Data Science and Society Colloquium Series Schedule

Unless indicated, all talks begin at 4 pm. Where available, flyers are linked in the Talk Title column.

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DateSpeakerAffiliationPositionTalk TitleLocation
4/9/2024Lens Media LabYale UniversityCharacterizing Twentieth-Century Photographic Papers: A Multidisciplinary ApproachTaylor 203 (5:30–6:30 pm); Taylor Jade Room (6:30–7:30 pm)
4/8/2024Thomas SchmicklUniversity of Graz, AustriaProfessor, Institute of BiologyCan Robots Save Nature?Rockefeller 300 (Starts at 5:00 pm)
2/7/2024Brenden LakeNew York UniversityProfessor of Psychology and Data ScienceAddressing two classic debates in cognitive science with deep learningRockefeller 300 (Starts at 5 pm)
11/10/2023Rob WilliamsBayer Crop ScienceData Scientist Remote SensingData Science for PlantsNew England 206 (Starts at 5 pm)
10/6/2023Jenna LemoniasThe AtlanticExecutive Director, Data ScienceOur personalized web: The role – and consequences – of recommendation algorithms for newsNew England 206
9/20/2023Mine DogucuUniversity of California IrvineVice Chair for Undergraduate Studies,
Department of Statistics
The Place of Accessibility in (Data) ScienceRockefeller 312 (Starts at 3 pm)
4/28/2023Anurag MehraIIT-Bombay, IndiaProfessor in Charge of IIT Bombay’s Centre for Liberal EducationData-Based Surveillance During Covid-19Sanders Physics 105
4/7/2023Kristina LermanUniversity of Southern CaliforniaProject Leader at the Information Sciences InstituteBiases in Data & Other Threats to Validity of Predictive ModelsRockefeller 310
12/1/2022Jeremy SpringmanDevLab@PennSenior Research AssociateMachine Learning for PeaceSanders Physics 105
11/4/2022Michael Burnam-FinkFirst Republic BankSenior Software EngineerWhat is Scientific About Data Science?Rockefeller 312
10/7/2022Marie desJardinsSimmons UniversityDean of the College of Organizational, Computational, and Information SciencesFairness and Equity in Data ScienceNew England 206