Ai4Ai Lounge Launch Event: Putting Data into a Local Context

1103 West Wisconsin Avenue,Milwaukee WI 53233

06 May, 2022

Description

The launch event of the Ai4Ai Lounge at Marquette University will initiate conversations about putting data analytics into a local context. The Ai4Ai Lounge (Ai4Ai: Artificial Intelligence for Analytics and Insights) is a new initiative at Marquette University, sponsored by the Diederich College of Communication and Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute (NMDSI). The launch event features keynote speaker, Dr. Victor Amaya, President and Executive Director of Data You Can Use, a local nonprofit organization that aims to leverage data to improve community conditions. His talk is followed by a panel of Marquette administrators and faculty, which focuses on the role that universities play in community engagement and putting data analytics into a local context. Schedule10:00-10:10 Welcome by Dean Sarah Feldner and Larry Zhiming Xu 10:10-11:00 Keynote Speaker: Victor Amaya 11:00-11:40 Panel Discussion: Victor Amaya (President and Executive Director, Data You Can Use), Carmel Ruffolo (Associate Vice President for Corporate Engagement), Scott Rex (NMDSI Co-director), and Larry Zhiming Xu (Director, Ai4Ai Lounge) 11:40-11:55 Q&A Keynote Speaker: Dr. Victor AmayaDr. Victor Amaya leads Data You Can Use’s strategy and operations with a goal of helping the organization drive impact to improve conditions in the community. He is a veteran educator, instructional coach, and school leader, with a focus on success measures and impact. Before joining Data You Can Use, he led the Impact Department and served as the Interim Executive Director at City Year Milwaukee, the local affiliate of a national education non-profit. Dr. Amaya was born in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and immigrated to Milwaukee when he was twelve. He is a MPS graduate of Riverside University High School and earned his BA in Sociology and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. He earned a MS in Administrative Leadership, a Director of Curriculum and Instruction license, and a District Superintendent’s license and a Doctorate in Leadership in the Advancement of Learning from Cardinal Stritch University.