The world is going digital and the use-cases for artificial intelligence are increasing. Where is all this headed? In this session, we will explore the implications of digital transformation and how it will impact the diversity of people across our society. Technology creates growth opportunities but also opens up new challenges. No where has this been clearer than in the debate around AI. Will it make us better off or worse off? DePaul hopes to facilitate these discussions as we shape the path of these innovations for social good.

Keynote Speaker:
Dennis Devine,
CEO of Alliant Credit Union in Chicago

Dennis Devine is President & Chief Executive Officer of Alliant Credit Union. Alliant is a national digital financial institution and one of the largest credit unions in the U.S. with $19 billion in assets.

As a digital credit union, Alliant is mission-driven and uniquely focused. Alliant offers industry-leading rates, low fees, and an award-winning digital experience.

Buyside from Wall Street Journal named Alliant Best Overall Credit Union in 2022. CNBC and The Balance each named Alliant Best Overall in 2022. Kiplinger awarded Alliant its Gold Credit Union. Alliant earned NerdWallet’s 5-star recognition for Best Online Banks in 2022 and Built in named Alliant among their Best Places to Work in Chicago. Dennis works with teams at Alliant and the board of directors to define a member-first strategy, establish priorities, and provide extraordinary value to members. With decades of experience in financial services, Dennis knows the distinct advantage that Alliant can offer as a national digital credit union.

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Roselyne Tchoua,
Assistant Professor
Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media

Roselyne Tchoua is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing, in the Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media, at DePaul University. Her interests have always gravitated around making seemingly inaccessible technology or unmanageable amounts of data more reachable. She joined the DePaul Center for Data Science to continue working in the fascinating space between data science and other science fields (e.g., medicine), extracting insight from data using machine learning and natural language processing techniques. She received her PhD in computer science from the University of Chicago, focusing on Hybrid Human Machine Scientific Information Extraction and working with materials science data specifically. During her graduate studies, she collaborated with scientists at the UChicago Institute of Molecular Engineering and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to extract polymer names and properties from the literature. Before going to the University of Chicago, she was a researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the Scientific Data Group working on an online simulation data management and collaboration tool for High Performance Computing scientists.

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John Shanahan,
Associate Dean and Professor of English
College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

John Shanahan is Associate Dean and Professor of English at DePaul University. He earned his B.Phil. in English and Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and his PhD in English Literature at Rutgers University. He researches and teaches literature about science and technology, science fiction, and digital humanities. He is a co-PI on the “Reading Chicago Reading” project with grant support from Lyrasis and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Forthcoming work includes an essay on Liu Cixin’s sci-fi trilogy The Three Body Problem for the collection Spatial Futures (Palgrave MacMillan 2024), and an article on Catherine Lacey’s novel The Answers.

Session Chair and Moderator:
Lamont Black,
Assistant Professor Finance
Driehaus College of Business

Dr. Lamont Black is an Associate Professor of Finance at DePaul’s Driehaus College of Business. He is a recognized expert and speaker on the topics of cryptocurrency and blockchain and their relationship to financial services. His research and teaching focuses on the digital transformation of business with an emphasis on emerging technologies including AI and the metaverse. Dr. Black works at the intersection of innovation and social good to bring new ideas to challenging public issues. He is also Director of DePaul’s Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA), Academic Director of DePaul’s Keeley Center for Financial Services, and Fellow of Filene Research Institute’s Center for the Credit Union of the Future. Prior to joining DePaul, Dr. Black was an economist at the Federal Reserve in Washington DC. His personal website lamontblack.com has additional information about his speaking, teaching, and research.

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