{"id":502097,"date":"2018-08-30T11:24:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T18:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&#038;p=502097"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:56:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:56:52","slug":"workshop-on-data-science-innovation-with-nsf-big-data-hubs","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/workshop-on-data-science-innovation-with-nsf-big-data-hubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop on Data Science Innovation with NSF Big Data Hubs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/lab\/microsoft-research-redmond\/\">Microsoft Research Redmond Lab<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For event questions, please contact <a href=\"mailto:msrevent@microsoft.com?subject=Workshop%20on%20Data%20Science%20Innovation\">msrevent@microsoft.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This event is by invitation only<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Microsoft Research Data Science Outreach Program engages with academic researchers and universities through an ecosystem of resources and partnerships to drive breakthrough impact. Microsoft Research Redmond is pleased to convene a workshop in Redmond to bring together Microsoft researchers plus data scientists with stakeholders from Big Data Innovation Hubs to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create an environment for better visibility and awareness of Microsoft Research to NSF funded BigData Hubs and vice versa<\/li>\n<li>Highlight outcomes between Microsoft Research and Big Data hub supported projects<\/li>\n<li>Highlight collaboration between Microsoft and regional big data projects and explore ideas for collaboration<\/li>\n<li>Identify common strategies for advancing data science research and innovation in the US<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please see Agenda page for detailed session information. Participation is by invitation only.<\/p>\n<h5>Program Committee<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/vanim\/\">Vani Mandava<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ren\u00e9-bast\u00f3n-513b17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ren\u00e9 Bast\u00f3n<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Columbia University<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/melissa-cragin-90365a36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melissa Cragin<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, UIUC<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mmlee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meredith Lee<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, UC Berkeley<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/afiimani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renata Rawlings-Goss<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Georgia Tech<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/leashanley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lea Shanley<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, RENCI<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Monday, October 29, 2018<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-spacing: inherit;border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;padding: 8px;text-align: left;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Time (PDT)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Session<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">8:00 AM\u20139:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Breakfast<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Memphis Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:00 AM\u20139:15 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Welcome<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/evelynev\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evelyne Viegas<\/a>, Director, Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Research<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/vanim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vani Mandava<\/a>, Director Data Science, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Memphis Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:15 AM\u201310:15 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Session 1: Earth Science<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/lujoppa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucas Joppa<\/a>, Chief Environmental Officer, Microsoft<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/esipfed.org\/about\/community\/leadership\/staff\/erin-robinson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erin Robinson<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Executive Director, Earth Science Information Partners<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cts.umn.edu\/staff\/scholar-affiliated-researcher\/shekhar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shashi Shekar<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Distinguished University Professor, University of Minnesota<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Memphis Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:15 AM\u201310:30 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:30 AM\u201312:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Session 2: Health and Genomics<\/strong><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/geralynm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geralyn Miller<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Director, Microsoft Genomics<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/iuni.iu.edu\/people\/person\/franco-pestilli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Franco Pestilli<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Assistant Professor Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Indiana Bloomington<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/gdclifford.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gari Clifford<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Interim Chair & Associate Professor Biomedical Informatics, Emory University<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bradentierney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Braden Tierney<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, PhD Candidate, Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program, Harvard Medical School<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Memphis Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">12:00 PM\u20131:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Lunch (and optional visit to Company Store & Visitor Center)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">1:00 PM\u20131:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>TBA<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/adamfo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam Fourney<\/a>, Computer Scientist, Microsoft Research<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/benushi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Besmira Nushi<\/a>, Researcher, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Memphis Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">1:30 PM\u20132:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Travel to Building 99<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:00 PM\u20133:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>PhD Summit: Big Data Hub Executive Director Career Panel<\/strong><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ren\u00e9-bast\u00f3n-513b17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ren\u00e9 Bast\u00f3n<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/melissa-cragin-90365a36\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melissa Cragin<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mmlee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meredith Lee<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/afiimani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renata Rawlings-Goss<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/leashanley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lea Shanley<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nModerated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/vanim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vani Mandava<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 99, Room 1919<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:00 PM\u20133:15 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:15 PM\u20134:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Microsoft Research Lab Tour<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">4:30 PM\u20135:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>PhD Poster Session or Informal Networking<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 99 Atrium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">5:30 PM\u20136:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Travel to Dinner<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">6:00 PM\u20139:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Dinner at Purple Caf\u00e9 & Wine Bar, Bellevue<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"height: 30px\"><\/div>\n<h2>Tuesday, October 30, 2018<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-spacing: inherit;border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;padding: 8px;text-align: left;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Time (PDT)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Session<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">8:00 AM\u20139:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Breakfast<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Tahoe Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:00 AM\u20139:15 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Welcome<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/vanim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vani Mandava<\/a>, Director Data Science, Microsoft<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Jolt Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:15 AM\u20139:45 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Keynote<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/horvitz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Horvitz<\/a>, Technical Fellow, Managing Director, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Jolt Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:45 AM\u201310:15 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:15 AM\u201310:25 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Thoughts from the National Science Foundation<\/strong><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/meghankmurphy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meghan Houghton<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Strategic Engagements, National Science Foundation<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Jolt Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:30 AM\u201312:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Session 3: Beacons of Collaboration<\/strong><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/humancomputation.org\/?page_id=204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pietro Michelucci<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Director Human Computation Institute<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/afiimani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renata Rawlings-Goss<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Data Science, Georgia Institute of Technology<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/icme.stanford.edu\/people\/karen-ebert-matthys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karen Matthys<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Executive Director, Stanford ICME<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ranveer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ranveer Chandra<\/a>, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Jolt Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">12:00 