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#IJCAI2019 main conference in tweets
The main IJCAI2019 conference started on August 13th. The organizers gave the opening remarks and statistics, and announced the award winners for this year.
The Opening Ceremony
#ijcai2019 opening https://t.co/ybQI1tijLS pic.twitter.com/hPTWVco1ZS
— tamura🍺 (@y7amura) August 13, 2019
Let the fun begin. #ijcai2019 @IJCAIconf pic.twitter.com/jma4pojQiG
— rui•maranhao (@rmaranhao) August 13, 2019
It’s the start of #ijcai2019 in Macau. I was last here 22 years ago, and it’s nice to be back. Over the next 2-3 days I’m hoping to post a few links and descriptions of the exciting search work my students and colleagues will be presenting here. pic.twitter.com/BITqFR9hiM
— Nathan Sturtevant (@nathansttt) August 13, 2019
#ijcai2019 starts with a great tiger dance! pic.twitter.com/A894dolK0n
— Ashish Kulkarni (@kulashish) August 13, 2019
#IJCAI2019 has started off with a bang 😃 pic.twitter.com/7m3hVVMwEj
— Tathagata (@tchakra2) August 13, 2019
IJCAI2019 numbers
#ijcai2019 @IJCAIconf #ijcai numbers pic.twitter.com/7iQ576aRTe
— Oktie Hassanzadeh (he/him) (@oktie) August 13, 2019
Special track
https://twitter.com/JGSchaeffer/status/1161258357706989569
Some of the IJCAI2019 Awards
Congratulations @frossi_t for winning the IJCAI Distinguished Service Award! https://t.co/R82K8IJK6T
— Elon Musk (@mariedj17) July 26, 2019
Amedeo Cesta @cesta_rome awarded by @BarryOSullivan with #EurAI fellowship in Macau during @IJCAIconf great honour for a great researcher @StampaCnr @cnr_istc @AI_x_IA pic.twitter.com/EhLCLOeoTJ
— PST@ISTC-CNR (@CNRPst) August 13, 2019
Super proud that our paper got distinguished paper honorable mention today @IJCAIconf #ijcai2019 😁. Link to the paper – https://t.co/Pt7dploKl7 pic.twitter.com/nnKR8YLOsy
— Sri Krishna (@skrish_13) August 13, 2019
Talks
“Doing for robots what Evolution did for us” by Leslie Kaelbling.
Official opening session of #IJCAI2019 is over.
1000+ people listening to Leslie Kaelbling, MIT, now: keynote: "Doing for our robots what evolution did for us"
There is no single strategy for designing a general-purpose #robot but more & from different fields#AI @IJCAIconf pic.twitter.com/h1dCciWHvj
— Dagmar Monett (@dmonett) August 13, 2019
“Human-level intelligence or animal-like abilities” by Adnan Darwiche.
#ijcai2019 #day4 invited talk on ‘Reasoning about the Behavior of AI Systems' by Adnan Darwiche (UCLA) – Ijcai2019 at Cotai Expo in the Venetian Macau에서 https://t.co/fuUNU5lGqx
— Woontack Woo (우운택) (@wwoo_ct) August 13, 2019
Now live from the @IJCAIconf on #artificialintelligence "Reasoning About the Behavior of AI Systems", a talk given by Adnan Darwich. https://t.co/CIQ2MLsb6X pic.twitter.com/PZFzIxovXg
— IJCAIconf (@IJCAIconf) August 13, 2019
In his 2019 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize talk, Matti Järvisalo nicely emphasises the enormous impact of automated reasoning in #AI and beyond … and shines a bright light on one of #AI's largest intellectual and commercial successes to date. pic.twitter.com/3RehpA9HCM
— Holger Hoos (@HolgerHoos) August 13, 2019
Diversity in AI panel discussion
Thanks to panelists Edith Elkind, @pascalefung, @frossi_t, @siminyu_kat, and @TobyWalsh for a lively and stimulating panel on #diversity in #AI #ijcai2019. Lots of great ideas for ways to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion of many underrepresented groups! pic.twitter.com/cnxJxZeP46
— Elon Musk (@mariedj17) August 13, 2019
What can be done to CHANGE the current unfortunate issues of #diversity (not only but especially) in #AI?
A lot!! 👇#IJCAI2019 @IJCAIconf pic.twitter.com/BtVBSwSsHW
— Dagmar Monett (@dmonett) August 13, 2019
Demos and booths
Demos and booths of different companies took place next to different poster sessions.
@Sony is the main sponsor of #IJCAI2019. We are preparing our booth now. 👷 pic.twitter.com/fQYLltw56U
— Naoya Takahashi (@zuNaoya) August 12, 2019
Our fearless leaders @casey_dugan @dinahtravels Jim and Shirin in full force at the @IBMResearch booth at #IJCAI2019 🙇
https://t.co/Sm9BNbZHLQ pic.twitter.com/Z4RXoy5R5R— Tathagata (@tchakra2) August 13, 2019
Paper presentation sessions were happening at the same time in other venues.
Robot challenge
Why buying a #robot when you can #doityourself !#robotchallenge @ #ijcai2019 pic.twitter.com/3ml3S6UsyI
— Daniele Di Mitri (@dimstudi0) August 13, 2019
Stay tuned as I’ll be covering the conference as an AIhub ambassador.
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