Carolina Ruiz

Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences and Harold L. Jurist ’61 and Heather E. Jurist Dean’s Professor of Computer Science
EDUCATION
BS Computer Science Universidad de Los Andes 1988
BS Mathematical Sciences Universidad de Los Andes 1989
MS Computer Science Universidad de Los Andes 1990
PhD Computer Science University of Maryland College Park 1996
Expert Bio

Professor Ruiz's research interests are in machine learning, artificial intelligence and data mining. She has worked on numerous interdisciplinary research projects with clinicians from the University of Massachusetts Medical School on developing and using machine learning algorithms over clinical and behavioral patient data.

Ruiz is also a member of WPI's Center for Project-Based Learning divers team of faculty. She has advised PhD, MS, undergraduate, and high school students in disciplinary and interdisciplinary research projects. She has also advised projects at the intersection of science, technology, and society at the WPI Project Centers in London, England, and Wellington, New Zealand.

The Gatepost
FSU and WPI partner on transfer agreements and accelerated master’s programs

A new agreement will allow pre-engineering students at Framingham State to transfer into WPI's School of Engineering to complete a bachelor's degree in engineering if they meet minimum academic requirements. The partnership also provides opportunities for students to join accelerated master's degree programs in data science, medicinal chemistry, and neuroscience.

 

 

Telegram.com
WPI to launch AI degree program this fall

The Worcester Telegram & Gazette interviewed Elke Rundensteiner, the William Smith Dean's Professor in Computer Science; Jean King, the Peterson Family Dean of Arts & Sciences, Carolina Ruiz, computer science professor and associate dean of Arts & Sciences, and John McNeill, the Bernard M. Gordon Dean of Engineering, for an article highlighting the launch of the new master's degree in artificial intelligence.

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