Friday, April 21, 2017 | MIT, Building 34, Room 401
Overview
As part of the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS), the Statistics and Data Science Center (SDSC) is a MIT-wide focal point for advancing academic programs and research activities in statistics and data science. SDSC Day will be a celebration and community-building event for those interested in statistics. Discussions will cover applications of statistics and data science across a wide range of fields and approaches.
Agenda
Introductory remarks by Professor Devavrat Shah, Director of SDSC
Panel Session 1: “Current Research in SDSC”
David Gamarnik, Professor, MIT, Sloan School of Management
Tamara Broderick, Assistant Professor, MIT, EECS
Stefanie Jegelka, Assistant Professor, MIT, EECS
Philippe Rigollet, Associate Professor, MIT, Mathematics
Guy Bresler, Assistant Professor, MIT, EECS
Ankur Moitra, Assistant Professor, MIT, Mathematics
Plenary Talk 1: Michael Steele, Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Statistics on “Expectations: What Makes Them Great?”
Industry Session: Using Data Science to Address Current Industry Challenges
Speakers: Alex Cosmas, Chief Scientist, Booz Allen Hamilton
Brian Ulicny, Director, Data Science, Thomson Reuters Labs
Plenary Talk 2: Jennifer Listgarten, Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research on “Genetics to CRISPR Gene Editing with Machine Learning”
Panel Session 2: “Current Research in SDSC”
Emery Brown, Professor, MIT, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Rahul Mazumder, Assistant Professor, MIT, Sloan School of Management
In Song Kim, Assistant Professor, MIT, Department of Political Science
Alberto Abadie, Professor, MIT, Economics
Plenary Talk 3: James Stock, Professor, Harvard University, Economics on “Statistical Analysis of Climate Data”