Event Organizers

Organized by the Data Science Initiative 

The 2024 Spring Research Workshop is proudly presented by the Data Science Initiative (DSI), our team is devoted to ensuring a seamless and enriching experience for all. A sincere expression of gratitude extends to each individual who played a pivotal role in bringing this event to fruition. 

Committee Members

-Leadership Team- 

Galin Jones

Professor & Director | School of Statistics

Vipin Kumar

Professor & Director | College of Science and Engineering

Genevieve Melton-Meaux

Professor, Director & Dean | UMN Medical School 

Jim Wilgenbush

Director of Research Computing | Minnesota Supercomputing Institute

Hayley Borck

Managing Director | Data Science Initiative

-Research Committee-

Digital Health & Personalized Healthcare

Joe Koopmeiners

Mayo Professor and Division Head | Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science | School of Public Health

Jaideep Srivastiva

Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies for Data Science | Department of Computer Science & Engineering | College of Science and Engeneering

Chris Tignanelli

Associate Professor, Division of Critical Care/Acute Care Surgery | Co-Director, Center for Clinical Quality & Outcomes Discovery and Evaluation (C-QODE) | Associate Dean for Data Science

Constantin Aliferis

Director | Office of Academic Clinical Affairs | Institute for Health Informatics

Elisia Cohen

Director | Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communications | College of Liberal Arts

Monica Luciana

Professor | Department of Phycology | College of Liberal Arts

Jenna Marquard

Professor | Population Health and Systems Cooperative | UMN School of Nursing

Serguei Pakhomov

Professor | Department of Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems | UMN College of Pharmacy

J. Sunil Rao

Professor | Division of Biostatistics and Health Data Science | UMN School of Public Health

Foundational Data Science

Jarvis Haupt

Associate Professor; Associate Dept. Head | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | College of Science and Engineering

Phil Pardey

Professor of Science and Technology Policy in the Department of Applied Economics, Director of the University of Minnesota's International Science and Technology Practice and Policy (InSTePP) center | Department of Applied Economics 

Xiaotong Shen

Professor | School of Statistics | College of Science and Engineering

Zhenong Jin

Department of Bioproproducts and Biosystems Engineering

Gilad Lerman


Data Science Lab Director, Minnesota Center for Industrial Mathematics (MCIM) & Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) | 

Professor, School of Mathematics | College of Science of Engineering

Alicia Hofelich Mohr

Research Support Coordinator in the Liberal Arts Technologies and Innovation Services (LATIS) | College of Liberal Arts

Wei Pan

Professor, Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science | School of Public Health

Jane Sumner

Associate Professor of Political Science | College of Liberal Arts

Ju Sun

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering | College of Science and Engineering