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ThinkAI Research & Innovation Symposium Poster Application

MAY 14, 2026
The Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City

Poster & Demo Session

Submission Deadline: April 1, 2026
Notification of Acceptance: April 10, 2026
Poster & Demo Session: May 14, 2026
The poster session provides an interactive forum to present and discuss work in progress, recent results, or visionary ideas.

Poster Topics Include (but are not limited to):

• AI Foundations and Learning Architectures: Advanced machine learning, deep learning, foundation models, efficient training, fine-tuning, and adaptation.

• Generative and Multimodal AI Systems: Text, image, audio, and 3D generation, diffusion models, transformers, cross-modal reasoning, and synthetic data.

• Natural Language and Conversational Intelligence: Large language models, conversational agents, prompt-based systems, retrieval-augmented generation, and reasoning systems.

• Human–AI Collaboration and Interaction: Co-creative systems, augmented intelligence, interactive AI tools, and AI in creative and design practice.

• AI Systems, Infrastructure, and MLOps: Scalable AI deployment, evaluation pipelines, monitoring, optimization, edge AI, and production systems.

• Responsible, Ethical, and Trustworthy AI: Explainability, fairness, bias mitigation, governance, safety, and alignment.

• Applied AI in Science, Industry, and Society: AI in healthcare, education, robotics, sustainability, security, enterprise integration, and real-world case studies.

• Emerging Frontiers and Embodied AI: AI + robotics, spatial computing, XR, physical-digital systems, and AI in the built environment.
Posters may present preliminary work, research results, conceptual frameworks, case studies, or emerging investigations that benefit from discussion.

Submission Guidelines:

We invite submissions presenting innovative research, applied systems, and creative explorations in AI. All submissions will be reviewed for originality, clarity, relevance, and impact.
Both published and unpublished work are welcome, provided submissions clearly state their status.

Poster Title

Authors, Affiliations, and Bios

Extended Abstract

500–800 words outlining problem, approach, contributions, and significance

1–2 Figures (optional)