See below for a snapshot of this year’s distinguished RISE AI speakers, panelists, and workshop participants.
Keynote Speakers:
Father Paolo Benanti
Third Order Regular Franciscan, lecturer, Pontifical Gregorian University
Arnab Chakraborty
Co-CEO Telstra-Accenture Data & AI Joint Venture, Chief Responsible AI Officer, Accenture
Stacy Garrett-Ray, M.D.
Senior Vice President, Chief Community Impact Officer, Ascension
Juan Gilbert
Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor, UF Distinguished Professor and Chair, Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department, University of Florida
Ketan Paranjape
Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Enterprise Imaging at Optum
Michael Pencina
Chief Data Scientist, Duke Health; Vice Dean for Data Science; Director, Duke AI Health; Professor, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine
Aarti Singh
Professor, Machine Learning Department, Carnegie Mellon University and Director, NSF AI Institute for Societal Decision Making
Dayle Stevens
Co-CEO Telstra-Accenture Data & AI Joint Venture, Executive Director of Data and AI, Telstra
Panelist & Workshop Participants:
- Ahmed Abbasi, Joe and Jane Giovanini Professor of IT, Analytics, & Operations; Academic Director of the Ph.D. Program in Analytics, University of Notre Dame: Careers in AI
- Arun Agrawal, Pulte Family Professor of Development Policy; Inaugural Director, Just Transformations to Sustainability Initiative, University of Notre Dame: AI & Sustainability
- Everaldo Aguiar, Senior Engineering Manager, Applied AI, PagerDuty: From Students to AI Professionals- Where are They Now?
- Paula Andrea Aguirre Aparicio, Vice President for Digital Intelligence, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: The Impact of AI in Latin America
- Karla Badillo-Urquiola, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame: The Impact of AI in Latin America
- Nicholas Berente, James H. Sweeny III and Alicia Sweeny Collegiate Professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations; Senior Associate Dean for Academic Programs, IT, Analytics, and Operations, University of Notre Dame: AI and Ethics at Notre Dame – Leading from the Front
- Christian Bird, Principal Researcher, Empirical Software Group, Microsoft Research: Careers in AI
- Rodrigo Carrasco, Data Science Director, Associate Professor, Institute of Mathematical Engineering and Computation, Industrial Systems Engineering Department, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: The Impact of AI in Latin America
- Sugana Chawla, Associate Professor of the Practice, Data Science Education Program Director, Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, University of Notre Dame: Education & Workforce of the Future
- David Cieslak, Chief Data Scientist, Aunalytics: From Students to AI Professionals- Where are They Now? & Zero to Strategy; How to Create an AI-Enabled Company
- Adam Czajka, Director, AI Trust and Reliability Lab and Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame: AI for Safety & Safety of AI
- Darcy Davis, Data Assets Director, Advocate Health: From Students to AI Professionals- Where are They Now?
- Mamta Elias, Venture Build Director, Alloy Partners: Health AI Innovathon and Breakout Session
- Keith Feldman, Assistant Professor, Health Services and Outcomes Research, Childrens Mercy Kansas City: From Students to AI Professionals- Where are They Now?
- Jake Franklin, Psychiatry Medicine Physician, Oaklawn Psychiatric Center: AI for Nonprofits & Governments
- Angélica García Martínez, Assistant Research Professor, Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, University of Notre Dame: The Impact of AI in Latin America
- Emily Godsey, Administrator: Innovation & Digital Transformation, Mayo Clinic: Health AI in Action: Innovation In AI with the Mayo Clinic
- Diego Gómez-Zará, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame: Human-Centered Responsible AI
- Avi Guha, Vice President, Southwire: Zero to Strategy; How to Create an AI-Enabled Company
- Matthew Hauenstein, Assistant Research Professor, Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, University of Notre Dame: Reimagining Global Governance & Policymaking
- Bukata Hayes, Vice President, Chief Community Health Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield Minnesota: Healing in Community: Addressing Loneliness & Mental Health for Sustainable Social Resilience
- John Hearty, Director of AI Governance, MasterCard: Zero to Strategy; How to Create an AI-Enabled Company
- Scott Helgeson, Doctor of Medicine, Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic: Health AI in Action: Innovation In AI with the Mayo Clinic
- Emily Ho, Assistant Professor, Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University: Healing in Community: Addressing Loneliness & Mental Health for Sustainable Social Resilience
- Shannon Huneke, Managing Director, S.P.H. Consulting, LLC: Healing in Community: Addressing Loneliness & Mental Health for Sustainable Social Resilience, Health AI Innovathon and Breakout Session
- Meng Jiang, Director, Foundation Models and Applications Lab and Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame: Foundation Models; AI for Science Advances
- Rick Johnson, Associate Professor of the Practice & Managing Director, Applied Analytics and Emerging Technology Lab, Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, University of Notre Dame: AI for Safety & Safety of AI
- Mike Joslin, Director, 1842 Studio & Fund, Alloy Partners
- Shelley Kendrick, President & CEO, Ecumen: Healing in Community: Addressing Loneliness & Mental Health for Sustainable Social Resilience
- Valentina Kuskova, Professor of the Practice and Associate Director, Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, University of Notre Dame: Reimagining Global Governance & Policymaking
- Yong Suk Lee, Associate Professor of Technology, Economy and Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame: AI and Ethics at Notre Dame – Leading from the Front
- Jorge Leon, Senior Manager, Global Community Impact, Johnson & Johnson: Every Person in Every Mile: Access to Data in Rural Communities
- Ryan Lichtenwalter, Director of Technology, FINRA: From Students to AI Professionals- Where are They Now?
