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Keyword Search Criteria: data science returned 75 record(s)
Sunday, 07/29/2018
Some Thoughts on AIG from a Canadian Perspective
Nancy Reid, University of Toronto; David Alexander Campbell, Simon Fraser University


Big Data Detectives: Improving Human Health Through Informing Policy
Kristin Linn, University of Pennsylvania; Laura Hatfield, Harvard Medical School; Julian Wolfson, University of Minnesota; Sherri Rose, Harvard Medical School
2:05 PM

Teaching Students to Think About Data Representation
Dennis L Sun, Cal Poly and Google
2:05 PM

Bridge the Gap Between Statistician and Data Analysis Professionals
Ming Li, Amazon
2:05 PM

Data Scraping, Parsing, Wrangling, and Cleaning
Mark Daniel Ward, Purdue University
2:05 PM

Analysis and Visualization for Large-Scale Scientific Simulations
Joanne R. Wendelberger, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Divya Banesh, Los Alamos National Laboratory; James Ahrens, Los Alamos National Laboratory
2:30 PM

Scaling a Data Science Curriculum to the Masses: Success and Failures in the Undergraduate Classroom
Thomas Fisher, Miami University
2:45 PM

Data Science: a Recent Graduate's 'Reverse Engineered' Perspective
Kelsey Warsinske, DePauw University, Miami University, Facebook
3:05 PM

Developing a Data Science Program; Challenges and Outcomes
Mahbubul Majumder, University of Nebraska at Omaha
3:05 PM

Communication and Collaboration Skills for the Era of Data Science
Eric Vance, LISA-University of Colorado Boulder
4:05 PM

Understand the Impact of Video Game Marketing Spend: a Data Science Approach of Multi-Touch Attribution
Yushu Chai, Electronic Arts, Inc.; Chen Teel, Electronic Arts
4:05 PM

Angle Based Joint and Individual Variation Explained
J. S. (Steve) Marron, University of North Carolina; Jan Hannig, University of North Carolina; Meilei Jiang, University of North Carolina; Qing Feng, Uber
4:30 PM

What Statisticians Need to Know to Work in Tech
Michael Brundage, Google, Inc.
4:55 PM

Monday, 07/30/2018
Variability, Risk, and Data Science
Aric LaBarr, Elder Research Inc.


Unearthing Correlations Between Crop Yields and Uncontrollable Factors
Tyler Netherly, Purdue University; Elizabeth Bell, Purdue University; Madison Trout, Purdue University; Professor Dennis Buckmaster, Purdue University


Dynamic Data Visualization
Blanton Godfrey, North Carolina State University; Lori Rothenberg, NC State University


Shiny Dashboards to Help Students Improve Performance
Robert Carver, Brandeis International Business School


Statistical Programming to Principles of Data Science: Rethinking the Traditional Statistical Programming Curricula
Andrew Hoegh, Montana State University


How Students Make Sense of Data on an E-Learning Platform
Philipp Burckhardt, Carnegie Mellon University; Christopher Genovese, Carnegie Mellon University; Rebecca Nugent, Carnegie Mellon University


EDA: A Historical Perspective and a Path Forward
Dianne Cook, Monash University
8:35 AM

Developing an Introductory Data Science Course in a Computer Science Curriculum
Dianna Spence, University of North Georgia
8:50 AM

Statistical Programming to Principles of Data Science: Rethinking the Traditional Statistical Programming Curricula
Andrew Hoegh, Montana State University
8:50 AM

Shiny Dashboards to Help Students Improve Performance
Robert Carver, Brandeis International Business School
8:55 AM

How Students Make Sense of Data on an E-Learning Platform
Philipp Burckhardt, Carnegie Mellon University; Christopher Genovese, Carnegie Mellon University; Rebecca Nugent, Carnegie Mellon University
9:05 AM

A Venn-Diagram Analysis of the Role of Statistics in Data Science
John McKenzie, Babson College
9:50 AM

The Science of Data Science - Developing a Data Framework and Methods to Bring the All Data Revolution to Communities
Stephanie Shipp, Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech; Sallie Keller, Social & Decisional Analytics Lab, Virginia Tech
10:35 AM

