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SUMMARY:Special Guest Lecture on Visual Inference with Claus Ekstrøm 12/1
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special guest lecture (either in person or virtually) featuring Claus Ekstrøm\, professor and vice-chair at the Section of Biostatistics\, University of Copenhagen. His primary research interests are centered on developing methods for the analysis of high-dimensional data problems and causal discovery. He’s authored two books on statistics and is frequently used as an expert on statistics in Danish news media. Claus has been a grumpy old man from a young age. \nRegister Now  |  Wednesday 12/1/2021\, 4:00-5:00 PM\nThis is a hybrid event:  In person at Otto G. Richter Library\, CR 343  | or online via Zoom. \nTitle of the lecture:  “Validation of visual inference methods in statistics by use of deep learning” \nWhen does inspecting a certain graphical plot allow for an investigator to reach the right statistical conclusion? Visual inference is commonly used for various tasks in statistics—including model diagnostics and exploratory data analysis – and though attractive due to its intuitive nature\, the lack of available methods for validating plots is a major drawback. \nWe propose a new validation method for visual inference. Our method trains deep neural networks to distinguish between plots simulated under two different data-generating mechanisms (null or alternative)\, and we use the classification accuracy as a technical validation score (TVS). The TVS measures the information content in the plots\, and TVS values can be used to compare different plots or different choices of data-generating mechanisms\, thereby providing a meaningful scale that new visual inference procedures can be validated against. \nWe apply the method to three popular diagnostic plots for linear regression\, namely the scatter plot\, the quantile-quantile plot\, and the residual plot. We consider various types and degrees of misspecification\, as well as different within-plot sample sizes. Our method produces TVSs that increase with increasing sample size and decrease with increasing difficulty\, and hence the TVS is a meaningful measure of validity.
URL:https://idsc.miami.edu/idsc-event/claus-ekstrom/
LOCATION:Richter Library\, 1300 Memorial Drive\, Coral Gables\, Florida\, 33146\, United States
CATEGORIES:Creative Technologies,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Guest Speaker John C Havens: Responsible Innovation and Ethically Aligned Design 12/3
DESCRIPTION:IDSC’s Data Ethics + Society Program in collaboration with the Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy Dialogues in Research Ethics (DRE) Series is pleased to host guest speaker John C. Havens\, Executive Director of The IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (A/IS).  \nRegister Now | December 3\, 2021 | 12:00-1:00 PM via Zoom\nThe IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of A/IS has two primary outputs—the creation and iteration of a body of work known as ”Ethically Aligned Design: A Vision for Prioritizing Human Well-being with Autonomous and Intelligent Systems” and\, the recommendation of ideas for Standards Projects focused on prioritizing ethical considerations in A/IS. Currently\, there are thirteen approved Standards Working Groups and two completed Standards in the IEEE P7000™ series. John was responsible for: the initial ideation\, framing\, and execution for bringing together the more than seven hundred global thought leaders to create Ethically Aligned Design; was Founding Chair of IEEE 7000 and IEEE 7010 and helped launch more than a dozen other IEEE Standards Working Groups focused on AI\, AI Ethics\, AI Governance\, and AI Procurement; and continues to work on staff at the IEEE Standards Association to help further design\, proliferate\, and standardize the concepts of human-centric\, applied ethical\, values-driven design for Responsible Innovation of all technologies. \nJohn is also Executive Director for The Council on Extended Intelligence (CXI) that was created to ensure society prioritizes people\, planet\, and prosperity by promoting responsible participant design\, control of data rights\, and holistic metrics of prosperity. CXI is a program founded by The IEEE Standards Association and MIT whose members include representatives from the EU Parliament\, the UK House of Lords\, and dozens of global policy\, academic\, and business leaders. \n\nTalk Title: “Responsible Innovation and Ethically Aligned Design”  Since 2015 IEEE has created a globally utilized suite of principles\, programs\, and standards working to redefine Responsible Innovation for the algorithmic age.  Based on their landmark publication\, Ethically Aligned Design\, a three hundred page treatise on human-centric\, applied ethics created by over seven hundred global experts\, IEEE has also released two standards in their 7000 series formally connecting socio-technical considerations to traditional systems engineering\, which are: \n\nIEEE 7000™-2021: IEEE Standard Model Process for Addressing Ethical Concerns During System Design and\nIEEE 7010™-2020: IEEE Recommended Practice for Assessing the Impact of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems on Human Well-Being.\n\nServing as a keyframing for any AI products\, services\, or systems development\, these two standards help users design and release technology that is human-centric and aligned via methodologies that provably honor people’s values while prioritizing human wellbeing in concert with environmental sustainability. IEEE has also recently created the Certified AI Ethics conformance mark/program as a way to help organizations move from principles to practice to provide overt accountability and trust with end users and all stakeholders in their design process. \n  \nFollow John on LinkedIn. John currently has over ninety citations on Research Gate and dozens of articles for outlets such as The Guardian\, Quartz\, IEEE Spectrum\, and Mashable.
