TILOS Industry Day 2025

Our 4th Annual Industry Day will be June 2, 2025, at the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute at UC San Diego, the campus hub for data science. This year TILOS Industry Day will feature:

Talks from invited industry speakers sharing their perspectives on challenges in AI + Optimization + Use Domains (chips, robotics, networking)
Research highlights from TILOS team members
Panel discussions on AI Challenges for Academia—An Industry Perspective and Building Deep Tech Companies
Poster session featuring the work of TILOS trainees (students and postdoctoral scholars)

Confirmed Speakers and Panelists

Date & Time

Monday, June 2, 2025
8:00am - 7:30pm

Registration

Registration is complementary but required as space is limited. Register HERE by Wednesday, May 28, 2025.

Venue

Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute Room 123
University of California, San Diego
3234 Matthews Lane
La Jolla, CA 92093
[ MAP ]

Parking

Gilman Parking Structure (252 Russell Ln, La Jolla, CA 92093; 5 minute walk to venue).

Hopkins Parking Structure (9800 Hopkins Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093; 10 minute walk to venue).

Parking fees are payable at pay stations or pay-by-phone. Note that many visitor spots are limited to two hours. Even though the app allows you to pay for longer periods, you will get a ticket after that time if parked in a 2-hour space.

Contacts

Schedule (subject to change)

8:00 - 8:45am	Registration & Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00am	Opening Remarks Yusu Wang, TILOS Director Vijay Kumar, TILOS Associate Director of Translation
9:00 - 10:30am	SESSION 1 - Chair: David Pan, TILOS & UT Austin
9:00 - 9:45am	Industry Keynote Mark Ren, Director of Design Automation Research, NVIDIA
9:50 - 10:10am	TILOS Faculty Talk Tajana Rosing, UC San Diego
10:10 - 10:30am	TILOS Faculty Talk Hamed Hassani, University of Pennsylvania
10:30 - 10:45am	Break
10:45am - 12:15pm	SESSION 2 - Chair: Yusu Wang, TILOS & UC San Diego
10:45 - 11:30am	Industry Keynote Vijay Shirsathe, VP of Engineering, Qualcomm
11:35 - 11:55am	TILOS Faculty Talk Alejandro Ribeiro, University of Pennsylvania
11:55am - 12:15pm	TILOS Faculty Talk Farinaz Koushanfar, UC San Diego
12:15 - 2:00pm	Lunch & TILOS Trainee Poster Session
1:30 - 2:30pm	Panel Discussion: AI Challenges for Academia—An Industry Perspective David Gonzalez Aguirre, Research Scientist, Intel Labs Nageen Himayat, Senior Principal Engineer, Intel Soonho Kang, Principal Applied Scientist, Amazon Web Services Subarna Tripathi, Research Scientist, Intel Labs Moderator: Vijay Kumar, TILOS & University of Pennsylvania
2:30pm - 4:00pm	SESSION 3 - Chair: Arya Mazumdar, TILOS & UC San Diego
2:30 - 3:15pm	Industry Keynote
3:20 - 3:40pm	TILOS Faculty Talk Camillo J. Taylor, University of Pennsylvania
3:40 - 4:00pm	TILOS Faculty Talk
4:00 - 4:30pm	Break
4:30 - 5:30pm	Panel Discussion: Building Deep Tech Companies John Black, SVP of Strategy, Brain Corp Henrik Christensen, TILOS & UC San Diego Jonathan Hurst, Co-Founder & Chief Robot Officer, Agility Robotics Katie Vasquez, Calibrate Ventures Moderator: Vijay Kumar, TILOS & University of Pennsylvania
5:30 - 7:30pm	Buffet Dinner & TILOS Trainee Posters