• August 31, 2023 09:00 AM
Speaker:
Title: Big Data Conference 2023
Venue: Harvard Science Center

On August 31-Sep 1, 2023 the CMSA will host the ninth annual Conference on Big Data. The Big Data Conference features speakers from the Harvard community as well as scholars from across the globe, with talks focusing on computer science, statistics, math and physics, and economics. Location: Harvard University Science Center Hall D & via Zoom. Directions and Recommended Lodging Format: This conference will be held in hybrid format, both in person and via Zoom Webinar. Registration is required. Note: In-person registration is at capacity. Please sign up for the Zoom Webinar (registration link).   Speakers: Jacob Andreas, MIT Morgane Austern, Harvard Albert-László Barabási, Northeastern Rachel Cummings, Columbia Melissa Dell, Harvard Jianqing Fan, Princeton Tommi Jaakkola, MIT Ankur Moitra,…

  • August 26, 2022 09:00 AM
Speaker: Xiaohong Chen (Yale), Miles Cranmer (Princeton) Jessica Jeffers (U Chicago), Dan Roberts (MIT)
Title: Big Data Conference 2022
Venue: virtual

On August 26, 2022 the CMSA hosted our eighth annual Conference on Big Data. The Big Data Conference features speakers from the Harvard community as well as scholars from across the globe, with talks focusing on computer science, statistics, math and physics, and economics. The 2022 Big Data Conference took place virtually on Zoom. Organizers: Scott Duke Kominers, MBA Class of 1960 Associate Professor, Harvard Business Horng-Tzer Yau, Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University Sergiy Verstyuk, CMSA, Harvard University Speakers: Xiaohong Chen, Yale Miles Cranmer, Princeton Jessica Jeffers, University of Chicago Dan Roberts, MIT Schedule 9:00 am Conference Organizers Introduction and Welcome 9:10 am – 9:55 am Xiaohong Chen Title: On ANN optimal estimation and inference for policy…

  • August 24, 2021 12:00 AM
Speaker: Andrew Blumberg (UT Austin), Moran Koren (Harvard CMSA), Hima Lakkaraju (Harvard), Katrina Ligett (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Title: Big Data Conference 2021
Venue: virtual

On August 24, 2021, the CMSA hosted our seventh annual Conference on Big Data. The Conference features 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 economics. The 2021 Big Data Conference took place virtually on Zoom. Organizers:  Shing-Tung Yau, William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University Scott Duke Kominers, MBA Class of 1960 Associate Professor, Harvard Business Horng-Tzer Yau, Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University Sergiy Verstyuk, CMSA, Harvard University Speakers: Andrew Blumberg, University of Texas at Austin Moran Koren, Harvard CMSA Hima Lakkaraju, Harvard University Katrina Ligett, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Time (ET; Boston time) Speaker Title/Abstract 9:00AM Conference Organizers…

  • August 24, 2020 10:00 AM
Speaker: Sanjeev Arora (Princeton), Juan Camilo Castillo (U Penn), Joseph Dexter (Dartmouth), Nicole Immorlica (Microsoft), Amin Saberi (Stanford), Vira Semenova (UC Berkeley), Varda Shalev (Tel Aviv University)
Title: 2020 Big Data Conference (Virtual)
Venue: Virtual

On August 24-25, 2020 the CMSA hosted our sixth annual Conference on Big Data. The 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 economics. The 2020 Big Data Conference took place virtually. Videos of the talks are available in this youtube playlist.   Organizers:  Shing-Tung Yau, William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University Scott Duke Kominers, MBA Class of 1960 Associate Professor, Harvard Business Horng-Tzer Yau, Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University Sergiy Verstyuk, CMSA, Harvard University Speakers: Sanjeev Arora, Princeton University Juan Camilo Castillo, University of Pennsylvania Joseph Dexter, Dartmouth College Nicole Immorlica, Microsoft Amin Saberi, Stanford University Vira Semenova,…

  • August 19, 2019 08:30 AM
Speaker: Rediet Abebe (Cornell), Pablo Azar (MIT), Jorn Boehnke (UC Davis), Sarah Brown (Brown), Abeer Elbahrawy (Alan Turing Institute), Charles Epstein (AMCS), David Gamarnik (MIT), Anna Gilbert (Michigan), Andrew Lo (MIT), Xiaole Shirley Liu (Dana Farber Cancer Institute), Joe Kileel (Princeton), Tymofiy Mylovanov (U Pittsburgh), Elaine O. Nsoesie (Boston University), Aaron Roth (UPenn), Amit Singer (Princeton), Zhiping Weng (UMass Medical School), David Yang (Harvard)
Title: 2019 Big Data Conference
Venue: Harvard Science Center

On August 19-20, 2019 the CMSA will be hosting our fifth annual Conference on Big Data. The Conference will feature 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 economics. The talks will take place in Science Center Hall D, 1 Oxford Street. For a list of lodging options convenient to the Center, please visit our recommended lodgings page. Please note that lunch will not be provided during the conference, but a map of Harvard Square with a list of local restaurants can be found by clicking Map & Restaurants. Videos can be found in this Youtube playlist or in the schedule below.

