Organizers

2026 Program Committee

Cam Allen
Program Chair
Postdoctoral Scholar
UC Berkeley

Michael Cohen
Postdoctoral Scholar
UC Berkeley

Karim Abdel Sadek
PhD Student
UC Berkeley

Mark Bedaywi
PhD Student
UC Berkeley

Nathan Henry
PhD Student
UC Berkeley

Michelle Li
PhD Student
UC Berkeley

Bhaskar Mishra
PhD Student
UC Berkeley

Julian Yocum
PhD Student
UC Berkeley

Workshop Admin Leads

Sarah Otis
Assistant Director
CHAI

J.P. Gonzales
Assistant to Stuart Russell
CHAI

Steering Committee

Serina Chang
Assistant Professor
UC Berkeley

Andrew Critch
CEO / Cofounder
Encultured AI

Anca Dragan
Associate Professor
UC Berkeley
Director, AI Safety & Alignment
Google DeepMind

Jaime Fernández Fisac
Assistant Professor
Princeton

Mark Nitzberg
Executive Director
CHAI

Emma Pierson
Assistant Professor
UC Berkeley

Stuart Russell
Professor
UC Berkeley

Jonathan Stray
Senior Scientist
CHAI

Justin Svegliato
Senior Research Scientist
Microsoft & CHAI

Max Tegmark
Professor
MIT

Maxy the Paperclip Maximizer Assistant