The AI Weekly Seminar@KIND is a weekly seminar held every Friday, open to everyone interested in cutting-edge AI and machine learning research. Presenters may cover trendy topics in AI/ML, including agentic AI, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, reasoning, and more, as well as domain-specialized research such as social network analysis, personalization, and natural disaster informatics. We welcome participants not only from within the KIND Lab but from any group or background who share a passion for advancing AI research.
🍕 Snacks and food will be provided from time to time!
In-person: Deschutes Hall 220
Zoom: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/4052006678
| Date (Friday) | Time | Presenter | Paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-04 | 3:30–5:30 PM PST | Yu Wang | Agentic Harness Engineering for Research |
| 2026-03-28 | 3:30–5:30 PM PST | Utkarsh Sahu | Evaluating Long-Horizon Memory for Multi-Party Collaborative Dialogues |
| 2026-03-28 | 3:30–5:30 PM PST | Zhisheng Qi | Generalizable End-to-End Tool-Use RL with Synthetic CodeGym |
| 2026-03-20 | 3:30–5:30 PM PST | Utkarsh Sahu | MetaMind: Modeling Human Social Thoughts with Metacognitive Multi-Agent Systems |
| 2026-03-20 | 3:30–5:30 PM PST | Zhisheng Qi | LLM-SR: Scientific Equation Discovery via Programming with Large Language Models |
| 2026-03-13 | 3:30–5:30 PM PST | — | No meeting — Yu and Utkarsh are at a meeting in DC |
| 2026-03-06 | 3:30–5:30 PM PST | Zhisheng Qi | Shoot First, Ask Questions Later? Building Rational Agents that Explore and Act Like People |
| 2026-03-06 | 3:30–5:30 PM PST | Utkarsh Sahu | Evoking User Memory: Personalizing LLM via Recollection-Familiarity Adaptive Retrieval |
| 2026-02-27 | 3:30–5:30 PM PST | — | Skipped (whole group at conference) |
| 2026-02-20 | 3:30–5:30 PM PST | Zhisheng Qi | Security and Privacy-Preserving Retrieval-Augmented Generation |
| 2026-02-20 | 3:30–5:30 PM PST | Utkarsh Sahu | Agentic RAG for Social Networks and Personalization |
| 2026-02-13 | 3:30–5:30 PM PST | Zhisheng Qi | Defending Against Knowledge Poisoning Attacks in RAG |
| 2026-02-13 | 3:30–5:30 PM PST | Utkarsh Sahu | General Introduction to OpenClaw and Moltbook |