Data Science Initiative Spring 2017 RED Talks Series

After the jump, please see an announcement of the speakers for the 2017 RED talks on issues important in the field of "big data." All the speakers will be of interest to college faculty, including a talk by Kathleen Vogel on April 19. Please consider attending these important and stimulating talks.

Thursday, January 26 THE DATA SCIENCE INITIATIVE ANNOUNCES SPRING 2017 RED TALKS SPEAKER SERIES

​​ The Data Science Initiative (DSI) is pleased to announce the second series of RED Talks - Where Data Meets Science. After a successful Fall 2016 lineup, our Spring 2017 series promises to again bring together the data science community at NC State around exciting talks from local and national leaders in data science.  DSI aims to raise awareness of the breadth and depth of data science across campus, as well as to continue to help foster an environment that spurs interdisciplinary collaboration. Immediately following each RED Talk, a networking event is held where faculty, students and staff can meet and engage with each other as well as with the broader data science community in the triangle and beyond.   2017 Spring Lineup ​  Dr. Emery Brown Edward Hood Taplin Professor of Medical Engineering and Computational Neuroscience at MIT; the Warren M. Zapol Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and an anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Brown is a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering."The Dynamics of the Unconscious Brain Under General Anesthesia" Feb 9th, 5:30 p.m., Duke Energy Hall, Hunt Library Dr. Deen Freelon, Associate Professor in the School of Communication at American University, Washington D.C. "Toward a Framework for Inferring Individual-Level Characteristics from Digital Data Trace" Mar 15th, 5:30 p.m., Mountains Ballroom, Talley Student Union  ​ Dr. Kathleen Vogel, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at NC State; Currently serves as a Jefferson Science Fellow at the U.S. Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Human Trafficking “Big Data and Bioweapons Assessments: New Insights and New Challenges ” Apr 19th, 5:30 p.m., Duke Energy Hall, Hunt Library