Agenda

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Monday, 23 March 2026

 

• Pre-Workshop Courses and Autonomy Expo

• 1200
• Check-In/To-Go Lunch

• 1300
• Track A: Courses
• Track B: Autonomy Expo (CUI)

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• AI System Architecture and Deployment Guidelines
  Dave Martinez, MIT LL
• Autonomy Al Fresco
  Eric Cristofalo, MIT LL

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• Safe Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Systems
  Trevor Ashley, MIT LL
• Tactical Navigation (TNAV)
  Luis Alvarez, MIT LL

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• Operator-Focused Explainable AI: From Concept to Comparison to Deployment
  Ngaire Underhill, Izzy Hurley, Melanie Platt, Harry Li, Erfaun Noorani, Daniel Stabile, Edward Kao, MIT LL
• Autonomous Mobility through Intelligent Collaboration (AMIC)
  Dan Stoianovici, MIT LL

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• A Practical Guide to Applied Generative AI
  Pooya Khorrami, Evan Young, Charlie Dagli, Kenneth Alperin, Trang Nguyen, Ashok Kumar, MIT LL
• Scalable Heterogeneous Autonomy for Resilient Coordination (SHARC)
  Brendan Long, MIT LL

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• Hands-On Amazon Web Services (AWS) for AI
  Brian McCarthy, Kwadwo Ankrah-Kusi, AWS
• Static Robot Displays

 

Tuesday, 24 March 2026

• Generative and Agentic AI

• 0800
• Check-In/Continental Breakfast

• 0900
• Workshop Overview and Welcome
• Jaime Peña, Ho Chit Siu, MIT LL

• 0910
• Opening Remarks
• Melissa G. Choi, Director, MIT LL
  Heidi Perry, Chief Technology Officer, MIT LL

• 0915
• Keynote
• Frank Kendall, 26th Secretary of the U.S. Air Force

• 1015
• Networking Break

• Session 2-1: Innovations in Generative and Agentic AI

• 1030
• Session Introduction
• Charlotte Shabarekh, MIT LL

• 1035
• Enhancing Mission Readiness with Automated Assessments
• Rachel Amey, Army Research Institute

• 1055
• Open-World Reasoning for Army Autonomous Heterogeneous Systems
• Celso De Melo, U.S. Army DEVCOM

• 1115
• AI Benchmarks for National Security
• Glenn Parham, GovBenchM

• 1135
• Lunch

• Session 2-2: Operational Use of Generative and Agentic AI

• 1235
• Session Introduction
• Erika Mackin, MIT LL

• 1240
• Operationalizing SOUTHCOM Data through Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models
• Jason Schoch, US SOUTHCOM

• 1300
• Enabling Secure and Scalable Evaluation of Generative AI Models for Performance and Trustworthiness Tradeoffs
• Swaroop Vattam, Michael Yee, MIT LL

• 1235
• Generating Synthetic Patients in Support of Mass Casualty Exercises
• Cindy Engholm, Yan Glina, MIT LL

• 1340
• Networking Break
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• Session 2-3: Human–AI Integration

• 1400
• Session Introduction
• Steve Gomez, MIT LL

• 1405
• Field Artificial Intelligence Triage
• Kevin Brady, MIT LL

• 1425
• Debrief Engine to Enhance Mental Model Alignment with AI Teammates
• Izzy Hurley, Melanie Platt, MIT LL

• 1445
• Human-Agent Teaming Capabilities for Cyber Operations
• Harry Li, MIT LL

• 1505
• Networking Break
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• 1525
• Poster Session Lightning Talks

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• Session Introduction
• Heather Grebe, Cuyler O’Brien, MIT LL

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• Human-Machine Teaming with Scene Graphs: LLM Tool Agents for User Interaction
• Laura Niss, MIT LL

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• CHIMERA: Chemical Indicator Materials Realized by AI
• Richard Kingsborough, Lin Li, MIT LL

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• Author Identification in the Age of LLMs: Native Language and Synthetic Text Identification
• Kenneth Alperin, Adaku Uchendu, MIT LL

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• Exploiting Graph Structure for Author Verification
• Dr. Ana Smith, MIT LL

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• NITMRE: Incorporating AI into Military Chat Operations
• Courtland VanDam, Leslie Shing, MIT LL

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• AI-Enhanced Interference Rejection
• Rahul Jain, MIT LL

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• Guardian Autonomy for Safe Decision Making
• Jaime Peña, Maj Dan Durbin, MIT LL

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• Efficient Neural Networks for Vessel Detection in Portable Ultrasound Guided Procedures
• Mateusz Wolak, MIT LL

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• Radiology Foundation Model Development to Accelerate Medical Image Interpretation for Field Forward Care
• Lars Gjesteby, MIT LL

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• Modular Electronic Protection with AI/ML
• Keith Forsythe, MIT LL

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• Poster Session Wrap-Up
• Heather Grebe, Cuyler O’Brien, MIT LL

• 1630
• Poster Session and Networking Reception (Cafeteria)

 

Wednesday, 25 March 2026

• Robotics and Autonomy

• Session 3-2: Contested PNT, Control, and Maneuver

• 1035
• Session Introduction
• Andrew Heier, MIT LL

• 1040
• Scalable Visual Global Localization for Multi-Agent Teams
• Jon How, MIT

• 1100
• Integrating AI/ML Capabilities into Alt-PNT Systems
• Ted Steiner, Draper

• 1120
• Ground Autonomy in Contested and Comms Denied Battlefields
• Jon Hastie, Forterra

• 1140
• Lunch
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• Session 3-3: Battlefield ISR, Awareness, and Reasoning

• 1240
• Session Introduction
• Andrew Schoer, MIT LL

• 1245
• Leveraging Cloud Based Infrastructure to Deliver AI to the Edge
• James McGee, UWDC

• 1305
• Cooperative Underwater Navigation and Recognition
• Madeline Miller, MIT LL

• 1325
• Scalable and Intelligent Command of Multi-Domain Autonomous Systems
• Zack Serlin, HavocAI

• 1345
• Networking Break
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• Session 3-4: Multi-Agent Systems and Human Control

• 1405
• Session Introduction
• Amy Fang, MIT LL

• 1410
• Swarming Autonomy Initiative at Lincoln Laboratory
• Max Merfeld, MIT LL

• 1430
• Multi-Robot Sliding Mode Autonomy (MRsMA)
• Matt Travers, CMU

• 1450
• Neurosymbolic Strategies for Multi-Agent Coordination
• Alberto Speranzon, Lockheed Martin

• 1510
• Multi-Agent Systems for Aerial and Space-Based Sensing
• Hamsa Balakrishnan, MIT

• 1530
• Robotics and Autonomy Day Wrap-Up
• Rob Frei, Erfaun Noorani, Ben Price, MIT LL

 

Thursday, 26 March 2026

• All Tracks: Closing (Auditorium | Unclassified | Hybrid)

• 1420
• Session Introduction
• Joe Campbell, MIT LL

• 1425
• Future of AI: Air Force AI Accelerator Panel
• iela Rus, MIT CSAIL Bob Bond, MIT LL Col Scott Ruppel, DAF Sanjeev Mohindra, MIT LL Moderator: Joe Campbell, MIT LL

• 1525
• Workshop Closing Remarks
• Heidi Perry, MIT LL