“Breaking Data Science”

Dr. Robert Brunner, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

Date: Thursday, October 22, 2015

Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Location: 269 Everitt

Sponsor: Department of Statistics

 

Abstract:

We live in an increasingly digital world, where an ever-growing quantity of information is generated, collected, and archived. The transformation we are witnessing produces new opportunities across many seemingly unrelated academic fields, leading to the development and growth of a new field: Data Science. In this seminar, I will briefly introduce this new field before reviewing my personal transformation into a Data Scientist. I will conclude with a brief discussion on what I feel the University of Illinois should do to build a data science program that will position us as international leaders in this new field.

 

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