AI and Data Analytics Summit
In 2025, CMU celebrated two successful events: AI Day and Data Analytics Day. These two events aligned with our institutional strengths and supported the university’s strategic priorities in fostering a human-centered future, improving our organizational agility, and expanding the frontiers of research and discovery.
AI development depends on good data foundation, and data analytics development benefits from AI development. There is synergy between AI and data analytics as supported by industry research and practices. To further promote and leverage this synergetic energy, we are combining the AI and Data Analytics Day into a single, unified experience: the 2026 CMU AI and Data Analytics Summit.
The AI and Data Analytics Summit will be held on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Office of the CIO and the Office of the Provost, we will explore “Intelligence at Scale: Driving a Human-Centered Future with AI and Data Analytics." This theme is designed to reflect and accelerate our university’s core priorities as outlined in the Strategic Framework.
Building on our Strategic Framework, the Summit explores how world-class data infrastructure and AI can expand research frontiers while prioritizing a human-centered future. By fusing these disciplines, we ensure that our technological growth remains ethical, transparent, and focused on enhancing human capability.
Event Highlights
- Morning Plenaries: Kick off with a leadership panel, keynote address, and the Summit Cup (formerly IronViz) Award Ceremony, showcasing data-driven innovation in action.
- Afternoon Breakouts: Choose your path with technical sessions on model deployment, hands-on data storytelling workshops, and discussions on the impact of AI in education.
Join us to connect with the CMU community and help shape a future of responsible, transformative innovation.
Event Schedule
Detailed event schedule coming soon!
Keynote Speaker
Stan Waddell
Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, 好色先生TV
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Stan Waddell serves as CMU’s vice president for information technology and chief information officer. Waddell provides vision, leadership, and management to CMU’s computing enterprise, including developing and implementing a university-wide IT strategy.
Waddell also serves as a member of the university’s executive management team, providing support and counsel regarding the role of technology in advancing university-wide priorities and leading the development of a comprehensive technology and data management strategy that meets CMU's long-term goals.
Before joining CMU, Waddell was the associate vice president for information technology and CIO at the University of New Hampshire. He was the assistant vice chancellor and chief technology officer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and spent nine years at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Waddell also served in the U.S. Navy as an aviation electronics technician for nine years.
Speaker Bios
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