Co-Moderated Data Ecosystem for Nonprofits Panel

Dan Richard and I co-moderated a panel on Nonprofits Data Ecosystem in the Northeast Florida region. Panel discussions was held as a part of the Data and Technology Experience (D.A.T.E) summit, October 25, 2016, Jacksonville, FL. D.A.T.E summit was organized by the Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida.

Data Ecosystem Panel aims to inspire collaboration among nonprofits to achieve greater societal impact through data science. The Data Ecosystem Panel brings together program and technology professionals in the Northeast Florida region.

Panel Members:

Michael Blessing
Housing Systems Coordinator,
LSF Health Systems,
http://samh.lsfnet.org/

Lauren D’Amico
Data & HMIS, HMIS Systems Administrator,
Changing Homelessness,
http://www.changinghomelessness.org 

Mark Walker
Knowledge Management and Technology Officer,
Jessie Ball duPont Fund,
http://www.dupontfund.org   

Jason Rose, Ph. D.
Vice President of Data & Research,
Jacksonville Public Education Fund,
http://www.jaxpef.org/  

Moderators:

Dr. Dan Richard
Director Faculty Enhancement
Associate Professor of Psychology, UNF

Dr. Karthikeyan Umapathy
Associate Professor
School of Computing, UNF

Link to the Prezi used for panel discussions:
https://prezi.com/kcb6k-wx8otb/data-ecosystem-panel/

Link to the Data and Technology Experience for Nonprofits event:
http://www.nonprofitctr.org/events-calendar/data-and-technology-experience/

UNF Computing User Group Expo and CTO Panel

UNF School of Computing is organizing User Group Expo and CTO Panel event on Saturday, October 25^th from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM at the Adam W. Herbert University Center. The user group expo is being organized with the intention of having different local user groups set up a table/booth and provide information about their activities and encourage students to become members. The CTO Panel event is being organized with the intention of having CTOs discuss information technology advances, challenges and opportunities and their impact on educating future technology professionals. 

Registration is required to attend the event. Please register at below link:

http://unfugcto.eventbrite.com/?aff=unfpage

You can find more information about the event at http://tiny.cc/ugcto.

Link to the Prezi used for CTO panel discussions: 

https://prezi.com/bjbzhhc252j_/2014-unf-user-group-expo-and-cto-panel/

Jacksonville Startup Weekend

This message is for those interested in starting a business or cultivating your entrepreneurial skills. Jacksonville Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event that aims to provide foundations for formulating a startup business that focuses on Web and mobile application development. This event will be held on January 20th, 21st, and 22nd at the Student Union Building, University of North Florida. This event is an excellent opportunity to network with local business leaders and investors.

Registration cost for students is $50 (use discount code "STUDENT"). Students must produce a valid student ID at the event.

For more information about the event, see below link:
http://jacksonville.startupweekend.org/

Fall 2011 School of Computing Student Symposium

The School of Computing Student Symposium was held on December 2nd, from 3 PM to 7 PM at the Student Union Building. We had invited community partners, professionals, and industry leaders nearby Jacksonville area. More than 200 people attended the symposium. About 90 students participated with the symposium as presenters.

The symposium had three parallel sessions. Individual project and Team project presentation sessions were held from 3 PM to 5:30 PM. Poster presentations were held from 3 PM to 7 PM. There were 10 project presentations and 25 poster presentations.

Winners of presentation sessions were recognized with cash prizes and certification awards. All student participants were recognized with a certification award. Please visit below link for the details of project works that were recognized by panels of judges as well as based on UNF dollars invested by attendees:


http://www.unf.edu/ccec/computing/news/School_of_Computing_Student_Symposium.aspx

Publicity Chair for DESRIST 2009

Fourth International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST) will be in Philadelphia, PA on May 7‐9, 2009.

This year conference theme is "Diversity in Design Science."

Here is the link to the conference site - http://desrist2009.ist.psu.edu/

Here is the link to call for papers - http://desrist2009.ist.psu.edu/submit.html

Important Dates

• Submission: Jan 22, 2009
• Acceptance: Mar 10, 2009
• Camera Ready Submission: Apr 10, 2009
• Early Registration Closes: Apr 10, 2009
• Conference Dates: May 7‐9, 2009

Select Papers will be invited to Journal of the AIS