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RAISE-24 Recap: Does News Media Spread Fear of AI?

April 26, 2024

The final round for the RAISE-24 Informatics – Data Science competition was held Friday, April 19, 2024 at the Bloustein School. Hosted by the Master of Public Informatics (MPI) program, the inaugural competition challenge asked competitors “Does News Media Spread Fear of AI?”

Research by Jim Samuel et al. “Customized AI Readers: An Adaptive Framework for Flexible Human Handwriting Recognition of Numerical Digits with OCR Methods”

June 16, 2023

This study develops an index dubbed the pandemic vulnerability index at city level (PVI-CI) for classifying the pandemic vulnerability levels of cities, grouping them into five vulnerability classes, from very high to very low. It provides critical wisdom needed for urban healthcare policy and resource management.

Prof. Jim Samuel Speaks with Dr. William Latimer on Public Health America about Informatics, ChatGPT, and His Educational Journey.

May 19, 2023

Prof. Jim Samuel was a guest on Public Health America where he gives a summary on his AI research and outlines his academic journey from Architecture to Public Informatics.

EJB Talks: Public Informatics Spotlight–from Data Analytics to Artificial Intelligence Impacts

February 8, 2023

Public Informatics Program director Jim Samuel talks about his path to studying the Big Data phenomenon, the future of informatics and artificial intelligence, and what the arrival of Chat GPT means for society.

EJB Talks Alumni Spotlight: Making a Difference at Microsoft

November 17, 2022

For this EJBTalks episode, Simon Liepold MPAP ’05 talks to Stuart Shapiro about his role at Microsoft, describing his efforts in implementing important global topics such as sustainability, privacy, and cybersecurity.

New Jersey State Policy Lab: Using Creative Informatics and Artificial Intelligence to Address the Drug Addiction Crisis in New Jersey

May 3, 2022

New Jersey has a persistent substance addiction problem which must be viewed in the context of laws, policies, and initiatives implemented to address it.

Research: Adaptive cognitive fit: Artificial intelligence augmented management of information facets and representations

April 26, 2022

Artificially intelligent technologies that can adapt information representations to overcome cognitive limitations are necessary for complex information environments.

Research: Pandemic Vulnerability Index of US Cities: A Hybrid Knowledge-based and Data-driven Approach

March 31, 2022

Cities become mission-critical zones during pandemics and it is vital to develop a better understanding of the factors that are associated with infection levels. A new study examines 41 variables and their potential influence on COVID-19 cases and fatalities.

Which U.S. cities are most vulnerable to spread of COVID-19?

March 31, 2022

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) first arose in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019, before spreading rapidly across the rest of the world. In the first weeks following the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outside mainland...

Shooting Calls to NBPD Increased Sharply in 2021, Data Analysis Shows

February 14, 2022

Since January 2020, the NBPD received a total of 205 calls reporting shots fired or shot heard in the area. The number of calls reporting shots fired or shots heard in the area was 61 through mid-November 2020, while there were 122 such incidents during the same time...