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Past Event
Data Science Nights - Sept 2022 Meeting with 84.51°
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
5:15 PM
Details
SEPTEMBER MEETING: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 5:15pm (US Central) via Zoom
Zoom: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/92785264844
DATA SCIENCE NIGHTS are monthly talks on data science techniques or applications, organized by Northwestern University graduate students and scholars. Aspiring, beginning, and advanced data scientists are welcome!
AGENDA:
5:15pm - Data Science Night Meet and Greet
5:30pm - Data Science at 84.51°: Building an Automated Dashboard with Power BI and Databricks
6:15 PM Q&A Session with Speakers
SPEAKERS:
Emma Krummenacher – Senior Data Scientist, 84.51°
Xavier University, BS Computer Science, Business Analytics, and Information Systems
Caitlin Casar – Senior Data Engineer, 84.51°
Northwestern University, PhD Earth and Planetary Sciences
Kitra Razin – Data Scientist, 84.51°
Northwestern University, BM Mathematical Methods in Social Sciences (MMSS), Music Composition
TOPIC: Data Science at 84.51°: Building an Automated Dashboard with Power BI and Databricks
84.51° is a retail data science, insights, and media company with several office locations including Chicago and Cincinnati. We help the Kroger Company, consumer packaged goods companies, agencies, publishers, and affiliated partners create more personalized and valuable experiences for shoppers across the path to purchase, from initial awareness to activation, retention and beyond. Powered by cutting-edge science, we leverage first party retail data from nearly 1 of 2 US households and more than two billion transactions to fuel a more customer-centric journey. 84.51° is currently hiring data scientists and engineers for both internship and full-time roles. Join us to hear from data scientist Emma Krummenacher on developing business insights dashboards from the initial client request to the final product using Power BI and Databricks! We’ll give you an overview of data science roles at 84.51° and how you can apply to work with us.
Time
Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 5:15 PM - 8:00 PM
Contact
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Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
WED@NICO SEMINAR: Hamsa Bastani, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania "Challenges in Achieving Human-AI Collaboration"
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
12:00 PM
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Lower Level, Chambers Hall
Details
Speaker:
Hamsa Bastani, Associate Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisions, and Statistics and Data Science, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Title:
Challenges in Achieving Human-AI Collaboration
Abstract:
TBA
Speaker Bio:
Hamsa Sridhar Bastani is an Associate Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisions (OID) and Statistics and Data Science at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where she co-direct the Wharton Healthcare Analytics Lab. Her research sits at the intersection of machine learning, operations research, and economics. She studies how to design, deploy, and evaluate AI systems that empower human decision-makers and improve societal outcomes.
Professor Bastani aims to combine methodological depth with implementation in consequential environments. She has worked with national governments to deploy algorithms at the country scale for targeted border COVID-19 screening and essential medicine access, and has co-led one of the first large field studies of generative AI tutors in high school mathematics. She studies both the mathematical properties of algorithms and the way people respond to them.
Her research has been published in leading outlets including Nature, Management Science, Operations Research, and PNAS, and has garnered numerous recognitions, including the Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research, the INFORMS Pierskalla Award for best healthcare paper, and the George Nicholson Prize. Previously, she graduated summa cum laude from Harvard in 2012 with an A.M. in physics and an A.B. in physics and mathematics, completed her PhD in Stanford's Electrical Engineering department under the supervision of Mohsen Bayati, and spent a year as a Herman Goldstine postdoctoral fellow at IBM Research.
Location:
In person: Chambers Hall, 600 Foster Street, Lower Level
Remote option: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/99847338986
About the Speaker Series:
Wednesdays@NICO is a vibrant weekly seminar series focusing broadly on the topics of complex systems, networks, and artificial intelligence. It brings together attendees ranging from graduate students to senior faculty who span all of the schools across Northwestern, from applied math to sociology to biology and every discipline in-between. Please visit: https://bit.ly/WedatNICO for information on future speakers.
Time
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location
Lower Level, Chambers Hall Map
Contact
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Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
WED@NICO SEMINAR: Lightning Talks with NU Scholars!
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
12:00 PM
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Lower Level, Chambers Hall
Details
NICO is looking for participants to share 12-15 minute lightning talks on their current research. To sign up, please fill out this short survey. These are open to Northwestern graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scholars!
All talks will be given in person at Chambers Hall and this event will also be livestreamed via Zoom.
Speakers will be balanced based on their topics/disciplines in order to provide a broad representation of the research activities at NICO
Location:
In person: Chambers Hall, 600 Foster Street, Lower Level
Remote option: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/98031689779
About the Speaker Series:
Wednesdays@NICO is a vibrant weekly seminar series focusing broadly on the topics of complex systems, networks, and artificial intelligence. It brings together attendees ranging from graduate students to senior faculty who span all of the schools across Northwestern, from applied math to sociology to biology and every discipline in-between. Please visit: https://bit.ly/WedatNICO for information on future speakers.
Time
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location
Lower Level, Chambers Hall Map
Contact
Calendar
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)