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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.

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Panel Participants

Coming Soon!

Keynote Speaker

Katie Shilton

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

Sponsors

     
   
                                                   

For those interested in sponsoring this event, please see here.

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.

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.