PM\u20131:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Lunch (and optional visit to Company Store & Visitor Center)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">1:00 PM\u20132:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Session 4: Data Science for Social Good<\/strong><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/escience.washington.edu\/people\/sarah-stone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Stone<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Co-Executive Director, eScience Institute, University of Washington<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andrew-s-hoffman-9a13a052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Hoffman<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Research Scientist, Data Ecologies Lab (Human Centered Design & Engineering\/UW)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ktolle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristin Tolle<\/a>, Principal Data Scientist, Microsoft Philanthropies<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Jolt Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:00 PM\u20132:15 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Wrap-up<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Jolt Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:15 PM\u20132:45 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Travel to Building 42<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:00 PM\u20134:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Tour of Azure Cloud Collaboration Center Tour<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">4:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Farewell<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"height: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>*Agenda subject to change without notice<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand 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class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-858\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-858\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-857\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tA Public Cloud Platform for Large-Scale Data Analysis, Visualization and Sharing of Reproducible Neuroscience Research\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-857\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-858\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/iuni.iu.edu\/people\/person\/franco-pestilli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Franco Pestilli<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Neuroscience is at the forefront of science by reaching across disciplinary boundaries and promoting transdisciplinary research. This process can, in principle, facilitate discovery by convergent efforts from theoretical, experimental and cognitive neuroscience, as well as computer science and engineering. To ensure success, mechanisms to guarantee reproducibility of scientific results must be established. Open software development and data sharing are therefore paramount in the quest to achieve reproducibility. We present brainlife.io, a platform which addresses challenges of neuroscience reproducibility by providing integrative mechanisms for publishing data, and algorithms while embedding them with computing resources to impact multiple scientific communities.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-860\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-860\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-859\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tAI for Earth\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-859\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-860\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/lujoppa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucas Joppa<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The speed and scale at which climate systems are changing, and the enormity of the human impact of those changes, requires a commensurate response in how society monitors, models, and manages climate systems. A key component to that response will emerge from the fundamentals of AI \u2013 transforming how we collect data, convert those data into actionable information, and communicate that information across the world. By training increasingly sophisticated algorithms with this unprecedented collection of data on dedicated computational infrastructure, we can combine human and computer intelligence in a way that will allow us to make increasingly informed and optimal choices about today \u2013 and tomorrow.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-862\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-862\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-861\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tAzure Case Study: A Human\/Machine Partnership to Accelerate Biomedical Research\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-861\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-862\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/humancomputation.org\/?page_id=204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pietro Michelucci<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our greatest opportunity for problem-solving comes not from humans alone or from Artificial Intelligence (AI) alone, but by combining them in distributed networks. Leveraging the complementary abilities of humans and machines allows us to create unprecedented capabilities today. The EyesOnALZ citizen science project accelerates Alzheimer&#8217;s disease research by strategically combining machine learning and Crowd AI (human computation) methods. The specific human\/machine partnerships that enabled this capability have co-evolved with algorithmic advancements and computing platforms like Azure.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-864\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-864\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-863\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBad Kappas &#8211; the Biggest Problem for Machine Learning for Health?\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-863\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-864\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/gdclifford.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gari Clifford<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most significant barrier to accurate machine learning of medical data is the lack of accurate labels on which to train data. PhysioNet has set the gold standard in physiological databases. The last 18 years of PhysioNet\/Computing in Cardiology (CinC) Challenges and related work have demonstrated that standard expert labels are far more error prone than would be expected by a relatively well-established medical field. With such inconsistencies, it is impossible for a diagnostic system to realistically achieve performance measure above 80-90%, which in turn prevents their use without human oversight; an imperative for large scale analysis. He will discuss solutions including a voting approach that combines multiple algorithms (and humans) of varying performance levels in an efficient manner to boost labels and classifier performances.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-866\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-866\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-865\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBuilding Data Science Capacity at Primarily Teaching Focused Institutions, Minority-Serving Institutions, and Community Colleges\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-865\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-866\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/afiimani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renata Rawlings-Goss<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ability to utilize and understand data is an increasingly critical skill for the evolving 21st-century workforce. Sectors posting data-driven jobs, grants, and opportunities are realizing a critical shortfall in data-literate talent for the positions of today as well as tomorrow. To combat this shortfall, underrepresented groups and schools must be engaged in data science training. This fact has sparked a collective effort to design programs that engage a broader community around STEM and data science. As part of this effort, the South Big Data Hub has created a program, called DataUp, to accelerate data science education across the region.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-868\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-868\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-867\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tData, Predictions, and Decisions in Support of People and Society\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-867\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-868\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/erichorvitz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Horvitz<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eric will share directions and results enabled by the confluence of large-scale data resources, jumps in computational power, and advances in machine learning. He will focus on efforts that leverage learning and inference to assist people with decisions, touching on work in transportation, medicine, and human-machine collaboration.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-870\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-870\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-869\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tData Science for Social Good at the University of Washington eScience Institute\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-869\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-870\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/escience.washington.edu\/people\/sarah-stone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Stone<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The UW Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program partners eScience Institute Data Scientists and Student Fellows from across the country with Project Leads from academia, government, and private sector to find data-driven solutions to societal challenges. Previous projects span transportation, public health, urban planning, and disaster response. Project-based discussions around ethics, human-centered design and stakeholder collaboration are keystones of our program. Differences in prior experience and training among student fellows can pose a challenge, but become a strength in project work. Our experience supports the notion that DSSG programs can both impact social good and provide data science training for students from diverse disciplinary backgrounds.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-872\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-872\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-871\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tDiversity in Data Science: The Women in Data Science Conference and Beyond\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-871\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-872\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/icme.stanford.edu\/people\/karen-ebert-matthys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karen Matthys<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Big Data market revenues are projected to reach $103 Billion by 2027. This expanding field presents a great opportunity for women and minorities to take on technical and leadership roles in all sectors. One way that we are addressing this opportunity is through the Women in Data Science Conference (WiDS), which was launched at Stanford just 3 years ago and now reaches over 100,000 people worldwide. This talk with share outcomes from WIDS global collaboration, lessons learned, and future plans. Karen will also cover other interdisciplinary collaborations at Stanford.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-874\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-874\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-873\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tEnabling Genomics Discovery in the Cloud\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-873\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-874\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/geralynm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geralyn Miller<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This talk will explore why genomics workloads are perfect for the cloud and how Microsoft Research is using the cloud to disrupt genomics discovery.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-876\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-876\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-875\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tFarmBeats: Empowering Farmers with Affordable Digital Agriculture Solutions\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-875\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-876\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ranveer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ranveer Chandra<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Data-driven techniques help boost agricultural productivity by increasing yields, reducing losses and cutting down input costs. However, these techniques have seen sparse adoption owing to high costs of manual data collection and limited connectivity solutions. Our solution, called FarmBeats, an end-to-end IoT & AI platform for agriculture that enables seamless data collection from various sensors, cameras and drones. Our system design explicitly accounts for weather-related power and Internet outages, which has enabled six month long deployments in two US farms. In this talk, he will describe the FarmBeats system, and also outline the AI challenges we are currently addressing for outdoor as well as indoor agriculture.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-878\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-878\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-877\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tGiving Credits Where They\u2019re Due: The Value(s) of the Microsoft Research &#8211; BD Hubs Partnership\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-877\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-878\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/andrew-s-hoffman-9a13a052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Hoffman<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The recent partnership forged between Microsoft Research and the NSF Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs and Spokes furthers a relationship that began as early as 2010. The field of data science has shifted considerably in these intervening years, however, as have the organizational structures tasked with shepherding through data science research, innovation, and education. This presentation provides a biotechnical analysis of this changing landscape. Touching on both high-level science funding policy initiatives, as well as on the more practical work of forging and carrying out collaborations between government, industry, non-profits, and academia to enable cloud-based computational research, it discusses the multiple ways in which participating entities come to valorize these partnerships.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-880\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-880\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-879\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tMaking Data Matter Together: Opportunities for Collaboration Within Earth Science Data Communities and Strategies to Avoid Overwhelm\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-879\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-880\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/esipfed.org\/about\/community\/leadership\/staff\/erin-robinson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erin Robinson<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A critical part of effective earth science data and information system interoperability involves collaboration across geographically and temporally distributed communities. The Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) is a broad-based, distributed community of science, data and information technology practitioners from across science domains, economic sectors and the data lifecycle primarily based in the United States. Over the last twenty years, ESIP&#8217;s open, participatory structure has provided a melting pot for coordinating around common areas of interest like data citation, experimenting on innovative ideas and capturing and finding best practices and lessons learned from across the network. This talk will provide an overview of relevant activities the ESIP is involved with and identify strategies for advancing data science research and innovation through open communities of practice like ESIP and Big Data Innovation Hubs.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-882\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-882\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-881\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tMetagenomic Meta-Analysis Illuminates a Vast Universe of Genes in the Human Microbiome\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-881\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-882\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/bradentierney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Braden Tierney<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We do not have a grasp on the scope of the microbiome\u2019s gene content, a question crucial for understanding the role of microbes in host health. To quantify this genetic universe, we undertook a meta-analysis of 3,500 human shotgun-sequencing samples from two body sites, the mouth and gut. We found that prior work has drastically underestimated the genetic richness of human microbiota by tens of millions of genes. These results serve as an explanation for the large heterogeneity of microbiome-derived human phenotypes, a path forward for gene-centric approaches in microbiome studies, and a quantification of the need for larger-scale metagenomic analyses than what currently exists.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-884\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-884\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-883\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tThoughts from the National Science Foundation\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-883\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-884\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/meghankmurphy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meghan Houghton<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An update on the National Science Foundation&#8217;s investments in data science, including through the Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs program and Harnessing the Data Revolution\u2014one of NSF\u2019s 10 Big Ideas for Future Investment.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-886\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-886\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-885\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tUsing AI for Social Good\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-885\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-886\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ktolle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristin Tolle<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Microsoft expands its AI portfolio of products, we have a keen interest in leveraging these technologies to enable people to do more. This is particularly critical in the nonprofit space where organizations are facing the world\u2019s most challenging problems\u2014from ensuring food and water security to enabling safer and more reliable disaster response. The Tech for Social Good team, in particular, the AI for Humanitarian Action, is working to build scalable, reusable solutions with nonprofits so that those with similar needs and missions can do more to help others build better lives. AI for Humanity is the third and most recently launched pillar of this applied AI mission to provide solutions to organizations aligned with our mission. This talk will briefly cover our mission and engagement model and discuss some of the solutions we are building for this community.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-888\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-888\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-887\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tWhat Is Special About Spatial Data Science?\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-887\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-888\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/cts.umn.edu\/staff\/scholar-affiliated-researcher\/shekhar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shashi Shekhar<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spatial big data, such as trajectories and satellite imagery, have transformed our society via popular applications for navigation, ride-sharing, precision agriculture, public health, and public safety. It is only a start and bigger opportunities lies ahead. However, classical one-size-fits-all data science methods are grossly inadequate for analyzing spatial data due to severe problems such as gerrymandering and the very high cost of spurious patterns. To overcome the limitations of traditional data science, this presentation will summarize recent developments (spatial Hadoop, spatial statistics, spatial data mining, nano-satellites, high-definition roadmaps) and calls for community action to improve data science curriculum and computational platforms.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Microsoft Research Data Science Outreach Program engages with academic researchers and universities through an ecosystem of resources and partnerships to drive breakthrough impact. This workshop will bring together Microsoft researchers and data scientists with stakeholders from Big Data Innovation Hubs to highlight collaboration outcomes and discuss opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":503762,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","msr_startdate":"2018-10-29","msr_enddate":"2018-10-30","msr_location":"Redmond, WA","msr_expirationdate":"","msr_event_recording_link":"","msr_event_link":"","msr_event_link_redirect":false,"msr_event_time":"","msr_hide_region":false,"msr_private_event":false,"msr_hide_image_in_river":0,"footnotes":""},"research-area":[13563],"msr-region":[197900],"msr-event-type":[197944],"msr-video-type":[],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-program-audience":[],"msr-post-option":[],"msr-impact-theme":[],"class_list":["post-502097","msr-event","type-msr-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","msr-research-area-data-platform-analytics","msr-region-north-america","msr-event-type-hosted-by-microsoft","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_about":"<!-- wp:msr\/event-details {\"title\":\"Workshop on Data Science Innovation with NSF Big Data Hubs\",\"backgroundColor\":\"grey\",\"image\":{\"id\":503762,\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/msr-banner.png\",\"alt\":\"\"}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:msr\/content-tabs --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"About\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/lab\/microsoft-research-redmond\/\">Microsoft Research Redmond Lab<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For event questions, please contact <a href=\"mailto:msrevent@microsoft.com?subject=Workshop%20on%20Data%20Science%20Innovation\">msrevent@microsoft.