Mourad Khayati | Data Quality | Best Researcher Award

Dr. Mourad Khayati | Data Quality | Best Researcher Award

University of Fribourg | Switzerland

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🌟 EARLY ACADEMIC PURSUITS 

Dr. Mourad Khayati began his academic journey with a solid foundation in computer science, obtaining his MSc in 2007 from the University of Jendouba (Tunisia) and INSA-Lyon (France). His passion for data analytics led him to pursue a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Zürich (Switzerland), where he earned his doctorate in 2015 under the guidance of Prof. Michael H. Böhlen. His early research explored matrix decomposition techniques, particularly in recovering missing values in time series data, an area that would become central to his career. 🎓

🏢 PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVORS AND ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP 

Currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, Dr. Khayati is involved in cutting-edge research and teaching. His expertise spans data analytics, time series repair, benchmarking, and IoT analytics. Over the years, he has not only contributed to significant advancements in these fields but also played an essential role in mentoring the next generation of computer scientists. As a co-supervisor for PhD students and a supervisor for MSc and BSc theses, his leadership in the academic community is evident. 🏫

💡 CONTRIBUTIONS AND RESEARCH FOCUS 

Dr. Khayati’s research focuses on enhancing data analytics with repair functionalities, especially in handling “dirty” data. His work in the field of time series repair, IoT analytics, and benchmarking has provided novel methodologies for improving the accuracy and reliability of data. His contributions have extended to European projects such as the FashionBrain project, where he led the technical efforts to analyze Europe’s vast fashion data universe. Through the development of tools like ImputeBench and the ORBITS framework, Dr. Khayati has pushed the boundaries of data repair, helping businesses and researchers leverage incomplete data effectively. 📊

🌍 IMPACT AND INFLUENCE 

Dr. Khayati’s work has had significant real-world applications. His research in missing data recovery has been applied in diverse fields, from fashion trend prediction to environmental hazard forecasting. His innovative tools have not only shaped academic research but have also influenced data-driven industries, highlighting the value of accurate, repaired datasets. Through collaborations and workshops, Dr. Khayati has spread knowledge on the importance of data integrity and the repair process across global academic and industrial forums. 🌐

🏆 ACADEMIC CITATIONS AND RECOGNITION 

Dr. Khayati’s research has received widespread acclaim, evidenced by his numerous high-impact publications. His work on time series data repair has been published in prestigious journals such as VLDB, IEEE, and the Journal of Knowledge and Information Systems. With a solid record of conference presentations and awards (including the Best Experiments and Analysis Paper Award at PVLDB’20), Dr. Khayati’s contributions are frequently cited by peers, solidifying his reputation as a thought leader in the field. 🏅

💼 LEGACY AND FUTURE CONTRIBUTIONS 

Looking forward, Dr. Khayati’s research continues to evolve, focusing on more efficient and scalable data repair solutions. With his ongoing supervision of PhD and MSc students and involvement in international collaborations, his legacy in the field of data science is secure. His ongoing projects promise to address new challenges, such as multimodal data repair and handling extreme-scale time series data, ensuring his continued influence on the future of data analytics. 🔮

🔑 KEY MILESTONES AND ACHIEVEMENTS 

  • ProvDS Project: Dr. Khayati led a project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), exploring uncertain provenance management over incomplete linked data, a critical advancement for data provenance and reliability.
  • FashionBrain Project: As the technical lead, Dr. Khayati made significant contributions to understanding Europe’s fashion data universe, combining research and industry application.
  • Awards & Distinctions: He has received several awards for his work, including the Chair Award at ICWE’16 and the Excellence MSc Scholarship from the Tunisian Ministry of Education.
  • Influence in Academic Service: Serving as a committee member for PhD defenses, program committee member for renowned conferences, and as a reviewer for top-tier journals, Dr. Khayati actively shapes the academic landscape.

Publication Top Notes

ImputeVIS: An Interactive Evaluator to Benchmark Imputation Techniques for Time Series Data
    • Authors: Mourad Khayati, Quentin Nater, Jacques Pasquier
    • Journal: Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment (Proc. VLDB Endow.)
    • Year: 2024 🗓️
SEER: An End-to-End Toolkit for Benchmarking Time Series Database Systems in Monitoring Applications
    • Authors: Luca Althaus, Mourad Khayati, Abdelouahab Khelifati, Anton Dignös, Djellel Eddine Difallah, Philippe Cudré-Mauroux
    • Journal: Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment (Proc. VLDB Endow.)
    • Year: 2024 🗓️
A survey of multimodal event detection based on data fusion
    • Authors: Manuel Mondal, Philippe Cudré-Mauroux, Hông-Ân Sandlin, Philippe Cudré-Mauroux
    • Journal: The VLDB Journal
    • Year: 2024-12-15 🗓️
TSM-Bench: Benchmarking Time Series Database Systems for Monitoring Applications
    • Authors: Abdelouahab Khelifati, Mourad Khayati, Anton Dignös, Djellel Difallah, Philippe Cudré-Mauroux
    • Journal: Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment (Proc. VLDB Endow.)
    • Year: 2023-07 🗓️
Peer Grading the Peer Reviews: A Dual-Role Approach for Lightening the Scholarly Paper Review Process
    • Authors: Mourad Khayati
    • Journal: WWW ’21: The Web Conference 2021, Virtual Event / Ljubljana, Slovenia
    • Year: 2021 🗓️

