Algorithm 2021 will bring you 3 days of high-level workshops and presentations from business and technology professionals doing disruptive things in bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, big data, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and autonomous mobility. It is scheduled to take place at the JSOM Auditorium on the campus of the University of Texas at Dallas from December 2 - 4, 2021.

Here's a summary info about Algorithm 2021:

• Day 1 - Fall 2021: Workshops
• Day 2 - Fall 2021: Conference presentations
• Day 3 - Fall 2021: Conference presentations

Presentations from both traditional companies and startups will be drawn from the following broad categories:

• Blockchain, bitcoin, ethereum, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs
• Artificial Intelligence
• Autonomous vehicles
• Robotics and automation
• IoT
• Quantum computing
• Bit data

Featured speakers

Here are a few of the first batch of speakers that have been announced:

1. Professor Robert Marks. Author of The Case for Killer Robots: Why America’s Military Needs to Continue Development of Lethal AI.
2. Captain Michael Kanaan. Author of T-Minus AI: Humanity’s Countdown to Artificial Intelligence and the New Pursuit of Global Power, and the first Chairperson of Artificial Intelligence, U.S. Air Force.
3. Dr. Joel Lehman. Co-inventor of the novelty search evolutionary algorithm and Senior Research Scientist, Uber AI Labs.
4. Dr. Paul McLachlan. Head of Data Science and Principal Data Scientist, Global Artificial Intelligence Accelerator, Ericsson.
5. Dr. Stephen Thaler. Author of a generative AI machine called DABUS that made two inventions on its own.
6. Prof Ryan Abbott. Leading the global effort to cause patent authorities in the UK, US and elsewhere to recognize AI machines as inventors. About to publish The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law.

Complete info about the conference is available at https://algorithmconference.com

Workshop

The following workshop will be conducted during the conference. Registration for a workshop is not included in the cost of a conference ticket. To attend this workshop, you'll have to purchase its own ticket.

1. How to curate quality datasets for machine learning. This workshop will be conducted by a couple of machine learning engineers from Twitter, Inc. For details, click here.