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Harsha Kokel
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AI and Sequential Decision Making @ IBM Research, San Jose.

New mom.
This is a great opportunity to showcase your research and engage with a vibrant community pushing the boundaries of intelligent systems.

🔗 Learn more and submit: plan-fm.github.io/2026

#AAAI2026 #PLANFM #FoundationModels
October 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🧠 The aim of this bridge is to share resources and foster learning across communities.
📚 It’s a non-archival venue — we welcome already published work, under-polished ideas, and papers currently under review.

#CallForPapers #CFP
October 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Agree. Wondering if WFH parents have some hacks for context switching! Or do their neurons just adapt?
August 18, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Wonder if the estimation gap is this large for people who think AI does not help them in their work.
July 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Take away #2 is 🤯
July 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
🎙️ Title: Reasoning for Multimodal Semi-structured Tables
👨‍🏫 Speaker: Dr. Vivek Gupta, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Arizona State University (ASU).
📅 Time: Tuesday, April 1st, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT, Online event
April 1, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Do you think it would help if the research community defined a new/different term for the intermediate steps; and not call it “reasoning” ? Curious.
March 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
✍️ Read the blog: ibm.github.io/ACPBench/blo...
📜 Read the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2410.05669
▶️ Watch the talk: youtu.be/zlIOeYlo52M
🤗 Access the dataset: huggingface.co/datasets/ibm...

Joint work with Michael Katz, Kavitha Srinivas, and Shirin Sohrabi.

#AI #MachineLearning #LLMs
ACPBench: Reasoning about Action, Change, and Planning
YouTube video by Harsha Kokel
youtu.be
March 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
🔍 Our AAAI paper, ACPBench, introduces a benchmark designed to rigorously evaluate LLMs on core reasoning skills required for planning.
✅ 7 tasks
✅ 13 domains: includes IPC domains as well as one novel domain

#Planning #Reasoning
March 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Congratulations. ☺️ Wish you a very health and rested pregnancy. You are such an inspiration; you are gonna be a great mom. ❤️
March 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
📅 Mark your calendars and get ready to dive into the future of AI Planning! Find more information on our website: plan-fm.github.io

🚀 See you there!
Bridging Planning and Reasoning in Natural Languages with Foundational Models
plan-fm.github.io
February 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Organizers:
Harsha Kokel, Shirin Sohrabi, Soham Dan, Manling Li, Yu Su

Advisors:
Biplav Srivastava, Sriraam Natarajan, Subbarao Kambhampati
February 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
📚 Tutorials to boost your knowledge in AI Planning, LLMs, and Language Agents.

🍽️ Exclusive for Students: Lunch-with-a-Mentor! Enjoy a unique opportunity to connect with AI mentors over lunch, ask questions, and get career insights.
February 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
💡 Plus, don’t miss our hour-long panel discussion on "Planning in Natural Language with LLMs"—where top minds will tackle the latest breakthroughs and challenges in AI Planning!
February 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Join us for an electrifying talk by Karen Myers on "AI Planning: From Shakey Foundations to a Chatty Future”

We also have invited talks from two incredible experts:
🔥 Swaroop Mishra
🔥 Mark "Mak” Roberts
February 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM