DARWIN Symposium 2026
Sponsored by the University of Delaware’s First State AI Institute
and Data Science Institute
SAVE THE DATE!
MARCH 12, 2026
**Please check back for registration and attendance information in the coming weeks! **
DARWIN 2.0 Evolution: Tech and Talent
The 2026 DARWIN Symposium will highlight an exciting new generation of infrastructure enabling research, education, and operations at UD and its partners in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and High-Performance Computing. The infrastructure features new hardware and software platforms (the Tech) and new support teams that help boost your productivity (the Talent).
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
MANISH PARASHAR
Professor, Kahlerty School of Computing,
Chief AI Officer,
Executive Director, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute
University of Utah
AGENDA
| 8:30-9:30AM | Opening, Keynote, NSF Remarks |
| 9:30-10:30AM | Panel |
| 10:30-10:45AM | Break |
| 10:45-11:45AM | Big Data and Big Compute |
| 11:45AM-1:15PM | Poster Lightning Talk, Poster Session w/ Lunch |
| 1:15-2:15PM | AI Lightning Talks |
| 2:15-2:45PM | Infrastructure |
| 2:45-3:15PM | Break & Student-Industry Engagement |
| 3:13-4:00PM | Ignite AI Challenge Presentations |
| 4:00-4:30PM | Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks |
| 4:30PM | End of Symposium |
SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS
Sunita Chandrasekaran
FSAII Institute Director
David L. and Beverly J.C. Mills Career Development Chair in UD’s Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Rudi Eigenmann
FSAII Associate Director
LOCATION
The Audion at University of Delaware Tower at STAR
100 Discovery Boulevard
Newark, DE, 19713
