Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein
Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein is a series of interactive informatics seminars and workshops on the use of data science and artificial intelligence for urban, public policy, healthcare, and organizational analytics.
Watch the interview with Jim Samuel, Executive Director of the Public Informatics program, on the importance of informatics, data science and artificial intelligence education.
Past Events
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Intelligent Informatics at Rutgers: Public Informatics for a Better Future: Textual Analytics with R and Social Media Data
VirtualIn this virtual workshop, Dr. Jim Samuel, Executive Director of the Bloustein School’s Master of Public Informatics, provides an interactive introduction to textual analytics and natural language processing. The session includes a presentation and an approximate 30-minute interactive work-along demonstration for textual analytics using R-Studio. Participants will learn to generate insights from social media data related to current events or issues of public importance.
Intelligent Informatics at Rutgers: Introduction to the Power of GitHub for Analytics
VirtualThis workshop instructed participants in how to get started with GitHub from scratch, including the basics of GitHub (account creation, organization use, permissions, and more); using GitHub to manage code and projects for academic research and teaching; best practices for data science workflows in GitHub; GitHub Actions for automated web scraping, data acquisition and dynamic data visualizations via RMarkdown; and publishing static websites and hosting them via GitHub pages.
Intelligent Informatics at Rutgers: Data Visualization with Python Jupyter Notebooks – A Hands-on Introduction
VirtualThe session consisted of brief presentations, with around 100 minutes of interactive work-along demo of data visualization with Jupyter Notebooks, and ended with Q&A. Participants learned to create data visualizations and can opt to either access Rutgers University’s high-performance computing (HPC) platform/cloud* or to run the code locally on their own computers.
Intelligent Informatics at Rutgers: Open Data for Society: Accelerating Solutions for Society’s Most Pressing Challenges
VirtualWe welcomed our distinguished speakers from the AI for Good Lab @ Microsoft. Anthony Cintron Roman is the Director of Data Architecture & Strategy with the AI for Good Lab […]
Intelligent Informatics at Rutgers: Knowledge Graphs in Natural Language Processing: Overcome Domain Adaptation Challenges in Language Models
VirtualThis event was hosted by the PISG, the MPI program and the Rutgers Urban & Civic Informatics (RUCI) Lab, the Bloustein Student Services and BGSA in collaboration with our partners at Rutgers University and our […]
AI Through A Rutgers Lens: Part One of a Three Part Series
Microsoft, 885 2nd Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10017 885 Second Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, NY, United StatesArtificial intelligence and machine learning tools are transforming human experience, from education and business to policy and health care. The unprecedented growth of AI presents exciting opportunities for improving lives […]
Intelligent Informatics at Rutgers: Open Data & Artificial Intelligence
VirtualSlides Poonam Soans - NJOIT Open Data Center Rakesh Kumar - Benefits and Challenges of Generative AI Policy Dynamics of Open Data and AI Summary by Julia Esguerra The Open […]
AI Through a Rutgers Lens (Microsoft)
Microsoft, 885 2nd Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10017 885 Second Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, NY, United StatesPlease join us as we explore the world of AI with help from Rutgers experts who wrestle with these questions daily.
Socially Cognizant Robotics: Preparing for a future in which humans and robots regularly interact and society develops new rules.
Leveraging Data-Driven Methods and Time-of-Use Data to Evaluate Urban Decarbonization Policies and Streamline Building Energy Audits
CoRE-101 96 Frelinghuysen Rd,, Piscataway, United StatesPresented by Dr. Abigail Andrews, Post-Doctoral Associate and NJ BPU Energy Fellow in Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy's Center for Urban Policy Research. Identifying opportunities to […]
Intelligent Informatics at Rutgers: Artificial Intelligence – Use, Abuse & An Exciting Future
VirtualCollaborators: AI Social Impact Lab & Garfield City Council An Interactive Presentation By Bloustein AI Course Participants Faculty Advisor: Professor Jim Samuel, Rutgers Bloustein School Host Program: MPI - https://informatics.rutgers.edu/ Register: […]
Upcoming Events
RESCHEDULED: Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute: Climate, Energy and AI Convergence Café
The Rutgers Club 85 Avenue E, Piscataway, United StatesThis Convergence Café looks to bring together RCEI affiliate scholars and other full-time Rutgers faculty and staff to mobilize interdisciplinary teams focused on the intersection of AI/ML and the RCEI […]
REACH Poverty, Equity, and their Influencing Factors Symposium
Cook Campus Center 59 Biel Road, New BrunswickThis symposium, hosted by REACH in partnership with our Employment Table, will bring together the Rutgers community, academic institutions, community partners, policymakers, and funders to discuss poverty and its interconnected […]
RAISE-25 – Our Future With AI: Utopian or Dystopian?
Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum, CSB 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesInformatics - Data Science - AI Competition Step into the future of innovation! RAISE-25 will challenge you to unravel the scope of AI's impact on our lives and human society. […]
Bloustein Research Day
Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum, CSB 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesIT's time to catch up on the wonderful research our faculty, staff, and student colleagues have performed over the past year. Bloustein School faculty and staff will present lightning talks […]
Bloustein School Convocation 2025
Jersey Mike's Arena 83 Rockefeller Road, Piscataway, NJ, United StatesThe formal Bloustein School Convocation ceremony will recognize each graduate individually with pomp and circumstance. Students will cross the stage and have their names read as they are recognized. Important note: GRADUATE students […]