Schedule

Thursday, May 8, 2014

1:00 pm
Registration
2:00 pm
Workshop:
State of Data 2014: Data Science Teams in the Wild
2:00 pm
Workshop:
Introduction to Data Science with Hadoop
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm
Panel Discussion:
UC Berkeley Data Science Startups
4:30 pm
Panel Discussion:
Venture Capital Roundtable
5:15 pm
Keynote Address:
Ethics and Data Science
6:00 pm
Opening Night Reception

Friday, May 9, 2014

8:00 am
Coffee and registration
9:00 am
Panel Discussion:
Where’s the Beef: Is Big Data Having a Real Impact on The Economy?
9:45 am
When Data Science Meets Design
10:15 am
Panel Discussion:
How Surveillants Think
11:00 am
Break
11:30 am
Using Practical Data for Conversion Rate Optimization
12:00 pm
Using Data Science to Make Fun Games
12:30 pm
Leading from the Back: Data Science at a UX-driven Business
1:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
Constructing Experiments to Inform Business Innovation
2:30 pm
A Conversation with Hugh Williams
3:00 pm
Panel Discussion:
Relying on Data Science: Reproducible Research and the Role of Policy
3:30 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Can Microdata Tell Us Anything About Macroeconomics?
4:30 pm
Understanding the Natural World Through Spatial Data
5:00 pm
Information Visualization for Large-Scale Data Workflows