CSoI "Big Data Workshop"
March 18-20, 2013

Last Update: Tue April 9, 2013 4:08 PM EDT

Monday, March 18


9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions, Wojciech Szpankowski [PPTX]
9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Tutorial – Michael Mahoney, Stanford Title: Algorithmic and Statistical Perspectives on BIG Data… and Information Theory? [PDF]
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Tutorial continues and discussion
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Shankar Subramaniam, UCSD Title: Big Challenges for Big Data from Biological Systems [PPT]
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Todd Coleman, UCSD Title: Efficient Bayesian Inference Methods via Convex Optimization and Optimal Transport [PDF]
(audio missing for first couple minutes)
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Ananth Grama and Shahin Mohammadi, Purdue Title: A Systems Study of Aging and Age-Related Pathologies [PDF]
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Haesun Park, Georgia Tech Title: Visual Analytics for Large Scale High Dimensional Data [PDF]
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Reception

Tuesday, March 19


9:00 a.m - 10:30 a.m.
Tutorial – Deepak Agarwal, LinkedIn Title: Large Scale Machine Learning for Content Recommendation and Computational Advertising [PDF]
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Tutorial Continues and Discussion
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Tom Courtade, Amir Ingber, and Tsachy Weissman, Stanford Title: Compression for Queries [PDF]
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Robert Bonneau, AFOSR Title: Complex Information Systems [PPTX]
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Michael Oliver and Jack Gallant, UC Berkeley Title: Big Data and the Brain [PDF]
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
David Gleich, Purdue Title: Iterative Algorithms for Network Alignment [PDF]

Wednesday, March 20


9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Tutorial - Yuliy Baryshnikov, UIUC Title: Topological Data Analysis and Stochastic Topology [PDF]
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Tutorial Continues and Discussion
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
P. R. Kumar, Texas A&M Title: A Clean Slate Approach to Security of Wireless Networks [PDF]
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Jennifer Neville, Purdue Title: Active Sampling for Prediction in Networks [PDF]
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Narayana Prasad Santhaman, University of Hawaii Title: Consistent Estimators that Converge Pointwise on Model Classes
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Short Break
5:00 p.m. - ?
Discussion: Update of CSoI Grand Challenges in Knowledge Extraction

For More Info

Contact:
Bob Brown
Email: bobbrown@purdue.edu


© 2013 Center for Science of Information NSF Science and Technology Center.
Workshop made possible by NSF grant no. CCF-0939370.