
The 2025 Delaware Data Science Symposium, an event organized by the UD Data Science Institute, seeks to bring together UD researchers and local partners interested in Data Science applications, theory, and pedagogy across domains. The symposium will be held on October 24th in-person at UD’s Star Campus in the Audion at STAR Tower. Among other activities, the symposium will include a keynote talk by Professor Katie Shilton, a poster session and associated lightning talks, networking opportunities, a panel discussion, and a series of breakout sessions.
This year’s symposium theme will focus collaboration and co-development through data science & AI. As part of this overarching theme, the symposium will host a panel on data science collaboration in the era of AI, as well as a series of breakout sessions relating to (i) fostering collaboration between academia and non-federal partners, (ii) future computing infrastructure needs for data science and AI collaboration, (iii) harnessing unique Delaware-region datasets for research, training, and funding, and (iv) leveraging AI & collaboration in teaching and training across the Delaware region.

Panel Participants
Coming Soon!
Keynote Speaker

Katie Shilton
Professor, College of Information and Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland-College Park
Breakout Sessions
Funding Opportunities
Cyber Infrastructure
Unique Data Assets
Training & Education
Schedule
Friday, October 24
8:30 | Registration & Poster Setup |
9:00 | Opening Remarks |
9:05 | Welcoming Remarks |
9:15 | Keynote Speaker: Katie Shilton |
10:15 | Initiative showcase |
10:30 | Coffee Break |
10:45 | Panel |
12:00 | Lunch |
1:00 | Poster Lightning Talks |
1:30 | Poster Session |
2:30 | Library Open Data Competition Award Ceremony |
2:50 | Coffee and Snack Break |
3:05 | Breakout Sessions |
4:05 | Breakout Session Reporting |
4:25 | Hen Street Hacks Hackathon Awards Ceremony |
4:45 | Poster Awards & Closing Remarks |
5:00 | End Symposium |
Planning Committee
- Ben Bagozzi (Chair)
- Hanan Abou Ali
- Michael Blaustein
- Darla Blinova
- Lynette Carney
- Chuming Chen
- Dejene Dedefa
- Narayan Kumar
- Henry May
- Gulnihal Ozbay
- Daniel Peart
- Amy Slocum
- Tim Webb
- Cathy Wu
For inquiries, please contact Lynette Carney at lynettec@udel.edu.