The Symbolic Systems Forum at Stanford

The Community Sessions of Symsys 280, Symbolic Systems Research Seminar

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Upcoming Events

January
26

SSP Forum: Sonali Maitra on AI's authority

Time
Monday, January 26, 2026
12:30PM-1:20PM
Location
CoDa E160 (new room for 2026)
February
9

SSP Forum: Max Lamparth

Time
Monday, February 9, 2026
12:30PM-1:20PM
Location
CoDa E160
February
23

SSP Forum: Christina Wodtke

Time
Monday, February 23, 2026
12:30PM-1:20PM
Location
CoDa E160
March
9

SSP Forum: Diyi Yang

Time
Monday, March 9, 2026
12:30PM-1:20PM
Location
CoDa E160
April
6

SSP Forum: Cameron Ellis

Time
Monday, April 6, 2026
12:30PM-1:20PM
Location
CoDa E160
April
27

SSP Forum: Riana Pfefferkorn

Time
Monday, April 27, 2026
12:30PM-1:20PM
Location
CoDa E160
May
18

SSP Forum: Catherine Alexandra Hartley (Wasow Visiting Scholar)

Time
Monday, May 18, 2026
12:30PM-1:20PM
Location
CoDa E160

Past Events

SSP Forum: Ethan Nowak on AI speech

Time
Monday, January 12, 2026
12:30PM-1:20PM
Location
CoDa E160 (new room for 2026)

SSP Forum: Chen-Pang Yeang on the history of noise

Time
Monday, December 1, 2025
12:30PM-1:25PM
Location
CoDa E145

SSP Forum: Cat Fergesen (M.S. Candidate) + community social

Time
Monday, November 17, 2025
12:30PM-1:20PM
Location
CoDa E145

SSP Forum: Miguel Novelo Cruz on art and technology

Time
Monday, November 10, 2025
12:30PM-1:20PM
Location
CoDa E145

SSP Forum: Ann Grimes on digital authenticity

Time
Monday, November 3, 2025
12:30PM-1:20PM
Location
CoDa E145

SSP Forum: Lio Wong on language and thought

Time
Monday, October 27, 2025
12:30PM-1:20PM
Location
CoDa E145

SSP Forum: Shannon Burns on interdependent minds

Time
Monday, October 20, 2025
12:30PM-1:20PM
Location
CoDa E145

SSP Forum: Meg Cychosz on child speech development

Time
Monday, October 6, 2025
12:30PM-1:20PM
Location
CoDa E145

SSP Forum: Honors Presentations 2025

Time
Monday, June 2, 2025
12:30PM-2:30PM
Location
Margaret Jacks Hall (Bldg. 460)
Room 126
(See description for Notes on Entry)

Wasow Scholar Special Talk + Lunch: Sendhil Mullainathan on behavioral ML

Time
Thursday, May 29, 2025
12:00PM-1:20PM
Location
CoDa E145