OMU Physical AI Symposium 2026 | Kai Cai's Control and AI Group

Flyer / パンフレット

Download the flyer here. / パンフレットはこちらからご覧いただけます。

Venue / 会場

Hall, Building A12, Nakamozu Campus, Osaka Metropolitan University / 大阪公立大学中百舌鳥キャンパスA12棟ホール

Date and time / 日時

October 8, 2026 (Thu) 10:00-20:00 / 2026年10月8日 10:00-20:00

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Registration/参加登録

Please register via the following link. / 以下のリンクからご登録ください。

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Program

Time	Program
10:00–10:05	Opening Remarks Prof. Fuminori Tokunaga, Executive Vice President, OMU
10:05–10:10	Welcome Remarks Prof. Shingo Ata, Dean, Graduate School of Informatics, OMU
10:10–10:20	Symposium Overview Prof. Kai Cai, Graduate School of Informatics, OMU
10:20–10:25	Group Photo
10:25–10:55	Invited Talk 1 Stanford University \| Dr. Carmen Amo Alonso \| "Controllable AI: Artificial Intelligence Meets Control Theory"
10:55–11:25	Invited Talk 2 University of Toronto \| Stefan Damjanovic \| "Frequency-Weighted Distributionally Robust System Identification"
11:25–11:45	Poster Spotlight Talks 10 presenters × 2 minutes
11:45–14:00	Lunch & Poster Session Poster discussions and networking
14:00–14:25	Industry Talk 1 Hitachi Ltd. \| Yohei Kono \| "Physical AI for Autonomous Batch Process Plants: Understanding, Prediction, and Replanning over a Finite Horizon"
14:25–14:50	Industry Talk 2 Kozo Keikaku Engineering Inc. \| Kenichi Takane \| "Unlocking the Potential of Physical AI through Spatial Digitalization — The Role of NavVis in Capturing, Managing, and Utilizing Spatial Data"
14:50–15:15	Application Talk 1 OMU \| Prof. Hirotada Hashimoto \| "Digitizing Expert Skills and Tacit Knowledge toward Physical AI for LNG Fuel Tank Welding"
15:15–15:40	Application Talk 2 University of Tokyo \| Dr. Risa Shinoda \| "Vision-Language Models for Agricultural Physical AI: Understanding Real-World Agricultural Environments"
15:40–16:00	Coffee Break & Networking
16:00–16:30	Invited Talk 3 MIT \| Eric Yu \| "Quantifying Safety under Uncertainty with Least-Effort Adversarial Potentials"
16:30–17:00	Invited Talk 3 Harvard University & Broad Institute \| Dr. Joshua Pickard \| "Observable and Controllable Digital Twins for Improving Sepsis Care"
17:00–17:30	Invited Talk 4 MIT \| Dr. Ruikun Zhou \| "Safe and Reliable Physical AI: A Control-Theoretic Perspective"
17:30–17:35	Symposium Conclusion Prof. Kai Cai, Graduate School of Informatics, OMU
17:35–17:40	Closing Remarks Prof. Yasushi Yagi, Osaka University
17:40–18:00	Walk to Reception Venue
18:00–19:50	Technical Exchange & Networking
19:50–19:55	Closing Message 1 Prof. Lacra Pavel, University of Toronto
19:55–20:00	Closing Message 2 Prof. Chuchu Fan, MIT