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This event is by invitation only<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Microsoft Research Data Science Outreach Program engages with academic researchers and universities through an ecosystem of resources and partnerships to drive breakthrough impact. Microsoft Research Redmond is pleased to convene a workshop in Redmond to bring together Microsoft researchers plus data scientists with stakeholders from Big Data Innovation Hubs to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create an environment for better visibility and awareness of Microsoft Research to NSF funded BigData Hubs and vice versa<\/li>\n<li>Highlight outcomes between Microsoft Research and Big Data hub supported projects<\/li>\n<li>Highlight collaboration between Microsoft and regional big data projects and explore ideas for collaboration<\/li>\n<li>Identify common strategies for advancing data science research and innovation in the US<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please see Agenda page for detailed session information. Participation is by invitation only.<\/p>\n<h5>Program Committee<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/vanim\/\">Vani Mandava<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ren\u00e9-bast\u00f3n-513b17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ren\u00e9 Bast\u00f3n<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Columbia University<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/melissa-cragin-90365a36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melissa Cragin<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, UIUC<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mmlee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meredith Lee<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, UC Berkeley<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/afiimani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renata Rawlings-Goss<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Georgia Tech<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/leashanley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lea Shanley<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, RENCI<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"Agenda\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><h2>Monday, October 29, 2018<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-spacing: inherit;border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;padding: 8px;text-align: left;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Time (PDT)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Session<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">8:00 AM\u20139:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Breakfast<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Memphis Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:00 AM\u20139:15 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Welcome<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/evelynev\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evelyne Viegas<\/a>, Director, Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Research<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/vanim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vani Mandava<\/a>, Director Data Science, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Memphis Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:15 AM\u201310:15 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Session 1: Earth Science<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/lujoppa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucas Joppa<\/a>, Chief Environmental Officer, Microsoft<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/esipfed.org\/about\/community\/leadership\/staff\/erin-robinson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erin Robinson<\/a>, Executive Director, Earth Science Information Partners<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cts.umn.edu\/staff\/scholar-affiliated-researcher\/shekhar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shashi Shekar<\/a>, Distinguished University Professor, University of Minnesota<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Memphis Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:15 AM\u201310:30 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:30 AM\u201312:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Session 2: Health and Genomics<\/strong><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/geralynm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geralyn Miller<\/a>, Director, Microsoft Genomics<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/iuni.iu.edu\/people\/person\/franco-pestilli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Franco Pestilli<\/a>, Assistant Professor Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Indiana Bloomington<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/gdclifford.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gari Clifford<\/a>, Interim Chair &amp; Associate Professor Biomedical Informatics, Emory University<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bradentierney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Braden Tierney<\/a>, PhD Candidate, Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program, Harvard Medical School<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Memphis Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">12:00 PM\u20131:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Lunch (and optional visit to Company Store &amp; Visitor Center)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">1:00 PM\u20131:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>TBA<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/adamfo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam Fourney<\/a>, Computer Scientist, Microsoft Research<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/benushi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Besmira Nushi<\/a>, Researcher, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Memphis Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">1:30 PM\u20132:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Travel to Building 99<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:00 PM\u20133:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>PhD Summit: Big Data Hub Executive Director Career Panel<\/strong><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ren\u00e9-bast\u00f3n-513b17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ren\u00e9 Bast\u00f3n<\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/melissa-cragin-90365a36\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melissa Cragin<\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mmlee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meredith Lee<\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/afiimani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renata Rawlings-Goss<\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/leashanley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lea Shanley<\/a><br \/>\nModerated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/vanim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vani Mandava<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 99, Room 1919<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:00 PM\u20133:15 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:15 PM\u20134:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Microsoft Research Lab Tour<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">4:30 PM\u20135:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>PhD Poster Session or Informal Networking<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 99 Atrium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">5:30 PM\u20136:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Travel to Dinner<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">6:00 PM\u20139:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Dinner at Purple Caf\u00e9 &amp; Wine Bar, Bellevue<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"height: 30px\"><\/div>\n<h2>Tuesday, October 30, 2018<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-spacing: inherit;border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;padding: 8px;text-align: left;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Time (PDT)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Session<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">8:00 AM\u20139:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Breakfast<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Tahoe Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:00 AM\u20139:15 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Welcome<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/vanim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vani Mandava<\/a>, Director Data Science, Microsoft<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Jolt Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:15 AM\u20139:45 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Keynote<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/horvitz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Horvitz<\/a>, Technical Fellow, Managing Director, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Jolt Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:45 AM\u201310:15 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:15 AM\u201310:25 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Thoughts from the National Science Foundation<\/strong><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/meghankmurphy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meghan Houghton<\/a>, Strategic Engagements, National Science Foundation<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Jolt Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:30 AM\u201312:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Session 3: Beacons of Collaboration<\/strong><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/humancomputation.org\/?page_id=204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pietro Michelucci<\/a>, Director Human Computation Institute<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/afiimani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renata Rawlings-Goss<\/a>, Data Science, Georgia Institute of Technology<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/icme.stanford.edu\/people\/karen-ebert-matthys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karen Matthys<\/a>, Executive Director, Stanford ICME<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ranveer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ranveer Chandra<\/a>, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Jolt Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">12:00 PM\u20131:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Lunch (and optional visit to Company Store &amp; Visitor Center)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">1:00 PM\u20132:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Session 4: Data Science for Social Good<\/strong><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/escience.washington.edu\/people\/sarah-stone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Stone<\/a>, Co-Executive Director, eScience Institute, University of Washington<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andrew-s-hoffman-9a13a052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Hoffman<\/a>, Research Scientist, Data Ecologies Lab (Human Centered Design &amp; Engineering\/UW)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ktolle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristin Tolle<\/a>, Principal Data Scientist, Microsoft Philanthropies<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Jolt Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:00 PM\u20132:15 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Wrap-up<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Jolt Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:15 PM\u20132:45 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Travel