Seminar Series


The TAMIDS Seminar Series is a semester-long weekly seminar where researchers from other universities are invited by TAMIDS faculty to present their work and how it relates to data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. These seminars offer students the opportunity to hear from actual researchers in their field and learn about potential career paths. They can also serve as networking events and a place to raise brand awareness for companies and industries.

These seminar presentations cover a wide variety of topics from agriculture to social justice to city planning. Below is a complete list of our past seminars with links to their presentations. Any questions about the TAMIDS Seminar Series can be directed to Simon Foucart, Associate Director of External Academic Engagement, via email at foucart@tamu.edu.


2025 Seminar Schedule

DateFaculty HostSpeaker
1/27/2025Dr. Lu Tang & Dr. Yukang Yang – TAMIDS Data Justice LabDr. Kaicheng Yang, Northeastern University
2/17/2025Dr. Jian Tao – TAMIDS Digital Twin LabDr. Frederica Darema, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
2/21/2025Dr. Ulisses Braga-Neto – TAMIDS SciML LabDr. George Biros, University of Texas
4/14/2025Dr. Jian Tao – TAMIDS Digital Twin LabDr. JungHyun Han, Korea University
4/21/2025Dr. Krishna Narayanan – TAMIDS Knowledge Development LabDr. Sriraam Natarajan, University of Texas-Dallas
4/28/2025Dr. Yalong Pi – TAMIDS Operational Data Science LabDr. Namgyun Kim, TAMU Department of Construction Science

Past Seminar Series

2025 Presentations

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1/27/2025: AI Transforming the Information Ecosystem: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly by Dr. Kai-Cheng Yang, Northeastern University

2024 Presentations

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11/18/2024: Accelerating Fusion Energy Development with Scientific Machine Learning by Dr. Aaro Jarvinen, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland

11/11/2024: Delivering Effective Risk Communication Using Interactive Informatic Tools to Facilitate Environmental Literacy, Health, and Equities by Dr. Carolyn Lin, University of Connecticut

10/28/2024: Community-Engaged Map and Augmented Reality Tools for Storm Surge Flooding by Dr. David Retchless, Texas A&M – Galveston

10/21/2024: Social Media Mining for Substance Use Research by Dr. Abeed Sarker, Emory University

10/14/2024: Modeling Grassland Deterioration from the Interactions of Climate, Land Use, and Socioeconomic Changes at Multiple Scales by Dr. Yichun Xie, Eastern Michigan University

9/30/2024: Managing Heterogeneity in Data by Dr. H.V. Jagadish, University of Michigan

9/23/2024: Precision Livestock Farming: The Future of Animal Production by Dr. Tami Brown-Brandl, University of Nebraska

9/16/2024: Data Challenges and the Future of AI in NASA Missions by Lynn Vernon, Johnson Space Center

9/3/2024: Research at the Frontiers of AI for Science, Energy, and Security at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory by Dr. Court Corley, PNNL

8/26/2024: Computer Graphics: an Interdisciplinary Cornerstone of a Modern Liberal Arts Curriculum by Dr. Susan Reiser, UNC-Asheville.

4/15/2024: Cultivating Opportunity: Data Science in the USDA Research, Education, and Economics Mission Area by Cynthia Parr, USDA, Video.

4/1/2024: Interdisciplinary AI Research – Is There a Recipe for Success? by Milan Sonka, University of Iowa, Video.

3/25/2024: Merging Agents, Social Science, and Big Data into Artificial Societies: Providing Socio-technical Complex Adaptive Systems for Better Policy Evaluation; Andreas Tolk, The MITRE Corporation, Video.

3/18/2024: Mathematical Modeling Backed Decision-making for Sustainable Livestock Systems: Perspectives from Animal Systems Modeling World by Karun Kaniyamattam, Texas A&M University, Video.

3/4/2024: Modeling Discourse as Questions and Answers by Jessi Li, The University of Texas at Austin, Video.

2/19/2024: Towards Commercially Viable Fusion Energy: Innovation, Challenges, and the Growing Contributions from AI/ML by David Hatch, Texas A&M University, Video.

