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Data Intensive Studies Center (DISC) Fall Symposium
Wednesday, November 8th 2017, 9AM – 5PM
Breed Memorial Hall • 51 Winthrop Street • Medford, MA 02155
Keynote Presentations • Panel Discussions • Poster Sessions
As Tufts seeks to develop a University-wide, interdisciplinary center dedicated to data-intensive research and pedagogy, studying the science of data and its uses in application domains that span the breadth of the university, we are happy to announce the upcoming Fall’s DISC symposium. We encourage you to visit the DISC website for more information on the purpose and goals of this University-wide initiative.
For updates to the Program: Fall DISC Symposium
For RSVP Details: http://go.tufts.edu/RSVPforDISC
Contact me if you have a poster idea!
PROGRAM
Welcome Remarks
Anthony Monaco, President at Tufts University
Session I: City and Urban Planning
AnnaLee Saxenian – Dean of the School of Information at UC Berkeley
Panel Discussion
Herbert Dreiseitl, Justin Hollander, David Mendonca, Adam Storeygard
Session II: Ethical Use of Data
David Lazer – Professor of Political Science and Computer and Information Science at Northeastern University & Co-director at NuLab
Panel Discussion
Chaitanya Baru, Matthias Scheutz, Nick Seaver
Lunch and Poster Session
Session III: Privacy and Security
Jeannette Wing – Avanessians Director of the Data Sciences Institute & Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University
Panel Discussion
Kathleen Fisher, Erin Kenneally, Alex “Sandy” Pentland
Session IV: Data Science and Computational Science in Healthcare
Henry Kautz – Founding Director at Institute for Data Science & Professor of Computer Science at University of Rochester
Panel Discussion
Frank Alexander, Harry Selker, Jerry Sheehan, Harry Sleeper
Session V: Data Science and Computational Science in Biology
Peter Coveney – Professor of Computer Science & Director of the Centre for Computational Science and the Computational Life and Medical Sciences Network at University College London
Panel Discussion
Christoph Börgers, Diego Martinez, Grace Peng, Donna Slonim
Reception and Poster Session