The Visual Informatics and Data Analytics [VIDA] Group at DePaul


The Visual Informatics and Data Analytics [VIDA] Group at DePaul University focuses on designing, developing, and implementing artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, and computer vision algorithms for big data analytics, visualization, and human-computer scientific interactions.


Two laboratories, the Medical Informatics (MedIX) lab and the Intelligent Multimedia Processing (IMP) lab, house state-of-the-art research that combines theory and experimental methodologies to provide novel solutions to challenging real-world problems. The research conducted in the labs is applied to various domains including biomedical and healthcare informatics, neuroscience, psychology, materials science, security, and urban studies.



NEWS & EVENTS

  • Feb. 2, 2024 Congratulations to Dr. Thiru Ramaraj on receiving DePaul and Rosalind Franklin award 2024 funding his research "Using Machine Learning to Enhance Anti-Malarial Immune Response"

  • Jan. 26, 2024 Charmi Patel presented research project at DePaul Innovation Day titled "From Pixels to Diagnosis: Artificial Intelligence’s Impact in Medical Imaging"

  • October 2, 2023 Congratulations to Adrianna Pinzariu, a junior undergraduate researcher working with Dr. Tchoua, who earned a $50k scholarship for Innovation in Artificial Intelligence, Safety.

  • May 30, 2023 Congratulations to Yiyang Wang, PhD candidate, who defended his PhD dissertation titled “Towards Generalizable Machine Learning Models for Computer-Aided Diagnosis in Medicine”

  • Jan. 27, 2023 Dr.Tchoua and Ian Wang presented their research projects at DePaul Innovation Day titled "Sinai-DePaul Partnership for Community Health and Research" and "Towards Generalizable Machine Learning Models for Computer-Aided Diagnosis in Medicine"

  • Jan. 27, 2023 Congratulations to Drs. Furst, Ramaraj, and Ustun on their DePaul-RFU research grants

  • Jan. 1, 2023 2023 MedIX REU Important Dates Announced