Symposium

1:00 – 1:15 PM:  The Future of Computational Thinking at Duke

In this informal conversation, Duke leadership including special guest Provost Kornbluth will discuss the future of computational thinking at Duke.

• Valerie Ashby, PhD, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Dean
• Matthew Hirschey, PhD, Director of the Center for Computational Thinking; Associate Professor of Medicine (moderator)
• Sally Kornbluth, PhD, Duke University Provost
• Jerome Lynch, PhD, Dean of the Pratt School of Engineering

1:15 – 1:55 PM: AI Health: What Does ‘Ethical and Equitable Data Science’ Mean?

Duke AI Health is focused on developing, evaluating, and implementing data science and artificial intelligence applications for health and healthcare at Duke and beyond, focusing on ethical and equitable data science. In this discussion, we’ll discuss short case studies to illustrate the challenge and potential of computational thinking applied to medicine, healthcare delivery, and the health of individuals and communities.

• Michael Cary, PhD, RN, Chair of Nursing, Duke University School of Nursing
• Ricardo Henao, PhD, Chief AI Scientist, AI Health; Assistant Professor, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics and Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Jackie Henson, MD, House Staff, Gastroenterology
• Marie-Louise Meng, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
• Michael Pencina, PhD, Director of AI Health; Professor, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics (moderator)
• Lisa Wruck, PhD, Associate Professor, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

2:00 – 2:45 PM: Computation-Empowered Science

Computation-empowered science has led to extraordinary research and results in the last century. In this discussion, Duke experts will discuss the future potential, challenges, and opportunities in this landscape.

• Wilkins Aquino, PhD, Anderson-Rupp Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
• Ingrid Daubechies, PhD, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Jianfeng Lu, PhD, Professor of Mathematics
• Jonathan Mattingly, PhD, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor, Mathematics (moderator)
• Marc Ryser, PhD, Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences and Mathematics

2:45 – 2:55 PM: The Digital Intelligence Certificate: How Does Computational Thinking Impact Our World?

Unprecedented access to data, computing, and technology is transforming our world and our concept of a liberal arts education. Regardless of undergraduate discipline, all Duke University students’ futures will be influenced by the interrelationship between computation, data, technology, industry, governments, and society. The Digital Intelligence Certificate is an interdisciplinary pedagogical program that will prepare students for this complex future.

• David Carlson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering and Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
• Sarah Rispin Sedlak, JD, Digital Intelligence Faculty Lead, Duke Science & Society

3:00 – 3:55 PM: The Computational Humanities

Computational humanities explore the computational revolution, and its implications for how we live, think, work, create, and communicate within and across various disciplines. In this session we’ll talk about some of the ongoing work and community within Duke.

• Astrid Adele Giugni, PhD, Lecturing Fellow of English
• Victoria Szabo, PhD, Research Professor of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies
• Edward Triplett , PhD, Instructor of Art, Art History & Visual Studies
• Augustus Wendell, MFA, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History & Visual Studies (moderator)

4:00 – 4:55 PM:  Innovating Computational Education

In a series of lightning talks, faculty will share how they are creating learning experiences and innovating in their teaching to broaden access to computational education across Duke. The session will also include a “Question and Answer” discussion on what we can learn from these experiments and scale innovation across the curriculum.

• Akshay Bareja, DPhil, Assistant Professor of Medicine
• Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, PhD, Professor of the Practice, Statistical Science
• Aria Chernik, PhD, JD, Associate Professor of the Practice in the Social Science Research Institute
• Ricardo Henao, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics and Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Quentin Ruiz-Esparza, Associate Director, Online Duke (moderator)

5:00 – 5:10 PM: Winners of the 2022 AI for Art Competition

Using algorithms to generate art promotes deeper understanding of the ways that artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the visual and media-based world around us and provokes inquiry into the endeavor and humanity behind creativity. The 2022 Duke AI for Art Competition is a forum for artworks generated by artificial intelligence methods, systems, networks and algorithms. During this final segment of the symposium we’ll announce the winners of the competition with discussion of their art and its generation.

• Competition winners
• Augustus Wendell, MFA, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History & Visual Studies (moderator)

Acknowledgements

• Symposium director: Shelley Rusincovitch
• Production team: Stephen Toback and Mich Donovan
• Project management and coordination: Isabel Valls and Tiffany Torres

We’re especially grateful to the presenters for sharing their time and expertise with this audience.

For questions or more information, please send an e-mail to computationalthinking@duke.edu.

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