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Fall 2026 Missouri Data Science and Informatics Symposium
Sunday, October 11
 

8:30am PDT

Welcome Breakfast and Introductions
Sunday October 11, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am PDT
N214 Memorial Union

Sunday October 11, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Break

9:00am PDT

Keynote Speaker - Dr. Diana Roopchand - "Dietary polyphenols and metabolic resilience in humans: insights from meta-omics "
Sunday October 11, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
N214 Memorial Union
More than 2 in 5 American adults (136 million people) have prediabetes, which places them at increased risk for developing type-2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Dietary polyphenols in plant foods are associated with reduced risk and symptoms of chronic metabolic disease, but only about 10% of US adults consume the recommended daily servings of fruits and vegetables. Our...
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Sunday October 11, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Keynote Speaker

10:00am PDT

Student Spotlight - Yibo Chen - "AI for Biomedical Knowledge Discovery: Integrating Literature, Molecular, and Clinical Data"
Sunday October 11, 2026 10:00am - 10:20am PDT
N214 Memorial Union
AI for Biomedical Knowledge Discovery: Integrating Literature, Molecular, and Clinical DataThe rapid growth of biomedical data across scientific literature, molecular profiling, and clinical records presents both unprecedented opportunities and significant challenges for knowledge discovery. In this talk, I present a unified perspective on how artificial intelligence can help uncover meaningful...
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Sunday October 11, 2026 10:00am - 10:20am PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Student Spotlight

10:20am PDT

Faculty Spotlight - Dr. Jeffrey Bryan - "Panning for neoantigens to demonstrate feasibility of neoantigen vaccines in canine melanoma "
Sunday October 11, 2026 10:20am - 10:40am PDT
N214 Memorial Union
Canine malignant melanoma (CMM) mimics human melanoma in invasiveness, metastatic behavior, and limited survival. Novel immunotherapies could target CMM neoantigen expression to dissect mechanisms of success and failure in a naturally occurring model of cancer. Tools to predict and validate canine MHC I presentation of neoantigens must be optimized to select candidate vaccine peptides.Tissues and...
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Sunday October 11, 2026 10:20am - 10:40am PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Faculty Spotlight

10:40am PDT

Coffee Break + Poster Pitches Day 1
Sunday October 11, 2026 10:40am - 10:55am PDT
N214 Memorial Union

Sunday October 11, 2026 10:40am - 10:55am PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Break

11:00am PDT

Faculty Spotlight - Dr. Fares Alahdab - "From Phenotypes to Policy: Data Science as a Decision Engine in Cardiovascular Medicine and Beyond"
Sunday October 11, 2026 11:00am - 11:20am PDT
N214 Memorial Union
Healthcare and biomedical research generate data at unprecedented volume and complexity, yet translating these data into actionable decisions remains a fundamental challenge at every level, from the bedside to research policy. In this talk, I present a series of our studies illustrating how data science methods, including machine learning, natural language processing, computable phenotyping, and...
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Sunday October 11, 2026 11:00am - 11:20am PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Faculty Spotlight

11:20am PDT

Poster Session - Day 1
Sunday October 11, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm PDT
N103 Memorial Union (Stotler Lounge)

Sunday October 11, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm PDT
N103 Memorial Union (Stotler Lounge)
  Posters

12:20pm PDT

Lunch - Day 1
Sunday October 11, 2026 12:20pm - 1:15pm PDT
N103 Memorial Union (Stotler Lounge)

Sunday October 11, 2026 12:20pm - 1:15pm PDT
N103 Memorial Union (Stotler Lounge)
  Lunch

1:20pm PDT

Faculty Spotlight - Dr. Mai-Lan Ho - "AI in Radiology and Healthcare: Recent Advances and Future Opportunities"
Sunday October 11, 2026 1:20pm - 1:40pm PDT
N214 Memorial Union
This lecture will provide an overview of history, challenges, current state, and future potential of AI in healthcare from the perspective of a neuroradiology physician-scientist. Recent technical advances including foundation models, generative AI, agentic AI, and quantum computing, offer novel approaches to complex problem-solving in healthcare. However, medical technology implementation is...
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Sunday October 11, 2026 1:20pm - 1:40pm PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Faculty Spotlight

1:40pm PDT

Alumni Keynote - Dr. Iris Zachary - "That wasn't the plan: Leveraging Cancer Surveillance Infrastructure for Public Health Impact"
Sunday October 11, 2026 1:40pm - 2:40pm PDT
N214 Memorial Union
That wasn't the plan: Leveraging Cancer Surveillance Infrastructure for Public Health ImpactNot every career follows a straight line, and in health informatics, that divergence can reveal unexpected areas of impact. Using the Missouri Cancer Registry and Research Center as an example to show how cancer registries evolved from passive data collection into foundational public health infrastructure,...
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Sunday October 11, 2026 1:40pm - 2:40pm PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Keynote Speaker

2:45pm PDT

Afternoon Break
Sunday October 11, 2026 2:45pm - 3:00pm PDT
N214 Memorial Union

Sunday October 11, 2026 2:45pm - 3:00pm PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Break

3:00pm PDT

Faculty Panel
Sunday October 11, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
N214 Memorial Union
Theme: “Empowering One Health: AI, Data Science & Novel Alternative Methods”

Sunday October 11, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Panel

6:00pm PDT

Evening Reception
Sunday October 11, 2026 6:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
The Bistro on the Blufftop at Rocheport (Les Bourgeois)

