MIDAS Seminar Series

From 2015–2022, MIDAS organized a weekly seminar series, which brought many prominent researchers to U-M as speakers and enabled research conversations both between these speakers and U-M researchers, as well as among U-M researchers. However, because of the nature of data science and AI research, the seminars cover a very wide range of topics and any particular topic is covered by a small number of seminars scattered throughout the year.

Starting in 2022, in order to intensify the research discussions and collaborations that such seminars initiate, MIDAS has pivoted to monthly mini-symposia. Organized in collaboration with our affiliate faculty members, these mini-symposia feature multiple speakers and focus on one research theme.

Mini-Symposia Series

Thank you to our sponsors

American Mathematical Society
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General Dynamics
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Past Seminars

  • Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, Associate Professor, Communications, University of Pennsylvania
  • Cynthia Rudin, Professor of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Statistical Science, Mathematics, and…
  • Sabina Leonelli, Professor, Philosophy and History of Science, University of Exeter
  • Matthew Salganik, Professor, Sociology, Princeton University
  • Yun Song, Professor, Computer Science & Statistics, UC Berkeley
  • Yuri M. Zhukov & Ken Kollman. Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor, Political Science
  • Donglin Zeng. Professor, Biostatistics, University of North Carolina
  • Clément Royer, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Université Paris Dauphine-PSL
  • Jennifer Bobb, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
  • Virginia Dignum, Professor, Wallenberg Chair in Responsible AI, Umeå University
  • Enrico Di Minin, Professor, Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki
  • Lia Corrales, Assistant Professor, Astronomy, University of Michigan
  • Rebecca Hubbard, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania
  • Chris Lindsell, Biostatistics and Biomedical informatics, Vanderbilt University