2020 WiDS Cambridge Agenda

 

 

Friday, March 6, 2020

 

8:00 Check-in begins

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8:30 Networking Breakfast & Sponsor Showcase

 

9:00   Opening remarks

Cathy Chute, Harvard, IACS; Erin Schenck, MIT, IDSS

 

9:10 Technical Talk: "Computational Biology in Translational Cancer Research"

Shirley Liu, Professor, Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School Of Public Health

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9:50 Technical Talk: "Math, Race, and Voting Rights"

Moon Duchin, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Tufts University

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10:30 Lightning talks from poster presenters

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10:40 Coffee Break

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11:00 Panel: "Data weaponized, data scrutinized: a war on information"

Manon Revel, MIT, IDSS, moderator; Bo Yun Park, Harvard; Joan Donovan, PhD, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard; Camille Francois, CIO, Graphika 

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12:00 Lightning talks from poster presenters 

 

12:10 Lunch & Poster Session, Recruitment opportunities

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1:30 Technical Talk: "Putting the Science back in Data Science: applying basic research principles to modern data science business problems"

Jess Stauth, ​Managing Director, Fidelity Labs

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2:10 Technical Talk: "Robustness in Machine Learning and Optimization: A Minmax Approach"

Asuman Ozdaglar, Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Department Head, MIT, EECS

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2:50 Lightning talks from poster presenters

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3:00 Coffee Break

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3:15 Technical Talk: "Glue-ing Together the Universe"

Alyssa Goodman, Robert Wheeler Wilson Professor of Applied Astronomy, Harvard

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4:00 Closing Remarks

Cathy Chute, Harvard, IACS; Erin Schenck, MIT, IDSS