Amidst Fireworks, Fundamental Science Makes a Comeback

The most valuable info in this article isn't the count of 500+ meetings, but the directions appearing on those lists. Generative LLM inference, computer vision, human-computer interaction, quantum information—three years ago at the International Conference on Basic Sciences, these topics would likely only show up in interdisciplinary breakout sessions. Now they're on the main menu. The wind shifted faster than I expected.