1/22/2024: Health Insurance Claims Data and Quasi-experimental Methods to Evaluate Outcomes of Health Policies: The Case of State-level Caps on Patients’ Out-of-pocket Spending for Insulin by Theodoros Giannouchos, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Video.

2023 Presentations

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11/13/2023; TAMIDS Seminar; Reimagining Spectral Graph Theory; Stephen Young, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Video.

11/6/2023; TAMIDS Seminar; Deeper Understanding of Deep Learning: Functional Analysis for Neural Networks; Robert Nowak, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Presentation Slides, Video.

10/30/2023; TAMIDS Seminar; Digital Twins: Driving 21st Century Transformation; Michael Grieves, Digital Twin Institute, Video.

10/23/2023; TAMIDS Seminar; Using Computational Methods and Technologies to Examine and Enhance Equity in Science Communication; Kaiping Chen, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Video.

10/2/2023; TAMIDS Seminar; Geography, Mapping, and the Nation’s Energy Mission: An Oak Ridge Experience; Budhendra Bhaduri, Oak Ridge National Laboritory, Video.

9/25/2033; TAMIDS Seminar; From Points of Light to Visions of Other Worlds: Communicating Exoplanet Exploration and Science at NASA Through Visualization and Storytelling, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Video.

9/18/2023; TAMIDS Seminar; Smart Technologies and Approaches to Ensure Food Security and Resilient Environment, Ali Fares, Prairie View A&M, Video.

9/11/2023; TAMIDS Seminar; AI Based Multi-Satellite Earth Remote Sensing and Causal Understanding of Earth Processes, Jianwu Wang, UMBC, Presentation Slides, Video.

8/28/2023; TAMIDS Seminar; Stacking Designs: Designing Multi-fidelity Computer Experiment with Target Predictive Accuracy, Chih-Li Sung, Michigan State University, Presentation Slides, Video.

1/30/2023; TAMIDS Seminar; Bridging Ethical Algorithms, Law, and Practice Hiring and Beyond, Swati Gupta, Georgia Tech, Presentation Slides, Video.

4/19/2023; TAMIDS Tech Talk; We Are Losing our Scholarly Record – and What We Can Do About It, Martin Klein, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Video.

4/17/2023; TAMIDS Seminar; Vehicle Computing: Vision and Challenges, Weisong Shi, University of Delaware, Presentation Slides, Video.

4/10/2023; TAMIDS Tutorial; Frontiers of Graph Neural Networks with the Dive-Into-Graphs (DIG) Library, Shuiwang Ji, CSCE, TAMU, Presentation Slides, Video.

4/3/2023; TAMIDS Seminar; Cyber Cowboys: Wrangling Big Data on the Frontier of Open Science, Tyson Swetnam, University of Arizona, Presentation Slides, Video.

3/27/2023; TAMIDS Seminar; No Equations, No Variables, No Space, No Time:Data and the Modeling of Complex Systems, Yannis Kevrekidis, Johns Hopkins University, Video.

3/6/2023; TAMIDS Seminar; Achieving Reliable Causal Inference with Data-Mined Variables, Edward McFowland III, Harvard Business School, Presentation Slides, Video.

2/27/2023; TAMIDS Seminar; GIScience in a Hybrid Physical-Virtual World, Shih-Lung Shaw, University of Tennessee, Presentation Slides, Video.

2/13/2023; TAMIDS Seminar; The Sound of Science; Paul Miller, Artist, Writer, Musician, Video.

2/6/2023; TAMIDS Seminar; Deep Gaussian Process Surrogates for Computer Experiments; Bobby Gramacy, Virginia Tech, Presentation Slides, Video.

2022 Presentations

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11/28/2022; TAMIDS Seminar; The Trade-off Between the Value of Granular Data and Consumers’ Privacy, Fernando Luco, ECON, TAMU, Presentation Slides, Video.

11/21/2022; TAMIDS Seminar; The Deep Bootstrap Framework; Preetum Nakkiran, Apple, Presentation Slides, Video.