  • August 23, 2018 08:30 AM
Speaker: Mohammad Akbarpour (Stanford), Emily Breza (Harvard), Francesca Dominici (Harvard), Chiara Farronato (Harvard), Kobi Gal (Ben Gurion), Jonah Kallenbach (Reverie Labs), Samuel Kou (Harvard), Laura Kreidberg (Harvard), Danielle Li (MIT), Libby Mishkin (Uber), Josh Speagle (Harvard), William Stein (University of Washington), Alex Teyltelboym (University of Oxford), Sergiy Verstyuk (CMSA/Harvard)
Title: Big Data Conference 2018
Venue: Harvard Science Center

  On August 23-24, 2018 the CMSA will be hosting our fourth annual Conference on Big Data. The Conference will feature 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 economics. The talks will take place in Science Center Hall B, 1 Oxford Street. For a list of lodging options convenient to the Center, please visit our recommended lodgings page. Please note that lunch will not be provided during the conference, but a map of Harvard Square with a list of local restaurants can be found by clicking Map & Restaurants. Please register here.  Confirmed Speakers:  Mohammad Akbarpour, Stanford Emily Breza, Harvard Francesca Dominici, Harvard Chiara Farronato, Harvard Kobi…

  • August 18, 2017 03:47 PM
Speaker: Mohammad Akbarpour (Stanford), Albert-László Barabási (Northeastern), Noureddine El Karoui (UC Berkeley), Ravi Jagadeesan (Harvard), Lucas Janson (Harvard), Tracy Ke (U Chicago), Tze Leung Lai (Stanford), Annie Liang (U Penn), Marena Lin (Harvard), Nikhil Naik (Harvard), Alex Peysakhovich (Facebook), Natesh Pillai (Harvard), Jann Spiess (Harvard), Bradly Stadie (Open AI, UC Berkeley), Zak Stone (Google), Hau-Tieng Wu (U Toronto), Sifan Zhou (Xiamen University)
Title: 2017 Big Data Conference
Venue: Harvard Science Center

The Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications will be hosting a conference on Big Data from August 18 – 19, 2017, in Hall D of the Science Center at Harvard University. The Big Data Conference features 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 economics. This is the third conference on Big Data the Center will host as part of our annual events, and is co-organized by Richard Freeman, Scott Kominers, Jun Liu, Horng-Tzer Yau and Shing-Tung Yau. For a list of lodging options convenient to the Center, please visit our recommended lodgings page. Please note that lunch will not be provided during the conference,…

  • August 22, 2016 01:24 PM
Speaker:
Title: 2016 Big Data Conference & Workshop
Venue: Harvard Science Center

! LOCATION CHANGE: The conference will be in Science Center Hall C on Tuesday, Aug.23, 2016. The Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications will be hosting a workshop on Big Data from August 12 – 21, 2016 followed by a two-day conference on Big Data from August 22 – 23, 2016. Big Data Conference features many speakers from the Harvard Community as well as many scholars from across the globe, with talks focusing on computer science, statistics, math and physics, and economics. This is the second conference on Big Data the Center will host as part of our annual events. The 2015 conference was a huge success. The conference will be hosted at Harvard Science Center Hall A (Monday, Aug.22) & Hall C (Tuesday,…

  • August 24, 2015 08:45 AM
Speaker:
Title: 2015 Conference on Big Data
Venue: Harvard Science Center

The Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications will be having a conference on Big Data August 24-26, 2015, in Science Center Hall B at Harvard University.  This conference will feature many speakers from the Harvard Community as well as many scholars from across the globe, with talks focusing on computer science, statistics, math and physics, and economics. For more info, please contact Sarah LaBauve at slabauve@math.harvard.edu.   Registration for the conference is now closed. Please click here for a downloadable version of this schedule. Please note that lunch will not be provided during the conference, but a map of Harvard Square with a list of local restaurants can be found here. Monday, August 24 Time Speaker Title 8:45am Meet and Greet…