Data Science and Public Policy Seminar Series

Harris School of Public Policy 1155 East 60th Street, Chicago, United States

Towards classifier-driven observational studies from social media Aron Culotta Illinois Institute of Technology Wednesday, April 27, 2016 1:00pm to 2:00pm Harris School Rm. 142 Abstract: In recent years, researchers have mined social media streams to forecast and "nowcast" a wide variety of population statistics, including the rates of influenza, obesity, drug consumption, and even roadkill. [...]

Friday Talk: Paul O’Connor

Paul O'Connor will be the first Friday Speaker in our seminar series at DSSG this year. A lot of things about DSSG have changed over the past 4 years but the one constant has been Paul kicking off the summer for us. Paul currently works at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in Chicago and brings decades [...]