Team
The Purdue University Fort Wayne LDS Team includes core members, visiting scholars, and participating students.
Core Scientists
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Expertise: Data Science, Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Biology.
LDS Role: Chief Scientist, All Programs.
Connie Kracher
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Expertise: Diagnostic Sciences and Oral Biology.
LDS Role: Chief Administrative Officer.
Shannon Bischoff
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Expertise: Computational Linguistics and Anthropology.
LDS Role: Data Science for Global Communities Program.
Erika Mann
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Expertise: Library and Information Science, Digital Humanities.
LDS Role: Data Science for Library Program.
Drake Olejniczak
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Expertise: Graph Theory, Network Analysis.
LDS Role: Data Science for Complex Systems Program.
Bernd Buldt
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Expertise: AI Ethics.
LDS Role: Data Science for Local Communities.
Jeff Anderson
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Expertise: Applied Mathematics.
LDS Role: Data Science for Local Communities.
Kathleen Lois Foster
Ball State University
Expertise: Organismal and Experimental Biology, Data Science.
LDS Role: Data Science for Biology Program.
Project Managers
James Olaniyan
Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Expertise: Computer Science & K-12 Data Science
LDS Role: Project Manager - Community Liaison.
Year: 2023/2024
Aman Bajpayee
Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Expertise: Computer Science & Anomaly Detection
LDS Role: Project Manager - Industry Liaison.
Year: 2023/2024
Shruti Mandaokar
Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Expertise: Computer Science & Data-disadvantaged Populations
LDS Role: Project Manager - Social Good.
Year: 2023/2024
Atharva Atre
Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Expertise: Computer Science & Distribution Shifts
LDS Role: Program Manager - University Liaison.
Year: 2023/2024
Student Scientists
Rishikesh Fulari
Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Expertise: Computer Science & Human Migration
LDS Role: Junior Data Scientist - Global Communities.
Year: 2023/2024
Ann Bertram
Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Expertise: Mathematics and Survival Analysis
LDS Role: Junior Data Scientist - Local Communities.
Year: 2023/2024
Vruddhi Kapre
Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Expertise: Computer Science & Shallow Lake Ecosystems
LDS Role: Junior Data Scientist - Local Communities.
Year: 2023/2024
Rohan Patel
Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Expertise: Computer Science & Electronic Health Records
LDS Role: Junior Data Scientist - Local Communities.
Year: 2023/2024
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Visiting Scientists
Guang Lin
Purdue University
Expertise: Scientific Machine Learning, Data Science.
LDS Role: 2024 Excellence Visiting Scholar.
Gabriel Chen
Hope College
Expertise: Machine Learning.
LDS Role: 2024 Local Visiting Scholar.
Daisuke Kihara
Purdue University
Expertise: Bioinformatics, Deep Learning.
LDS Role: 2023 Excellence Visiting Scholar.
Jemila Hamid
University of Ottawa
Expertise: Biostatistics, Health Research.
LDS Role: 2023 Excellence Visiting Scholar.
Nan Miles Xi
Loyola University Chicago
Expertise: Machine Learning, Genomics.
LDS Role: 2023 Local Visiting Scholar.
Angelos Vasilopoulos
Loyola University Chicago
Expertise: Machine Learning, Genomics.
LDS Role: 2023 Graduate Visiting Scholar.
Yang Liu
Indiana University - Kokomo
Expertise: Machine Learning, Fake News.
LDS Role: 2023 Local Visiting Scholar.
James Colliander
University of British Columbia, 2i2c.
Expertise: Analysis and PDEs, Mathematical Physics, Interactive Computing, Research and Education.
LDS Role: 2022 Excellence Visiting Scholar.