Rei Sanchez-Arias

Rei Sanchez-Arias is a Teaching Professor and Director of the Master of Applied Data Science (MADS) program at UNC Chapel Hill's School of Data Science and Society. His expertise includes data mining, machine learning algorithm development, and data science pedagogy. He previously held positions at Florida Polytechnic University and St. Thomas University.

Research interests span educational tools, health informatics, and optimization methods. Recent work involves AI for endoscopic surgery evaluation, meta-analysis of MLOps tools, and curriculum design for data science programs.

Awards include the Excellence in Teaching Award from Florida Polytechnic. Student mentorship focuses on data wrangling and analytics projects.