URL:https://idsc.miami.edu/idsc-event/john-havens/
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SUMMARY:IDSC Fellows 2021-2022 Launch Event Announces Chosen Fellows 12/7
DESCRIPTION:The Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC) is pleased to announce the IDSC Fellows for the 2021-2022 academic year. The vision of the IDSC Fellows Program is to inspire a new generation of leaders in data science to cross the traditional boundaries between disciplines. \nIDSC joins with University faculty to mentor IDSC Fellows on how to best utilize University’s cutting-edge advanced computing resources in their proposed research projects. \nThis is a prestigious designation awarded each year to two undergraduate students (sophomore level or above)\, and two graduate students.  Join us for the announcement of the 2021-2022 fellows and hear their project proposals. This event is free and open to UM Faculty/Staff/Students. \nTuesday\, 12/7/2021 3:00 – 4:00PM  |  Register Now\n 
URL:https://idsc.miami.edu/idsc-event/idsc-fellows-2021-2022-launch/
LOCATION:Zoom (online)
CATEGORIES:IDSC Fellows
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SUMMARY:Meet a Data Scientist presents Ching-Hua Chuan 12/8
DESCRIPTION:The Meet a Data Scientist series is a chance to get up close and personal with top-level data science professionals. Join us for a talk with Prof. Ching-Hua Chuan whose research interests include artificial intelligence\, machine learning\, and music information retrieval with a focus on human-centered computing. \nThe purpose of the Meet a Data Scientist lecture series is to introduce our audience to the people behind the data\, their lives\, interests\, career choices\, their work\, and passion for how they can use data to solve grand challenges in their respective fields. Join us as we peer behind the curtain and meet the data scientists behind the data! This lecture series is co-sponsored by the Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and is free and open to the public. \nRegistration Link forthcoming |  Wednesday\, Dec. 8\, 2021\, 12:00-1:00 PM\nTALK TITLE: Human-Machine Collaboration and Communication \nOne of the key controversies regarding AI centers on how AI systems and automation will replace humans. In this talk\, Dr. Chuan will share her various interdisciplinary projects that highlight the collaboration between human and machine. As a computer scientist by training\, Dr. Chuan’s work focuses on creating new algorithms and new ways to represent information and knowledge in different media and interactions\, with the goal to create computing systems that are able to (1) understand the semantic meanings in complex data and make accurate interpretations\, and (2) interact and collaborate with humans to achieve something no humans or machines can perform alone. \nDr. Chuan uses computational approaches to understand and predict how people perceive various media content\, including text\, speech\, music\, video\, and movement. Specifically\, this talk will focus on her projects in three key fields: music\, education\, and communication. Focusing on music information retrieval\, she has created computational tools to inspire creativity in music composition from amateur musicians. She is currently working with a group of faculty across various disciplines at UM to create a smart ecosystem that provides personalized music experience for mood regulation. For education applications\, she has worked with scholars in deaf education to create an app that recognizes American Sign Language to assist families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing to learn sign language together. In the field of communication\, she used deep learning to create a conversational agent (i.e.\, chatbot) that delivers personalized\, user-friendly information about clinical trials to patients and their families. Most recently\, she has developed a mobile app intervention to help users form eco-friendly habits. \nAs Connolly argued in his recent article–Why Computing Belongs within the Social Sciences–“computing as a discipline is becoming progressively more entangled within the human and social lifeworld.” Through this talk\, Dr. Chuan aims to inspire more interdisciplinary collaborations that focus on the nexus of human-centered computing\, interactive communication\, and design. \n  \nAbout Ching-Hua \nChing-Hua Chuan is an Assistant Professor of Interactive Media at the