 

Samprit Banerjee | Data Cleaning | Excellence in Research

Assoc Prof Dr. Samprit Banerjee | Data Cleaning | Excellence in Research

Weill Medical College of Cornell University | United States

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📍 Current Academic Appointment

Dr. Samprit Banerjee is currently an Associate Professor in the Division of Biostatistics at Weill Medical College, Cornell University since January 2020. In May 2023, he also became an Associate Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Psychiatry at the same institution.

📝 Articles in Preparation

Dr. Banerjee is preparing several significant research articles, including one on predicting adherence to psychotherapy homework using mHealth data. Another focuses on a functional data analysis framework for analyzing mobile health data, while a third article explores clustering functional data with applications to mHealth data.

🩺 Extramural Professional Activities

Dr. Banerjee has contributed to multiple FDA advisory panels, including the Neurological Devices Panel in 2023 and the Patient Engagement Advisory Committee in 2021. He is also a standing member of the Effectiveness of Mental Health Interventions (EMHI) Study Section of NIMH from 2022-2025 and has been involved in scientific review groups for NIMH.

👨‍🏫 Past Positions Held

Dr. Banerjee served as the Founding Director of the PhD Program in Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell from 2020-2024. Additionally, he was the Founding Director of the MS Program in Biostatistics & Data Science from 2016 to 2020.

🎓 Educational Background

Dr. Banerjee holds a Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (2008), following his M.Stat and B.Stat degrees from the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, India.

🧑‍🏫 Teaching & Mentorship

Dr. Banerjee is actively involved in teaching, including directing courses like Big Data in Medicine for the MS program in Biostatistics. He mentors post-doctoral associates and junior researchers, including Younghoon Kim, PhD, and Soohyun Kim, PhD, in areas of mHealth data modeling and deep learning in psychiatry.

📑 Administrative Activities On Data Cleaning

Dr. Banerjee contributes to Weill Cornell Medical College’s PhD Director’s Committee and co-chairs the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion sub-committee of the General Faculty Council.

🛡️ Special Government Employment

Since 2014, Dr. Banerjee has served as a Special Government Employee at the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH).

📊 Professional Affiliations

Dr. Banerjee is an elected Council of Sections Representative for the Mental Health Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association (ASA).

📑 Notable Publications 

Examining Healthy Lifestyles as a Mediator of the Association Between Socially Determined Vulnerabilities and Incident Heart Failure
    • Authors: Nickpreet Singh, Chanel Jonas, Laura C. Pinheiro, Jennifer D. Lau, Jinhong Cui, Leann Long, Samprit Banerjee, Raegan W. Durant, Madeline R. Sterling, James M. Shikany et al.
    • Journal: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
    • Year: 2025
Effects of Geography on Risk for Future Suicidal Ideation and Attempts Among Children and Youth
    • Authors: Wenna Xi, Samprit Banerjee, Bonnie T. Zima, George S. Alexopoulos, Mark Olfson, Yunyu Xiao, Jyotishman Pathak
    • Journal: JAACAP Open
    • Year: 2023
Relation of a Simple Cardiac Co-Morbidity Count and Cardiovascular Readmission After a Heart Failure Hospitalization
    • Authors: Aayush Visaria, Lauren Balkan, Laura C. Pinheiro, Joanna Bryan, Samprit Banerjee, Madeline R. Sterling, Udhay Krishnan, Evelyn M. Horn, Monika M. Safford, Parag Goyal
    • Journal: The American Journal of Cardiology
    • Year: 2020
Examining Timeliness of Total Knee Replacement Among Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis in the U.S.
    • Authors: H.M.K. Ghomrawi, A.I. Mushlin, R. Kang, S. Banerjee, J.A. Singh, L. Sharma, C. Flink, M. Nevitt, T. Neogi, D.L. Riddle
    • Journal: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
    • Year: 2020
Race and prostate imaging: implications for targeted biopsy and image-based prostate cancer interventions
    • Authors: Michael D Gross, Bashir Al Hussein Al Awamlh, Jonathan E Shoag, Elizabeth Mauer, Samprit Banerjee, Daniel J Margolis, Juan M Mosquera, Ann S Hamilton, Maria J Schumura, Jim C Hu
    • Journal: BMJ Surgery, Interventions, & Health Technologies
    • Year: 2019
Long-term active surveillance of implantable medical devices: an analysis of factors determining whether current registries are adequate to expose safety and efficacy problems
    • Authors: Samprit Banerjee, Bruce Campbell, Josh Rising, Allan Coukell, Art Sedrakyan
    • Journal: BMJ Surgery, Interventions, & Health Technologies
    • Year: 2019