Thank you to all the members of the Open SkAI 2025 organizing committees for their contributions in making the conference possible.

*Committee co-leads

Scientific Organizing Committee:

Kyle Cranmer, Professor, Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Alexander Ji, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago
Yongseok Jo, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Columbia University
Harley Katz, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago
Jennifer Li, Research Scientist, Center for AstroPhysical Surveys, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Han Liu, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Northwestern University
*Sandeep Madireddy, Computer Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory
Billy Moses, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Gautham Narayan, Associate Professor, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Amy Yeboah Quarkume, Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental Studies, Howard University
Mohammad Abdus Salam, Professor and Department Chair, Dept. of Computer Science, Chicago State University
*Tjitske Starkenburg, Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University
Aravindan Vijayaraghavan, Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Northwestern University
Ermin Wei, Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University
Jay Alameda [ex officio], Senior Technical Program Manager, Center for AstroPhysical Surveys, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Emma Alexander [ex officio], Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Northwestern University
Aleksandra Ćiprijanović [ex officio], Wilson Fellow Associate Scientist, Fermilab
Vicky Kalogera [ex officio], Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University
Daniel Sanz-Alonso [ex officio], Assistant Professor, Dept. of Statistics, The University of Chicago

Local Organizing Committee:

Elise Ahn, Director of Operations and Outreach, SkAI Institute, Northwestern University
*Erin Cox, Assistant Director of Education and Outreach, SkAI Institute, Northwestern University
Armgard Haken, Research Coordinator, Center for AstroPhysical Surveys, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Patrick Koller, Graduate Student, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University
*Tri Nguyen, CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics, Northwestern University
*Kedar Phadke, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Tjitske Starkenburg, Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University
Gema Tinoco, Communications and Events Manager, SkAI Institute, Northwestern University
Chun-Hao To, Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago
Matt Turk, Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Georgios Valogiannis, Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago
Amanda Wasserman, Graduate Student, Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jay Alameda [ex officio], Senior Technical Program Manager, Center for AstroPhysical Surveys, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The SkAI Institute is one of the National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and Simons Foundation. Information on National AI Institutes is available at aiinstitutes.org.