2026 Bootcamp | Session 1 – UM

Monday, May 18 – Saturday, May 23, 2026

University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI

Schedule

Day 1 – Monday, May 18

Time	Session
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM	Breakfast on your own
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM	Check-In and Network
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM	Welcome, Bootcamp Overview
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM	ALICE and Data Challenge Overview
9:00 AM – 9:25 AM	Participant Introductions
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM	Introduction: Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR), Rigor and Reproducibility in the Complex World of Biomedical Data Science
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM	Break
11:15 AM – 12:45 AM	Ethical Issues in Biomedical Data Science
1:00 AM – 2:30 PM	Meet your Mentor Team Lunch provided
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM	Ethics of AI Agents
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM	Break
4:15 PM – 5:00 PM	AI Agents for Technical Tasks

Day 2 – Tuesday, May 19

Time	Session
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM	Breakfast on your own
8:30 AM – 9:45 AM	AI Agents for Technical Tasks
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM	Research lightning talks
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM	Data Management: Data Collection and Storage
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM	Data Management: Meta data and Representation
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM	Lunch on your own
12:45 AM – 2:45 PM	Data Management: Data Sharing
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM	Break
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM	Rigorous statistical design 1
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM	Break
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM	Social time

Day 3 – Wednesday, May 20

Time	Session
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM	Breakfast on your own
8:30 AM – 9:45 AM	Rigorous statistical design 1
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM	Break
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM	Rigorous statistical design 2
12:30 AM – 1:30 PM	Lunch on your own
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM	Design and reporting of predictive models
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM	Break
4:15 PM – 5:00 PM	Social/Project Time

Day 4 – Thursday, May 21

Time	Session	Room
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM	Breakfast on your own
8:30 AM – 11:00 AM	Design and reporting of predictive models	Room 148
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM	Research lightning talks	Room 147
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM	Mentor Meeting Implementation Plan Kickoff
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM	Lunch on your own	Room 147
1:15 PM – 3:15 PM	Reproducible workflows	Room 147
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM	Break
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM	Reproducible workflows	Room 147

Day 5 – Friday, May 22

Time	Session	Room
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM	Breakfast on your own
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM	Grant writing coaching session	Room 148
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM	Break	Room 147
9:45 AM – 11:45 AM	Reproducible workflows
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM	Research Lightning Talks	Room 147
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM	Lunch on your own
1:15 PM – 2:45 PM	Meta-analysis	Room 147
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM	Break
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM	Meta-analysis	Room 147

Day 6 – Saturday, May 23

Time	Session	Room
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM	Breakfast on your own
8:00 AM –10:00 AM	AI Agents for Grant Review and Manuscript Preparation 3
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM	Break	Room 147
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM	Data Management – Jackson Heart Study
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM	Lunch on your own	Room 147
12:45 PM – 2:15 PM	Data Management – Jackson Heart Study
2:15 AM – 2:30 AM	Academy wrap up and next steps	Room 147
2:30 PM	Event ends

Travel & Logistics

Parking

Plan ahead! Allow extra time if commuting each day. View available public parking in Ann Arbor here and real time occupancy counts and public parking structures here.

Please be aware that parking can be challenging. Handicapped accessible, faculty/staff designations, metered parking, and loading zones are enforced at all times. Failure to obey posted signs and regulations may result in ticket(s). The University of Michigan is not responsible for tickets nor will the University of Michigan pay for or refund any fines from tickets.

Destination Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor is a very walkable and bike friendly city. Destination Ann Arbor is a very helpful website that provides information about local events, restaurants, including transportation options for how to get around Ann Arbor (city bus, zipcar rental, etc) including to and from the airport.

Interactive Campus Map

View the interactive campus map.