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Schedule
2025
Thursday, February 6th
12:30 PM

Check-in / Registration

South Dakota State University

Prairie Lounge

12:30 PM - 5:00 PM

1:00 PM

Workshop 1 – Building Interdisciplinary Applications Using Large Language Models.

Bishnu Sarker, Meharry Medical College
Cameron Pykiet, Meharry Medical College
Jaylin Dyson, Meharry Medical College

Pasque 255

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

1:00 PM

Workshop 2 – Agentic AI Systems with Advanced Capabilities: Exploring, Planning, Self-reflection, and Human-in-the-loop Dynamics.

David Zeng, Dakota State University

Dakota Room 250 A/C

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

1:00 PM

Workshop 3 – Introduction to Quarto

Xijin Ge, South Dakota State University

Pheasant Room 253 A/B

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

6:00 PM

Banquet with Social Time (Cash bar)

South Dakota State

McCrory Gardens

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

6:30 PM

Dinner

South Dakota State University

McCrory Gardens

6:30 PM - 7:15 PM

7:15 PM

Welcome with Dr. Eun Heui Kim - Department Head, Mathematics and Statistics

South Dakota State University

McCrory Gardens

7:15 PM - 7:30 PM

7:30 PM

Keynote : The Evolution of Fraud: A Personal Journey

Adam Elliot, Kevari

McCrory Gardens

7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Friday, February 7th
7:30 AM

Check-in / Luggage Check

South Dakota State University

Volstorff Lounge

7:30 AM - 12:00 PM

7:45 AM

Breakfast

South Dakota State University

Volstorff B

7:45 AM - 8:25 AM

8:30 AM

Opening Session : Welcome and Introductions : Dr Sanjeev Kumar - Dean of JJ Lohr College of Engineering

South Dakota State University

Volstorff B

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

8:50 AM

Session 1 : Model Risk and Common Pitfalls – Lessons from Model Risk Management

Austin Hanson, Navy Federal Credit Union

Jacks' Place (Room 050)

8:50 AM - 9:50 AM

8:50 AM

Session 2 : Creating a User-friendly Shiny App for Reproducible Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Studies

Frederick Joseph Boehm, South Dakota State University
Ji Hoon Park, South Dakota State University

Dakota A & C (Room 250)

8:50 AM - 9:50 AM

8:50 AM

Session 2 : Unveiling Clusters in High-dimensional Cancer Data: Predicting Cancer of Unknown Primary

Padmapriya Swaminathan, Avera Research Institute

Dakota A & C (Room 250)

8:50 AM - 9:50 AM

8:50 AM

Session 2: Applied Model Building and Implementation: Predicting Acute Care Utilization Following Chemotherapy

McKenna Perrin, Avera Research Institute

Dakota A & C (Room 250)

8:50 AM - 9:50 AM

8:50 AM

Session 3: The Many Faces of Data Science in Healthcare

Christine Puthawala, Boston Childrens Hospital
Amrita Sinha, Boston Children Hospital
Erik Westlund, Johns Hopkins University

Pasque (Room 255)

8:50 AM - 9:50 AM

9:50 AM

Networking Break / Exhibitors

South Dakota State University

Volstorff A

9:50 AM - 10:00 AM

10:00 AM

Keynote: The New Frontier in Medicine: Bridging Clinical Care and Data Science

Benson Hsu, University of South Dakota

Volstorff B

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

11:00 AM

Navigating the Stratosphere

Ron Morfitt, Aerostar
Russ Van Der Werff, Aerostar

Pasque (Room 255)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

Session 4 : Harnessing Local LLMs: A Practical Guide for Secure Data Science

Daniel Burkhalter, Orditus

Jacks' Place (Room 050)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

Session 4 : Model Governance and Key Risk Indicators of Model Performance

Edward Krueger, Channel Partners Capital
Josh Moore, Channel Partners Capital

Jacks' Place (Room 050)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

Session 5 : Assessing Heterogeneity in Maternal-Child Outcomes: Insights from Machine Learning

Corneliu Bolbocean, University of Arkansas

Dakota A & C (Room 250)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

Session 5 : Challenges and Opportunities of Combining Clinical Datasets with Social Determinants of Health Datasets in Machine Learning: Application to Determining the Risk of Mortality in End Stage Kidney Disease

Patti Brooks, Dakota State University
Brandon M. Varilek, South Dakota State University
Surachat Ngorsuraches, Auburn University
Hossein Moradi, South Dakota State University
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, South Dakota State University

Dakota A & C (Room 250)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

Session 6 : Bone Surface Modification Dataset Synthesis for Computer Vision Models Using LoRA Tuned Latent Diffusion Models

Jason Mixon, Dakota State University
Austin O'Brien, Dakota State University

Pasque (Room 255)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

Session 6 : Specific Source Machine Learning Score-based Likelihood Ratios for Forensic Evidence

Danica Ommen, Iowa State University
Federico Veneri, Iowa State University/CSAFE

Pasque (Room 255)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Lunch with a Panel discussion : Advanced Analytics and AI: Where are We Going?

Steve Cross, Great West Casualty Company
Steve Eidmen, Omnitech
Adam Elliot, Kevari
Gerald Fahner, FICO
Xijin Ge, South Dakota State University

Volstorff B

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM

Job Fair/ Recruiting and Exhibitors

South Dakota State University

Volstorff A

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

1:00 PM

Poster Session : Student poster competition

South Dakota State University

Volstorff A

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

2:30 PM

Session 7 : Investigating Application of Deep Neural Networks in Intrusion Detection System Design

Mofe Jeje, North Dakota University System

Jacks' Place (Room 050)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

2:30 PM

Session 7 : Using Machine Learning to Predict Attrition in a Federal Nutrition Education Program

Andrea Leschewski, South Dakota State University
Rohini Daraboina, South Dakota State University
Semhar Michael, South Dakota State University
Andrea Simpson, South Dakota State University
Graham Bastian, South Dakota State University
Stacey Finkelstein, SUNY Stony Brook

Jacks' Place (Room 050)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

2:30 PM

Session 7 : Modeling Time to Recovery from Neonatal Hypothermia Among Neonates Admitted to Pawe Generalized Hospital, Metekel Zone, Ethiopia

Aboma Tolessa

Jacks' Place (Room 050)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

2:30 PM

Session 8 : When Machine Learning Meets Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing: Observations and Algorithm Design

Jun Huang, South Dakota State University

Dakota A & C (Room 250)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

2:30 PM

Session 8 : Knowledge Graph Embedding Models for Drug Repurposing

Bishnu Sarker, Meharry Medical College

Dakota A & C (Room 250)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

2:30 PM

Session 9 : Recent Developments in the Application of Pairwise Overlap

Volodymyr Melnykov, University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa

Dakota A & C (Room 250)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

2:30 PM

Session 9 : Spatial-temporal Models for Forest Inventory Data

Paul May, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Pasque (Room 255)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

2:30 PM

Sesssion 9 : Transformation Discriminant Analysis

Yana Melnykov, University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa

Pasque (Room 255)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

4:00 PM

Closing Session : Portraying the Different Ways Consumers Can Arrive at the Same FICO® Score Value

Gerald Fahner, FICO

Volstorff B

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

4:30 PM

Networking Break / Exhibitors with SDSU Ice Cream

South Dakota State University

Pasque (Room 255)

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM