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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

8:30am–9:30am

Breakfast and Check-in

JCL 390

9:30am–10:00am

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
10:10am–11:10am

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
11:20am–12:20pm

Keynote Address

JCL 390

Bo Li, Neubauer Associate Professor of Computer Science and Data Science
12:20pm–1:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm–2:30pm

Break/Mentor meetings

2:30pm–3:30pm

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
2:30pm–3:30pm

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
3:45pm–4:45pm

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
3:45pm–4:45pm

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
5:00pm–6:30pm

Happy Hour and Poster Session

JCL third floor

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

9:00am–9:30am

Breakfast

JCL 390

9:30am–10:30am

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
10:40am–11:40am

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
11:50am–12:50pm

Panel: Rising Stars Alumni Panel

JCL 390

12:50pm–1:30pm

Lunch

JCL 390

1:30pm–2:30pm

Keynote Address

JCL 390

Virginia De Sa, Associate Director, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI); Professor, Cognitive Science, UC San Diego
2:45pm–3:45pm

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
2:45pm–3:45pm

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
4:00pm–5:00pm

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
4:00pm–5:00pm

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
5:00pm–6:30pm

Happy Hour & Networking @ The Pub

The Pub is in Ida Noyes Hall (1212 E 59th St)

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