Registration<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/span><\/div><\/header>ISAI 2026 attendance is free of charge but requires\u00a0registration<\/a>\u00a0ahead of time and adhering to our basic\u00a0code of conduct<\/a>.<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\tRegister<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>[\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/a><\/p>\nProgram<\/h2>\n
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Towards Systems that Autonomously Evolve<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nTamar Eilam (IBM)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.systor.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/Tamar-Eilam-Headshot-300x208.png\")
<\/strong><\/p>\nAbstract<\/strong>:
\nThe emergent ability of LLMs to reason, hypothesize, experiment, and generate code is forcing us to rethink not just how we develop code, but what we design, and how we continuously evolve entire software systems.<\/p>\nModern systems are under increasing pressure to meet new requirements driven by a rapidly changing technological landscape such as new model architectures, hardware innovations, and shifting workloads. Yet their improvement remains fundamentally human-mediated, one decision at a time, and therefore largely reactive. At IBM Research we challenged ourselves with a question: can AI become the primary agent of system evolution, so that a deployed system observes its own behavior, hypothesizes improvements, experimentally validates them, and deploys, continuously and at machine speed?<\/p>\n
In this talk I will describe the principles we uncovered, the tools we built, and the proof points we obtained across several systems domains: inference serving optimization, accelerator compute kernel generation, and a domain-specific storage system. I will situate this within the fast-evolving academic landscape and conclude with some key open questions.<\/p>\n
Bio<\/strong>:
\nTamar Eilam received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Technion in 2000 and joined the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center as a Research Staff Member that same year. She was named an IBM Fellow in 2014 and her main research interest is the use of AI to manage the entire lifecycle of software systems including algorithmic discovery and optimization.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nTalks<\/h2>\nHighlight Papers \u2013 Session A<\/h3>\n
Chair: Gala Yadgar <\/strong>(Technion)<\/p>\n\n- Attention Needs Less Memory: From LLM Training to Long-Context Inference
\n<\/b>Presented by: Malik Khalaf<\/strong> (Technion)<\/span><\/strong>
\nRef<\/a><\/li>\n- GASLITEing the Retrieval: Exploring Vulnerabilities in Dense Embedding-based Search<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Matan Ben Tov<\/strong> (Tel-Aviv University)<\/span><\/strong>
\nRef<\/a><\/li>\n- Efficient Optimization of Massively Overparameterized Deep Neural Networks<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Tom Tirer\u00a0<\/strong>(Bar-Ilan University)
\nRef1<\/a>, Ref2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAI Factory Systems \u2013 Session B<\/h3>\n
Chair: Eran Gilad <\/strong>(Regatta Data)<\/p>\n\n- What Will We Build with 100K AI Accelerators and how can You Participate
\n<\/b>Guy Altagar<\/strong> (The National AI Program)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n- Beyond the Vector Retrieval Trap: Implementing True Episodic Agentic Memory<\/strong>
\nGuy Korland<\/strong> (FalkorDB)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOptimizing AI Systems at Scale \u2013 Session C<\/h3>\n
Chair: Anastasia Braginsky <\/strong>(RedHat)<\/p>\n\n- From Models to Manifests: Automating LLM Deployment Planning for llm-d on Kubernetes<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>Amit Oren<\/strong> (Red Hat)<\/span><\/li>\n- AI Accelerator landscape and directions<\/strong><\/span>
\nAdi Fuchs<\/strong><\/li>\n- AI factory Fabric landscape and directions<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>Shahar Belkar<\/strong> (Toga Networks)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nPoster Session<\/h3>\n\n- ISAI posters can be submitted by August 25.
\n<\/strong>Send a title, abstract and name of presenter to Assaf Natanzon<\/a>\u00a0and Sarel Cohen<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/a><\/p>\nVenue<\/h2>\n
RedHat Raanana is a convenient 5 min walk from the train station.<\/p>\n
Infinity Tower, 15th floor (Reception) – 8 Hapnina St. Raanana<\/p>\n
Parking is available at 2 HaPnina St.
\nIf you are carpooling, you may register<\/a> and use the guest parking on HaBedolach St.<\/p>\n
Program<\/h2>\n
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Towards Systems that Autonomously Evolve<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Tamar Eilam (IBM)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Abstract<\/strong>: Modern systems are under increasing pressure to meet new requirements driven by a rapidly changing technological landscape such as new model architectures, hardware innovations, and shifting workloads. Yet their improvement remains fundamentally human-mediated, one decision at a time, and therefore largely reactive. At IBM Research we challenged ourselves with a question: can AI become the primary agent of system evolution, so that a deployed system observes its own behavior, hypothesizes improvements, experimentally validates them, and deploys, continuously and at machine speed?<\/p>\n In this talk I will describe the principles we uncovered, the tools we built, and the proof points we obtained across several systems domains: inference serving optimization, accelerator compute kernel generation, and a domain-specific storage system. I will situate this within the fast-evolving academic landscape and conclude with some key open questions.<\/p>\n Bio<\/strong>: <\/a><\/p>\n Chair: Gala Yadgar <\/strong>(Technion)<\/p>\n Chair: Eran Gilad <\/strong>(Regatta Data)<\/p>\n Chair: Anastasia Braginsky <\/strong>(RedHat)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n RedHat Raanana is a convenient 5 min walk from the train station.<\/p>\n Infinity Tower, 15th floor (Reception) – 8 Hapnina St. Raanana<\/p>\n Parking is available at 2 HaPnina St.Keynote<\/h2>\n
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\nThe emergent ability of LLMs to reason, hypothesize, experiment, and generate code is forcing us to rethink not just how we develop code, but what we design, and how we continuously evolve entire software systems.<\/p>\n
\nTamar Eilam received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Technion in 2000 and joined the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center as a Research Staff Member that same year. She was named an IBM Fellow in 2014 and her main research interest is the use of AI to manage the entire lifecycle of software systems including algorithmic discovery and optimization.<\/p>\nTalks<\/h2>\n
Highlight Papers \u2013 Session A<\/h3>\n
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\n<\/b>Presented by: Malik Khalaf<\/strong> (Technion)<\/span><\/strong>
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\nPresented by: Matan Ben Tov<\/strong> (Tel-Aviv University)<\/span><\/strong>
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\nPresented by: Tom Tirer\u00a0<\/strong>(Bar-Ilan University)
\nRef1<\/a>, Ref2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAI Factory Systems \u2013 Session B<\/h3>\n
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\n<\/b>Guy Altagar<\/strong> (The National AI Program)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
\nGuy Korland<\/strong> (FalkorDB)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOptimizing AI Systems at Scale \u2013 Session C<\/h3>\n
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\n<\/strong>Amit Oren<\/strong> (Red Hat)<\/span><\/li>\n
\nAdi Fuchs<\/strong><\/li>\n
\n<\/strong>Shahar Belkar<\/strong> (Toga Networks)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nPoster Session<\/h3>\n
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\n<\/strong>Send a title, abstract and name of presenter to Assaf Natanzon<\/a>\u00a0and Sarel Cohen<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nVenue<\/h2>\n
\nIf you are carpooling, you may register<\/a> and use the guest parking on HaBedolach St.<\/p>\n