University of Miami. She received her PhD in computer science from the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering\, and her BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University. \nShe has served on the program committees of many organizations including AAAI and the International Society of Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR). \nDr. Chuan was the recipient of the best new investigator paper award at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in 2010. Her interdisciplinary work with communication scholars has applied computational approaches to social science research and has won the top faculty paper award from the Public Relations Society of America (2018) and the American Academy of Advertising research fellowship (2020). \nThrough her collaborations with scholars across different fields\, she aims to augment the power of computing for social change and adopts an interdisciplinary approach to studying the impacts of technological advances\, from mixed reality to artificial intelligence\, on society. \n 
URL:https://idsc.miami.edu/idsc-event/mads-ching-hua-chuan/
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SUMMARY:BIG DATA Conference 12/9
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 6th Annual Big Data Conference on Thursday\, December 9\, 2021\, 2:00-5:00 PM\, for an in-depth discussion of creative destruction and the effects of Big Data\, blockchain\, AI\, and real-time analytics on organizational change with some of the top industry leaders in innovation\, business\, and technology from local\, national\, and international arenas.  \n Thursday 12/9\, 2-5 PM | Register Now (free)\nBig data\, artificial intelligence (AI)\, blockchain\, real-time analytics\, augmented reality (AR)\, and virtual reality (VR) are profoundly reshaping our organizations\, institutions\, and society at large. Besides changing the consumer-facing operations of firms\, these technologies are changing supply chain design\, operations management\, human resource management\, and product development. Entire new segments of the economy like the gig economy have sprung up. At the global level\, these technologies are driving greater market efficiencies forcing companies big and small to adopt these technologies or be left behind. Businesses\, nonprofits\, health care providers\, government agencies\, entrepreneurs\, and educational institutions all have responded to these changes and redesigned themselves to survive. Indeed\, these technologies are ushering in an era of creative destruction.* \nBig Data 2021 topics include:\n\nHow Big data technologies are disrupting industries\nHow Big data technologies are creating new opportunities\nHow Big data technologies is changing the public sector\nHow to retrain the current workforce for these new challenges\nHow should educational institutions adjust to ensure that people entering the workforce are trained for the AI-driven economy\nHow are augmented and virtual reality technologies going to change:\n\nOur homes?\nOur entertainment?\nOur work?\n\n\nWill extended reality be a force of good in society?\n\nThe Big Data Conference is free and open to the public. \n  \nAgenda\n2:00  Welcome\n2:05  Keynote Speaker Michael Mylrea “Manufacturing in the Metaverse: A Brave New World of Disruptive Innovation in the Era of Pandemic”\n2:40  Plenary Speaker: Alex Moura “Big Data in Banking: How the Data and AI Revolution is Changing Financial Services”\n3:20  Break\n3:30  Panel Discussion: “Transformation of institutions\, industries and government by Big Data\, AI and Extended Reality technologies” moderated by Nick Tsinoremas\n4:20  Guest Speaker: Ashwin Kumar “ANNOVA—Prediction & Prevention of Negative Outcomes”\n4:50  Closing Remarks | Q+A \n\n\n\n\n\nKeynote Speaker\nDr. Michael Mylrea  |  Resilience\nSenior Distinguished Engineer at National Resilience\nFellow for Industrial Cybersecurity at University of Miami IDSC\nTOPIC:  “Manufacturing in the Metaverse: From Digital Twins to Distributed Ledgers of Vulnerable Things in an Era of Pandemic and Cyberwar”  Please join Dr. Mylrea for an exploration of disruptive innovation driving Industry 4.0 opportunities and challenges that are redefining security\, manufacturing\, and the health ecosystem. This presentation is timely as all modern organizations require a resilient health ecosystem to function. The Covid-19 Pandemic was a grim reminder of our vulnerability