Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein: Open Data for Society: Accelerating Solutions for Society’s Most Pressing Challenges

October 19, 2022

We welcomed our distinguished speakers from the AI for Good Lab @ Microsoft.

  • Anthony Cintron Roman is the Director of Data Architecture & Strategy with the AI for Good Lab at Microsoft, where he works with a team of data engineers, data scientists and researchers in Machine Learning and data science-based projects across Microsoft AI for Good efforts. He specializes in cloud solution architecture and open innovation and has a BS in computer science and an MBA with a specialty in the management of information systems.
  • Lucas A. Meyer is the Principal Data Scientist with the AI for Good Lab at Microsoft, and he specializes in models to promote economic development and detect financial misconduct. Lucas also worked in fraud detection at Amazon, and has an M.Sc. and an MBA from the University of Washington.
  • Prof. Jim Samuel, Director of the Master of Public Informatics (MPI) program at the Bloustein School, provided closing comments on the potential societal implications of combining artificial intelligence and open data.

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