to Building 42<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:00 PM\u20134:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Tour of Azure Cloud Collaboration Center Tour<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">4:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Farewell<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"height: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>*Agenda subject to change without notice<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"Abstracts\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-858\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-858\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-857\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tA Public Cloud Platform for Large-Scale Data Analysis, Visualization and Sharing of Reproducible Neuroscience Research\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-857\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-858\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/iuni.iu.edu\/people\/person\/franco-pestilli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Franco Pestilli<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Neuroscience is at the forefront of science by reaching across disciplinary boundaries and promoting transdisciplinary research. This process can, in principle, facilitate discovery by convergent efforts from theoretical, experimental and cognitive neuroscience, as well as computer science and engineering. To ensure success, mechanisms to guarantee reproducibility of scientific results must be established. Open software development and data sharing are therefore paramount in the quest to achieve reproducibility. We present brainlife.io, a platform which addresses challenges of neuroscience reproducibility by providing integrative mechanisms for publishing data, and algorithms while embedding them with computing resources to impact multiple scientific communities.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-860\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-860\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-859\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tAI for Earth\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-859\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-860\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/lujoppa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucas Joppa<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The speed and scale at which climate systems are changing, and the enormity of the human impact of those changes, requires a commensurate response in how society monitors, models, and manages climate systems. A key component to that response will emerge from the fundamentals of AI \u2013 transforming how we collect data, convert those data into actionable information, and communicate that information across the world. By training increasingly sophisticated algorithms with this unprecedented collection of data on dedicated computational infrastructure, we can combine human and computer intelligence in a way that will allow us to make increasingly informed and optimal choices about today \u2013 and tomorrow.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-862\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-862\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-861\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tAzure Case Study: A Human\/Machine Partnership to Accelerate Biomedical Research\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-861\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-862\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/humancomputation.org\/?page_id=204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pietro Michelucci<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our greatest opportunity for problem-solving comes not from humans alone or from Artificial Intelligence (AI) alone, but by combining them in distributed networks. Leveraging the complementary abilities of humans and machines allows us to create unprecedented capabilities today. The EyesOnALZ citizen science project accelerates Alzheimer&#8217;s disease research by strategically combining machine learning and Crowd AI (human computation) methods. The specific human\/machine partnerships that enabled this capability have co-evolved with algorithmic advancements and computing platforms like Azure.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-864\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-864\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-863\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBad Kappas - the Biggest Problem for Machine Learning for Health?\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-863\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-864\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/gdclifford.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gari Clifford<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most significant barrier to accurate machine learning of medical data is the lack of accurate labels on which to train data. PhysioNet has set the gold standard in physiological databases. The last 18 years of PhysioNet\/Computing in Cardiology (CinC) Challenges and related work have demonstrated that standard expert labels are far more error prone than would be expected by a relatively well-established medical field. With such inconsistencies, it is impossible for a diagnostic system to realistically achieve performance measure above 80-90%, which in turn prevents their use without human oversight; an imperative for large scale analysis. He will discuss solutions including a voting approach that combines multiple algorithms (and humans) of varying performance levels in an efficient manner to boost labels and classifier performances.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-866\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-866\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-865\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBuilding Data Science Capacity at Primarily Teaching Focused Institutions, Minority-Serving Institutions, and Community Colleges\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-865\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-866\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/afiimani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renata Rawlings-Goss<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ability to utilize and understand data is an increasingly critical skill for the evolving 21st-century workforce. Sectors posting data-driven jobs, grants, and opportunities are realizing a critical shortfall in data-literate talent for the positions of today as well as tomorrow. To combat this shortfall, underrepresented groups and schools must be engaged in data science training. This fact has sparked a collective effort to design programs that engage a broader community around STEM and data science. As part of this effort, the South Big Data Hub has created a program, called DataUp, to accelerate data science education across the region.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-868\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-868\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-867\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tData, Predictions, and Decisions in Support of People and Society\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-867\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-868\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/erichorvitz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Horvitz<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eric will share directions and results enabled by the confluence of large-scale data resources, jumps in computational power, and advances in machine learning. He will focus on efforts that leverage learning and inference to assist people with decisions, touching on work in transportation, medicine, and human-machine collaboration.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-870\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-870\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-869\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tData Science for Social Good at the University of Washington eScience Institute\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-869\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-870\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/escience.washington.edu\/people\/sarah-stone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Stone<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The UW Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program partners eScience Institute Data Scientists and Student Fellows from across the country with Project Leads from academia, government, and private sector to find data-driven solutions to societal challenges. Previous projects span transportation, public health, urban planning, and disaster response. Project-based discussions around ethics, human-centered design and stakeholder collaboration are keystones of our program. Differences in prior experience and training among student fellows can pose a challenge, but become a strength in project work. Our experience supports the notion that DSSG programs can both impact social good and provide data science training for students from diverse disciplinary backgrounds.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-872\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-872\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-871\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tDiversity in Data Science: The Women in Data Science Conference and Beyond\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-871\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-872\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/icme.stanford.edu\/people\/karen-ebert-matthys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karen Matthys<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Big Data market revenues are projected to reach $103 Billion by 2027. This expanding field presents a great opportunity for women and minorities to take on technical and leadership roles in all sectors. One way that we are addressing this opportunity is through the Women in Data Science Conference (WiDS), which was launched at Stanford just 3 years ago and now reaches over 100,000 people worldwide. This talk with share outcomes from WIDS global collaboration, lessons learned, and future plans. Karen will also cover other interdisciplinary collaborations at Stanford.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-874\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-874\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-873\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tEnabling Genomics Discovery in the Cloud\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-873\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-874\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/geralynm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geralyn Miller<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This talk will explore why genomics workloads are perfect for the cloud and how Microsoft Research is using the cloud to disrupt genomics discovery.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-876\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-876\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-875\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tFarmBeats: Empowering Farmers with Affordable Digital Agriculture Solutions\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-875\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-876\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ranveer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ranveer Chandra<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Data-driven techniques help boost agricultural productivity by increasing yields, reducing losses and cutting down input costs. However, these techniques have seen sparse adoption owing to high costs of manual data collection and limited connectivity solutions. Our solution, called FarmBeats, an end-to-end IoT &amp; AI platform for agriculture that enables seamless data collection from various sensors, cameras and drones. Our system design explicitly accounts for weather-related power and Internet outages, which has enabled six month long deployments in two US farms. In this talk, he will describe the FarmBeats system, and also outline the AI challenges we are currently addressing for outdoor as well as indoor agriculture.