2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
1615 Clifton Rd N E, Atlanta, GA 30329
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Check-in for conference and collect your badge, conference bag and t-shirt
7:00 am - 4:30 pm
1300 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322
7:00 am - 8:00 am
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Brief welcome to the summer school, outline expectations and basic rules, provide information on facilities, and transition to the ice breaker.
8:30 am - 9:00 am
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Updates to EMBED V1 include Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT), new image artifacts—such as implants and regions of interest (ROI)—and clinical evaluations
Emory University
Emory University
Emory University
Emory University
10:30 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
EMBED V2 overview including breast ultrasound (US), MRI, and whole slide imaging.
Emory University
Emory University
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Overview includes LLM-generated labels, automatic segmentation, CXR preprocessing, and quality control.
Emory University
Emory University
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Presenting the MRKR knee radiograph dataset
Emory University
7:30 am - 4:30 pm
1300 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322
7:30 am - 8:20 am
8:20 am - 8:30 am
Review of the day’s activities and important housekeeping notes.
8:30 am - 10:30 am
Introduction to foundation models, understanding tokens and their usage, with demonstrations of zero-shot learning and visual question answering (VQA).
Emory University
Emory University
10:30 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Practical session on embedding extraction and multimodal applications using MedGemma, integrating data from CXR, mammography, and more.
Emory University
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Foundation Models for Classification, Regression, and Survival Prediction
Emory University
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
This session will explore how to adapt large-scale pre-trained models for pixel-level and region-based segmentation tasks, covering techniques for medical image segmentation, object detection, and semantic parsing while addressing challenges in model adaptation, annotation efficiency, and performance optimization for precise boundary detection and classification.
7:30 am - 4:30 pm
1300 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322
7:30 am - 8:20 am
8:20 am - 8:30 am
Review of the day’s activities and important housekeeping notes.
8:30 am - 10:30 am
This session will demonstrate how to leverage pre-trained large-scale models for specific classification tasks, covering techniques such as fine-tuning, prompt engineering, and transfer learning to optimize performance on medical diagnosis, image recognition, and other categorical prediction problems while addressing domain-specific challenges and data requirements.
Emory University
10:30 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
This session will teach participants how to apply different machine learning approaches for end to end prediction from waveform data.
Indiana University
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Understand the Common Fund Data Ecosystem, a collaborative NIH initiative that connects biomedical researchers with standardized datasets, tools, and computational resources from diverse research programs, enabling scientists to discover new insights by integrating and analyzing data across multiple studies and disciplines in a FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) framework.
Indiana University
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Learn the basics of building prediction models using real hospital tabular data. We will walk through the entire pipeline from how to choose what to predict, pick the right variables, and evaluate how well your model does.
Clemson University
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Understand biases and pitfalls of foundation models from their training data and architectural decisions, requiring new approaches to detect, measure, and mitigate unfairness across multiple modalities and downstream applications.
Emory University
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Teaming for the Datathon
7:30 am - 4:30 pm
1760 Haygood Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30322
7:30 am - 8:30 am
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Emory University
Emory University
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Dr. Parikh will explore the regulatory frameworks, ethical guidelines, and institutional mechanisms needed to ensure artificial intelligence systems are deployed responsibly, teaching participants how to address concerns around safety, fairness, transparency, and accountability while balancing innovation with societal protection and democratic values.
Emory University
10:00 am - 10:30 am
This session explores the journey of transforming cutting-edge AI research into practical, deployable solutions, covering the challenges, strategies, and lessons learned along the way.
National University of Singapore
10:30 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
This session will engage participants in a collaborative small group analysis of recent Health AI research papers, examining their methodological limitations, bias concerns, and generalizability challenges to identify recurring patterns across studies and brainstorm innovative research directions that address these common gaps in the field.
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Gain insights from experts as they share their career journeys, discuss the evolving landscape of data science and AI, and offer practical advice for building a successful career.
HOPPR
WUSTL
Emory University
National University of Singapore
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
The poster session will begin with a 3-minute pitch and followed by general poster viewing.
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Datathon team and server assignment.
4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
1615 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30329
4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us for food, entertainment, and networking as we kick off the datathon with an exciting opening ceremony.
7:15 am - 6:00 pm
1760 Haygood Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30322
7:30 am - 8:30 am
8:00 am - 8:15 am
8:15 am - 8:55 am
Introduction of various datasets available for Datathon
Emory University
Emory University
8:55 am - 9:15 am
9:15 am - 9:30 am
9:15 am - 9:30 am
9:30 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 11:15 pm
11:15 am - 1:00 pm
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
7:15 am - 6:00 pm
100 Woodruff Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322
8:00 am - 8:15 am
Emory University
Emory University
8:15 am - 8:30 am
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
8:30 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 11:15 am
11:15 am - 1:00 pm
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
7:15 am - 2:30 pm
100 Woodruff Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322
8:00 am - 8:15 am
8:30 am - 11:00 am
8:15 am - 8:30 am
11:00 am - 11:15 am
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
5 minutes allocated for each group presentation
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
8:15 am - 8:30 am
17-24 August ’25
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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