MIDAS Video Resources
Note
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MIDAS maintains a growing YouTube library of recorded workshops, tutorial series, symposia, and invited lectures. As of this writing, the channel holds 289 videos across 20 playlists. Another 134 videos sit outside any playlist. This index helps you find recordings that connect to what you are reading in the handbook, whether you want to see a concept explained live, hear researchers talk through how they apply a method in their own work, or work through a full workshop from start to finish.
The index is organized in three parts. The first groups playlists by handbook topic, so you can jump directly to recordings that pair with a chapter you are working through. The second covers standalone videos not collected into a playlist. The third lists every playlist in one place, sorted by year, for when you want to browse more freely.
Finding Videos by Handbook Topic
Ethics, Society, and Responsible AI
A direct complement to the ethics and validation chapters. These playlists explore fairness, accountability, and the societal consequences of deploying AI in research and in practice.
Related chapters: Ethics and Privacy, Validation and Interpretation
Playlist |
Videos |
Year |
|---|---|---|
13 |
2023 |
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MIDAS Ethical AI Forum: “From Theory to Practice: Building Ethical and Trustworthy AI” |
6 |
2023 |
MIDAS: Responsible Data Science and AI mini-symposium, 4/13/23 |
4 |
2023 |
MIDAS / LHS Colloquium April 2023: Implementing AI in Health |
2 |
2023 |
Language Models and Generative AI Applications
Recordings focused on applying large language models to real research tasks, including retrieval-augmented generation, agentic workflows, and fine-tuning. These connect closely to the chapters in Part III.
Related chapters: NLP with BERT, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, AI Agents, LLM Evaluation and Fine-Tuning
Playlist |
Videos |
Year |
|---|---|---|
Generative AI: From Theory to Scientific Applications Mini-Symposium |
7 |
2025 |
Understanding How AI Works
These recordings pair well with the early chapters in Part I, especially the overview of how modern AI systems work and how to use them effectively through prompting.
Related chapters: How Modern AI Works, Prompt Engineering
Playlist |
Videos |
Year |
|---|---|---|
16 |
2023 |
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MIDAS mini-symposium Sept 2023: Generative AI: Diffusion Models for Scientific Machine Learning |
7 |
2023 |
4 |
2023 |
Data Analysis and Applied Machine Learning
Hands-on workshop recordings covering data science workflows, applied modeling, and domain-specific ML use cases. These map closely to the chapters in Part II.
Related chapters: Exploratory Data Analysis, AutoML for Tabular Data, Pretrained Models for Text and Vision
Playlist |
Videos |
Year |
|---|---|---|
Vesuvius Scrolls: From Ancient Manuscripts to Artificial Intelligence |
9 |
2025 |
MIDAS mini-symposium March 2024: Understanding Biodiversity in a Changing Planet |
6 |
2024 |
AI Across the Research Lifecycle
Symposia and keynote recordings that explore AI applications across many research domains, from experimental design to knowledge sharing. These are good companions to Part I of the handbook as a whole.
Related chapters: When to Use AI, Research Planning
Playlist |
Videos |
Year |
|---|---|---|
8 |
2026 |
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11 |
2025 |
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20 |
2025 |
|
4 |
2024 |
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MIDAS mini-symposium 2024: Interdisciplinary Open Science in Social and Behavioral Research |
5 |
2024 |
MIDAS Symposium: The Future of Discovery in the Age of Human-AI Collaboration |
4 |
2024 |
5 |
2023 |
|
7 |
2023 |
|
5 |
2023 |
|
12 |
2022 |
Other Recordings
The videos below are on the MIDAS channel but have not been collected into a playlist. Many of them are recordings of individual talks, short demos, or event highlights. They are grouped by year and listed with direct links.
2026
Video |
Date |
|---|---|
2026-04-28 |
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Propelling Original Data Science (PODS) Funding Town Hall - 2026 |
2026-03-02 |
2025
Video |
Date |
|---|---|
2025 Propelling Original Data Science (PODS) Funding Town Hall |
2025-02-18 |
2024
Video |
Date |
|---|---|
2024-12-18 |
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2024-12-18 |
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
Video |
Date |
|---|---|
Dr. David Dunson - Learning & Exploiting Low-Dimensional Structure in High-Dimensional Data |
2019-12-23 |
All Playlists
The table below lists every curated playlist on the channel in one place, sorted from newest to oldest. Use it to browse by year or to look up a specific workshop series you have heard about.
Playlist |
Videos |
Year |
|---|---|---|
8 |
2026 |
|
11 |
2025 |
|
20 |
2025 |
|
Generative AI: From Theory to Scientific Applications Mini-Symposium |
7 |
2025 |
Vesuvius Scrolls: From Ancient Manuscripts to Artificial Intelligence |
9 |
2025 |
4 |
2024 |
|
MIDAS mini-symposium 2024: Interdisciplinary Open Science in Social and Behavioral Research |
5 |
2024 |
MIDAS mini-symposium March 2024: Understanding Biodiversity in a Changing Planet |
6 |
2024 |
MIDAS Symposium: The Future of Discovery in the Age of Human-AI Collaboration |
4 |
2024 |
5 |
2023 |
|
13 |
2023 |
|
16 |
2023 |
|
MIDAS mini-symposium Sept 2023: Generative AI: Diffusion Models for Scientific Machine Learning |
7 |
2023 |
4 |
2023 |
|
MIDAS Ethical AI Forum: “From Theory to Practice: Building Ethical and Trustworthy AI” |
6 |
2023 |
MIDAS: Responsible Data Science and AI mini-symposium, 4/13/23 |
4 |
2023 |
MIDAS / LHS Colloquium April 2023: Implementing AI in Health |
2 |
2023 |
7 |
2023 |
|
5 |
2023 |
|
12 |
2022 |
You can also browse the full channel directly at youtube.com/@UM_MIDAS.