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-878\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-878\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-877\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tGiving Credits Where They\u2019re Due: The Value(s) of the Microsoft Research - BD Hubs Partnership\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-877\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-878\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/andrew-s-hoffman-9a13a052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Hoffman<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The recent partnership forged between Microsoft Research and the NSF Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs and Spokes furthers a relationship that began as early as 2010. The field of data science has shifted considerably in these intervening years, however, as have the organizational structures tasked with shepherding through data science research, innovation, and education. This presentation provides a biotechnical analysis of this changing landscape. Touching on both high-level science funding policy initiatives, as well as on the more practical work of forging and carrying out collaborations between government, industry, non-profits, and academia to enable cloud-based computational research, it discusses the multiple ways in which participating entities come to valorize these partnerships.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-880\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-880\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-879\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tMaking Data Matter Together: Opportunities for Collaboration Within Earth Science Data Communities and Strategies to Avoid Overwhelm\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-879\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-880\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/esipfed.org\/about\/community\/leadership\/staff\/erin-robinson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erin Robinson<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A critical part of effective earth science data and information system interoperability involves collaboration across geographically and temporally distributed communities. The Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) is a broad-based, distributed community of science, data and information technology practitioners from across science domains, economic sectors and the data lifecycle primarily based in the United States. Over the last twenty years, ESIP&#8217;s open, participatory structure has provided a melting pot for coordinating around common areas of interest like data citation, experimenting on innovative ideas and capturing and finding best practices and lessons learned from across the network. This talk will provide an overview of relevant activities the ESIP is involved with and identify strategies for advancing data science research and innovation through open communities of practice like ESIP and Big Data Innovation Hubs.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-882\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-882\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-881\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tMetagenomic Meta-Analysis Illuminates a Vast Universe of Genes in the Human Microbiome\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-881\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-882\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/bradentierney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Braden Tierney<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We do not have a grasp on the scope of the microbiome\u2019s gene content, a question crucial for understanding the role of microbes in host health. To quantify this genetic universe, we undertook a meta-analysis of 3,500 human shotgun-sequencing samples from two body sites, the mouth and gut. We found that prior work has drastically underestimated the genetic richness of human microbiota by tens of millions of genes. These results serve as an explanation for the large heterogeneity of microbiome-derived human phenotypes, a path forward for gene-centric approaches in microbiome studies, and a quantification of the need for larger-scale metagenomic analyses than what currently exists.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-884\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-884\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-883\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tThoughts from the National Science Foundation\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-883\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-884\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/meghankmurphy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meghan Houghton<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An update on the National Science Foundation&#8217;s investments in data science, including through the Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs program and Harnessing the Data Revolution\u2014one of NSF\u2019s 10 Big Ideas for Future Investment.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-886\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-886\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-885\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tUsing AI for Social Good\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-885\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-886\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ktolle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristin Tolle<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Microsoft expands its AI portfolio of products, we have a keen interest in leveraging these technologies to enable people to do more. This is particularly critical in the nonprofit space where organizations are facing the world\u2019s most challenging problems\u2014from ensuring food and water security to enabling safer and more reliable disaster response. The Tech for Social Good team, in particular, the AI for Humanitarian Action, is working to build scalable, reusable solutions with nonprofits so that those with similar needs and missions can do more to help others build better lives. AI for Humanity is the third and most recently launched pillar of this applied AI mission to provide solutions to organizations aligned with our mission. This talk will briefly cover our mission and engagement model and discuss some of the solutions we are building for this community.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-888\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-888\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-887\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tWhat Is Special About Spatial Data Science?\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-887\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-888\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/cts.umn.edu\/staff\/scholar-affiliated-researcher\/shekhar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shashi Shekhar<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spatial big data, such as trajectories and satellite imagery, have transformed our society via popular applications for navigation, ride-sharing, precision agriculture, public health, and public safety. It is only a start and bigger opportunities lies ahead. However, classical one-size-fits-all data science methods are grossly inadequate for analyzing spatial data due to severe problems such as gerrymandering and the very high cost of spurious patterns. To overcome the limitations of traditional data science, this presentation will summarize recent developments (spatial Hadoop, spatial statistics, spatial data mining, nano-satellites, high-definition roadmaps) and calls for community action to improve data science curriculum and computational platforms.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tabs -->","tab-content":[{"id":0,"name":"About","content":"The Microsoft Research Data Science Outreach Program engages with academic researchers and universities through an ecosystem of resources and partnerships to drive breakthrough impact. Microsoft Research Redmond is pleased to convene a workshop in Redmond to bring together Microsoft researchers plus data scientists with stakeholders from Big Data Innovation Hubs to:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Create an environment for better visibility and awareness of Microsoft Research to NSF funded BigData Hubs and vice versa<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Highlight outcomes between Microsoft Research and Big Data hub supported projects<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Highlight collaboration between Microsoft and regional big data projects and explore ideas for collaboration<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Identify common strategies for advancing data science research and innovation in the US<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nPlease see Agenda page for detailed session information. Participation is by invitation only.\r\n<h5>Program Committee<\/h5>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/vanim\/\">Vani Mandava<\/a>, Microsoft Research\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ren\u00e9-bast\u00f3n-513b17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ren\u00e9 Bast\u00f3n<\/a>, Columbia University\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/melissa-cragin-90365a36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melissa Cragin<\/a>, UIUC\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mmlee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meredith Lee<\/a>, UC Berkeley\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/afiimani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renata Rawlings-Goss<\/a>, Georgia Tech\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/leashanley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lea Shanley<\/a>, RENCI\r\n\r\n&nbsp;"},{"id":1,"name":"Agenda","content":"<h2>Monday, October 29, 2018<\/h2>\r\n<table style=\"border-spacing: inherit;border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;padding: 8px;text-align: left;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Time (PDT)<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Session<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">8:00 AM\u20139:00 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Breakfast<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Memphis Room<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:00 AM\u20139:15 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Welcome<\/strong>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/evelynev\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evelyne Viegas<\/a>, Director, Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Research\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/vanim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vani Mandava<\/a>, Director Data Science, Microsoft Research<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Memphis Room<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:15 AM\u201310:15 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Session 1: Earth Science<\/strong>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/lujoppa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucas Joppa<\/a>, Chief Environmental Officer, Microsoft\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/esipfed.org\/about\/community\/leadership\/staff\/erin-robinson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erin Robinson<\/a>, Executive Director, Earth Science Information Partners\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cts.umn.edu\/staff\/scholar-affiliated-researcher\/shekhar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shashi Shekar<\/a>, Distinguished University Professor, University of Minnesota<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Memphis Room<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:15 AM\u201310:30 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:30 AM\u201312:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Session 2: Health and Genomics<\/strong>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/geralynm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geralyn Miller<\/a>, Director, Microsoft Genomics\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/iuni.iu.edu\/people\/person\/franco-pestilli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Franco Pestilli<\/a>, Assistant Professor Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Indiana Bloomington\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gdclifford.