Data Science Leadership Summit - 2018

Summit Program

FRIDAY OCTOBER 12TH

2-3pm Arrival, check-in to resort and get name tag/programs - Lobby

3-4pm Welcome Remarks from PC Chair: Srinivas Aluru. Keynote speaker: Vipin Kumar (University of Minnesota) - Bison 1&2

4-5:45pm Session 1. Data science organizational structures. Chairs: Ed Lazowska (University of Washington, West BD Hub) and Melissa Cragin (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Midwest BD Hub) - Bison 1&2

6-9pm Joint Networking Reception with MSDSE Summit - Bear Meal room

Welcome from Chris Mentzel (Moore Foundation) and Josh Greenberg (Sloan Foundation)Plenary: Daniela Huppenkothen, “Hack Weeks as a model for Data Science Education and Collaboration” (PNAS paper)Lightning Talks:Rebecca Barter, “Teaching Data Intuition: A Book” (Berkeley)Anisha Keshavan, “From the Wet lab to the Web Lab” (UW)Alexander Bock, “OpenSpace: Moving from What to How in Public Dissemination” (NYU)

SATURDAY OCTOBER 13TH

8-9am Joint Breakfast with MSDSE Summit - Bear Meal room

9-11am Session 2. Academic data science careers. Chairs: İlkay Altıntaş (San Diego Supercomputer Center) and Rajesh Gupta (University of California San Diego) - Bison 1&2

11:30am-12:30pm Lunch, Keynote speaker: Blaise Aguera y Arcas (Google AI) - Bear Meal room

12:30-2:30pm Session 3. Ethics and privacy in data science. Chairs: Stan Ahalt (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, South BD Hub) and Jay Aikat (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) - Bison 1&2

2:30-3pm Break

3-5pm Session 4. Data science education. Chairs: Cathryn Carson (University of California Berkeley) and Renata Rawlings-Goss (Georgia Institute of Technology, South BD Hub) - Bison 1&2

5-5:30pm Break

5:30-7:00pm Working dinner - Bear Meal room

PLANNING AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES

SUMMIT ORGANIZER:

Micaela Parker - Moore-Sloan Data Science Environments - micaela at msdse dot org

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

Srinivas Aluru, PC Chair - Georgia Institute of Technology - aluru at cc dot gatech dot edu

Jeannette M. Wing, former PC Chair - Columbia University - wing at columbia dot edu

Stan Ahalt - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - ahalt at renci dot org

Ann Drobnis - CCC Director - adrobnis at cra dot org

William D Gropp - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - wgropp at illinois dot edu

Rajesh Gupta - San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego - gupta at eng dot ucsd dot edu

Ed Lazowska - University of Washington - lazowska at cs dot washington dot edu

Andrew McCallum - University of Massachusetts, Amherst - mccallum at cs dot umass dot edu

PLANNING COMMITTEE:

Rene Baston - Columbia University - rb70 at columbia dot edu
Melissa Cragin - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - cragin at illinois dot edu
Christine Kirkpatrick - San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego - christine at sdsc dot edu
Renata Rawlings-Goss - Georgia Institute of Technology - rrawlings.goss at gatech dot edu
Kendra Lewis-Strickland - Georgia Institute of Technologyklewis-strickland at gatech dot edu
Lea Shanley - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hilllshanley at renci dot org