Challenges of Data Science 2018

Friday 21 Sept 2018, 09:00 → 17:00 UTC

Mason Lecture Theatre (Queen Mary University of London)

Michael Farber (Queen Mary University of London)

Challenges of Data Science 2018 takes place at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). This conference will survey main achievements and societal, scientific and industrial challenges of various aspects of big data and AI relevant to the Institute of Applied Data Science (IADS) of QMUL. With support from The Alan Turing Institute.

09:15 → 10:00 The Lure of Data Science, Deep Learning, AI and all the other buzz words

Speaker: Dr Chris Yau (University of Birmingham)

10:05 → 10:50 Quantifying the Intangible

Speaker: Dr Daniele Quercia (Nokia Bell Labs, Cambridge)

11:10 → 11:55 Recent progress on Quantum Low Density Parity-Check (LDPC) codes

Speaker: Prof. Gilles Zemor (Inst of Mathematics of Bordeaux)

12:00 → 12:30 Democracy and Data

Speaker: Lord Tim Clement-Jones (former Lib Dem Spokesman on Culture, Media and Sport in the House of Lords)

14:00 → 14:45 Discovering novel materials: the convergence of high-performance computing, high-throughput computing, and data analytics

Speaker: Prof. Nicola Marzari (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

14:50 → 15:35 Using Topology in the Study of Brain Structure and Function

Speaker: Prof. Ran Levi (University of Aberdeen)

15:40 → 16:40 Panel Discussion