior investigators in any department at Cornell affiliated institutions and communities.
One abstract submission per first author.
Abstracts on original research may be focused on any topic relevant to the Artificial Intelligence for Basic Research in Medicine and the Life Sciences and include, but are not limited to:
AI for Chemistry / AI for Chemical Engineering
AI for Genes and Proteins
AI for Neuroscience / Neural Network & Models
AI for Materials
AI for Decisions in Clinical Practice, Population-Health, and Healthcare Operation
One of the authors must commit to being present on Monday, June 1, 2026 to present the work.
Accepted abstracts will be asked to have a poster printed. Select abstract authors will be invited to present a short (<10 minute) lightening talk on Monday, June 1, 2026 at ~4pm in the Belfer Research Building.
We encourage you to submit abstracts for either oral or poster presentation for projects at any stage - early, in-progress, and completed.
Abstracts should be limited to a maximum of 2,500 characters.
Meeting Co-Chairs:
- Olivier Elemento, Ph.D. (WCM)
- Emmanuel P. Giannelis, Ph.D. (Cornell University)
- Peter Frazier, Ph.D. (Cornell University)
- Michelle S. Bradbury, M.D., Ph.D. (WCM)
- Roberta Marongiu, Ph.D. (WCM)
- Ashley Laughney, Ph.D. (WCM)
- Fei Wang, Ph.D. (WCM)
- Iman Hajirasouliha, Ph.D. (WCM)
- Nozomi Nishimura, Ph.D. (Cornell University)
- Iwijn De Vlaminck, Ph.D. (Cornell University)
- Haiyuan Yu, Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Question? Contact Marie Normile man3014@med.cornell.edu