11/14/2022; TAMIDS Seminar; Probabilistic Solvers For ODEs And PDEs, Simo Särkkä, Aalto University, Presentation Slides, Video.

11/3/2022; TAMIDS Tech Talk; Research Partnerships Between Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and TAMIDS, Michael Henry, PNNL, Video.

10/31/2022; TAMIDS Seminar; Federated Data Analytics for the Internet of Federated ThingsRaed Al Kontar, University of Michigan, Presentation Slides, Video.

10/24/2022; TAMIDS Seminar; Stochastic Gradients with Adaptive StepsizesRachel Ward, University of Texas at Austin, Presentation Slides, Video.

10/17/2022; TAMIDS Seminar; The Ethics of Integrating Medical AI into Research, Practice, and EducationSophia Fantus, University of Texas at Arlington, Presentation SlidesVideo.

9/26/2022; TAMIDS Seminar; Operations Optimization Applications at General ElectricSrinivas Bollapragada, GE Research, Presentation Slides.

9/19/2022; TAMIDS Tutorial; Frontiers of Graph Neural Networks with the Dive-Into-Graphics (DIG) LibraryShuiwang Ji, CSCE, TAMU, Presentation SlidesVideo.

9/12/2022; TAMIDS Seminar; The Role of Functional Aesthetics in Visual AnalysisVidya Setlur, Tableau, Presentation SlidesVideo.

4/25/2022; TAMIDS Seminar; Online Monitoring of Big Data Streams–Roadmap and Recent AdvancesKaibo Liu, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Presentation SlidesVideo.

4/18/2022; TAMIDS Seminar; Online Nonnegative Matrix Factorization and ApplicationsDeanna Needell, UCLA, Presentation SlidesVideo.

4/5/2022; TAMIDS Seminar; Modeling and Simulation of High Frequency Wind VectorsMichael Stein, Rutgers University, Presentation SlidesVideo.

3/28/2022; TAMIDS Seminar: Identifying Market Structure: A Deep Network Representation Learning of Social EngagementKunpeng Zhang, University of Maryland, Presentation SlidesVideo.

3/22/2022; TAMIDS Tutorial: Introduction to Conversational AI, James Caverlee, CSCE, Presentation SlidesVideo.

3/7/2022; TAMIDS Seminar: Data Science at Capital OneFei Tong, Capital One.

2/21/2022; TAMIDS Seminar: The Art of VisualizationNadieh Bremer and Shirley Wu, Authors of Data SketchesVideo.

2/14/2022; TAMIDS Seminar: Studying Risk and Crisis Communication during Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks from Social Media Big DataLu Tang, Department of Communication, Presentation SlidesVideo.

2/7/2022; TAMIDS Seminar: Machine Learning / Natural Language Processing Experts Needed: How Do We Discover Emerging Gender Categories in 90 Volumes of Tagged Text? Laura Mandell (together with Bryan Tarpley and Kayley Hart), Center of Digital Humanities Research, Presentation SlidesVideo.

1/24/2022; TAMIDS Seminar: A Unified Framework for Sequential Decisions under UncertaintyWarren B. Powell, Princeton University & Optimal Dynamics, Presentation SlidesVideo.

2021 Presentations

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12/09/2021; TAMIDS Research Conference. Access slides and recording through the conference program here.

11/22/2021; TAMIDS Seminar: The Role of Lookahead and Approximate Policy Evaluation in Policy Iteration with Linear Value Function ApproximationR. Srikant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Video.

11/15/2021; TAMIDS Seminar: Leveraging Online Labor Markets to Learn from Imperfect and Biased HumansMaytal Saar-Tsechansky, University of Texas at Austin, PresentationsVideo.

11/08/2021; TAMIDS Tutorial: Deep Learning for Symbolic RegressionAndrew Jiang, Texas A&M University, Presentation SlidesVideo.

11/01/2021; TAMIDS Seminar: Some New Insights on the Fisher Randomization TestTirthankar Dasgupta, Rutgers University, Presentation SlidesVideo.

