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The UD Data Science Institute is excited to announce the upcoming two day Data Science & DARWIN Computing Symposium. The topic is: 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 will be 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 will feature keynote talks, a panel on “Advancing Data Science and AI for Grand Challenges”, poster presentations, research computing tutorials, and networking opportunities. The symposium will also feature 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.

 

For questions please contact Lynette Carney at lynettec@udel.edu.

Panel (4.7.25)

Advancing Data Science and AI for Grand Challenges

Poster Presentations (4.7.25)

The poster session gives participants an opportunity to showcase a current research project to catalyze networking and building of new collaborations. We invite all (i.e., all academic and non-academic) participants to propose an in-person poster presentation. In progress work and preliminary results are welcome. Presenters are invited to give a lightning talk to highlight the research project and to stimulate in-person discussions at the poster.  Delaware EPSCoR is sponsoring three poster awards that will be presented at the conclusion of the symposium.
The deadline for submission of poster proposals is March 26, 2025.
 

Keynote (4.7.25)

Eric Eaton

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

Session A.2:  HPC Basics on DARWIN

Track B

Setting up a workflow on DARWIN

Session B.1:  Creating a Python Virtual Environment and VALET Package

Session B.2:  Creating, Running and Managing Jobs Using Slurm

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

Austin Brockmeier

Assistant Professor, ECE and CIS, UD

Dong Dai

Dong Dai

Associate Professor, CIS, UD

Susan Conaty-Buck

Susan Conaty-Buck

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, UD

Ulf Schiller

Ulf Schiller

Associate Professor, CIS and MSE, UD

Data Science in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Research Translation (2.13.25)

Susan Conaty-Buck

Susan Conaty-Buck

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, UD

Moderator

Glen Gaddy

Glen Gaddy

Managing Member, Robin Hood Ventures

Gulnihal Ozbay

Gulnihal Ozbay

Associate Dean for Extension and Applied Research, Delaware State University

Jack Davis

Jack Davis

Associate Athletic Director Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Strategy, UD

Michael A. Blaustein

Michael A. Blaustein

Office of Economic Innovation & Partnerships, UD

FinTech Partnership (2.13.25)

Ian Moloney

Ian Moloney

Senior Vice President, Head of Policy and Regulatory Affairs for the American Fintech Council

Yu Zhu

Yu Zhu

Assistant Professor, Accounting & Management Information Systems, UD

Laura Field

Laura Field

Professor, B&E Finance, UD

Yuanchen Su

Yuanchen Su

Assistant Professor, Marketing, UD

Poster Awards (2.13.25)

The poster session gave participants an opportunity to showcase a current research project to catalyze networking and building of new collaborations.  Delaware INBRE sponsored three poster awards which were presented at the conclusion of the symposium.
 
 

Sponsors

Networking Competition &

Student Poster Award Sponsor

Student Poster Award Sponsor


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Student Poster Award Sponsor

Student Poster Award Sponsor

Schedule

Detailed Agenda

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

Our Mission

The Institute aims to accelerate research in data science, serving as a nucleating effort to catalyze interdisciplinary research collaborations across fields impacting our society.
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