as critical ports and transportation ground to a halt\, hospitals\, and essential services were overwhelmed and critical supply chains and manufacturing were disrupted. While researchers worked to develop a vaccine for a complex\, non-linear\, evolving biothreat\, sophisticated cyber adversaries took advantage of the fog of war during Covid to attack the health ecosystem. An ongoing Cyberwar increasingly targeted healthcare\, pharma\, and medical device manufacturing\, and device supply chains. Ransomware spread through hospital networks\, stealthy cyber weapons were launched to steal intellectual property\, and misinformation campaigns questioned the viruses source and efficacy of its cure. The following presentation explores how National Resilience\, one of the fastest-growing technology companies and biopharma leaders\, aims to overcome some of these challenges with disruptive innovation.\n\n\nDr. Michael Mylrea is a Distinguished Fellow for Industrial Cybersecurity at the University of Miami IDSC\, and a Senior Distinguished Engineer at Resilience\, one of the fast-growing technology companies in the US focused on disrupting medicine with innovation. At Resilience\, Michael is leading various innovative security architecture and industrial cybersecurity solutions.  Dr. Mylrea is a technologist with 18+ years of cybersecurity experience developing innovative solutions and holds 14+ Infosec and Blockchain patents. He led one of the first and largest federally funded blockchain projects that helped introduce blockchain tech to the national lab system. He has launched and led various tech companies and has held CISO\, CTO\, CPO\, and Senior technical positions in industry and government\, including\, but not limited to:  GE\, Pacific Northwest National Lab\, the U.S. Departments of Energy and Defense\, US Cyber Consequences Unit\, Harvard Berkman Klein Center\, and Cyber Team 7. \nMichael has helped influence various standards\, regulations\, and technology developments through participation in Group of 7\, National Security Council\, National Science Foundation\, National Academy of Science\, IEEE\, NDIA\, AAAI\, and NIST panels\, consortium\, advisor boards (Tenable\, CyManII\, CARTA\, Rocky Mountain Institute\, EC Council and World Business Angels Investment Forum). He frequently keynotes large conferences and workshops such as RSA and IoT World. His work has appeared in news\, journal articles\, television\, and congressional testimony and is frequently cited in technical\, industry\, and government publications. Dr. Mylrea is a National Science Foundation CyberCorps Scholar alum\, completing his Doctorate at George Washington University (GWU) on Cybersecurity. Michael is a recipient of a number of distinguished awards (Fulbright Scholarship\, NSF CyberCorps\, Rosenthal Fellowship\, FDD National Security Fellowship\, Top 99 Future Leaders Award). Michael speaks Hebrew\, Arabic\, Spanish\, and Portuguese and is proficient in auditing various computer languages.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlenary Speaker\nAlex Moura\, MBA  | Mastercard\nVice President\, Insights and Analytics\nAdvisors Product Management\nTOPIC:  “Big Data in Banking: How the Data and AI Revolution is Changing Financial Services”  |  The advent of the internet and the mobile phone brought convenience to consumers and allowed the “digitization” of many traditional products and services. Along with it\, came the availability of rich and abundant data that can help financial institutions to improve services\, increase customer convenience\, and decrease costs. In this presentation\, Alex shares his perspective on the opportunities and challenges brought by big data and data science to the banking industry.\n\n\n\nAlex Moura is a technologist with a strong passion for innovation and for creating new products that allow people to access new experiences and buy things they need\, want\, and love. He currently leads Insights and Analytics in Latin America. Main responsibilities include product management of Data Platforms and Advanced Analytics for Mastercard’s Data and Services Division. Alex is recognized as a thought leader in Data Analytics\, Digital Transformation\, and Innovation. He is also a frequent speaker and panelist at industry conferences and has delivered keynotes on these topics for audiences in English\, Spanish and Portuguese. \nAlex started his career as an Officer in the Brazilian Navy and spent a number of years with Ernst & Young’s Technology and Security Risk Services Group advising clients across a broad spectrum of industries and geographies.  