MIDAS Annual Symposium: “Big Data: Advancing Science, Changing the World” (Day 1)

Please join us the Michigan Institute for Data Science Annual Symposium, “Big Data: Advancing Science, Changing the World,” at the Michigan League. The symposium will feature preeminent data scientists from around the world, and will highlight U-M researchers whose work is on the leading edge of innovation and discovery in data-intensive science.

Registration is required.

Day 1 speakers:

• KEYNOTE: Robert Groves, Georgetown University, former head of the Census Bureau and former U-M faculty member
• Michelle Dunn, National Institutes of Health
• Tom Luo, Shenzhen University, Hong Kong
• Patrick Wolfe, University College, London
• Christos Cassandras, Boston University
• Katherine Ensor, Rice University
• Dexter Fletcher, Institute for Defense Analysis
• Todd Coleman, University of California, San Diego
• Xihong Lin, Harvard University
• Jonathan Schildcrout, Vanderbilt University
• Brian Athey & Al Hero, MIDAS C0-Directors
• Eric Michielssen, Associate Vice President, Advanced Research Computing

The symposium will also feature a student poster session, and opportunities for students to meet with potential employers interested in data scientists.

For a detailed schedule including talk titles and abstracts, and speaker bios, visit http://midas.umich.edu/2016-symposium/agenda/.