\n![\"Tom](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/idsc.miami.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tom-collins-edited-240x320-1.png?resize=231%2C308&ssl=1\") <\/td>\n | \nTom Collins, PhD<\/small><\/h4>\nA S S O C I A T E\u00a0 \u00a0P R O F E S S O R
\nMusic Engineering Technology
\nMIAMI HERBERT BUSINESS SCHOOL<\/small><\/small><\/p>\n Tom<\/span> is an Associate Professor of Music Engineering Technology within the Music Engineering program at the Frost School of Music and Principal Investigator of the Music Computing and Psychology Lab<\/a>\u00a0 (situated in the Frost School of Music). His research concerns the development and application of machine learning techniques for\/to music-analytical and music-generative tasks, with projects leading to research papers, reusable code<\/a>, and collaborations with upcoming and GRAMMY Award-winning artists on songs co-created with AI. The lab also works on audio\/music in extended reality (XR\/AR\/VR), AI for podcasting and game audio, and pattern discovery algorithms applied to coordinated movement in music and athletics.<\/p>\nTom has a strong track record in the supervision of PhD students\u2014training them and helping them pursue careers in industry or academia, with recent graduates joining ByteDance, Sony Interactive Entertainment, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.<\/p>\n In terms of teaching, he offers courses on electronic production technologies, research methods, and music artificial intelligence. Read more<\/a> . . .<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n October 31 | Register Now<\/h3>\n \n\n\n![\"Joseph](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/idsc.miami.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/joseph-johnson-240x320-1.png?resize=231%2C308&ssl=1\") <\/td>\n | \nJoseph Johnson, PhD<\/small><\/h4>\nA S S O C I A T E\u00a0 \u00a0P R O F E S S O R
\nMarketing Department
\nMIAMI HERBERT BUSINESS SCHOOL<\/small><\/p>\n Dr. Johnson teaches Marketing Analytics, New Product Development, Strategic Brand Management and a doctoral seminar on quantitative methods for marketing management. He has thirty-two years of experience, divided between academia and industry, in computerization and empirical models for manufacturing, supply chain and marketing. His current research focuses on the use of AI and text mining tools as a decision aid for managers. Dr. Johnson has created and collaborated in the development of:<\/p>\n \n- Deep learning algorithms for advertising design and testing<\/li>\n
- Brand management tools using text mining<\/li>\n
- Customer satisfaction and service quality measurement tools using text mining<\/li>\n
- Dynamic optimization methods for retail promotions<\/li>\n
- Media planning tools for big Pharma<\/li>\n
- Digital media analytics for non-profit organizations<\/li>\n
- Clinic scheduling model for UM\u2019s clinics<\/li>\n
- Risk models for predicting post-surgery health outcomes.\u00a0 Read more<\/a> . . .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
<\/p>\n November 14 | Register Now<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"Reynaldo](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/idsc.miami.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rey-sanchez-240x320-1.jpg?resize=225%2C300&ssl=1\") <\/td>\n | \nReynaldo Sanchez, MM<\/small><\/h4>\nA S S O C I A T E\u00a0 \u00a0D E A N
\nStrategic Initiatives + Innovation<\/p>\n A S S O C I A T E\u00a0 \u00a0P R O F E S S O R
\nMusic Business + Entertainment
\nFROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC<\/small><\/p>\n Dean Sanchez is a multi-faceted educator and musician. As the Director of the Bruce Hornsby Creative American Music Program, he has been responsible for expanding the educational opportunities offered by the Frost School of Music overall. An accomplished multi-tasker, he also serves as Director of the Bruce Hornsby Creative American Music Program, an innovative performing and songwriting program curriculum developed with Frost School alumnus Bruce Hornsby to incorporate both American roots music and contemporary composition. The program has become one of the School\u2019s fastest growing areas of study. It also offers those with an interest in electronic music performance an opportunity to become full music majors, a first for a major music school in the U.S. Read more<\/a> . . .<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n February 20 | Register Now<\/h3>\n \n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/idsc.miami.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/andres-sawicki-240x320-1.jpg?resize=240%2C320&ssl=1\") <\/td>\n | \nAndres Sawicki, JD<\/small><\/h4>\nP R O F E S S O R\u00a0 O F\u00a0 L A W
\nDirector, Business of Innovation, Law, & Technology concentration
\nSCHOOL OF LAW<\/small><\/p>\n D I R E C T O R
\nData Ethics & Society
\nFROST INSTITUTE FOR DATA SCIENCE AND COMPUTING<\/small><\/p>\n Prof. Sawicki teaches in the area of intellectual property. His primary research projects explore the extent to which IP can help solve problems in the production of inventions and expressive works. He is particularly interested in the complex psychology of creativity, and in the difficulty of coordinating multiple creative collaborators. Professor Sawicki\u2019s research also examines the interaction among distinct patent doctrines.<\/p>\n Professor Sawicki graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with S.B. degrees in Brain & Cognitive Sciences and Science, Technology, & Society. He then earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 2006, where he was an Articles Editor for the Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. After graduation, he clerked for the Honorable Robert D. Sack of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. From 2007 through 2010, he worked as an associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focused on intellectual property litigation, especially Hatch-Waxman Act pharmaceutical patent cases. Prior to his appointment at Miami Law, Professor Sawicki was a Bigelow Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School.<\/p>\n His work has been published by leading journals, including Cornell Law Review<\/em>, William & Mary Law Review<\/em>, and The University of Chicago Law Review<\/em>, among others. Read more<\/a> . . .<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n March 20 | Register Now<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"Ingrid](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/idsc.miami.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vasiliu-feltes-240x320-1.jpg?resize=240%2C320&ssl=1\") <\/td>\n | \nIngrid Vasiliu-Feltes, MD<\/small><\/h4>\nL E C T U R E R