Prior to joining Mastercard\, Alex led Royal Caribbean Cruises’ Group responsible for business intelligence and payments. \nAlex is a Brazilian Naval Academy graduate and holds an MBA from the University of Miami School of Business.  A native of Brazil\, Alex currently resides in Miami\, Florida.\n\n\n\nPanel\n“Transformation of Institutions\, Industries\, and Government by Big Data\, AI\, and Extended Reality (XR) Technologies”\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\nNick Tsinoremas\, PhD  |  University of Miami\nDirector\,  Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC)\nVice Provost for Research Computing and Data\nAs Vice Provost for Research Computing and Data at the University of Miami\, Dr. Tsinoremas is the Director of the Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC). IDSC was established to catalyze data-intensive research in fields ranging from medicine to earth sciences\, urban planning\, digital humanities\, and business. Before joining the University of Miami\, Dr. Tsinoremas served as Head of Informatics and Chemoinformatics at The Scripps Research Institute-Florida. As Director of Computational Genomics and Genomic Discovery at Rosetta/Merck\, prior to Scripps\, he directed the project that combined data science and computational approaches with gene expression profiling\, high throughput screening\, and genetics to discover\, prioritize\, and define new drug targets and novel therapeutics.  Prior to working for Merck Research Laboratories (MRL)/Rosetta\, Tsinoremas was the Vice-President of Genomics at DoubleTwist Inc.\, where he determined the scientific direction and development of DoubleTwist’s bioinformatics applications and databases. At that time\, he also led a team that developed the first annotation of the Human Genome.\nDr. Tsinoremas also holds faculty appointments in the Miller School of Medicine and the College of Arts and Sciences.\nThe focus of Dr. Tsinoremas’ research is on combining data science and computational approaches in informatics\, digital health\, clinical genomics\, molecular biology\, computational biology\, and drug discovery to foster collaborative interdisciplinary projects.\nDr. Tsinoremas received his B.A. in Chemistry from the University of Athens\, Greece\, and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Leeds\, UK.\n\n\n\nPanelists\n\n\n\n\nLt. Joel Bello\, Esq. |  Miami-Dade Police Department\nHomeland Security Bureau\nLieutenant Joel Bello\, Esq.\, is an eighteen-year veteran of the Miami-Dade Police Department. During his time he has served as a detective in the Narcotics Bureau\, Tactical Narcotics Team (TNT); detective and supervisor in the Robbery Intervention Detail (RID); supervisor in the Gang Street Section\, and coordinator for the Multi-Agency Gang Task Force; commander for the Special Response Team (SRT); commander for the Priority Response Team; and is now supervising investigations in the Homeland Security Bureau. \nIn 2019\, Lieutenant Bello graduated from St. Thomas College of Law and is a practicing attorney.  Mr. Bello is an adjunct professor at St. Thomas College of law teaching Cybercrimes Law and Criminal Procedure. He also holds a Master’s degree in performance psychology and has implemented mental skills training into tactical police training.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiego Berta  |  Magic Leap\nVice President of Business Development\nComing from a family of engineers and craftsmen in Argentina’s wine country\, Diego was born with an appreciation for raw materials and the artisans that turn rough elements into amazing works of mechanical or fine arts. For him\, the startup world is no different. He prides himself in having an innate ability to find rare visionaries and entrepreneurs and then help them turn rough ideas into unique and highly valuable companies. \nDiego is a well-versed deal maker in the realm of advanced technology. As the Vice President of Business Development of Magic Leap\, considered one of the world’s most innovative technology startups\, Diego is responsible for curating Magic Leap’s strategic partnerships and next generation technologies.