DSI Spring Symposium 2025

Join us for a day of learning, networking, and innovation

About the Symposium

The DSI Spring Research Symposium is a full-day conference featuring expert speakers, hands-on workshops, and student research presentations focused on artificial intelligence, data science, and machine learning.

Connect with industry leaders, faculty, and peers while exploring the latest trends in AI. Open to students of all majors and skill levels!

Event Details

Location:

Reitz Union, University of Florida

Venues:

Main Auditorium & 4 Track Session Rooms

Date: April 5, 2025

Focus: Data Science & AI

Open to: All UF Students

Event Schedule

7:30 - 8:00
Registration and Refreshments
8:00 - 9:00
Keynote Speaker: Jack Kendall, RainAI
9:15 - 10:15
Session #1
General Track
Auditorium

Michael Vega-Sanz, Gail

You Can Just Do Things
Industry Track
Room 2335

Carlos Bastos Neto, Google Cloud

Living a Life within Big Tech
Research Track
Room 2330

Dr. Aapo Hyvarinen, University of Helsinki

Painful Intelligence: What AI Can Tell Us About Human Suffering
Workshop Track
Room 2325

Jhonathan Herrera, Colorstack

Intro to State Space Models and MAMBA
10:15 - 10:30
Short Break
10:30 - 11:30
Session #2
General Track
Auditorium

Tony Barr, SAS Institute, AMOR

Developing a Model of Reality
Industry Track
Room 2335

Luciane Galuppo, Microsoft

Lessons from 30 years at Microsoft
Research Track
Room 2330

Dr. Hubert Wagner, University of Florida

Trojan horses, Pavlov's dogs and self-driving cars
Workshop Track
Room 2325

Norman Bukingolts, Association of Computing Machinery

Transforming our Humanity into Job Security
11:30 - 12:45
Lunch + Student Poster Sessions
12:45 - 1:45
Session #3
General Track
Auditorium

Dr. Jim Hoover, University of Florida

The Latest Developments in the Implementation of AI in Business
Industry Track
Room 2335

Antonio Knez, Sentient Foundation

Open and Loyal AGI for Everyone
Research Track
Room 2330

Dr. Andrew Gelman, Columbia University

Principles of Bayesian Workflow
Workshop Track
Room 2325

Raul Valle, IEEE Signal Processing Society

Introduction to Signal Processing
1:45 - 2:00
Short Break
2:00 - 3:00
Session #4
General Track
Auditorium

Dr. Sarah K Luger, ML Commons

AI: trends, data, and low-resource languages
Industry Track
Room 2335

Tyler Richards, Snowflake, Ex-Meta

Overcoming Rejection as an Aspiring Data Scientist
Research Track
Room 2330

Wesley Deng, Carnegie Mellon University

Supporting Responsible AI on the ground
Workshop Track
Room 2325

Kausthubh Konuru, American Statistical Association

Introduction to NLP: Embedding Techniques for Healthcare Applications
3:00 - 3:15
Short Break
3:15 - 4:15
Session #5
General Track
Auditorium

Dr. Megan Higgs, Critical Inference

Pausing to Take a Deeper Look at Assumptions
Industry Track
Room 2335

Dr. Olivia Dizon-Paradis, University of Florida

Intro to AI Research
Research Track
Room 2330

Stephen Wormald, University of Florida

RAPID-XAI - Toward Explainable Models with Single-Cycle Inference
Workshop Track
Room 2325

Jacques Fleischer, AI Club

Computer Vision and Data Annotation Workshop
4:15 - 4:30
Short Break
4:30 - 5:00
Closing Ceremony

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Sponsors

UF Artificial Intelligence & Informatics Research InstituteAIIRIUF CISE DepartmentCISE DepartmentUF AI Learning AcademyAI2George A. Smathers LibrariesSmathers Libraries