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gari Clifford<\/a>, Interim Chair &amp; Associate Professor Biomedical Informatics, Emory University\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bradentierney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Braden Tierney<\/a>, PhD Candidate, Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program, Harvard Medical School<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Memphis Room<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">12:00 PM\u20131:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Lunch (and optional visit to Company Store &amp; Visitor Center)<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">1:00 PM\u20131:30 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>TBA<\/strong>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/adamfo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam Fourney<\/a>, Computer Scientist, Microsoft Research\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/benushi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Besmira Nushi<\/a>, Researcher, Microsoft Research<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Memphis Room<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">1:30 PM\u20132:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Travel to Building 99<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:00 PM\u20133:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>PhD Summit: Big Data Hub Executive Director Career Panel<\/strong>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ren\u00e9-bast\u00f3n-513b17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ren\u00e9 Bast\u00f3n<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/melissa-cragin-90365a36\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melissa Cragin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mmlee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meredith Lee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/afiimani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renata Rawlings-Goss<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/leashanley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lea Shanley<\/a>\r\nModerated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/vanim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vani Mandava<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 99, Room 1919<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:00 PM\u20133:15 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:15 PM\u20134:30 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Microsoft Research Lab Tour<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 99<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">4:30 PM\u20135:30 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>PhD Poster Session or Informal Networking<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 99 Atrium<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">5:30 PM\u20136:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Travel to Dinner<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">6:00 PM\u20139:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Dinner at Purple Caf\u00e9 &amp; Wine Bar, Bellevue<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<div style=\"height: 30px\"><\/div>\r\n<h2>Tuesday, October 30, 2018<\/h2>\r\n<table style=\"border-spacing: inherit;border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;padding: 8px;text-align: left;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Time (PDT)<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Session<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">8:00 AM\u20139:00 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Breakfast<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Tahoe Room<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:00 AM\u20139:15 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Welcome<\/strong>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/vanim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vani Mandava<\/a>, Director Data Science, Microsoft<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Jolt Room<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:15 AM\u20139:45 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Keynote<\/strong>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/horvitz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Horvitz<\/a>, Technical Fellow, Managing Director, Microsoft Research<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Jolt Room<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:45 AM\u201310:15 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:15 AM\u201310:25 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Thoughts from the National Science Foundation<\/strong>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/meghankmurphy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meghan Houghton<\/a>, Strategic Engagements, National Science Foundation<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Jolt Room<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:30 AM\u201312:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Session 3: Beacons of Collaboration<\/strong>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/humancomputation.org\/?page_id=204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pietro Michelucci<\/a>, Director Human Computation Institute\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/afiimani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renata Rawlings-Goss<\/a>, Data Science, Georgia Institute of Technology\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/icme.stanford.edu\/people\/karen-ebert-matthys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karen Matthys<\/a>, Executive Director, Stanford ICME\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ranveer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ranveer Chandra<\/a>, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Jolt Room<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">12:00 PM\u20131:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Lunch (and optional visit to Company Store &amp; Visitor Center)<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">1:00 PM\u20132:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Session 4: Data Science for Social Good<\/strong>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/escience.washington.edu\/people\/sarah-stone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Stone<\/a>, Co-Executive Director, eScience Institute, University of Washington\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andrew-s-hoffman-9a13a052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Hoffman<\/a>, Research Scientist, Data Ecologies Lab (Human Centered Design &amp; Engineering\/UW)\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ktolle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristin Tolle<\/a>, Principal Data Scientist, Microsoft Philanthropies<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Jolt Room<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:00 PM\u20132:15 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Wrap-up<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 92, Jolt Room<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:15 PM\u20132:45 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Travel to Building 42<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:00 PM\u20134:30 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong>Tour of Azure Cloud Collaboration Center Tour<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building 42<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">4:30 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Farewell<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<div style=\"height: 10px\"><\/div>\r\n<strong><em>*Agenda subject to change without notice<\/em><\/strong>"},{"id":2,"name":"Abstracts","content":"[accordion]\r\n[panel header=\"A Public Cloud Platform for Large-Scale Data Analysis, Visualization and Sharing of Reproducible Neuroscience Research\"]\r\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/iuni.iu.edu\/people\/person\/franco-pestilli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Franco Pestilli<\/a>\r\n\r\nNeuroscience is at the forefront of science by reaching across disciplinary boundaries and promoting transdisciplinary research. This process can, in principle, facilitate discovery by convergent efforts from theoretical, experimental and cognitive neuroscience, as well as computer science and engineering. To ensure success, mechanisms to guarantee reproducibility of scientific results must be established. Open software development and data sharing are therefore paramount in the quest to achieve reproducibility. We present brainlife.io, a platform which addresses challenges of neuroscience reproducibility by providing integrative mechanisms for publishing data, and algorithms while embedding them with computing resources to impact multiple scientific communities.\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[panel header=\"AI for Earth\"]\r\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/lujoppa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucas Joppa<\/a>\r\n\r\nThe speed and scale at which climate systems are changing, and the enormity of the human impact of those changes, requires a commensurate response in how society monitors, models, and manages climate systems. A key component to that response will emerge from the fundamentals of AI \u2013 transforming how we collect data, convert those data into actionable information, and communicate that information across the world. By training increasingly sophisticated algorithms with this unprecedented collection of data on dedicated computational infrastructure, we can combine human and computer intelligence in a way that will allow us to make increasingly informed and optimal choices about today \u2013 and tomorrow.\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[panel header=\"Azure Case Study: A Human\/Machine Partnership to Accelerate Biomedical Research\"]\r\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/humancomputation.org\/?page_id=204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pietro Michelucci<\/a>\r\n\r\nOur greatest opportunity for problem-solving comes not from humans alone or from Artificial Intelligence (AI) alone, but by combining them in distributed networks. Leveraging the complementary abilities of humans and machines allows us to create unprecedented capabilities today. The EyesOnALZ citizen science project accelerates Alzheimer's disease research by strategically combining machine learning and Crowd AI (human computation) methods. The specific human\/machine partnerships that enabled this capability have co-evolved with algorithmic advancements and computing platforms like Azure.