Data Citizens: A Distinguished Lecture Series

Data Citizens is a series of panels and in-depth talks given by top-level experts in data science, including data visualization, big data, artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics in a wide variety of fields. Subjects discussed include psychology, climate change, healthcare and medicine, art, neuroscience, ethics, and many more. The series is co-sponsored by the Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and is free and open to the public.

Upcoming Sessions

Eric M. Meslin, Ph.D., FRSC, FCAHS, ICD.D.

Wednesday, December 4, 3:00-4:00 PM • Register Now (Hybrid event, in person or online)

TALK TITLE: “”On Value and Values in a World of Data: Getting Clear on What Should Matter and Why”

Dr. Eric Meslin has enjoyed a distinguished 35-year career in healthcare, academic, and government settings focusing on the ethical and policy issues confronting researchers, clinicians, organizations, and society.

Past Sessions
	Rafael Rodriguez Gárciga Thursday, October 26, 2023, 12:00 to 1:00 PM • Catch the Replay (link coming soon) TALK TITLE “The Exhaustion of Creativity: The Need for a New Mode of Thought in the Era of Global Boiling” We are pleased to present ultra contemporary artist and data scientist Rafael Rodriguez Gárciga. This event includes light lunch. The lecture navigates the exhaustion of creativity, probing its implications for science, art, and philosophy as the tripartite domain of thought.
	Nawar Shara, PhD Tuesday, June 6, 2023, 4:00-5:00 PM • Catch the Replay TALK TITLE “Revolutionizing Healthcare: Unleashing the Power of AI and ML” Join us for a “Data Citizens: A Distinguished Lecture Series” talk featuring Nawar Shara, PhD, an esteemed researcher and professor of medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Renowned for her expertise in biostatistics, health informatics, and data science, Dr. Shara will address how AI and ML are transforming healthcare.
	Matthew S. Goodwin Wednesday, April 19, 2023 • Catch the Replay TALK TITLE “The Promises of Wearable Bio-Sensing Technology for Youth with Autism” Dr. Matthew S. Goodwin is an Interdisciplinary Associate Professor with tenure at Northeastern University jointly appointed in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences and the Khoury College of Computer Science, where he is a founding member of a new doctoral program in Personal Health Informatics and Directs the Computational Behavioral Science Laboratory.
	Joel Saltz Monday, February 13, 2023 • Catch the Replay TALK TITLE “Advancements in Whole Person Research, Mobile/Digital Health, and Immuno-Imaging/Therapy” Dr. Joel Saltz, MD, PhD, is Cherith Professor and Founding Chair, at the Stony Brook University, Department of Biomedical Informatics. Dr. Saltz’s work involves high-end and data-intensive computing, applications of machine learning and AI, pathology informatics, large-scale data analytics, and clinical informatics.
	Zahi A. Fayad Wednesday, January 11, 2023 • Catch the Replay TALK TITLE “Artificial Intelligence, Multi-Modal Analysis, Digital Health, and Clinical Informatics” Dr. Zahi A. Fayad is the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Medical Imaging and Bioengineering at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is also a Professor of Radiology (Vice-Chair for Research) and a Professor of Medicine (Cardiology). Dr. Fayad is the founding Director of the BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (ranked 15th in 2021 NIH funding in the field of Radiology).
	John H. L. Hansen Wednesday, November 2, 2022 • Catch the Replay TALK TITLE “Challenges and Advancements in Speaker Diarization & Recognition for Naturalistic Data Streams” John H. L. Hansen, Ph.D., is the Associate Dean for Research at the Center for Robust Speech Systems at the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas (CRSS-UTDallas). Dr. Hansen is also a Distinguished University Endowed Chair in Telecommunications Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering, and a Speech and Hearing Professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
	Anant Madabhashi Wednesday, May 4, 2022 • Catch the Replay TALK TITLE “Artificial Intelligence Across Length Scales: Implications for Precision Medicine” Anant Madabhushi, PhD, is the Donnell Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Engineering and the Founding Director of its Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics (CCIPD).
	Hillary Leone and Daniel Bor Thursday, April 7, 2022 • Catch the Replay TALK TITLE “Data at the Intersection of Art and Science” Internationally recognized multidisciplinary artist Hillary Leone in a conversation with University of Cambridge Neuroscientist Daniel Bor, PhD. Dr. Leone’s website, Synch.Live, is a participatory art experience designed to mobilize our human instinct to cooperate, and an open technology research framework that will allow scientists to study collective behavior.
