DePaul is hosting the Second Metropolitan Chicago Data-science Corps Conference on May 19th at our Loop campus!
MCDC: Empowering Communities Through Data Science
Conference Agenda:
8:30am-9:15am: Breakfast | Conference Center, 8th floor
9:15am-9:30am: Opening Remarks by Suzan van der Lee
9:35am-10:30am: Keynote Address: SOAR and FLIP: Using Engaged Neighborhood Science to Understand (and do something) about Chicago’s Gun Violence Epidemic By Andrew Papachristos and Jalon Arthur
10:30am-10:50am: Coffee Break | 8th floor
10:50am-12:00pm: Morning Breakout Rooms:
8010: Curriculum Convergence by Bennett Goldberg
8011: What Would the Trees Say? Insights from the Tree Observatory data by Chai-Shian Kua, The Morton Arboretum
8012: Student Perspectives on the Future of Data Science by Andreas Harris and Nicole Nixon
8013: Working Room; Speaker Prep
12:05pm-1:00pm: LUNCH | DePaul Center Terrace, 11th floor
1:05pm-2:15pm: Auditorium: Elsa Anderson and Elizabeth Bach’s Nature Conservancy Practicum
2:20pm-3:25pm: Afternoon Breakout Rooms:
8010: The Student Experience by Sara Woods & Denise Drane
8011: Data Connection Hub by Michelle Birkett
8012: ABCs of Machine Learning by Rohan Attelle
8013: Curriculum & Faculty Design by Suzan van der Lee
3:30pm-4:00pm: Closing Remarks
4:00pm-6:00pm: Reception; DePaul Center Terrace; 11th floor.