ACAO Member Networking Event & Annual Meeting
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 to Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Category: Upcoming Events
Join us in the heart of Times Square at Touro University on June 24th and 25th for the ACAO Member Networking Event and Annual Meeting. Schedule Tuesday, June 24th 4-6pm - ACAO Networking Event - Network with peers while enjoying light refreshments and beautiful views of Times Square. This event is free for ACAO members and $50 for non-members. Wednesday, June 25th 9am-10:15am - ACAO Annual Meeting (Members Only) 10:30am-12pm - Professional Development Session: "Addressing Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education" presented by Shlomo Engelson Argamon. This session is free for ACAO members to attend and is $50 for non-members. This session is a practical briefing on how higher education can confront the challenges and opportunities posed by AI, guided by two core principles: (a) fostering collaboration with students around AI rather than policing them, and (b) viewing AI as an assistive tool rather than an autonomous agent. This session explores seven key domains of the academic landscape where engaging with AI is essential:
An interactive demonstration will invite participants to explore the risks and promises of AI in academic work, and see how the key concept is collaboration, between humans and AI, between faculty and students, and between university leadership and faculty. Shlomo Engelson Argamon is the Associate Provost of Artificial Intelligence and a Professor of Computer Science at Touro University. He earned his B.S. from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1988 and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1994. Argamon has been researching artificial intelligence and machine learning for over three decades, at Bar-Ilan University, the Jerusalem College of Technology, and Illinois Institute of Technology, where he was the chair of the computer science department. His work focuses on developing computer methods to analyze writing style and content automatically. His work has applications in areas like intelligence analysis, forensic linguistics, medical information, and humanities research. He has published over 100 scientific articles and co-edited two books: Computational Methods in Counterterrorism (2009) and The Structure of Style (2010).
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New York, NY 10036
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