General Techniques for Successful Data Science Competitions
Ian Michael Mouzon, Iowa State University
11:35 AM

Version Control: The Gain You Get for Your Pain
Jennifer Bryan, RStudio, University of British Columbia
2:05 PM

The Lean Course: Open and Collaborative Online Course Development
Sean Kross, The University of California San Diego
2:05 PM

Using Data to Drive Curriculum Development
Chester Ivan Ismay, DataCamp
2:25 PM

Authoring and Utilizing Open Source, Reproducible Statistics/Data Science Textbooks
Alicia A Johnson, Macalester College
2:45 PM

Aligning Inference with the Tidyverse: Development of the Infer Package
Andrew Paul Bray, Reed College
3:05 PM

Tuesday, 07/31/2018
How to Teach Essential Collaboration Skills
Eric Vance, LISA-University of Colorado Boulder; Heather Smith, Cal Poly


Julia Versus R
Paul McNicholas, McMaster University


Accessible Statistical Reports in R: Using R, Markdown, and Word to Create Accessible Reproducible Documents
Robert Montgomery, NORC; Peter Herman, NORC at the University of Chicago; Qiao Ma, NORC at the University of Chicago; Stephen Schacht, NORC at the University of Chicago


Undergraduate Data Science Statistics Pathways: What Is Needed for Entry into the Major?
Rebecca Hartzler, Charles A. Dana Center, University of Texas at Austin; Nicholas J. Horton, Amherst College


A Modified Approach to Component-Wise Gradient Boosting for High-Dimensional Regression Models
Brandon Butcher, University of Iowa; Brian J. Smith, University of Iowa


Visualizing Dependence in High Dimensions
Marius Hofert, University of Waterloo; Wayne Oldford, University of Waterloo
8:35 AM

Transforming of Statistical Programmers and Analysts: Past, Current, and Future
Wenyun Ji, Amgen; Satha Thill, Abbvie; Melvin Munsaka, AbbVie, Inc.
8:35 AM

Cloud Computing Approaches to Genomic Data Science
Sean Davis, National Cancer Institute
8:35 AM

What Should Be the Role of Collaboration/Consulting for Applied Statistical Faculty Members in Academia: Rewards and Punishments
Virginia Lesser, Oregon State University; Shane Reese, Brigham Young University; George P. McCabe, Purdue University ; Dipak Kumar Dey, University of Connecticut; James Cochran, University of Alabama
10:35 AM

Accessible Statistical Reports in R: Using R, Markdown, and Word to Create Accessible Reproducible Documents
Robert Montgomery, NORC; Peter Herman, NORC at the University of Chicago; Qiao Ma, NORC at the University of Chicago; Stephen Schacht, NORC at the University of Chicago
10:40 AM

A Modified Approach to Component-Wise Gradient Boosting for High-Dimensional Regression Models
Brandon Butcher, University of Iowa; Brian J. Smith, University of Iowa
11:45 AM

Undergraduate Data Science Statistics Pathways: What Is Needed for Entry into the Major?
Rebecca Hartzler, Charles A. Dana Center, University of Texas at Austin; Nicholas J. Horton, Amherst College
12:00 PM

Harnessing the Power of the Web via R Clients for Web APIs
Lucy D'Agostino McGowan, Vanderbilt University
2:05 PM

A Life Cycle View of Statistics
Laura Freeman, Institute for Defense Analysis; Ron S Kenett, KPA Group; John Peterson, Glaxo-Smith-Kline ; Agus Sudjianto, Wells Fargo
2:05 PM

Panel Discussion for the Power of Podcast: Promoting Statistics and Data Science in the Age of Social Media
Richard Zink, TARGET PharmaSolutions; John Bailer, Miami University; Katie Malone, Civis Analytics; Kyle Polich, Data Skeptic
2:05 PM

Multivariate Thinking and the Introductory Statistics Course: Preparing Students to Make Sense of a World Full of Observational Data
Nicholas J. Horton, Amherst College; Sarah C Anoke, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Brendan Seto, Amherst College
2:45 PM

