PennIDEAS: Big Data

PennIDEAS: Innovation and Discovery in Engineering, Arts & Sciences

Join Steven Fluharty, Dean of Penn Arts & Sciences and Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Professor of Psychology, Pharmacology, and Neuroscience, Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, and faculty experts as we explore discoveries and ideas at the crux of technology and society.

Our panel of faculty experts looks at the promise and perils of big data, considering how it is already transforming research across all areas of inquiry, what happens when machine learning goes wrong, and what it will take to prepare students for this new era. 

Hosted by University Trustee and Penn Arts & Sciences Advisor Ramanan Raghavendran, ENG’89, W’89, LPS’13.

Susan Davidson, George A. Weiss Professor of Computer and Information Science
Bhuvnesh Jain, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Natural Sciences
Aaron Roth, Professor of Computer and Information Science