Videos

Opening

Welcome, Introduction, and Keynotes

  • Nathan Urban, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Strategic Initiatives, University of Pittsburgh
  • Paul R. Cohen, Founding Dean and Professor, School of Computing and Information
  • Patrick Gallagher, Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh
  • Andrew Moore, Dean, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Joshua Elliot, Program Manager, Information Innovation Office, DARPA
  • Graham Macmillan, Senior Program Officer for Impact Investing and Inclusive Economies, Ford Foundation

Panels

Successful Aging Models
Moderator: Greg Cooper, Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics; Vice Chairman, Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

  • John Bachman, Fellow in Therapeutic Science, Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
  • Toren Finkel, Director of Aging Institute and Beckwith Professor of Translational Medicine, UPMC and University of Pittsburgh
  • Oscar Marroquin, Chief Clinical Analytics Officer, UPMC Health Services Division; Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
  • Steve Shapiro, Executive Vice President, UPMC

Finance and Economics for Social Change
Moderator: Graham Macmillan, Senior Program Officer, Impact Investing and Inclusive Economies, Ford Foundation

  • CB Bhattacharya, H.J. Zoffer Chair in Sustainability and Ethics, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh
  • Annie Knickman Plancher, Director of Advisory Services, Social Finance
  • Christian Racicot, Co-Founder and CEO, Quebec City Conference
  • Gary Way, Senior Vice President, PNC Bank

Modeling Urban Systems
Moderator: Alex Labrinidis, Professor, School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh

  • D. Tyler Gourley, Vice President, Hillman Family Foundations
  • Christina Mair, Assistant Professor, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
  • Raj Rajkumar, George Westinghouse Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Director, T-SET University Transportation Center; Carnegie Mellon University
  • Steve Smith, Director, Intelligent Coordination and Logistics Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University

Global/National Security Challenges
Moderator: Joshua Elliott, Program Manager, Information Innovation Office, DARPA

  • Major General Jody Daniels, Chief of Staff, US Army Forces Command
  • Lt. Colonel Matt Dabkowski, Director, Operations Research Center of Excellence, United States Military Academy
  • John Greer, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  • Costa Samaras, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Modeling the Opioid Epidemic
Moderator: Don Burke, Dean, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh

  • Carolyn Byrnes, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Health, Pennsylvania Department of Health
  • Alex Cosman, Director of Active Performance Management, Social Finance
  • Mark Roberts, Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh

Building Our Community of Interest
Moderator: James Donlon, Program Director, National Science Foundation

  • Adam Bly, Founder & CEO, AI / Data Startup
  • Aaron Sisto, Technology Architect, In-Q-Tel

Presentation

Visioning and Challenge Problems
Presented by: Nathan Urban, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Strategic Initiatives, University of Pittsburgh

Tutorials

Agent Based Modeling: FRED - Video | Slides
John Grefenstette, Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh

Workflow Systems: OCCAM - Video | Slides
Bruce Childers, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh

Connecting Simulations with Human Subject Experiments - Video | Slides
Sera Linardi, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh

Information, Quantum Mechanics, and the Universe - Video | Slides
Jeremy Levy, Distinguished Professor of Condensed Matter Physics; Director of the Pittsburgh Quantum Institute, University of Pittsburgh

Causal Modeling and Discovery - Video | Slides
Greg Cooper, Professor of Biomedical Informatics; Director of Center for Causal Discovery, University of Pittsburgh

The INDRA Architecture for Machine-Assisted Modeling - Video | Slides
Benjamin Gyori, Research Associate in Therapeutic Science, Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School