Sunday October 11, 2026 6:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
The Bistro on the Blufftop at Rocheport (Les Bourgeois) 14020 W Hwy Bb, Rocheport, MO 65279
  Reception
 
Monday, October 12
 

8:30am PDT

Day 2 Welcome and Breakfast
Monday October 12, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am PDT
N214 Memorial Union

Monday October 12, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Break

9:00am PDT

Keynote Speaker - Dr. Tatiana Loboda - "Reading the Planet’s Vital Signs: Earth Observation for Human Health"
Monday October 12, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
N214 Memorial Union
Reading the Planet’s Vital Signs: Earth Observation for Human HealthSatellite observations and geospatial data science are transforming our ability to understand how environmental conditions shape human health. From climate-sensitive infectious disease risk to air quality, heat exposure, and environmental change, Earth observation systems provide a planetary-scale view of the conditions that...
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Monday October 12, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Keynote Speaker

10:00am PDT

Student Spotlight - Justin Krohn - "Predicting Callery Pear Distribution Across an Urban Landscape"
Monday October 12, 2026 10:00am - 10:20am PDT
N214 Memorial Union
Callery pear was detected throughout Columbia, MO using high resolution (3m) imagery and machine learning. A new model was then developed to further distinguish between planted individuals and escaped populations with a high rate of accuracy (AUC > 0.9). Using these detections, we trained an XGboost model to identify socio-economic and environmental factors associated with each population type...
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Monday October 12, 2026 10:00am - 10:20am PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Student Spotlight

10:20am PDT

Morning Break
Monday October 12, 2026 10:20am - 10:30am PDT
N214 Memorial Union

Monday October 12, 2026 10:20am - 10:30am PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Break

10:30am PDT

Faculty Spotlight - Dr. Qian Liu - "Cloud Detection of OMPS Nadir Mapper Radiance Data Using Deep Learning Techniques"
Monday October 12, 2026 10:30am - 10:50am PDT
N214 Memorial Union
The Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite-Nadir Mapper (OMPS-NM) is a key satellite instrument for retrieving and analyzing ozone concentrations in both the total column and different atmospheric layers. Given the relatively large footprint of the OMPS-NM sensor, accurately detecting cloud-contaminated fields of view (FOVs) at the sub-pixel scale is essential for both calibration/validation efforts and...
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Monday October 12, 2026 10:30am - 10:50am PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Faculty Spotlight

10:50am PDT

Faculty Spotlight - Dr. Erik Amezquita - "Exploring the mathematical shape of plants"
Monday October 12, 2026 10:50am - 11:10am PDT
N214 Memorial Union
Shape is foundational to biology. Observing and documenting shape has fueled biological understanding as the shape of biomolecules, cells, tissues, and organisms arise from the effects of genetics, development, and the environment. To comprehensively quantify the vast morphological diversity in biology, we focus thus on Topological Data Analysis (TDA). TDA is an emerging mathematical discipline...
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Monday October 12, 2026 10:50am - 11:10am PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Faculty Spotlight

11:10am PDT

Poster Pitches
Monday October 12, 2026 11:10am - 11:30am PDT
N103 Memorial Union (Stotler Lounge)

Monday October 12, 2026 11:10am - 11:30am PDT
N103 Memorial Union (Stotler Lounge)
  Posters

11:30am PDT

Poster Session - Day 2
Monday October 12, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
N103 Memorial Union (Stotler Lounge)

Monday October 12, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
N103 Memorial Union (Stotler Lounge)
  Posters

12:30pm PDT

Lunch - Day 2
Monday October 12, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm PDT
N103 Memorial Union (Stotler Lounge)

Monday October 12, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm PDT
N103 Memorial Union (Stotler Lounge)
  Lunch

1:25pm PDT

Student Spotlight - Sonia Akter - "Explainable Machine Learning for Early Detection of Cognitive and Physical Decline"
Monday October 12, 2026 1:25pm - 1:45pm PDT
N214 Memorial Union
Early identification of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), fall risk, and frailty is critical for preventing cognitive and functional decline in aging populations. Sensor-based motor assessments combined with machine learning (ML) provide promising approaches for detecting early functional changes. This study aimed to design and evaluate an explainable machine learning (ML) framework that integrates...
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Monday October 12, 2026 1:25pm - 1:45pm PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Student Spotlight

1:45pm PDT

Keynote Speaker - Dr. Sara Capponi - "Classical and quantum computing approaches to design immune cells"
Monday October 12, 2026 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT
N214 Memorial Union
BioSara Capponi is Research Staff Member in the department of Functional Genomics and Cellular Engineering at the IBM Almaden Research Center, where she leads the Cellular Engineering Lab. She is a recognized expert in computational biophysics, with expertise ranging from artificial intelligence to structural and synthetic biology. Her main interest is to understand how natural and artificial...
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Monday October 12, 2026 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Keynote Speaker

2:45pm PDT

Awards Ceremony
Monday October 12, 2026 2:45pm - 3:00pm PDT
N214 Memorial Union

Monday October 12, 2026 2:45pm - 3:00pm PDT
N214 Memorial Union 518 Hitt St.
  Awards
 

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Sunday, October 11
Monday, October 12
N103 Memorial Union (Stotler Lounge)
N214 Memorial Union
The Bistro on the Blufftop at Rocheport (Les Bourgeois)
  • Awards
  • Break
  • Faculty Spotlight
  • Keynote Speaker
  • Lunch
  • Panel
  • Posters
  • Reception
  • Student Spotlight