[IS/MDIA 590] Community Data - S2019

Announcements

* To add an announcement, email Ned Prutzer (prutzer2@illinois.edu).

From Anita, 4/17: Cornell University's iSchool Jon Kleinberg will present "Inherent Trade-Offs in Algorithmic Fairness" Wednesday, May 8 at 3pm

From Lucy, 4/17: Motahhare Eslami: Participating and Designing around Algorithmic Sociotechnical Systems (Thursday, April 19, 1:15-2:30 pm, iSchool Room 126) 

From Anita, 4/17: NCSA Special Seminar: "The Walled City of Nicosia, Cyprus: History, Heritage and Visualization" (Thursday, April 18, NCSA 1040, 2 pm)

From Lucy, 4/3: 20th Annual Webcom (April 3-5, iHotel)

From Yohta, 3/13: ESRI Story Maps and the SEE Art Walking Tour

From Anita, 2/27: Building a Culture to Support Inclusive Design (Thursday, March 7 at noon)

From Anita, 2/20: Women in Data Science Conference (Monday, March 4, NCSA Auditorium, 1:30-7 pm)

Please find below some information regarding the panel.

  1. Needed from you
    1. Please register to the event if you haven’t yet: http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/Conferences/WiDSUrbana-Champaign/
    2. Please send me (Alice) and Cathy a short biosketch by 20/28
    3. Slides are due on Monday, March 4th at 10:00AM in the following google folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-pB_ARLjDR458VsKgN4gKQVQ4a7JgkbM?usp=sharing
  2. Session’s objectives
    1. To highlight various research and application topics led by women where use of data science & technology is helping open up new frontiers
  3. Panel format
    1. Your session is planned 3:15-4:30PM
    2. Each presenters will have 10 minutes to speak after a brief intro by Cathy. The session will end by 15 min of Q&A
    3. Order of presentation (is this ok for you all?):

                                                               i.      3:15 PM: Colleen Bushell

                                                             ii.      3:28 PM: Elif Ertekin

                                                           iii.      3:40 PM: Anita Chan

                                                           iv.      3:52 PM: Megan Konar

                                                             v.      4:05 PM: Rini Mehta

                                                           vi.      4:15 PM: Q&A from the audience

                                                          vii.      4:30 PM: End of session

    1. Please let me know if you will need to use your own computer -this is not encouraged to keep the flow of presentations, but we know it is sometimes preferred-
    2. Have a look at the full agenda (you are welcome to attend the whole afternoon event!): http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/Conferences/WiDSUrbana-Champaign/#agenda
    3. The audience will be mostly composed of students, faculty and staff at the university

From Anita, 2/20: 2019 Engineering Open House (Friday, March 8, NCSA, 9 am - 4 pm)

From Lucy, 2/20: Christina Harrington, "Participatory Approaches to Designing for Health Technologies for the Aging Population" (the talk was held on February 19, but the link leads to an audio recording of the presentation)

From Anita, 2/6: Coffee with the Mayor and Ward 3 Councilmember Shirese Hursey at Urbana Garden Family Restaurant (Friday, March 8, 2019, 9 am at Urbana Garden Family Restaurant)

From, Anita, 2/6: AI Symposium: Geis College of Business, NCSA, and Synchrony for the AI Symposium, Friday, Feb. 15, 10am-3pm at NCSA. This free event is open to students, faculty and staff, will include sessions from top companies in AI such as Google, John Deere, and Synchrony. Students register at: go.illinois.edu/RegisterAI.

From Anita, 2/6: NCSA Colloquium Series: “Sports and Data Analysis”: Join NCSA on Friday, Feb. 22 from 11 am - noon in the auditorium as we dive into this world of athletic data analysis with Illinois’ Director of Athletics Josh Whitman, Head Baseball Coach Dan Hartleb, Assistant Football Coach Kingsley Osei-Asibey, Associate Athletic Director Randy Ballard, Associate Athletic Director, Sports Technology Nick Rogers, and NCSA’s own Rob Sisneros. As the Big Data revolution moves forward, it has become increasingly critical to harness predictive technology for use in collegiate athletics. Data is now being collected on everything from individual player biometrics to a myriad of team statistics in order to improve training, performance and outcomes for the modern athlete. Sophisticated data analytics are also a necessary tool to improve the fan experience while attending athletic events. The panel will discuss their own experiences and observations of scientific data analysis and visualization in athletics as well as future trends.

From Anita, 2/6: Kennedy Browne, A Gallery Conversation with Anita Chan and Ben Grosser (Friday, February 8, 2019, 3 pm at Krannert Art Museum - Main Level, West Gallery)

From Yohta, 1/23: The Applied Social Issues Internship, The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Due March 15, 2019)