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[Recording, Demo Video & 3 Slide Decks Live] Successfully held on Sat, Nov 14, 2026! Watch the full YouTube lecture recording, live StackChan Embodied AI demo video, official YouTube playlist, and download all 3 courseware decks (Dr. Tracy Li's 17-slide 2027 US Macro Outlook PPTX + Michael HUO's 2 Personal Agent PDFs).
[Recording & 6 Slide Decks Available] Series Finale. 60 min. Sat Nov 7, 2026 (5:30–6:30 PM PT / 8:30–9:30 PM ET / Next Day 9:30–10:30 AM Beijing). Following DeepSeek V4.1-Flash-1017, open-source DeepInfer & Super-Agent, and post-midterm AI regulatory market volatility, this session assembles Lectures 1–4 into a minimum runnable go-live set (Permission Cards + Harness + Human-in-the-Loop, plus the 3 mandatory authorization, execution, and incident-reporting records). Verifiable design only; no attack methods.
Free Zoom, 60 minutes. Lecture 4 of 5: Arrangement Layers and the Picture. Who sits in front: voice, drums, bass, guitar, keys. The picture is made by the arrangement, not by an adjective. Two versions comparison: only audible vs not audible. Guest speaker: Li Yuan. No contest submission rules.
The Organizing Committee officially announces the Phase 2 (Winter Solstice Wildcard) Supplementary Prelims Call! Deadline: Dec 19, 2026 (Sat) 23:59 EDT; Christmas results & IDs on Dec 25; unified Round 2 Semifinals on Jan 16, 2027. All 47 qualified Round 1 teams remain locked in; entrants may also submit additional new works within the 10-song quota.
⚠️ TIME CHANGED! Now 5:00–6:00 PM PDT (originally 5:30–6:30 PM PDT). Free Zoom, 60 min. Lecture 4 of 5: Compliance comparison across US, China, EU. Bring the permission card from lecture 3. Speaker: Michael Huo. Separate registration & Zoom from the 6:00 PM SF founding ceremony.
On October 17, 2026, the Founding Ceremony of the NACUAA Northern California San Francisco Chapter took place at CSTU in Milpitas, CA. Alliance President Sunny Chen announced the official establishment, Jane Zhang was named inaugural president, and Northern California Chapter President Michael HUO hosted the ceremony.
Free Community Event. Zoom. 60 min (with 5-min break). VI AI Music Academy Season 1 — Lecture 3. Whether the Chinese voice holds, and whether traditional Chinese instruments are actually audible. Not a contest-rules session.
Free Zoom webinar. 60 minutes including break. AI-Native Agent Security & Compliance Series Lecture 3: Least privilege on real products. Before each tool call, the system must make a bounded decision: allow, deny, or escalate. Formula: Agent = Model + Harness + Tools + Permissions + Data. Guest Zachry Xiong on Jev (TypeSafe AI) tool gates.
Closed-door. RSVP first and choose Silicon Valley onsite or Zoom. Keynote by Dr. Yufeng Lu with invited guests. Topics include AI-native professional services, physical AI & agent safety, and cross-border tech ventures.
Free Community Event. Zoom. 60 min (with 5-min break). VI AI Music Academy Season 1 — Lecture 2. How to keep a listener engaged: holding the chorus, landing conflict, and a cohesive first 20 seconds. Plus Jev & guest Fran.
NACUAA sister chapters jointly announce the official launch of 'Alumni Signal' (alumnisignal.com) across 12 platforms. Concurrently, the California Alumni Guandan Tournament concluded with Mayflower Team taking Silver and Hercules Trophy.
On September 17, 2026, NACUAA Washington State (Seattle) Chapter was officially established with Ashley Qi appointed as its inaugural president. Serving collegiate alumni across Greater Seattle and Washington State with nine signature community clubs.
On September 12, 2026, NACUAA Northern California, Silicon Valley, North Carolina, and Greater Washington DC chapters officially forged a Sister Chapter Alliance. Concurrently, ZJUAANC established a comprehensive strategic partnership with all four chapters.
Free Community Event. Zoom. 60 min. VI AI Music Academy Lecture #1. First half aligns with contest submission requirements. Second half covers the state of Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI) in LLMs and Agents.
Free Community Event. Onsite + Zoom. 60 min. Zero-to-one hands-on demo: create a complete song on the spot. No music theory lectures, no contest rule briefings.
Following Physical AI and Agent Media series, we launch AI-Native Agent Security & Compliance Part 1: Risk models, top 6 risk vectors, and pre-launch compliance checklists.
NACUAA Washington State (Seattle) Golf Club has been officially established! Welcome alumni and friends across Greater Seattle and Washington State to join.
Join us this Saturday noon for an 1-hour workshop on AI Agents & Guandan strategies, warming up for the 3rd NCCAF Guandan Tournament on August 29.
NACUAA Washington State Chapter establishes signature clubs: Guandan (/guandan), Rainier Hiking (/hike), Pickleball (/pickleball), AI Music (/music), and more.
ZJU AI Agent / AI Agent Alliance Lecture Series: Mid-August 2026 progress on software agents, featuring live cloud deployment demos of OpenClaw, Hermes, IronClaw, and comparative practice on NanoClaw, ZeroClaw, KimiClaw, Claude Cowork.
Following the first session of 'My AI and Me' and the 'New Media Meets AI Agents' series, we present an interactive fireside chat featuring practitioners in AI music, video creation, and AI agent workflows.
Lecture 3 focuses on hands-on practice using open-source desktop robot StackChan, helping beginners learn the engineering shift from Loop to Graph Engineering.
Celebrating ZJU's 130th and ZJUAA NC's 15th anniversaries, this event is co-organized by NACUAA chapters and AI clubs. Registration is now open!
Exploring why traditional VLA hits bottlenecks, what World Models change, and real-world industrial impact in 2026. Slides and video recordings released.
Join veteran speaker Peter Wu as he shares how content creators can leverage AI Agents to build sustainable business systems.
