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DESCRIPTION:Join us for the University of South Dakota’s 7th Annual [Arti
 ficial Intelligence Symposium](https://www.ai-research-lab.org/events/ai-s
 ymposium/2025)—formerly known as the Data Harnessing Symposium (2018–2
 019)—sponsored by IEEE and held in conjunction with the inaugural [South
  Dakota Biomedical Computation Consortium (SDBCC)](https://sd-bcc.org/).\n
 \nThis premier event brings together thought leaders from academia\, indus
 try\, and government to explore the forefront of artificial intelligence\,
  data engineering\, quantum computing\, cyber threats\, risk management\, 
 sustainable agriculture\, healthcare\, and biomedical computing.\n\nVenue:
 \nUSD Sioux Falls\nAvera Hall\n4801 N. Career Ave.\nSioux Falls\, SD 57107
 \n\nMain Page: [https://www.ai-research-lab.org/events/ai-symposium/2025](
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 ve their certificate of participation. This event is co-sponsored by the I
 EEE (Region 4).\n\nSpeakers:\nGeorge Awad\, Computer Scientist/Project Lea
 der\, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)\nGopi Challago
 lla\, Software Engineer\, Microsoft\nDouglas Lauffenburger\, Full Professo
 r and Founding Chair of Dept of Biological Engineering at MIT\nKaifu Chen\
 , Associate Professor at Harvard Med School/Boston Children&#39;s Hospital\nYi
 nglong Miao\, Associate Professor at University of North Carolina Chapel H
 ill\nKinchel C. Doerner\, Director\, SD EPSCoR\nPete Doucette\, Director\,
  EROS Center\nJoni Ekstrum\, Executive Director\, South Dakota Biotech\nDa
 n Buresh\, Director of Data Management\, Direct Companies\nCarson Merkwan\
 , Director of Business Development\, Direct Companies\nJoseph J Schueder\,
  Senior Technical Fellow\, Collins Aerospace\nJoseph Engler\, Chief AI Sci
 entist\, Collins Aerospace\nChris Reuter\, Sr. Principal AI Engineer\, Col
 lins Aerospace\nMike Vetter\, Sr. Co-Founder\, Wildfire Labs\n… more com
 ing soon.\n\nOrganizing Committee:\nKC Santosh\, Chair &amp; Professor\, Unive
 rsity of South Dakota (Founding Chair\, AI Symposium&amp; Co-Chair\, SDBCC)\nW
 illiam CW Chen\, Assist. Professor\, University of South Dakota (Chair\, S
 DBCC)\nJeffrey McGough\, Head &amp; Professor\, South Dakota School of Mines (
 Co-Chair\, SDBCC)\nRodrigue Rizk\, Assist. Professor/Grad Coord\, Universi
 ty of South Dakota (Co-Chair\, AI Symposium)\nRobert Burke\, Conference Co
 mmittee Chair\, IEEE Region 4\n\nBldg: Avera Hall \, USD Sioux Falls\, 480
 1 N Career Ave\, Sioux Falls\, South Dakota\, United States\, 57107\, Virt
 ual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/487885
LOCATION:Bldg: Avera Hall \, USD Sioux Falls\, 4801 N Career Ave\, Sioux Fa
 lls\, South Dakota\, United States\, 57107\, Virtual: https://events.vtool
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ORGANIZER:robert.burke@ieee.org
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SUMMARY:USD/SDBCC AI Symposium 
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 &lt;em&gt;Joni Ekstrum&lt;/em&gt;\, Executive Director\, South Dakota Biotech &lt;/span&gt;&lt;
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 Committee:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;KC Santosh&lt;/em&gt;\, Chair &amp;amp\; Professor\, Univ
 ersity of South Dakota (Founding Chair\, AI Symposium&amp;amp\; Co-Chair\, SDB
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