\n\n\nPrior to Magic Leap\, Diego served as Sr. Manager of Business Development of MAKO Surgical where he was responsible for qualifying and securing intellectual and financial capital for core technology projects. After a successful 9 year run of innovation in surgical robotics and numerous awards\, the company was acquired for $1.7B.Diego started his career in the technology world at ThinkEquity\, a boutique investment bank that specialized in the medical robotics space. \nDiego’s greatest accomplishment in life is having found his wife of 17 years and being the father of two brilliant and loving children.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMargaret Brisbane  |  Miami Dade County\nCIO/Director of the Information Technology Department\nMargaret Brisbane is the CIO/Director of the Information Technology Department for Miami Dade County. In her current role\, she is responsible for leading a team of IT professionals in servicing the technology needs of the County. The primary IT pillars are Security\, Platforms\, and Applications along with Administration to support all operations. The team provides support to all County Departments including enterprise solutions for Financial\, Payroll\, Human Resources\, Public Safety\, Legislative\, Commerce\, and the PeopleSoft systems. The team also supports document and asset management and geospatial systems as well as major technology projects\, including\, but not limited to Criminal Justice\, Permitting and Code Enforcement\, Radio\, and INFORMS. \nPrior to joining the County\, Margaret served as Director of Service Delivery for Burger King Corporation. During her 20-year career\, she led the Telecommunications Center of Excellence for various Diageo brands\, worked on restaurant systems support as well as Point of Sales system implementation for various domestic and international locations.\n\n\n\nThroughout her career\, Margaret has been actively involved in the community and professional organizations. She is currently a member of the Technology Committee for both the Greater Chamber of Commerce and the Beacon Council. She served as co-chair for the Community Services Committee for the FIU Alumni Circle and is a co-chair for the annual United Way Women’s Leadership breakfast. She is the Chair of the IT Women Virtual Mentoring Program and a mentor to one of the scholarship recipients.  She established a mentoring program between the County’s IT department and a local high school IT Academy\, currently in its 10th year. She was the Chair for the 2007-2008 Greater Chamber of Commerce Leadership Miami Program and was a member of the Executive Committee for seven years. She was instrumental in developing and chairing the Chambers Youth Leadership program for three years. She has also participated as a mentor to several FIU business students to continually innovate and build their technical and business skills. She has participated on the eMerge Executive Committee and leads the effort for the County’s booth at the annual conference.Margaret holds a Bachelor of Arts degree\, majoring in International Marketing from Florida International University and a Master of Business Administration with Honors from Nova Southeastern University. She also received a certificate in Executive Leadership from Harvard University. She received the Torch Award from FIU and was name Female Technology Leader of the Year by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. She recently received the “Ones to Watch” award from the CIO Executive Council.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatthew Denesuk\, PhD  |  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.\nSenior Vice President\, Data Analytics & AI\nMatt is the Senior Vice President of Data Analytics & AI at Royal Caribbean Cruises in Miami\, Florida. Matt is overseeing the inception\, development\, and deployment of data-driven and AI-based capabilities across the company. He previously was Chief Data Science Officer\, and a founder\, of Noodle.ai\, which provides AI-as-a-Service to enterprises and industrial firms. Prior to that\, he was the Chief Data Science Officer and GM of the Data Science of Excellence at General Electric. He also led Smarter Planet Modeling & Analytics at IBM Research and\, was a Partner in IBM’s Venture Capital Group. Matt has BS\, MS\, and PhD Degrees from MIT and the University of Arizona.