\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[panel header=\"Bad Kappas - the Biggest Problem for Machine Learning for Health?\"]\r\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/gdclifford.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gari Clifford<\/a>\r\n\r\nPerhaps the most significant barrier to accurate machine learning of medical data is the lack of accurate labels on which to train data. PhysioNet has set the gold standard in physiological databases. The last 18 years of PhysioNet\/Computing in Cardiology (CinC) Challenges and related work have demonstrated that standard expert labels are far more error prone than would be expected by a relatively well-established medical field. With such inconsistencies, it is impossible for a diagnostic system to realistically achieve performance measure above 80-90%, which in turn prevents their use without human oversight; an imperative for large scale analysis. He will discuss solutions including a voting approach that combines multiple algorithms (and humans) of varying performance levels in an efficient manner to boost labels and classifier performances.\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[panel header=\"Building Data Science Capacity at Primarily Teaching Focused Institutions, Minority-Serving Institutions, and Community Colleges\"]\r\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/afiimani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renata Rawlings-Goss<\/a>\r\n\r\nThe ability to utilize and understand data is an increasingly critical skill for the evolving 21st-century workforce. Sectors posting data-driven jobs, grants, and opportunities are realizing a critical shortfall in data-literate talent for the positions of today as well as tomorrow. To combat this shortfall, underrepresented groups and schools must be engaged in data science training. This fact has sparked a collective effort to design programs that engage a broader community around STEM and data science. As part of this effort, the South Big Data Hub has created a program, called DataUp, to accelerate data science education across the region.\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[panel header=\"Data, Predictions, and Decisions in Support of People and Society\"]\r\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/erichorvitz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Horvitz<\/a>\r\n\r\nEric will share directions and results enabled by the confluence of large-scale data resources, jumps in computational power, and advances in machine learning. He will focus on efforts that leverage learning and inference to assist people with decisions, touching on work in transportation, medicine, and human-machine collaboration.\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[panel header=\"Data Science for Social Good at the University of Washington eScience Institute\"]\r\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/escience.washington.edu\/people\/sarah-stone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Stone<\/a>\r\n\r\nThe UW Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program partners eScience Institute Data Scientists and Student Fellows from across the country with Project Leads from academia, government, and private sector to find data-driven solutions to societal challenges. Previous projects span transportation, public health, urban planning, and disaster response. Project-based discussions around ethics, human-centered design and stakeholder collaboration are keystones of our program. Differences in prior experience and training among student fellows can pose a challenge, but become a strength in project work. Our experience supports the notion that DSSG programs can both impact social good and provide data science training for students from diverse disciplinary backgrounds.\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[panel header=\"Diversity in Data Science: The Women in Data Science Conference and Beyond\"]\r\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/icme.stanford.edu\/people\/karen-ebert-matthys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karen Matthys<\/a>\r\n\r\nBig Data market revenues are projected to reach $103 Billion by 2027. This expanding field presents a great opportunity for women and minorities to take on technical and leadership roles in all sectors. One way that we are addressing this opportunity is through the Women in Data Science Conference (WiDS), which was launched at Stanford just 3 years ago and now reaches over 100,000 people worldwide. This talk with share outcomes from WIDS global collaboration, lessons learned, and future plans. Karen will also cover other interdisciplinary collaborations at Stanford.\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[panel header=\"Enabling Genomics Discovery in the Cloud\"]\r\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/geralynm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geralyn Miller<\/a>\r\n\r\nThis talk will explore why genomics workloads are perfect for the cloud and how Microsoft Research is using the cloud to disrupt genomics discovery.\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[panel header=\"FarmBeats: Empowering Farmers with Affordable Digital Agriculture Solutions\"]\r\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ranveer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ranveer Chandra<\/a>\r\n\r\nData-driven techniques help boost agricultural productivity by increasing yields, reducing losses and cutting down input costs. However, these techniques have seen sparse adoption owing to high costs of manual data collection and limited connectivity solutions. Our solution, called FarmBeats, an end-to-end IoT &amp; AI platform for agriculture that enables seamless data collection from various sensors, cameras and drones. Our system design explicitly accounts for weather-related power and Internet outages, which has enabled six month long deployments in two US farms. In this talk, he will describe the FarmBeats system, and also outline the AI challenges we are currently addressing for outdoor as well as indoor agriculture.\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[panel header=\"Giving Credits Where They\u2019re Due: The Value(s) of the Microsoft Research - BD Hubs Partnership\"]\r\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/andrew-s-hoffman-9a13a052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Hoffman<\/a>\r\n\r\nThe recent partnership forged between Microsoft Research and the NSF Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs and Spokes furthers a relationship that began as early as 2010. The field of data science has shifted considerably in these intervening years, however, as have the organizational structures tasked with shepherding through data science research, innovation, and education. This presentation provides a biotechnical analysis of this changing landscape. Touching on both high-level science funding policy initiatives, as well as on the more practical work of forging and carrying out collaborations between government, industry, non-profits, and academia to enable cloud-based computational research, it discusses the multiple ways in which participating entities come to valorize these partnerships.\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[panel header=\"Making Data Matter Together: Opportunities for Collaboration Within Earth Science Data Communities and Strategies to Avoid Overwhelm\"]\r\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/esipfed.org\/about\/community\/leadership\/staff\/erin-robinson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erin Robinson<\/a>\r\n\r\nA critical part of effective earth science data and information system interoperability involves collaboration across geographically and temporally distributed communities. The Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) is a broad-based, distributed community of science, data and information technology practitioners from across science domains, economic sectors and the data lifecycle primarily based in the United States. Over the last twenty years, ESIP's open, participatory structure has provided a melting pot for coordinating around common areas of interest like data citation, experimenting on innovative ideas and capturing and finding best practices and lessons learned from across the network. This talk will provide an overview of relevant activities the ESIP is involved with and identify strategies for advancing data science research and innovation through open communities of practice like ESIP and Big Data Innovation Hubs.\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[panel header=\"Metagenomic Meta-Analysis Illuminates a Vast Universe of Genes in the Human Microbiome\"]\r\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/bradentierney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Braden Tierney<\/a>\r\n\r\nWe do not have a grasp on the scope of the microbiome\u2019s gene content, a question crucial for understanding the role of microbes in host health. To quantify this genetic universe, we undertook a meta-analysis of 3,500 human shotgun-sequencing samples from two body sites, the mouth and gut. We found that prior work has drastically underestimated the genetic richness of human microbiota by tens of millions of genes. These results serve as an explanation for the large heterogeneity of microbiome-derived human phenotypes, a path forward for gene-centric approaches in microbiome studies, and a quantification of the need for larger-scale metagenomic analyses than what currently exists.\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[panel header=\"Thoughts from the National Science Foundation\"]\r\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/meghankmurphy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meghan Houghton<\/a>\r\n\r\nAn update on the National Science Foundation's investments in data science, including through the Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs program and Harnessing the Data Revolution\u2014one of NSF\u2019s 10 Big Ideas for Future Investment.\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[panel header=\"Using AI for Social Good\"]\r\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ktolle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristin Tolle<\/a>\r\n\r\nAs Microsoft expands its AI portfolio of products, we have a keen interest in leveraging these technologies to enable people to do more. This is particularly critical in the nonprofit space where organizations are facing the world\u2019s most challenging problems\u2014from ensuring food and water security to enabling safer and more reliable disaster response. The Tech for Social Good team, in particular, the AI for Humanitarian Action, is working to build scalable, reusable solutions with nonprofits so that those with similar needs and missions can do more to help others build better lives. AI for Humanity is the third and most recently launched pillar of this applied AI mission to provide solutions to organizations aligned with our mission. This talk will briefly cover our mission and engagement model and discuss some of the solutions we are building for this community.\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[panel header=\"What Is Special About Spatial Data Science?\"]\r\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/cts.umn.edu\/staff\/scholar-affiliated-researcher\/shekhar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shashi Shekhar<\/a>\r\n\r\nSpatial big data, such as trajectories and satellite imagery, have transformed our society via popular applications for navigation, ride-sharing, precision agriculture, public health, and public safety. It is only a start and bigger opportunities lies ahead. However, classical one-size-fits-all data science methods are grossly inadequate for analyzing spatial data due to severe problems such as gerrymandering and the very high cost of spurious patterns. 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