Data Science for Social Good summer visit
Event Information
Description
Please note: prior registration for this event is compulsory.
The Alan Turing Institute and University Of Warwick are delighted to invite you to the launch event of Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) Summer Internship Program co-hosted by these institutes from 3rd June 2019 to 28th August 2019. The Data Science for Social Good Fellowship is University of Chicago’s flagship summer program successfully running from year 2013 that aspires to train data scientists from across the world whilst working closely with governments and non-profits organisations tackling real-world problems in education, health, energy, public safety, transportation and more using cutting edge Data Science technology.
The launch event will be an opportunity to gather the program overview and engage with the participants of the summer fellowship that constitute 20 fellows, two technical mentors, two project managers, and the academic organising team whose experience ranges from being a Data scientists, Data Science Consultants, PhD students in Data Science, Project Managers in Data Science space, Data Science academics and so on. Furthermore, there will be prospects to engage with the challenge owners (a range of public, private and third sector partners) who have set up the data challenges for the Fellows to work and solve during the span of 12 weeks summer program. There will be time for networking, and we invite you to share knowledge, skills and expertise with the challenge teams so that they can call on you if needed during their time working on these problems.
Where:
Enigma Room, The Alan Turing Institute.
The Alan Turing Institute is located on the first floor of the British Library and can be accessed via the main doors from 9:30 onwards. Please allow 10 minutes for queuing when planning your journey.
When: 18th June 2019
Agenda and Time:
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch and networking, please feel free to join us from 13:00 for lunch and networking
14:00 – 14:15 Introduction to The Alan Turing Institute (Adrian Weller)
14:15 – 14:30 Introduction to DSSG (Sebastian Vollmer & Adolfo De Unanue )
14:30 – 15:15 Homeless Link organisation and project introduction (Gareth Thomas)
15:15 – 15:45 Introduction to other projects (DSSG project managers and technical mentors)
15:45 – 16:15 Q&A
Organiser The Alan Turing Institute
Organiser of Data Science for Social Good summer visit
We are the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence.
The Institute is named in honour of Alan Turing, whose pioneering work in theoretical and applied mathematics, engineering and computing is considered to have laid the foundations for modern-day data science and artificial intelligence. The Institute’s goals are to undertake world-class research in data science and artificial intelligence, apply its research to real-world problems, driving economic impact and societal good, lead the training of a new generation of scientists, and shape the public conversation around data.
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