10/25/2021; TAMIDS Seminar: Label Your Data With This One Weird Trick: Methods for Addressing the Digital Data Labeling BottleneckAlina Zare, University of Florida, Presentation SlidesVideo.

10/11/2021; TAMIDS Seminar: Mathematical Methods for Privacy-Preserving Machine LearningThomas Strohmer, UC Davis, Presentation SlidesVideo.

10/04/2021; TAMIDS Seminar: The Interplay between Online and Offline LearningDavid Simchi-Levi, MIT, Presentation SlidesVideo.

9/27/2021; TAMIDS Seminar: Learning Preferences with Irrelevant AlternativesJohan Ugander, Stanford University, Presentation SlidesVideo.

9/20/2021; TAMIDS Seminar: Translational Bioinformatics: Go Deep and Go Broad – Working Examples in Deciphering Molecular Heterogeneity of Ovarian CancerChen Wang, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Presentation SlidesVideo.

9/17/2021; ECEN Distinguished Speaker Seminar: Physics-Informed Learning for Diverse Applications in Science and EngineeringGeorge Karniadakis, Brown University, Video.

9/13/2021; TAMIDS Seminar: Scalable Gaussian-Process Approximations for Big DataMatthias Katzfuss, Texas A&M, Presentation SlidesVideo.

9/8/2021; TAMIDS SciML Lab Seminar: Solving and Learning Phase Field Models Using Modified Physics Informed Neural Networks , Jia Zhao, Utah State University, Video.

9/6/2021; TAMIDS Seminar: Communication-Aware and Decentralized Strategic Learning in Networked Multiagent SystemsCeyhun Eksin, Texas A&M, Presentation SlidesVideo.

6/2/2021; TAMIDS SciML Lab Seminar: Hidden Physics ModelsMaziar Raissi, University of Colorado Boulder, Presentation SlidesVideo.

4/23/2021; TAMIDS Tutorial: Exploring Fairness and Socio-demographic Bias in Machine LearningTheodora Chaspari, Texas A&M University, Presentation slidesVideo.

4/21/2021; TAMIDS SciML Lab Seminar: NVIDIA SimNet: A Multi-Physics Neural SolverSanjay Choudhry, NVIDIA, Video.

4/14/2021; TAMIDS SciML Lab Seminar: Stiffness: Where Deep Learning Breaks and How Scientific Machine Learning Can Fix ItChris Rackauckas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Video.

4/9/2021; TAMIDS Seminar: Sensing and Learning in Distributed Systems Operating under Resource ConstraintsHaris Vikalo, University of Texas at Austin, Presentation slidesVideo.

3/26/2021; TAMIDS Seminar: End to End Data SciencePascal Van Hentenryck, Georgia Institute of Technology, Presentation slidesVideo.

3/12/2021; TAMIDS Seminar: Image and Graph Deep Learning Methods for Cellular and Molecular Level Science DiscoveriesShuiwang Ji, Texas A&M University, Presentation slidesVideo.

3/10/2021; TAMIDS SciML Lab Seminar: Bridging Physical Models and Observational Data with Physics-Informed Deep LearningParis Perdikaris, University of Pennsylvania, Video.

3/5/2021; TAMIDS Seminar: Predictive Modeling with Longitudinal Patient Clinical RecordsFei Wang, Weill Cornell Medicine, Presentation slidesVideo.

2/26/2021; TAMIDS Seminar: Statistics, Topology and Data AnalysisVasileios Maroulas; University of Tennessee, Presentation slidesVideo.

2/12/2021; TAMIDS Tutorial: Managing Your Digital FootprintsRavi Sen; Texas A&M University, Presentations slidesVideo.

2/5/2021; TAMIDS Seminar: Sidewalk Extraction Using Aerial and Street View ImagesXinyue Ye; Texas A&M University, Presentation slidesVideo.

1/29/2021; TAMIDS Seminar: Stop Explaining Black Box Machine Learning Models for High Stakes Decisions and Use Interpretable Models InsteadCynthia Rudin, Duke University, Presentation slidesVideo.