\nBusiness Technology Department
\nMIAMI HERBERT BUSINESS SCHOOL<\/small><\/p>\n Prof. Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes is a visionary leader operating at the intersection of academia, business, government and not-for-profit sectors, recognized globally for her deep tech diplomacy and digital ethics efforts.<\/p>\n With over two decades of executive experience, she has held numerous high-impact leadership roles and has extensive complex system integration expertise, driving the development of responsible, inclusive, diverse, sustainable AI, blockchain and other deep tech innovation ecosystems at a regional, national or international level. Her unique background positions her as a thought leader on how emerging or frontier technologies are posing unique ethical challenges and are reshaping law, regulatory frameworks, corporate governance, risk management, compliance and enterprise digital strategy.<\/p>\n She is an alumna of MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia University, and University of Miami\u2019s Herbert Business School. In addition, she is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, holding executive certifications in AI, Blockchain, Finance, Mediation, Tech Diplomacy, Human Rights, and Ethics. Dr. Vasiliu-Feltes has served as an expert advisor to numerous Fortune 100 and 500 companies, US DOD, IEEE, NIST, and EU, UN or G20-affiliated organizations, guiding them on strategic decisions around digital transformation, digital risk governance, digital trust, and digital cyber-ethics orchestration. Read more<\/a> . . .<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nApril 10 | Register Now<\/h3>\n \n\n\n![\"April](\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/april-mann-240x320-enhanced.jpg\") <\/td>\n | \nApril Mann, EdD<\/small><\/h4>\nTALK TITLE:\u00a0 AI & Academic Writing: Rules, Tools, and Strategies<\/strong><\/p>\nD I S T I N G U I S H E D\u00a0 \u00a0S E N I O R\u00a0 \u00a0L E C T U R E R
\nand Director of the Writing Center
\nDepartment of Writing Studies
\nCOLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES<\/small><\/p>\n\n April Mann, EdD, is Director of the Writing Center and is a Distinguished Senior Lecturer in the Department of Writing Studies. She also provides grant-writing support to the\u00a0 Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the Miller School of\u00a0 Medicine. April has been facilitating the College of Arts and Sciences\u2019 Summer\u00a0 Writing Institute with her colleague Adina Sanchez-Garcia since 2015. The\u00a0 Institute helps faculty throughout the college reimagine the ways they can use\u00a0 writing in their courses to improve their students\u2019 disciplinary learning. She and\u00a0 her colleagues are in the process of initiating a Writing Enriched Curriculum\u00a0 program to support faculty in other disciplines who want to effectively use\u00a0 writing assignments in their teaching.<\/p>\n For the past two years, she has been co-facilitating a Faculty Working Group\u00a0 for Teaching with AI. This community of practice brings faculty together to\u00a0 discuss their innovative work with AI in the classroom. She also presented at\u00a0 the Teaching in the Age of Artificial Intelligence 2024 Conference.\u00a0 April is co-author of several publications, most recently \u201cThe linguistic leap:\u00a0 Understanding, evaluating, and integrating AI in language education.\u201d Journal\u00a0 of Language Teaching, (with colleagues Shai Cohen, Ludovic Mompelat, and\u00a0 Logan Connors). She has several manuscripts currently under contract or\u00a0 under consideration with colleagues in the Writing Studies Department and the\u00a0 School of Education and Human Development. She is also co-author (with\u00a0 colleagues Ava Brillat and Matthew Kaeiser) of \u201cCrossing the Bridge: Writing\u00a0 and Research Bridge Programming for an Intensive English Program\u201d in PILH:\u00a0 Information Literacy and Writing Studies, Volume II \u2013 Upper Level and\u00a0 Graduate Studies. Ed. Grace Veach. Purdue University Press, 2019. She is\u00a0 also the author of \u201cStructure and Accommodation: Autism and the Writing\u00a0 Center\u201d, in Autism Spectrum Disorders in the College Composition Classroom:\u00a0 Making Writing Instruction more Accessible for all Students. Eds. Walsh, Lynda and Gerstle, Val. Marquette University Press, 2011. In addition, she was also a\u00a0 contributor to and reader for Composing Inquiry: Methods and Readings for\u00a0 Investigation and Writing. Margaret Marshall, Prentice Hall, 2004.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hosted by Joseph Johnson and Mitsunori Ogihara, this new webinar series promotes the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) among University of Miami faculty, staff, and students, and the surrounding community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61,1157,1172,62,330,1173,1174,615,277,1175,1154,1176],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2876"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2878,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876\/revisions\/2878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} | | | | | |
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