Workshop Sessions
The workshop program is structured around three focus areas:
- Session A — Perception for Insect-Scale Robots
- Session B — Robot Design, Actuation, and Sensing at Insect Scale
- Session C — Edge AI for Insect-Scale Autonomy
Workshop Schedule
October 1, 2026 · Pittsburgh local time (ET)
Room location: TBD
Schedule subject to change
Room location: TBD
Schedule subject to change
| Time | Item | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30–08:40 | Introduction | Welcome and workshop overview |
| 08:40–09:15 | Keynote 1: Yiannis Aloimonos | Purposive Memory and Purposive Perception: A key to insect-scale autonomy |
| 09:15–09:50 | Keynote 2: Frances Chance | The Computer Bug You Want: Insect-Inspired Neuromorphic Primitives for Energy-Efficient Computation |
| 09:50–10:20 | Contributed Talks | Accepted papers for Session A |
| 10:20–10:50 | Coffee Break + Poster Session | Accepted papers/posters outside the conference room |
| 10:50–11:40 | Rising Star Talks | Elia Cereda and Gabriel Gattaux |
| 11:40–12:15 | Keynote 3: Sawyer Fuller | Embodied Intelligence in Insect Robotics |
| 12:15–13:30 | Lunch + Early-Career Research and Career Discussion | Research ideas, career guidance, and networking |
| 13:30–14:05 | Keynote 4: Sarah Bergbreiter | Event-based mechanosensing for insect-scale autonomy |
| 14:05–14:30 | Industry Talk 1: Geoffrey Barrows (Centeye) | What can you do with a few thousand pixels? |
| 14:30–15:05 | Keynote 5: Vijay Janapa Reddi | Title TBD |
| 15:05–15:35 | Contributed Talks | Combined accepted papers for Sessions B and C |
| 15:35–16:05 | Coffee Break + Poster Session | Accepted papers/posters outside the conference room |
| 16:05–16:30 | Industry Talk 2: Chenxi Wu (SynSense) | Seeing at mW, Reacting at ms: The Speck™ DVS-SNN SoC |
| 16:30–17:15 | Panel Discussion: Enabling Autonomy at Insect Scale | Roadmap discussion and audience Q&A |
| 17:15–17:25 | Awards and Community Perspective Paper | Awards and post-workshop next steps |
| 17:25–17:35 | Closing remarks | Summary and acknowledgments |