Intro Stats and Intro Data Science: Do We Need Both?
Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel, Duke University
3:05 PM

Harnessing the Power of Open Data on the Web
Karthik Ram, University of California, Berkeley; Scott Chamberlain, University of California, Berkeley
3:20 PM

Wednesday, 08/01/2018
Preparing Statistician to Successfully Data Scientist in Big Data Era
Ming Li, Amazon


Data Science in Marketing Research
Chen Teel, Electronic Arts


Statistical and Computational Efficiency in Big Data Analytics
Eric Laber, North Carlina State University


Large-Scale Interactives for Large-Enrolment Courses
Anna Fergusson, The University of Auckland
8:55 AM

Teaching Data Science as a First Statistics Course to 1,000 Students Per Semester
John DeNero, University of California, Berkeley; Ani Adhikari, University of California, Berkeley
9:15 AM

Data Science with Your Hair on Fire: Applied Research in Soccer
Ted Knutson, StatsBomb Services
9:25 AM

A Guide to Teaching Data Science
Rafael Irizarry, Harvard University
10:35 AM

Real-World Learning Analytics: Modeling Student Academic Practices and Performance
Chantal D. Larose, Eastern Connecticut State University; Kim Y. Ward, Eastern Connecticut State University
10:50 AM

Distributed Data Science with Sparklyr
Javier Luraschi, RStudio; Kevin Kuo, RStudio
11:05 AM

Experiences with Teaching Genomic Data Science Online
Kasper Daniel Hansen, Johns Hopkins University
11:15 AM

Probabilistic Programming with Non-Parametric Bayesian Model Discovery in BayesDB
Vikash Mansinghka; Feras Saad, MIT
11:35 AM

Data Science in a Hurry
Iyue Sung
11:50 AM

Building Bridges with Industry and Business for Statistical Programs
Sudipta Dasmohapatra, Duke University; Mark Morreale, SAS; Bill Thomas, Raytheon; Nathaniel Payne, Global Relay Communications Inc.
2:05 PM

Thursday, 08/02/2018
GAISEing into Introductory Service Courses in Light of Analytics/Data Science
Amy L Phelps, Duquesne University; Beverly Wood, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide ; Mark Eakin, University of Texas Arlington; Mia Stephens, SAS Istitute, JMP Division; George Recck, Babson College
8:30 AM

Foundation or Backdrop? The Role of Statisticians in Academic Data Science Initiatives
Patrick J Wolfe, Purdue University; Jennifer L Hill, New York University; David Madigan, Columbia University; Edoardo M Airoldi , Harvard University; Tian Zheng, Columbia University
8:35 AM

Start from Wherever You Are: How to Adopt the Data Science Mindset into Your Consulting Practice
Isabella R Ghement, Ghement Statistical Consulting Company Ltd.
9:35 AM

Data for Good: Designing for Impact
Jake Porway, DataKind
10:35 AM

Dismantling Math, Stats, and CS Silos: PCMI Guidelines for Undergraduate Majors in Data Science
Albert Y. Kim, Smith College
10:35 AM

How Human Behavior Drives Data Science---and How We Know Almost Nothing About It
Jeffrey Leek, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
10:35 AM

Pathways Through the Major in Statistical and Data Science at Smith
Randi L. Garcia, Smith College
10:50 AM

Data Science + Social Science: Using Data Science to Track Arrest-Related Deaths in the US
Duren Banks, RTI International; Peter Baumgartner, RTI International; Michael G. Planty, RTI International
11:00 AM

Herding Cats: Pros and Cons of a Large-Team Approach to Data Science at a Major Research University
David Hunter, Penn State University
11:05 AM

Analyzing Students' Data Analysis Pipeline Decisions to Build an Interactive, Adaptive Software Platform
Rebecca Nugent, Carnegie Mellon University
11:15 AM

Designing a Group Major in Data Science
Deborah Nolan, University of California, Berkeley
11:20 AM

How Software Affects Humans' Conceptions of Data: a Case Study in R Syntaxes
Amelia McNamara, Smith College
11:35 AM