Abstract: The application of AI across various domains demonstrates both the promise of existing techniques but also their limitations. In this talk, I explore three recent projects and how they shed light on the progress of AI and the challenges to come. These projects include ELF OpenGo a reimplementation of AlphaZero, fastMRI for reducing the time required to capture MRIs, and CraftAssist a framework for exploring bots in Minecraft.

Bio:  C. Lawrence Zitnick is a research scientist at Facebook AI Research. He is interested in a broad range of topics related to artificial intelligence including visual learning, grounding language in imagery, and applying AI techniques to new practical domains. He developed the PhotoDNA technology used by Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and various law enforcement agencies to combat illegal imagery on the web. Before joining FAIR, he was a principal researcher at Microsoft Research. He received the PhD degree in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University.

Homepage: http://larryzitnick.org/