Education:
Ph.D. 2017, Computer Science, , University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
B.S. 2009, Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
As a computer scientist in medicine, my primary interest is in the advancement of distributed systems, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) to healthcare.
I currently serve as the Division Chief for Pathology Informatics, Director the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence, co-Director of the UK AI in Medicine Alliance, and serve as Senior Fellow for Innovation with the Kentucky Council On Postsecondary Education (CPE).
Prior to my current appointment I held a number of technology leadership positions including Director of Enterprise Systems and Development, Chief Technology Architect, and Director of Research computing. In addition to a twenty-year career in technology architecture and operations, I have led numerous research efforts including international research federations in privacy-preserving data collection, contract support of national research infrastructure, and the development of clinical and research data management systems across laboratory, imaging, and genomic domains.
I enjoy working on innovative projects at the intersection of AI, medicine, and distributed computing.
First released in November 2023 Grok-1 is a new autoregressive transformer-based model with a context length of 8,192 tokens. On March 17, 2024 Grok-1 weights a... Read more.
A multi-modal machine learning system uses multiple unique data sources and types to improve its performance. We propose a system that combines results from sev... Read more.
We developed an AI model for detection of ultrasound image adequacy and positivity for FAST exam (Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma ). The results ar... Read more.
Blockchain technology is a still emerging field that is seeing increased usage beyond its conception in decentralized banking. One field where that poses a uniq... Read more.
The Philips iSyntax format is not directly supported by common open source digital pathology libraries. Currently, in order to use iSyntax files outside of th... Read more.
Abstract– As a relatively new technology, Blockchain’s applications are still being explored in many fields. Its usage for the secure storage of data ma... Read more.
This project leverages recent advancements in conversational artificial intelligence (AI), speech-to-text, natural language understanding (NLU), and finite-stat... Read more.
A project in collaboration with the Healthier Futures Lab (HealthFuL) Cigarette smoking remains the number one cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in t... Read more.
For patients visiting a large hospital system for the first time it can be overwhelming to figure out where you need to go, or to even find someone who can poin... Read more.
Community Asset Registry for the Empowerment of Kentucky (CARE-KY) provides a repository of free or reduced-cost programs that can help to meet residents’... Read more.