AstroAI Workshop 2026 | AstroAI

2026 program directory

Meet the voices that shaped the workshop

Explore the keynote perspectives, hands-on tutorials, and focused research talks from four days at the intersection of AI and astrophysics.

5: Keynotes
4: Tutorials
4: Spotlights

Big-picture perspectives

Keynote speakers

5 sessions

Keynote Berthy Feng IAIFI Imaging at the Edge of Science: Integrating Scientific Knowledge and AI to Recover Hidden Structure Keynote Laurence Perreault-Levasseur Université de Montréal Data-Driven High-Dimensional Inverse Problems: A Journey Through Strong Gravitational Lensing Data Analysis Keynote Matthew Kopec Harvard University Including AI Agents on Scientific Teams: Some Open Ethical Questions Keynote Matthew Schwartz Harvard University The Evolution of Science in the Age of AI Keynote Siddharth Mishra-Sharma Boston University Measuring and forecasting AI scientific capabilities

Learn by doing

Tutorial leaders

4 sessions

Tutorial Konstantin Malanchev CMU / LINCC Frameworks LSDB - A Tool for Scalable Analysis Tutorial Manuel Perez Carrasco AstroAI/CfA Introduction to Transformers Tutorial Phillip Cargile AstroAI/CfA Accelerated Computation with Auto-Differentiation: AD/PyTorch/JAX Tutorial Rocco Di Tella AstroAI/CfA Introduction to Agentic Coding for Researchers

Focused ideas

Spotlight speakers

4 sessions

Spotlight Alex Gagliano Physical Superintelligence Foundation Models for Science: Lessons from the Transient Sky Spotlight Ana Sofía Uzsoy AstroAI/Harvard University Manifold learning for cosmic structures Spotlight Kaley Brauer Harvard University How Do We Know What an AI System Is Thinking? Spotlight Mike Smith AstroAI/CfA The Platonic Universe: Do Foundation Models See the Same Sky?

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