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The University of Miami Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing held the second annual IDSC Day on Friday, March 7, 2025, at the Lakeside Village Expo Center on the Coral Gables campus. Demos, posters, and presentations showcased the impact IDSC has made on the University, the South Florida community, and beyond.
This exciting event convened faculty, staff, students, and industry partners to showcase their leading-edge scientific and computational projects that extracted hidden knowledge and generated fresh insights from large and complex datasets. The opening keynote speaker was Dean Paul Pavlou from the Miami Herbert Business School and the closing keynote was distinguished UM alum Dr. Eddy Vadia ’06. Panels included IDSC Core Faculty Members, and two past and one current IDSC Fellow who discussed their projects, studies, and research interests.
Video Playlist on YouTube
11:30 AM Registration Opens + Posters
12:00 PM Lunch + Posters
1:30 PM Welcome Address
1:35 PM Opening Keynote Speaker: Dean Paul Pavlou
2:05 PM IDSC Joint Faculty Panel
3:00 PM Break + Posters
3:30 PM IDSC Fellows Highlight
3:50 PM Closing Keynote Speaker: Dr. Eddy Vadia
4:20 PM Closing Remarks
4:30 PM Networking Reception + Posters
6:00 PM Event Ends
Opening Keynote Speaker | Dean Paul Pavlou
Paul A. Pavlou is the Dean of the University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School. He is also the Leonard M. Miller University Chair Professor.
His research has been cited more than 90,000 times by Google Scholar, and Thomson Reuters recognized him among the “World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds” based on an analysis of Highly Cited Researchers. Paul was ranked No. 1 globally in publications in top Information Systems journals from 2010 to 2016. He earned a Ph.D. in Information Systems and a master’s in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California, and a bachelor’s in electrical engineering and managerial studies, magna cum laude, from Rice University.
In his former position as Dean of the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston, Paul helped raise over $150M in philanthropic gifts and commitments. During his tenure, the Bauer College led all business schools by ascending 34 spots in the U.S. News & World Report rankings to become a Top 50 MBA program; climbed 44 spots in the online master’s programs rankings; joined the Top 15 public undergraduate programs by Poets&Quants; and ranked #1 undergraduate entrepreneurship program by The Princeton Review for five consecutive years. Read More
Closing Keynote Speaker | Eduardo “Eddy” Vadia, MD ’06
Dr. Eduardo Vadia graduated from the University of Miami School of Medicine in 2006. He completed his Internal Residency Residency, Chief Medical Residency, and Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. Dr. Vadia was tenured as a faculty physician at UT Southwestern through April 2019, where he focused his efforts on medical education in the Parkland Hospital ICU. He is currently boarded in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine.
During his fellowship, Dr Vadia co-founded Access Physicians, a multi-specialty telemedicine physician group focused on “scaling clinical excellence” in its effort to deliver care to high-acuity, high-complexity patients in the inpatient setting. Dr. Vadia grew the company from inception to the second-largest inpatient telemedicine group in the country. Access Physicians had over 200 hospital deployments across 30 states, managed over 600 physicians, and secured enterprise agreements with many of the largest health and hospital systems in the country. Access Physicians was acquired in March, 2021 by SOC Telemed.
Dr. Vadia has since returned home to Miami and is focused on high-impact innovation as an investor and founder.
PANEL | IDSC Core Faculty Members
PANEL | IDSC Fellows
Location
University of Miami, Lakeside Village EXPO CENTER (Map + Directions)
1280 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146
Poster and Demo Submissions
We were excited to invite our faculty, researchers, students, and collaborative data science awardees to submit posters and demos for IDSC Day! The success of this event truly relied on participation by faculty and students show shared their impactful and innovative research, creative projects, and cutting-edge work.
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About IDSC
IDSC believes in a collaborative approach that brings together talented minds in multiple disciplines and leverages the University’s state-of-the-art technology including an AI-ready supercomputer. In fields ranging from medicine to earth sciences, urban planning, digital humanities, and business, IDSC strives to enhance Data Science understanding among our students and the public, helping individuals of all ages including underrepresented minorities develop the STEM skills needed for professional success in the 21st century.
As a member of the University of Miami’s Frost Institutes of Science and Engineering, IDSC supports basic and applied research initiatives throughout the University and with other leading institutions around the world. We are committed to developing strong partnerships in south Florida, while building bridges to the Caribbean, Latin America, and beyond.