UCSB CRML Agentic AI Summit 2026

Henley Hall 1010

8:00 am-5:30 pm

Event Registration:  https://ml.ucsb.edu/form/rsvp

Live Stream:  https://www.youtube.com/@ucsbcrml

UCSB organizers: Eric Wang, Miguel Eckstein, Yuheng Bu, Murphy Niu, Qianqi (Jackie) Yan, Zhen Zhang

The inaugural UCSB Agentic AI Summit will be held on Friday, January 23, 2026, at UC Santa Barbara. We’re bringing together researchers, industry leaders, and students from across Southern California to explore how next-generation, agentic AI systems can drive both scientific discovery and real-world impact.

Schedule

8:00 am — Registration and Breakfast

8:30 am — Opening Remarks

• Welcome Address by Umesh Mishra, Dean of the College of Engineering
• Introduction to the Summit’s Goals by William Wang and Eric Wang

9:00—9:50 am — Keynote: Sujith Ravi, VP of GenAI at Oracle

9:50–10:40 am — Keynote: Jiantao Jiao, Director of AI at Nvidia

10:40–11:00 am — Morning Coffee break

11:00–11:50 am — Keynote: Murphy Niu, UCSB CS

11:50–1:00 pm —Lunch

1:00–1:50 pm — Keynote: Diyi Yang, Stanford CS

1:50–2:40 pm — Keynote: Daniel Martin, UCSB Economics

2:40–3:00 pm — Afternoon Coffee break

3:00–3:45 pm — Industry Lightning Talks

• Ang Li, CEO of Simular
• Zackary Glazewski, Founding AI Engineer at ChipAgents
• Eser Kandogan, Principal Research Engineer at Megagon Labs

3:45–4:45 pm — AI Faculty Highlights

• Eric Wang, Yuheng Bu, Michael Beyeler, James Preiss, Miguel Eckstein

4:45–5:30 pm — Panel: Agentic AI for Science, Humanity, and Industry

5:30 pm — Closing Remarks

Sponsored by the Center for Responsible Machine Learning, Mind & Machine Intelligence, ScOp VC, ChipAgents, Simular, Megagon Labs.