- Toby Jia-Jun Li, Director, Human-Centered Responsible AI Lab and Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame: Human-Centered Responsible AI
- Cheng Liu, Assistant Research Professor, Psychology, University of Notre Dame: Education & Workforce of the Future
- Fang Liu, Notre Dame Collegiate Professor and Acting Chair, Applied Computational Mathematics and Statistics; Director, Health Data Exploration and Analytics Lab, Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, University of Notre Dame: Every Person in Every Mile: Access to Data in Rural Communities
- Wenman Liu, Research Fellow, FLARE Network: AI & Sustainability
- Elizabeth Ludwig-Borycz, Postdoctoral Impact Scholar, Center for Global Health Equity, University of Michigan: AI & Sustainability
- Michele Martin, Executive Director, Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, University of Notre Dame: AI and Ethics at Notre Dame – Leading from the Front
- Lourdes Martínez Villaseñor, Research Professor, Universidad Panamericana: The Impact of AI in Latin America
- Carolina Melo Hurtado, Director of the Library, Associate Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Chile: The Impact of AI in Latin America
- Saurabh Nagrecha, Manager, Google: From Students to AI Professionals- Where are They Now?
- Lynne Nowak, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Surescripts
- Nabin Pradhan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan: AI & Sustainability
- Bill Purcell, President/CEO, Crossroads United Way of Elkhart: AI for Nonprofits & Governments
- Denise Riedl, Chief Innovation Officer, City of South Bend: AI for Nonprofits & Governments
- Rodrigo Roa, Executive Director, Data Observatory: The Impact of AI in Latin America
- Patricio Rojas, Director of Strategy, ESE Business School, Universidad de los Andes, Chile: The Impact of AI in Latin America
- Anil Sadarangani, Director of Innovation, Universidad de los Andes, Chile: The Impact of AI in Latin America
- Jon Satrom, Assistant Senior Instructional Professor and Associate Director, Program in Media Arts & Design, University of Chicago: AI- The Uncanny Glitch
- Michael Schreffler, Professor, Art History, Associate Dean for the Arts, College of Arts and Letters, University of Notre Dame: AI- The Uncanny Glitch
- Suzanne Shanahan, Leo and Arlene Hawk Executive Director, Institute for Social Concerns; Professor, Sociology, University of Notre Dame: AI and Ethics at Notre Dame – Leading from the Front
- Matthew Sisk, Director, Civic-Geospatial Analysis and Learning Lab, Associate Professor of the Practice, Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, University of Notre Dame: AI for Nonprofits & Governments
- Daniel Slate, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame: LLMs4All; Large Language Models for Research and Applications in Academic Disciplines
- Tom Stapleford, Associate Professor, Program of Liberal Studies; Concurrent Associate Professor, Department of History; Faculty member, Program in History & Philosophy of Science, University of Notre Dame: AI and Ethics at Notre Dame – Leading from the Front
- Uyi Stewart, Vice President, Inclusive Innovation & Analytics, Mastercard: Zero to Strategy; How to Create an AI-Enabled Company
- Rebecca Struch, Managing Director, Arts Initiative, University of Notre Dame: AI- The Uncanny Glitch
- Erwin Tan, Director, Thought Leadership, AARP: Healing in Community: Addressing Loneliness & Mental Health for Sustainable Social Resilience
- Yijun Tian, AWS AI Lab: From Students to AI Professionals- Where are They Now?
- Peter VanOverbeke, Global Account Leader, Accenture: Zero to Strategy; How to Create an AI-Enabled Company
- Andy Warzon, Co-Founder & CTO, Trek10: Careers in AI
- Michael Wicks, Build Manager, 1842 Studio and Alloy Partners: Health AI Innovathon and Breakout Session
- Cameual Wright, M.D. MBA, President, Indiana Market, CareSource: Every Person in Every Mile: Access to Data in Rural Communities
- Heng Xu, Professor of IT, Analytics and Operations, University of Notre Dame: Careers in AI
- Jian Xu, Quantitative Data Research Lead, Citadel LLC: From Students to AI Professionals- Where are They Now?
- Yang Yang, Assistant Professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations, University of Notre Dame: From Students to AI Professionals- Where are They Now?
- Fanny Ye, Galassi Family Collegiate Professor in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame: LLMs4All; Large Language Models for Research and Applications in Academic Disciplines
- Dmitry Zaytsev, Associate Professor of the Practice, Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, University of Notre Dame: Reimagining Global Governance & Policymaking
- Xiangliang Zhang, Director, Foundation Models and Applications Lab and Leonard C. Bettex Collegiate Professor of Computer Science, University of Notre Dame: Foundation Models; AI for Science Advances