Focus on Areas of Success for AI
Prescott, Arizona, USA, August 15-16, 2025
Join us for an immersive exploration into cutting-edge topics at the intersection of AI and diverse fields! Our Special Topics in AI Workshop will delve into four distinct themes, promising to push the boundaries of knowledge and innovation:
AI and Cybersecurity: Uncover the latest strategies and advancements in leveraging AI to safeguard digital infrastructures against evolving cyber threats.
Please submit an abstract (not to exceed 2 pages) by July 13 to be considered for the proceedings to be published by well regarded company Springer. Those accepted will be presented at the workshop and final paper submission due end of August to allow minor changes after the event. It will be in the Springer format.
Combinatorics and AI: Explore the fascinating synergy between combinatorial optimization and AI algorithms, unlocking new possibilities in problem-solving across various domains.
Posters will be exhibited in the main reception area.
Aerospace AI: Embark on a journey into the skies as we delve into how AI is revolutionizing aerospace technologies, from autonomous flight systems to space exploration.
This workshop is designed for AI enthusiasts, researchers, practitioners, and anyone curious about the forefront of AI applications. Don't miss this opportunity to gain insights, network with experts, and be part of shaping the future of AI!
Methodology and Empirics: Dive deep into the methodologies and empirical studies shaping the AI landscape, understanding how data-driven approaches are reshaping decision-making processes.
Stay tuned for more details and registration information. Save the date and mark your calendars for an enlightening exploration into Special Topics in AI!
Healthcare AI: Applications of AI to the healthcare, healthcare technology, personalized medicine, AI integration/AI-assisted medicine, human-AI integration.
Cost of workshop (to cover cost of catering, dinner, and miscellanea.)
- $300 (faculty, professional)
- $100 (student)
Date: Reception on the evening of August 14 with program commencing on the morning of August 15 through mid-day of August 16. Dinner August 15, 2025.
For workshop and Springer inquiries Jon.Haass@erau.edu or the websites above.
Schedule for the 3rd workshop is shown below.
- Authors with accepted papers will incur no publication fees from Springer unless you have funding and desire to have your paper openly available. Many libraries including Embry-Riddle subscribe to Springer making it available to students and faculty at no additional charge. Submit two-page abstract and outline by July 13, 2025.
For workshop and Springer inquiries email Jon.Haass@erau.edu
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2025 Schedule and Speakers
6 p.m.: Reception at The Center for The Future, 220 S. Marina, Prescott, AZ 86303
- 8:30 a.m.: Registration and Continental Breakfast
- 9 a.m.: Opening Remarks
- 9:15 a.m.: Dr. Moshe Vardi, Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor, Rice University, KEYNOTE: Homo Ratiocinator (Reckoning Man)
- 10:15 a.m.: Dr. David Ostrowski, Northwestern University, Localized Agentic Workflow Automation with Tiny Llama
- 10:50 a.m.: Break
- 11:10 a.m.: Dr. Jeff Guyon, NOAA, Charleston, SC, AI-Driven Exploration of Bayesian Posteriors in LD50 Estimation: Insights from Environmental Dose-Response Data
- Noon: LUNCH (catered)
- 1:30 p.m.: Dr. Joe Barr, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ, The Scale Invariance Principle in Statistical Learning
- 2:15 p.m.: Dr. Kimani Kimbrough, NOAA, Silver Spring MD, A Comparison of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Statistical Models for Identifying Mixtures in Contaminant Data
- 3 p.m.: Paul Duncanson, Document Management System with Directed Acyclic Graphs
- 3:40 p.m.: Dr. Peter Shaw, Multi-Level Graph Fusion for Intelligent Document Merging: Integrating FPT Algorithms with Large Language Models
- 4:20 p.m.: Dr. Jon C. Haass, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott AZ, ML Approach to Student Pilot Training with PSTLE
- 6-9 p.m.: Dinner and Social (Gurley Street Grille, 230 W. Gurley St, Prescott)
- 8:30 a.m.: Continental Breakfast
- 9 a.m.: Dr. Faisal Abu-Khzam, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon, Invited Talk: Combinatorial Methods in Artificial Intelligence: the Power of Node Packing.
- 9:25 a.m.: Hassan Hassid, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon, Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis with Clustering Using DistilBERT
- 9:50 a.m.: Mohamed Sabra, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon, Leveraging Blockchain for Decentralized Training and Inference for Large Language Models
- 10:15 a.m.: Sean McConoughey, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, CARS, Demonstration of LLM Enabled Aircraft Log Anomaly Detection for Identification of Security Events in an IP Environment
- 10:40 a.m.: Sang Xing, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, Dual Multi-Agent System Architecture for Resilient UAV Swarm Operations in Contested Environments
- 11:05 a.m.: Dr. Ahmed Sulyman, Embry-Riddle, Prescott, Fast Charging Electric Vehicles
- 11:30 a.m.: Keith Alan Crabb II, Emery Johnson IV, Texas A&M, College Station, TX, Evaluation of GBDTs in APT identification within ICS Networks
- 11:55 a.m.: Rosa Szurgot, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Ethical AI in Aerospace: Decision Making in High-Risk, High-Reward Environments
- 12:20 a.m.: Dr. Catalina Aranzazu, Dr. Preethi Santhanam. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Enhancing Security and Privacy in Mobile and Web Applications: A Focus on Children's Data and Health Information
- Closing Remarks: Joe Barr and Jon Haass
- Adjourn Workshop
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 3700 Willow Creek Road, Prescott AZ 86301
Dedicated to the memory of Lawrence H. Harper
Lawrence H. "Larry" Harper, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics was a giant in the area of combinatorics and its relationship with computing.
He wrote a number of important articles including “On the Bandwidth of a Hamming Graph” and the monograph “Global Methods for Combinatorial Isoperimetric Problems” with Cambridge University Press. Professor Harper was remembered by his colleagues as a "folk hero in combinatorics."
He spoke at a previous AI workshop on the different tools for managing graph problems including the 43 <= Ramsey Number R(5,5) <= 48, which he was working up to his time of passing in October 2023.