Nov
13–14
2023
Past EventNov 13, 2023
Rising Stars in Data Science Workshop – Autumn 2023
November 13 – 14, 2023
John Crerar Library Building
The Rising Stars in Data Science workshop, hosted at the University of Chicago in collaboration with the University of California San Diego, focuses on celebrating and fast tracking the careers of exceptional data scientists at a critical inflection point in their career: the transition to postdoctoral scholar, research scientist, industry research position, or tenure track position. The Autumn 2023 workshop will showcase the exciting, innovative data science initiatives at UChicago and UC San Diego as well as the research work of exceptional PhD students and postdocs. Please note that this is a private workshop.
Agenda
Monday, November 13, 2023
8:30 am–9:30 am
Breakfast and Check-in
JCL 390
9:30 am–10:00 am
Opening Remarks & Overview of DSI, HDSI, and EnCORE
Learn about UChicago’s Data Science Institute, UC San Diego’s Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, and the EnCORE Institute.
JCL 390
Virginia De Sa, Associate Director, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI); Professor, Cognitive Science, UC San Diego
Dan Nicolae, Elaine M. and Samuel D. Kersten, Jr. Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of Statistics, Human Genetics, Medicine, and the College Section of Genetic Medicine; Faculty Co-Director, Data Science Institute
David Uminsky (he/him), Executive Director, Data Science Institute; Senior Research Associate, Department of Computer Science
10:10 am–11:10 am
Panel: The Data Science Job Search - Advice From New Faculty
JCL 390
Aloni Cohen, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science
Rana Hanocka, Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Nikolaos (Nikos) Ignatiadis, Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science
Haojian Jin, Assistant Professor, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, UC San Diego
11:20 am–12:20 pm
Keynote Address
JCL 390
Bo Li, Neubauer Associate Professor of Computer Science and Data Science
12:20 pm–1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
Break/Mentor meetings
2:30 pm–3:30 pm
Lightning Talks: Natural Language Processing
JCL 180
Zhijing Jin, PhD Candidate, Max Planck Institute & ETH Zürich
Ben Lengerich, Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lucy Li, PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley
Zhiqing Sun, PhD Student, Carnegie Mellon University
2:30 pm–3:30 pm
Lightning Talks: Data-Driven Decision-Making
JCL 390
Shicong Cen, PhD Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University
Serina Chang, PhD Candidate, Stanford University
Noah Golowich, PhD Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Shufan Zhang, PhD Student, University of Waterloo
3:45 pm–4:45 pm
Lightning Talks: Fairness and Interpretability
JCL 180
Hua Shen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan
Bahareh Tolooshams, Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology
Chudi Zhong, PhD Candidate, Duke University
Johann Gaebler, PhD Student, Harvard University
3:45 pm–4:45 pm
Lightning Talks: Health and Medicine
JCL 390
Kristina Gligorić, Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University
Ying Jin, PhD Candidate, Stanford University
Roshni Sahoo, PhD Student, Stanford University
Yuzhe Yang, PhD Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5:00 pm–6:30 pm
Happy Hour and Poster Session
JCL third floor
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
9:00 am–9:30 am
Breakfast
JCL 390
9:30 am–10:30 am
Panel: Inside the Search Committee
JCL 390
Virginia De Sa, Associate Director, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI); Professor, Cognitive Science, UC San Diego
Michael J. Franklin, Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor; Senior Advisor to the Provost for Computing and Data Science; Faculty Co-Director, Data Science Institute
Rebecca Willett, Faculty Director of AI, Data Science Institute; Professor, Statistics, Computer Science, and the College
10:40 am–11:40 am
Panel: How to Make the Most of Your First Year
JCL 390
Raul Castro Fernandez, Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Alexander Cloninger, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, UC San Diego
Alex Kale, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science
Gal Mishne, Assistant Professor, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, UC San Diego
Molly Offer-Westort, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
11:50 am–12:50 pm
Panel: Rising Stars Alumni Panel
JCL 390
12:50 pm–1:30 pm
Lunch
JCL 390
1:30 pm–2:30 pm
Keynote Address
JCL 390
Virginia De Sa, Associate Director, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI); Professor, Cognitive Science, UC San Diego
2:45 pm–3:45 pm
Lightning Talks: Data and Society
JCL 390
Emily Aiken, PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley
Yuanyuan Lei, PhD Student, Texas A&M University
Rose Wang, PhD Candidate, Stanford University
Sam Zhang, PhD Candidate, University of Colorado Boulder
2:45 pm–3:45 pm
Lightning Talks: AI in Science and Technology
JCL 298
Hao-Wen Dong, PhD Candidate, University of California San Diego
Paul Liang, PhD Student, Carnegie Mellon University
Siddharth Mishra-Sharma, Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lily Xu, PhD Candidate, Harvard University
4:00 pm–5:00 pm
Lightning Talks: Machine Learning
JCL 390
Marie-Laure Charpignon, PhD Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Zhijian Liu, PhD Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dongqi Fu, PhD Candidate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Mikhail Khodak, PhD Student, Carnegie Mellon University
4:00 pm–5:00 pm
Lightning Talks: Optimization
JCL 298
Xinyi Chen, PhD Candidate, Princeton University
Lijun Ding, Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute for Foundations of Data Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Washington
Yuqing Wang, PhD Candidate, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jingfeng Wu, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
5:00 pm–6:30 pm
Happy Hour & Networking @ The Pub
The Pub is in Ida Noyes Hall (1212 E 59th St)
Apr
8
Past EventApr 08, 2024
Navigating the Data Science Job Market: Insights and Opportunities
Apr
5
Upcoming EventApr 05, 2024
Inderjit S. Dhillon (The University of Texas at Austin) – MatFormer: Nested Transformer for Elastic Inference
May
2
Upcoming EventMay 02, 2024
Brandon Stewart (Princeton University) – Getting Inference Right with LLM Annotations in the Social Sciences
Feb
22
Upcoming EventFeb 22, 2024