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Big Data, Data Science
May 29, 2015 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Big Data, Data Science, and other Buzzwords that Really Matter
Michael Franklin, Thomas M. Siebel Professor and Chair, UC Berkeley
Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series
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Big Data, Data Science, and other Buzzwords that Really Matter
Michael Franklin, Thomas M. Siebel Professor and Chair, UC Berkeley
Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series
Date: May 29, 2015
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Donald Bren Hall 6011
Abstract:
Data is all the rage across industry and across campuses. While it may be temping to dismiss the buzz as just another spin of the hype cycle, there are substantial shifts and realignments underway that are fundamentally changing how Computer Science, Statistics and virtually all subject areas will be taught, researched, and perceived as disciplines. In this talk I will give my personal perspectives on this new landscape based on experiences organizing a large, industry-engaged academic Computer Science research project (the AMPLab), in helping to establish a campus-wide Data Science research initiative (the Berkeley Institute for Data Science), and my participation on a campus task force charged with mapping out Data Science Education for all undergraduates at Berkeley.
Bio:
Michael Franklin is the Thomas M. Siebel Professor of Computer Science and Chair of the Computer Science Division of the EECS Department at UC Berkeley. He is director of the Berkeley AMPLab, a 70+ person effort fusing scalable computing, machine learning, and human computation to make sense of data at scale. AMPLab software including: Spark, Shark, and Mesos, plays a significant role in the emerging Big Data ecosystem. The lab is funded by an NSF CISE Expeditions Award, the Darpa XData program, and 26 companies including founding sponsors Amazon Web Services, Google, and SAP.
Contact: Melanie Sanders