2024 DSI Research Day

On July 15, 2024, DSI members gathered for the annual DSI Research Day, to showcase their projects. It provided a valuable opportunity to learn about the current projects at the DSI and to connect with new members.

The presentations included:

• Graham Sayle, Co-op student - Leukemia Surveillance
• Robert Bergen, Senior Data Scientist - Parkinson’s Disease Avatar Project
• Abby Azari, Post-Doctoral Fellow - Machine Learning for Enabling Scientific Discoveries in Planetary Science
• Leon Ruocco, Data Scientist - The Effects of Biologics on Mental Health Seeking Behavior: an Observational Study Leveraging Deep-Learning for Causal Inference
• Bingshan Hu, Post-Doctoral Fellow - Exploration-Driven Thompson Sampling in Reinforcement Learning
• Teemu Jarvinen, Post-Doctoral Fellow - Using Machine Learning to Help Understand Chemical Experiments
• Gabriel Bertolini, Post-Doctoral Fellow - Application of Untrained Machine Learning Analysis of Multivariate Sediment Provenance Data to Critical Metals Exploration
• Makafui Amouzovi, Tiffany Chu & Jonah Curl, DSSG Fellows - Understanding Online Mentoring Relationships: Using NLP Techniques for Analysis and Program Improvement
• Waris Bhatia, Sana Shams & Kim Tran, DSSG Fellows - Accessible Investigative Journalism: Navigating Canada's Largest Corpus of Government Documents

Thank you to those who were able to attend and present!