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Videos from Big Data 2017
The Big Data Conference featured many speakers from the Harvard community as well as scholars from across the globe, with talks focusing on computer science, statistics, math and physics, and […] ...
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Video recaps of Big Data 2017
This August, several presenters of the 2017 Big Data Conference stepped aside to offer a summary of their presentations and research. Prior to the event, organizer Jun Liu also sat […] ...
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Big Data 2017: Marena Lin
Marena Lin (Harvard University) summarizes her presentation at the Harvard Center of Mathematical Sciences’ Big Data Conference 2017. Title: Optimizing climate variables for human impact studies Abstract: Estimates of the relationship between […] ...
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Big Data 2017: Annie Liang
Annie Liang (University of Pennsylvania) summarizes her presentation at the Harvard Center of Mathematical Sciences’ Big Data Conference 2017. Title: The Theory is Predictive, but is it Complete? An Application […] ...
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Big Data 2017: Zak Stone
Title: TensorFlow: Machine Learning for EveryoneAbstract: We’ve witnessed extraordinary breakthroughs in machine learning over the past several years. What kinds of things are possible now that weren’t possible before? How […] ...
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Big Data 2017: Zak Stone
Zak Stone (Google) gives a brief summary of his presentation at the Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications’ Big Data Conference 2017. Title: TensorFlow: Machine Learning for EveryoneAbstract: We’ve witnessed […] ...
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Big Data 2017: Mohammad Akbarpour
Title: Information aggregation in overlapping generations and the emergence of expertsAbstract: We study a model of social learning with “overlapping generations”, where agents meet others and share data about an […] ...
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Memorial to Maryam Mirzakhani
On Aug. 13, 2017, Boston-area Iranian scholars organized a memorial in honor of Fields Medal winner Maryam Mirzakhani. The event was moderated by CMSA Visitor Artan Sheshmani, and featured comments […] ...
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Scenes from Big Data 2017
(Above) Big Data 2017 attendees, speakers and organizers pose for a group photo on the steps of Harvard’s Littauer Center. ...
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Big Data 2017 Preview, with Jun Liu
In anticipation of the Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications’ Big Data Conference (Aug. 18-19), Jun Liu, professor of statistics at Harvard University and a Scientific Board member of CMSA, […] ...
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Big Data 2017 Preview, with Scott Kominers
Scott Kominers, associate professor at the Harvard Business School and faculty affiliate at the Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications, speaks briefly on the upcoming Big Data Conference (Aug. 18-19). […] ...
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Graph Theory with Mark Kempton
Mark Kempton, a postdoctoral researcher at the Harvard Center of Mathematical Science and Applications working with S.T. Yau, describes the center’s recent research in graph theory and highlights a few […] ...
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