2024-25 Distinguished Speaker Series
The University of Chicago Data Science Institute, Department of Statistics, Department of Computer Science, and Committee on Computational and Applied Mathematics are proud to announce our 2024-25 Distinguished Speaker Series. Join us for stimulating talks from leading data science researchers exploring and expanding the fundamental methods and approaches that transform large and complex datasets into knowledge and action.
Events will take place in the John Crerar Library Building, Room 390, with a lunch social starting at noon before the lecture at 12:30 p.m (unless otherwise noted). This page will be updated with talk details in the coming weeks.
November 8: Maximilian Nickel, Meta FAIR – “Towards Social Foundations of AI”
November 19: Been Kim, Google – 2-3pm – Joint CS Distinguished Lecture Series/DSI Distinguished Speaker Series – “Alignment and interpretability: how we might get it right”
April 11: Margo Seltzer, The University of British Columbia – “The Science and Meta-Science of Data Science”
May 6: Tom Griffiths, Princeton University – talk 12-1pm, lunch at 11:30am – “Mapping the heterogeneity of artificial intelligence using the tools of cognitive science”
May 16: Moshe Vardi, Rice University – “Efficiency, Resilience, and Artificial Intelligence”
A Data Science Solution to Amplify Nonprofit Impact at Land Together
Looking Back 20 Years: How an Academic Bet on Real-Time Data Finally Paid Off
Can a Doctor’s Notes Reveal When They’re Tired? New Research Illuminates the Hidden Signals of Physician Fatigue—And Raises Questions About AI in Healthcare
