The UD Data Science Institute conducted a two day Data Science & DARWIN Computing Symposium. The topic was: How data science and AI tools can be used across disciplinary boundaries to tackle challenging problems at the forefront of research and practice. The event was held on February 13 & April 7, 2025, in person at the Tower at STAR Audion (UD Star Campus).
The 2025 Data Science & DARWIN Computing Symposium featured keynote talks, a panel on “Advancing Data Science and AI for Grand Challenges”, poster presentations, research computing tutorials, and networking opportunities. The symposium also featured presentations of results from the DSI Competition “Mapping DSI Faculty Networks and Expertise at the University of Delaware” and an awards ceremony with competition and poster awards.
Following the symposium program on February 13, an optional afternoon event (1pm – 4pm) on the newly awarded NSF SCIPE program “Democratizing Access to Research Software Engineering (DARSE)” was held in the nearby FinTech Innovation Hub.
Panel (4.7.25)
Advancing Data Science and AI for Grand Challenges
Sunita Chandrasekaran
Associate Professor CIS, UD
Moderator
Harry Wang
Professor of Management Information Systems (MIS), UD and CEO at Takin.ai
Anjalie Field
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Prince Mallari
DS/ML Technical Lead, Incyte AI Innovations Institute
Eliot Eshelman
Higher Education & Research, NVIDIA
Eric Eaton
Research Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Network Competition Award Winners (4.7.25)
Poster Presentations (4.7.25)
The poster session provided participants an opportunity to showcase a current research project to catalyze networking and building of new collaborations. Delaware EPSCoR sponsored three poster awards which were presented at the conclusion of the symposium.Keynote (4.7.25)
Eric Eaton
Research Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Toward Lifelong AI: Building Persistent and Adaptive Intelligence
Tutorials (4.7.25)
Track A
HPC Essentials for Novices
Session A.1: Linux Basics
Location: STAR Tower Audion
Session A.2: HPC Basics on DARWIN
Location: STAR Tower Audion
Track B
Setting up a workflow on DARWIN
Session B.1: Creating a Python Virtual Environment and VALET Package
Location: APBio building, 590 Avenue 1743, Room 140
Session B.2: Creating, Running and Managing Jobs Using Slurm
Location: APBio building, 590 Avenue 1743, Room 140
Networking Event (4.7.25)
Elevate AI: Seeding Future Research Initiatives and Partnerships in Delaware
Foundational AI
Next Generation DARWIN
Biomedicine and Healthcare
Data Driven Engineering
Austin Brockmeier
Assistant Professor, ECE and CIS, UD
Dong Dai
Associate Professor, CIS, UD
Adam Davey
Professor, Department of Behavioral Health and Nutrition, UD
Ulf Schiller
Associate Professor, CIS and MSE, UD
Data Science in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Research Translation (2.13.25)
Susan Conaty-Buck
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, UD
Moderator
Glen Gaddy
Managing Member, Robin Hood Ventures
Gulnihal Ozbay
Associate Dean for Extension and Applied Research, Delaware State University
Jack Davis
Associate Athletic Director Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Strategy, UD
Michael A. Blaustein
Office of Economic Innovation & Partnerships, UD
FinTech Partnership (2.13.25)
Ian Moloney
Senior Vice President, Head of Policy and Regulatory Affairs for the American Fintech Council
Yu Zhu
Assistant Professor, Accounting & Management Information Systems, UD
Laura Field
Professor, B&E Finance, UD
Yuanchen Su
Assistant Professor, Marketing, UD
Poster Awards (2.13.25)
Poster Pictures
Sponsors
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Networking Competition &
Student Poster Award Sponsor
Student Poster Award Sponsor
Schedule
Monday, April 7, 2025
| 8:30 | Registration & Poster Setup |
| 9:00 | Welcome |
| 9:05 | Remarks |
| 9:15 | Panel: Advancing Data Science and AI for Grand Challenges |
| 10:15 | Break |
| 10:20 | Lighting Talks & Poster Session |
| 11:20 | Networking Competition and Teaming Projects |
| 12:00 | Lunch concurrent with Keynote |
| 12:15 | Keynote: Eric Eaton, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1:00 | Break |
| 1:15 | Tutorials: Linux Basics & Creating a Python Virtual Environment and VALET Package |
| 2:15 | Break |
| 2:30 | Tutorials: HPC Basics on DARWIN & Creating, Running and Managing Jobs Using Slurm |
| 3:30 | Networking Event: Elevate AI: Seeding Future Research Initiatives and Partnerships in Delaware |
| 4:30 | Award Ceremony & Closing |
Thursday, Feb 13, 2025
| 8:30 | Registration & Poster Setup |
| 9:00 | Welcome |
| 9:05 | Lighting Talks & Poster Session |
| 10:20 | Networking Break |
| 10:30 | Data Science in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Research Translation |
| 11:00 | FinTech Partnership |
| 11:30 | Award Ceremony |
| 11:45 | Closing Remarks |
| 1:00 | DARSE Workshop: Democratizing Access to Research Software Engineering |
Planning Committee
Henry May (Chair)
Ulf Schiller (Co-Chair)
Ben Bagozzi
Leila Barmaki
Michael Blaustein
Daria Blinova
Hacene Boukari
Lynette Carney
Susan Conaty Buck
Karen Hoober
David Hong
John Huffman
Tom Powers
Cathy Wu