Tech-for-Good Careers: A Community-Centered Approach to Data and AI Innovation
Please join the Data Science Institute and The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (PJMF) to celebrate Tech-for-Good Careers on April 15th at 5pm.
The evening will spotlight career opportunities and provide a chance to network and connect with professionals in mission-driven data and AI fields. We look forward to featuring speakers, poster session, and a reception highlighting social impact student projects, as well as a Fireside Chat with Vilas Dhar, President of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and Rebecca Willett, Faculty Director of AI at the Data Science Institute and Worah Family Professor in the Wallman Society of Fellows, Department of Statistics, Computer Science, and the College at UChicago.
Please RSVP by April 10.
DSI and The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Tech-for-Good Careers: A Community-Centered Approach to Data and AI Innovation
Tuesday, April 15, 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Rubenstein Forum
City View Room, 1201 E 60th Street
Event Schedule
5:00 – 5:05 p.m. | Welcome – Ka Yee Lee, Interim Dean of Physical Sciences Division and David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago
5:05 – 5:25 p.m. | UChicago Alumni Panel – Andrew Fan (BA ’13, Executive Director, Invisible Institute), Launa Greer (MSCAPP ’21, Software Engineer, UChicago Data Science Institute), Kayecee Palisoc (MSCAPP ’24, City of Chicago Department of Technology and Innovation). Moderated by David Uminsky, PhD, Executive Director of the University of Chicago DSI.
5:25 – 6:05 p.m. | Social Impact Data & AI Case Studies – Hazem Mahmoud (Director, Products and Services, PJMF), Aaron Schein (Assistant Professor in Statistics and Data Science Institute, University of Chicago), Dylan Halpern (Full-Stack Software Engineer, University of Chicago DSI), Susan Paykin (Sr. Associate Director, University of Chicago DSI)
6:05 pm – 6:35 p.m. | Fireside Chat – Vilas Dhar, President of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, and Rebecca Willett, Faculty Director of AI at the DSI and Worah Family Professor, University of Chicago
6:35 – 7:30 p.m. | Research Poster Session and Reception