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRodolphe e-Khoury\, PhD  |  University of Miami\nDean\, School of Architecture\nPartner\, Khoury Levit Fong (KLF)\nRodolphe el-Khoury is Dean of the University of Miami School of Architecture. Trained as both a historian and a designer\, he divides his time between scholarship\, research\, and practice. He is the author of numerous books on architecture and urbanism\, including See Through Ledoux; Architecture Theatre\, and the Pursuit of Transparency; Monolithic Architecture; and Figures: Essays on Contemporary Architecture. Dean el-Khoury leads RAD-UM\, a research lab for embedded technology and robotics aiming at enhancing responsiveness and resilience in buildings and smart cities. The work of his firm\, Khoury Levit Fong (KLF)\, has won international awards. Dean el-Khoury’s work has been featured in national and international media outlets that cut across disciplines ranging from WIRED Magazine to the Wall Street Journal to the Space Channel to BBC World. He has shared his work through teaching\, visiting professorships\, and lectures at dozens of institutions in the U.S. and abroad.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArthur Kordon  |  Kordon Consulting\, LLC\nCEO\nDr. Arthur Kordon is a CEO of Kordon Consulting LLC and an internationally recognized pioneer in applying advanced analytics and artificial intelligence in the industry with more than 30 years of experience. He is currently consulting several global corporations to introduce and use analytical solutions and artificial intelligence in their business. His current projects include developing cognitive models of the Enterprise\, preventive maintenance\, energy cost reduction analysis\, space analytics. In his previous position as Advanced Analytics Leader at Dow Chemical\, Dr. Kordon has successfully applied advanced analytics solutions in various business problems in forecasting\, business cycles analysis\, price elasticity analysis\, etc. He successfully introduced several novel technologies for improved manufacturing and new product design based on artificial intelligence\, such as robust inferential sensors\, operating discipline\, and accelerated fundamental model building. He was granted a US patent and has published more than 70 papers and 16 book chapters in applied artificial intelligence and advanced analytics. He is the author of two books Applying Data Science and Applying Computational Intelligence\, published by Springer. He is a co-author of the book Applied Data Mining for Forecasting\, published by SAS Press.\n\n\n\n  \nGuest Speaker\n\n\n\n\n\nAshwin Kumar  | Jackson Health System\nAssociate Vice President\nTOPIC: “ANNOVA—Prediction & Prevention of Negative Outcomes”  Accelerated Neural Network for Opportunity & Variance Analysis is a complex cumulative compilation of discrete data points through a patient’s progression of care to predict a defined set of negative outcomes\, both clinical and financial\, and how to prevent them. \nAshwin Kumar is the Associate Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management\, Decision Support Systems (DSS) and Department of Research\, Opportunity\, Innovation & Data Sciences (DROIDS) at Jackson Health System\, a nonprofit academic medical system dedicated to building the health of the community by providing world-class care to the residents of Miami\, Florida.   He received a post-graduate degree with a major in Finance and a minor in Systems.  Prior to joining Jackson Health System\, he worked at Deloitte Consulting in the Healthcare Providers segment under the Strategy & Operations practice.  Ashwin is an innovative executive with 20 years of experience in healthcare\, creating complex tech-enabled solutions to drive process improvement and growth in all Revenue Cycle areas\, including Health Information Management\, Patient Access\, Clinical Documentation Improvement\, Revenue Integrity\, and Denials Management.  His solutions exhibit successful uses of data extraction\, predictive modeling\, data intellectualizing\, Machine Learning\, and Artificial Intelligence to drive process improvement\, improve revenue\, reduce operating expenses\, prioritize actions and prevent errors in various areas of hospital operations.\n\n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://idsc.miami.edu/idsc-event/big-data-2021/
LOCATION:Zoom (online)
CATEGORIES:Big Data
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ORGANIZER;CN="Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing":MAILTO:idsc@miami.edu
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