1/22/2021; TAMIDS Seminar: Data Science for Organizational ModelingRandy Garrett, DARPA, Presentation slidesVideo (TAMU NetID login required per speaker’s request).

2020 Presentations

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11/20/2020; TAMIDS Tutorial: Introduction to Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)Zhangyang “Atlas” Wang, The University of Texas at Austin, Presentations slidesVideo.

11/13/2020; TAMIDS Seminar: Inverse Multiobjective Optimization: Models, Insights and AlgorithmsBo Zeng, University of Pittsburgh, Presentation SlidesVideo.

11/10/2020TAMIDS Tech Talk: Vinit Sehgal: Large-scale Geospatial Analysis with RVinit Sehgal, Texas A&M University, Video.

11/06/2020; TAMIDS Seminar: YouTube Video Analytics for Health Literacy and Chronic Care Management: An Augmented Intelligence Approach to Assess Content and UnderstandabilityRema Padman, Carnegie Mellon University, Presentation Slides.

10/30/2020; TAMIDS Seminar: Distributed Stochastic Approximation and Multi-Agent Reinforcement LearningJustin Romberg, Georgia Institute of Technology, Presentation SlidesVideo.

10/23/2020; TAMIDS Seminar: Computational Frameworks for Higher-Order Network Data AnalysisAustin Benson, Cornell University, Presentation SlidesVideo.

10/16/2020; TAMIDS Tutorial: Iterating Between the Data World and the Real World to Find Answers in Big DataHye-Chung Kum, Texas A&M, Presentation SlidesVideo.

10/09/2020; TAMIDS Seminar: Local Gaussian Process Regression for Spatial DataArash Pourhabib, Google, Presentation Slides (waiting for internal approval), Video.

10/06/2020; TAMIDS Tech Talk: ADCME: Machine Learning for Computational EngineeringKailai Xu, Stanford University, Presentation SlidesVideo.

10/02/2020; TAMIDS-CoDHR Seminar: Leveraging the Alignment between Machine Learning and Intersectionality: Using Word Embeddings to Visualize Intersectional Experiences of the Nineteenth-Century U.S. SouthLaura Nelson, Northeastern University, Presentation SlidesVideo.

9/25/2020; TAMIDS Seminar: Towards a Paradigm for Visual ModelingFahd Husain, Uncharted Software; Presentation SlidesVideo.

9/18/2020; TRIPODS Distinguished Tutorial: Functional and Shape Data AnalysisAnuj Srivastava, Florida State University, Pre-Workshop Materials, together with a Note for AttendeesPresentation SlidesVideo.

9/4/2020; TAMIDS Tutorial: Gaussian Processes and Bayesian OptimizationRui Tuo, Texas A&M, Lecture SlidesDemo SlidesDemo CodeVideo.

6/12/2020; TAMIDS Tutorial: Introduction to Deep LearningBoris Hanin, Texas A&M, Presentation SlidesVideo

5/15/2020; TAMIDS Tutorial: Business Analytics: Strategic Issues and SolutionsVenkatesh Shankar, Texas A&M, Pre-workshop Materials (TAMU NetID login required), Presentation SlidesVideo (TAMU NetID login required per speaker’s request)

4/24/2020; Data Science Seminar; Pitfalls of Big DataVicki Bier, University of Wisconsin, Presentation SlidesVideo

4/3/2020; TAMIDS Tutorial: Reinforcement Learning – Algorithms and ApplicationsDileep Kalathil, Texas A&M; Presentation SlidesVideo

2/21/2020; TAMIDS Tutorial: Interpretable Machine Learning: Concepts and TechniquesXia “Ben” Hu, Texas A&M; Presentation Slides

1/31/2020; Data Science Seminar; Post-hoc Uncertainty Quantification for Remote Sensing Observing SystemsAmy Braverman, JPL Nasa / Caltech; Presentation Slides

1/17/2020; Data Science Seminar; Learning to BenchmarkAlfred O. Hero III, University of Michigan; Presentation SlidesVideo