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Advancing the science of AI agent evaluation

Upcoming: October 22, 2026 – October 23, 2026 | New York, NY, USA

On October 22–23, 2026, Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University’s AI Measurement Science & Engineering Center (AIMSEC) will convene 120 key leaders across academia, industry, civil society, and government to define shared standards and measurement science for evaluating and governing…

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Hegelian Self-Reflection for Improved Mathematical and Symbolic Reasoning, and Scientific Discovery in Large Language Models

Sara Abdali, Michael Solodko, Can Goksen, Saeed Amizadeh, Julie E. Maybee, Kazuhito Koishida, Pashmina Cameron

September 2026

MathNLP 2026: The 4th Workshop on Mathematical Natural Language Processing at EMNLP 2026 | September 2026

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From Passive Delegates to Strategic Negotiators: Reinforcing Social Reasoning in Small Language Models with SocialRL

Wenyue Hua, Zezhou Huang, Tyler Payne, Safoora Yousefi, Saleema Amershi, Asli Celikyilmaz

August 2026

arXiv | August 2026

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Responsible use of artificial intelligence and machine learning for food security early warning systems.

Weston B. Anderson, Inbal Becker-Reshef, Nicholas Bodanac, Bia Carneiro, Dave English, Andrew Hoell, Tim Hoffine, YanYan Liu, Mélissande Machefer, M. Meroni, Clionadh Raleigh, Andrew J. Tatem, R. Trigwell, Paola Vesco, Rob Vos

Nature food | August 2026

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“Nobody Did This”: Contribution, Originality, and Accountability in Agent-Mediated Collaboration

Kashif Imteyaz, M. Rifat, Divya Ramesh, Steven R. Rick, S. Hosio, Hauke Sandhaus, Advait Sarkar, Christoph Riedl, Saiph Savage

July 2026

arXiv | July 2026

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Linking the stages of teaching skills based on the dynamic model of education effectiveness with student outcomes in Taiwan

S. Tsai, Minho Lee, Tzu-Bin Lin, Robert Pinsler

Learning Environments Research | July 2026, Vol 29

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What humanity needs to flourish in the next decade

E. Glen Weyl, James Evans, Chris White

Noema | July 2026

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Informal Learning Emerges in Everyday Human-LLM Interaction

Zixin Chen, Haotian Li, Ziang Xiao, Huamin Qu, Xing Xie

July 2026

arXiv | July 2026

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Welcome Session – Microsoft Research India Academic Summit 2026

June 26, 2026 | Venkat Padmanabhan, Srinivasan Iyengar

Microsoft Research India Academic Summit 2026Speakers: Venkat Padmanabhan, Srinivasan Iyengar#MSRI #ARS2026

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Plenary Talk 1: Navigating the AI Horizon: Promises, Perils, and the Power of Collaboration

June 26, 2026 | Ece Kamar, Srinivasan Iyengar

Microsoft Research India Academic Research Summit 2026Speakers: Ece Kamar#msri #ARS2026 Ece Kamar frames the current AI moment through the rise of AI agents, balancing transformative potential with real risks. The talk argues that durable impact…

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