Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein
Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein is a series of interactive informatics seminars and workshops on the use of data science and artificial intelligence for urban, public policy, healthcare, and organizational analytics.
Watch the interview with Jim Samuel, Executive Director of the Public Informatics program, on the importance of informatics, data science and artificial intelligence education.
Past Events
Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein: AI AGENTS to the Rescue!? An Overview of the Opportunities, Risks and Economics of Agentic AI
Rutgers Informatics Forum on Agentic Artificial Intelligence This webinar will host an eminent expert on agentic AI, and will also provide insights into the advanced data science, informatics and AI education, and preparation needed for informatics, DS and AI jobs and...
RAISE-25 Recap – Our Future With AI: Utopian or Dystopian?
Summary Hosted by the Master of Public Informatics (MPI) program, the final round of the second annual RAISE-25 Informatics – Data Science competition was held Friday, April 11, 2025, at the Bloustein School. The competition challenge focused on “Our Future With AI:...
Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein: Emerging AI Ascendancy and Shifts in Health Informatics Careers
Rutgers Informatics Forum on Healthcare & Artificial Intelligence This panel, with eminent experts from industry and academia, will address the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on healthcare and health informatics careers. These experts will present their...
Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein: Influence of AI in Public Administration: The Finnish Experience
Presented by Jari Stenvall Professor of Administrative Sciences, Tampere University, Finland Artificial intelligence has meant a revolution in public administration and services. On the other hand, there have been recent discussions suggesting that generative AI in...
RAISE-24 Recap: Does News Media Spread Fear of AI?
Summary 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...
Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein: Artificial Intelligence – Use, Abuse & An Exciting Future
Collaborators: AI Social Impact Lab & Garfield City Council An Interactive Presentation By Bloustein AI Course Participants Faculty Advisor: Professor Jim Samuel, Rutgers Bloustein School
Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein: Open Data & Artificial Intelligence
Slides Poonam Soans – NJOIT Open Data Center Rakesh Kumar – Benefits and Challenges of Generative AI Policy Dynamics of Open Data and AI Summary by Julia Esguerra The Open Data + AI forum was held just before Thanksgiving on November 17th, hosted by the Public...
Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein: Knowledge Graphs in Natural Language Processing: Overcome Domain Adaptation Challenges in Language Models
This event was hosted by the PISG, the MPI program and the Rutgers Urban & Civic Informatics (RUCI) Lab, the Bloustein Student Services and BGSA in collaboration with our partners at Rutgers University and our external collaborators. Event presented by Vivek...
Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein: Open Data for Society: Accelerating Solutions for Society’s Most Pressing Challenges
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...
Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein: Data Visualization with Python Jupyter Notebooks – A Hands-on Introduction
The session consisted of brief presentations, with around 100 minutes of interactive work-along demo of data visualization with Jupyter Notebooks, and ended with Q&A. Participants learned to create data visualizations and can opt to either access Rutgers...