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Faculty
Adam Tashman
Associate Professor of Data Science
School of Data Science
Additional Roles
Director of Capstone Program
School of Data Science
Email: apt4c@virginia.edu
Phone: (434) 297-5915
Additional Contact Information
Pronouns: he/him
Adam Tashman is an associate professor of data science, Director of the Data Science Capstone Program, and former Director of the Online M.S. in Data Science Program. Courses taught include reinforcement learning, distributed computing, programming for data science, mathematical finance, actuarial statistics, probability and statistics, and survival analysis.
Research interests include AI in personalized medicine, digital health, computer vision, large language models, and quantitative finance.
Prior to joining the School of Data Science faculty in 2019, Tashman was a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Tashman’s extensive industry experience includes Executive Data Scientist at Amazon Web Services, Director of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence with CliniComp, VP and Head of Data Science for Carpe Data, and Head of Data Science for FinMason. He also served as Senior Risk Consultant with Citizens Financial Group, Biostatistical Consultant with Fresenius Medical Care, VP and Senior Quantitative Analyst for the Royal Bank of Scotland, Statistical Consultant with Yahoo!, and VP of Quantitative Research with Citi.
Tashman holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from Stony Brook University, an M.A. in Mathematics and Finance from Columbia University, and a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Virginia.
Education
- Ph.D., Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony Brook University
- M.A., Mathematics of Finance, Columbia University
- B.A., Mathematics, University of Virginia
Data Science Domains
Analytics; Systems; Design; Data + Society
Areas of Practice
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Biomedical, Health, and Life Sciences; Business, Markets, and Policy; Computational Sciences; Engineering, Robotics, and Physical Sciences ; Environment and Climate Science; Data Ethics and Society
Selected Publications
- Shichman, L., Lee, K., Turkistani, F., Tashman, A., Brown, D., Heysell, S., Mbelele, P., Mpagama, S., & Ngowi, K. M. (2025).
- Predictive modeling and machine learning insights into multi-drug resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes. In 2025 Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium (SIEDS) (pp. 185–190). IEEE.
- Alabdulwahab, A., Japic, C., Le, C., Dubey, D., Trivedi, D., Hope, J., Stone, P., Srivastava, S., Tashman, A., Zhang, A. (2025). Comparative Study of Large Language Model Evaluation Frameworks with a Focus on NLP vs LLM-As-A-Judge Metrics. In 2025 Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium (SIEDS) (pp. 410–415). IEEE.
- Thompson, E., Tashman, A., Scialla, J.J. (2025). Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder Management in 4D: The Case for Dynamic Treatment Regime Methods to Optimize Care. Curr Osteoporos Rep, 23(16).
- Tashman, A.P. (2024). From Concepts to Code: Introduction to Data Science. Chapman & Hall/CRC. ISBN-10: 1032517980.
- Tashman, A.P. (2022). Practical Implementation and Challenges of AI-Driven Electronic Health Record Evaluation: Protected Health Information. Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease, 29(5), p. 427-430.
- von Gersdorff, G., Usvyat, L., Marcelli, D., Grassmann, A., Marelli, C., Etter, M., Kooman, J.P., Power, A., Toffelmire, T., Haviv, Y.S., Guinsburg, A., Barth, C., Schaller, M., Bayh, I., Scatizzi, L., Tashman, A.P., Thijssen, S., Levin, N.W., van der Sande, F., Pusey, C., Wang, Y., Kotanko, P. (2013). Monitoring Dialysis Outcomes Across The World - the MONDO global database consortium. Blood Purif, 36(3-4), p. 165-72
- Moskowitz, J.L., Piret, S.E., Lhotta, K., Kitzler, T.M., Tashman, A.P., Velez, E., Thakker, R.V., Kotanko, P. (2013). Association
Between Genotype and Phenotype in Uromodulin-Associated Kidney Disease: Results From an International Data Review. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 8(8), p. 1349-1357. - Usvyat, L., Barth, C., Bayh, I., Eer, M., von Gersdorff, G., Grassmann, A., Guinsberg, A., Lam, M., Marcelli, D., Marelli, C., Scatizzi, L., Schaller, M., Tashman, A.P., Toffelmire, T., Thijssen, S., Wang, Y., Kooman, J., van der Sande, F., Levin, N.W., Kotanko, P. (2013). Interdialytic Weight Gain, Systolic Blood Pressure, Serum Albumin and C-Reactive Protein Levels Change in Chronic Dialysis Patients Prior to Death. Kidney International, 84(1), p. 149-157.
- Fouque, J.-P., Tashman A.P. (2012). Option Pricing Under a Stressed-Beta Model. Annals of Finance, 8(3), p. 183-203.
- Fouque, J.-P., Tashman A.P. (2011). Portfolio Optimization Under a Stressed-Beta Model. Wilmott Journal, 3(1), p. 39-54.