Gilberto Diaz Casanas 

MS in Applied AI

Director of Applied Artificial Intelligence Graduate Program

Biography

Mr. Díaz Casañas, a Lipscomb alumnus, returns to the university as Director of the M.S. in Applied Artificial Intelligence program. He spent nearly a decade building production machine learning models, data pipelines, and software backend systems for clients including UBS, Banco Santander, Wells Fargo, HCA, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, and Toyota across the financial, healthcare, manufacturing, and marketing industries. He leads the MSAI program in preparing students as servant leaders who apply artificial intelligence to real problems in the marketplace. An unashamedly Christian Puerto Rican native, U.S. military veteran, husband, and father, he is committed to encouraging an ethical and responsible use of AI by actively using it in his teaching, research, and daily practice so his students learn from a director who is still building alongside them.

Academic Degrees

B.S. in Web Engineering, Lipscomb University

M.S. in Data Science, Lipscomb University

M.S. in Software Engineering, Lipscomb University

Research Interests

Leveraging technology to transform ideas into products and services that better serve people in ethical and responsible ways — with applied artificial intelligence as the current lens.

Selected Publications

Diaz, G., et al. “A Data Science Approach to Identify Previously Unknown Indicators That Could Lead to the Prevention of Suicide in USA.” International Clinical Pathology Journal, 2016.

Diaz, G., et al. “Translating Data into Discovery: Analysis of 10 Years of CDC Data of Mortality Indicates Level of Attainment of Education as a Suicide Risk Factor in USA.” Social Behavior Research and Practice — Open Journal (Openventio Publishers), 2017.