Rising Stars in Data Science Workshop

Workshop Speakers + Panelists

Agenda | Tuesday Jan. 12th

OPENING REMARKS* | 9:00-9:15am

RISING STAR SPOTLIGHT SESSION 3: SECURITY + PRIVACY* | 9:15-9:50am

• Wanrong Zhang, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Liwei Song, Princeton University

RISING STAR SPOTLIGHT SESSION 4: COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCES* | 9:50-10:25am

• Yian Yin, Northwestern University
• Teng Ye, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

RISING STAR SPOTLIGHT SESSION 5: DATA SCIENCE – FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE* | 10:25-11:00am

• Ruqi Zhang, Cornell University
• Qiyuan Hu, the University of Chicago

PANEL: POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH IN DATA SCIENCE* | 11:15am-12:15pm

• Qinyun Lin, Center for Spatial Data Science
• Stefan Uddenberg, Center for Applied AI
• Tarun Mangla, Center for Data and Computing
• Anna Woodard, Computer Science Department
• Moderator: Jamie Saxon, Center for Data and Computing

PANEL: CAREERS IN DATA SCIENCE* | 12:20-1:20pm

• Maryellen Giger, A.N. Pritzker Professor of Radiology, Committee on Medical Physics, and the College; Vice-Chair of Radiology
• Heather Zheng, Neubauer Professor of Computer Science
• Chenhao Tan, Assistant Professor, Computer Science
• Marynia Kolak, Assistant Director for Health Informatics, Center for Spatial Data Science
• Bryon Aragam, Assistant Professor and Topel Faculty Scholar in the Booth School of Business
• Moderator: Eric Jonas, Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Agenda | Monday Jan. 11th

OPENING REMARKS† | 10:00-10:10am

• Angela V. Olinto, Dean, Physical Sciences Division; Albert A. Michelson Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics; Enrico Fermi Institute; and the College
  

FIRESIDE CHAT† |10:10-11:00am

• Rebecca Willett, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Department of Statistics
• Moderator: Julia Hanson (PhD Candidate, Computer Science)

PANEL: THE FUTURE OF DATA SCIENCE† | 11:15am-12:00pm

• Michael J. Franklin, Liew Family Chairman of Computer Science; Senior Advisor to the Provost for Computing and Data Science
• Katherine Baicker, Dean and the Emmett Dedmon Professor, Harris School of Public Policy
• Dan Nicolae, Professor and Chair, Department of Statistics and the College; Professor, Departments of Human Genetics, Medicine, Section of Genetic Medicine
• Karen Livescu, Associate Professor, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
• Moderator: David Uminsky, Executive Director of Data Science

RISING STAR SPOTLIGHT SESSION 1: COVID-19 + DATA SCIENCE* | 12:05-12:40pm

• Abby Stevens, the University of Chicago
• Bryan Wilder, Harvard University

RISING STAR SPOTLIGHT SESSION 2: NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING* | 12:40-1:15pm

• Maarten Sap, the University of Washington
• Xinya Du, Cornell University

PANEL: INTERDISCIPLINARY DATA SCIENCE† | 1:15-2:00pm

• Luís Bettencourt, Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Associate Faculty in Sociology, Inaugural Director of the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation
• Marshini Chetty, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Director of Amyoli Internet Research Lab
• James Evans, Professor, Department of Sociology, Director, Knowledge Lab; Faculty Director, Masters Program in Computational Social Science
• Moderator: Eamon Duede, Department of Philosophy, Committee on the Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, Knowledge Lab)

RISING STAR LIGHTNING TALK NETWORKING SESSION* | 2:00-3:00pm

The Rising Star research talks and other workshop programming will be publicly available after the workshop on the CDAC YouTube channel.