	Ram D. Sriram Tuesday, April 19, 2022 • Catch the Replay TALK TITLE “Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Past, Present, and Future” Ram D. Sriram, PhD, is the Chief of the Software and Systems Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST promotes innovation in industry to enhance economic security, including studying how AI can be used to make better measurements, as well as promoting the use of AI systems in fields like healthcare.
	Susan Gregurick Tuesday, March 22, 2022 • Catch the Replay TALK TITLE “Connecting Data, Enhancing Software, and Creating a Digital Data Health Ecosystem” Susan K. Gregurick, PhD, is the Associate Director for Data Science, and Director of the Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
	Eliot Siegel Wednesday, November 10, 2021 • Catch the Replay TALK TITLE “AI in Medical Imaging: Hype, Reality, and Future” Eliot Siegel, MD, is a Professor and Vice Chair of Research Information Systems at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, and Chief of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine for the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, both in Baltimore, MD.
	Santiago Ortiz Thursday, September 23, 2021 • Catch the Replay TALK TITLE “Humans and Data” Santiago Ortiz. Santiago is the Chief Data Officer at DrumWave. Santiago is a mathematician, data scientist, interactive visualization developer, and inventor, who creates and develops highly innovative and interactive projects for the web.
	Marjorie McShane Thursday, May 20, 2021 \| Video withheld by request TALK TITLE “Toward Broad and Deep Language Understanding for Intelligent Systems” Marjorie McShane is an Associate Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cognitive Science Department, and Co-Director of the Language-Endowed Intelligent Agents (LEIA) Lab for a talk on artificial intelligence and language processing.
	Nilam Ram Thursday, May 6, 2021 • Catch the Replay TALK TITLE “Screenomics: A New Venue for Discovering the Dynamics of Digital Life” Nilam Ram is a Professor of Psychology and Professor of Communication at Stanford University. He studies the dynamic interplay between psychological and media processes and how they change from moment to moment and across the life span. He is also developing a variety of study paradigms that use recent developments in data science and the intensive data streams arriving from social media, mobile sensors, and smartphones to study change at multiple
	Sheldon Brown Thursday, March 11, 2021 • Catch the Replay TALK TITLE “The Fiction Science of AI” Sheldon Brown is an academic, entrepreneur, computer scientist, and artist. He is currently Co-Founder and Vice President of Product Design and Innovation at Virbela, a virtual world company spun out of his lab at UC San Diego where he was Professor and MacArthur Foundation Endowed Chair in Digitial Media and Learning. He was the founding Director of the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination, Director of the UCSD branch of the Center for Hybrid Multicore Productivity Research, and co-founder of Calit 2.
	Robert Atlas Wednesday, February 10, 2021 • Catch the Replay TALK TITLE “Modeling and Simulation for Reducing the Risks Associated with Extreme Weather” Dr. Robert M. Atlas is a Research Professor and Global Coordinator for NSF CARTA (Center for Accelerated Real Time Analytics) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and Director Emeritus of NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory.
	Deborah Stone Thursday, December 10, 2020 • Catch the Replay TALK TITLE “There’s No Such Thing as a Raw Number” Professor Emerita at Brandeis University, Dr. Stone is a political scientist whose work spans public policy, sociology, philosophy, and law. Dr. Stone has taught at M.I.T., Duke, Yale, and Aarhus University in Denmark, in addition to Brandeis. Her widely acclaimed textbook, Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making, explores the squishy but often unacknowledged values, stories, and psychology that drive policymaking and analysis.
	Mira Marcus-Kalish Monday, November 23, 2020 • Catch the Replay TALK TITLE “Medical Informatics—Promise and Barriers towards Precise Medicine” Internationally renowned Israeli researcher Mira Marcus-Kalish, PhD, is the Director of International Research Affairs for Tel Aviv University. Dr. Marcus-Kalish’s main areas of research are mathematical modeling, converging technologies, and data mining. Her focus is on disease signature identification, based on targeted analysis of the micro and macro environmental clinical features, using newly developed analytical tools for big and small data analysis to deliver reliable, personalized, and precise medicine for the benefit of society.