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Research Collaboration Forum

March 14 @ 9:30 am 2:00 pm

AI Synergy Transforming Education, Workforce, and Industry-Academic Collaborations

Keynote speaker: Udayan Bose, founder and CEO, NetElixir

Join us for this unique opportunity to connect to the Big Data & AI Research Community!

  • Big Data and AI Research Collaborations
  • Communities and Resources for Advancing Collaborations
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Network with NJ Big Data & AI Research Community
  • Big Data and AI Research Collaborations

Lunch will be provided. 

Venue: Rider University, Bart Luedeke Center, NJM Community Room (Room 245)

Agenda

09:30 AMRegistration & Light Refreshments
10:00 AMWelcome and Opening Remarks (NJBDA and Rider University – host institution)
  • Forough Ghahramani, Ed.D.; Vice President, NJBDA Research Committee; Vice President, Research & Innovation, NJ Edge
  • Emre Yetgin, Ph.D.; Associate Professor and Director of Center for Business Analytics, Rider University
10:05 AMNJBDA Updates
  • The New Jersey Big Data Alliance (NJBDA) Annual Symposium
  • The Journal of Big Data and AI

Hieu Nguyen, Professor, Mathematics, Rowan University

10:15 AMKeynote: “Rethinking Digital Marketing: The Unstoppable Power of Generative AI and How e-Commerce Marketers Can Seize the Future”
  • Udayan Bose, Founder and CEO, NetElixir
11:00 AMResearch Presentations
11:15-11:45
“AI in Academia: Transforming Teaching, Research, and Services”
  • Morteza Mashayekhi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Rider University
11:45– 12:15
“Diamond: Democratizing Large Foundation Model Training for Science”
  • Zhao Zhang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical
    and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University
12:15-12:45
“Resources and Communities for Advancing Research Collaborations”
  • Judith Sheft, Executive Director, CSIT
  • Forough Ghahramani, Ed.D., Vice President, Research & Innovation, Edge
12:45 – 1:15
“Demystifying Grants: A Roadmap for AI Researchers”
  • Vidya Ganapathy, Ph.D., Director of Sponsored Programs and Research, Rider University
1:15 PMLunch and Informal Networking
2:00 PMWorkshop Adjourns and Informal Networking

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For more information:

Contact Forough Ghahramani at research@njedge.net.

Free

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Rider University – NJM Room

2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648 United States
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