Friday May 17, 2024
11th Annual NJBDA Symposium
Theme: Artificial Intelligence Impacts on Society & Higher Education
Host: Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University
The theme for the 2024 NJBDA symposium is ‘AI Impacts on Society & Higher Education’. The symposium will be a collaborative forum for information sharing, networking, research and discovery of opportunities and challenges of AI in society and higher education i.e. how will AI transform higher ed teaching and learning, how can university leaders effectively leverage and manage AI, AI misuse, the expanding digital divide, data bias and ethical implications.
The NJBDA’s annual symposium is New Jersey’s premier conference for big data & advanced computing, consistently attracting 200+attendees from industry, government, and academia.
This year’s symposium will be held in person at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
The venue is the Douglass Student Center, located at 100 George Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey. (Google Maps)
Research Presentations
Thank you to everyone who submitted research presentation abstracts for the symposium.
Student Poster Submissions
Please submit abstracts for the student poster sessions by April 21, 2024 May 1, 2024. Digital poster submissions are due by Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Learn more at the Student Poster Submission page.
Sponsorships
For sponsorship information, please contact Margaret Brennan-Tonetta or Jim Samuel.
Keynote Speakers
Sherry Marcus
Director of Applied Science, Generative AI Leadership, Amazon Web Services
Shiren Vijiasingam
Chief Product Officer, Instructure
Program
Download PDF: 2024 NJBDA Symposium Agenda
8:30 – 9:00
Registration
9:00 – 10:00
Welcome
- Matthew Hale, President, NJBDA; Professor, Seton Hall University
- Jim Samuel, NJBDA Symposium Chair; Professor, Rutgers Bloustein School
- Stuart Shapiro, Dean, Rutgers Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
- Francine Conway, Chancellor, Rutgers University – New Brunswick
- Brian Bridges, Secretary of Higher Education, State of New Jersey
10:00 – 10:30
Keynote Address: AI Impacts on Society
Sherry Marcus, Director of Applied Science, Generative AI Leadership, Amazon Web Services
10:30 – 10:45
Break & Networking
10:45 – 12:00
Research Workshops
Concurrent Workshop: NLP, LLMs & Generative AI
- Meng Ye, SRI International
- Jim Samuel, Professor, Rutgers University
Concurrent Presentation on AI: Design Justice AI
- Lauren Goodlad, Rutgers University
- Matthew Stone, Rutgers University
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch, Networking, Exhibits
1:00 – 1:45
Keynote Address – AI Impacts on Higher Education
Shiren Vijiasingam, Chief Product Officer, Instructure
1:45 – 2:30
Panel Discussion: AI Skills for a Transforming Workforce
- Justin Trugman, Co-Founder and Head of Technology, TechUnited:NJ Better Future Labs
- Melanie Murphy, former Chief Analytics Officer, Fluent
- Doug Vargo, Vice President, Consulting Services, CGI
- Sriram Sridhar, Director, Translational Data Science, Genmab
2:30 – 2:45
Break and Networking
2:45 – 3:30
Panel Discussion: AI Impacts on Teaching and Research
- Wade Trappe, Associate Dean of Research, Rutgers School of Engineering
- Vishal Misra, Vice Dean & Professor of Computer Science and AI, Columbia University
- Sonia Yaco, Digital Initiatives Librarian, Rutgers University
- Juan Rios, Professor, Social Work Program, Seton Hall University
3:30
Closing Remarks
JBDAI – NJBDA Journal Awards | Student Poster Awards | Journal Announcements
- Jim Samuel, Professor, Rutgers Bloustein School; Editor, Journal of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
- Peggy Brennan-Tonetta, Past President, NJBDA; Sr. Associate Director, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University
- Matthew Hale, President, NJBDA; Professor, Seton Hall University
Sponsors
NJBDA thanks our sponsors:
