Data Science Day Schedule

May 10, 2019

 

9:00: Welcome

 

9:05-10:30: Responsible Data Science Session

Moderated by Abel Rodriguez, Statistics Department, UC Santa Cruz

 

Responsible Data Visualization

Angus Forbes, Computational Media Department, UC Santa Cruz

 

The Professor and the Dashboard: A Cautious Approach to Classroom Data Analytics

Jody Greene, Associate Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning; Director, Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning; Professor of Literature, UC Santa Cruz

 

Situated, Collaborative Modeling: Critical Participatory Data Science in Rural Zimabawe with the Muonde Trust

Melissa Viola Eitzel Solera, Science and Justice Research Center, UC Santa Cruz

 

Fair Algorithms

Yang Liu, Computer Science and Engineering, UC Santa Cruz

 

Data Privacy: From Theory to Practice

Abhradeep Guha Thakurta, Computer Science and Engineering, UC Santa Cruz

 

10:30-10:45: Break

 

10:45-11:45: Keynote

Ethical Considerations in Data Science

Mehran Sahami, Stanford University

 

11:30-12:00: Poster Highlights

 

12:15-1:15 Lunch

 

1:15-2:30: Data Science for Social Good Session

Moderated by Jim Whitehead, Computational Media Department, UC Santa Cruz

 

Data Dividends?: Rethinking work and the commons in the era of big data

Chris Benner, Dorothy E. Everett Chair in Global Information and Social Entrepreneurship; Director, Everett Program for Technology and Social Change; Director, Santa Cruz Institute for Social Transformation; Professor, Environmental Studies and Sociology

 

Causal Inference Without an Experiment

Carlos Dobkin, Economics Department, UC Santa Cruz and National Bureau of Economic Research

 

Modeling for Seasonal Marked Point Processes: An Analysis of Evolving Hurricane Occurrences

Athanasios Kottas, Statistics Department, UC Santa Cruz

 

Using Big Data to Improve Students' Educational Outcomes in the Silicon Valley

Rebecca London, Sociology Department, UC Santa Cruz

 

Real-world benefits of Machine Learning in healthcare

Narges Norouzi, Computer Science and Engineering, UC Santa Cruz

 

2:30-2:40: Closing

 

2:45-4:00: Poster session