DAVID WILD, PhD
Professor of Informatics, Indiana University Luddy School
Labs: Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab | FRST Challenge
Companies: Konnex.AI | Data2Discovery | Wild C&I
Books: Personal Digital Resilience Handbook
BIOGRAPHY
David Wild is an expert in the application of data technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI) into complex areas including healthcare, drug discovery, emergency response & management, risk assessment, and cybersecurity & privacy. He is Professor in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering at Indiana University. There he has founded and directed research initiatives and educational programs including the Integrative Data Science Laboratory (IDSL), the IU Data Science Program, the IU Cheminformatics PhD Program, the Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab (CTIL), and the First Responder Smart Tracking (FRST) Challenge. He has founded several companies including Data2Discovery, an AI drug discovery company solving complex healthcare problems with an advanced stack of scalable graph technologies, AI and machine learning; and Konnex.AI, a company that uses AI to automate the creation of current event reports and briefings. His current research interests include generative AI, crisis technologies, digital resilience, integrative data science, data privacy, security and ethics, and biomedical data science. He recently authored The Personal Digital Resilience Handbook. He has over 100 research publications, and is founding editor of the Journal of Cheminformatics. He has been PI or CoPI on over $15m in funding. He is a certified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and is trained in Emergency Management. You can contact David at djwild @ indiana.edu.
In the news
IU advancing investment and innovation in first responder technology (including video)
Luddy professors receive $1.5 million grant to create groundbreaking Virtual Tissue Ecosystem
First Responder Smart Tracking Challenge awards $1.1M to teams developing tracking technology
IU lab wins $8 million award in pursuit of 3D tracking of first responders
Wild authors book outlining guidelines for personal digital resilience
Free, public dashboard helps emergency managers share critical COVID-19 information
CTIL partners with goTenna to aid communication for frontline responders in catastrophic emergencies
Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab aiding COVID-19 response for multiple partners
David Wild interviewed for Emergency Management Weekly podcast
First Responder Technology Expo showcases student innovation
IU Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab to develop solutions for first responders
Data science could help Californians battle future wildfires
Wild collaboration named winner of 2019 NCATS ASPIRE Design Challenge
Wild earns EDA grant to help communities better prepare for increasingly frequent natural disasters