R. David Phillippi

Innovation Through Technology & Data

From Ideation to Analysis: Using AI to enhance and evaluate innovation

In this active session, participants will see how AI tools such as Claude or Copilot can be used to enhance innovation. Through examples, we will explore the generation of innovative ideas, choosing appropriate measures, and generating charts and other forms of analysis that will allow innovators to evaluate their work.

Biography

Dr. Phillippi has been teaching Mathematics and Statistics at Belmont since 2011 and joined the Nursing faculty as a biostatistical consultant in 2018. He earned his BS in Mathematics in 1997, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his MS in Mathematics in 2003 and his PhD in Mathematics in 2007 all from the University of Tennessee. He has been teaching Mathematics at the college level since 1998.

Responsibilities: Scholarly Project Series in the DNP program as statistical consultant. Statistics in Health Care Research.

Publication: Phillippi, J.C., Danhausen, K., Alliman, J., & Phillippi, R.D. (2018). Neonatal Outcomes in the Birth Center Setting: A Systematic Review. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 63 (1), 68-89 . DOI:10.1111/jmwh.12701