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Boston Working Group

A recurring research discussion on agentic system evaluation.

About the working group

A small research forum for agent evaluation

The Boston Working Group brings together researchers studying and building evaluations of agentic systems across universities, industry, and related fields.

Each session, 6–9 PM

  1. 6:00 PMArrival and food
  2. 6:30Introductions and brief updates on current work
  3. 6:50Presentations and discussions on early-stage and ongoing projects
  4. 7:50Open discussion and networking: research problems, gaps in methods and infrastructure
  5. 8:50Wrapping up and the next session
  6. 9:00Close

The group meets monthly. Attendance is limited to 15 people with prior experience in agent evaluation and requires host approval.

Sessions

Past sessions

02October 28, 2026Who checks AI's work? · BostonRead meeting summary
01September 30, 2026Inaugural meeting · MITRead meeting summary

Organizers

Listed alphabetically.

Portrait of Abhinav Kumar

Abhinav Kumar

PhD student

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Portrait of Kaden Zheng

Kaden Zheng

Undergraduate student

  • Harvard University

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