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Day of Data at ICERM at Brown University May 18, 2012

May 14th, 2012

Artists, biologists, humanists, engineers, social scientists . . . faculty across disciplines from Brown University, the Marine Biology Laboratory, Rhode Island School of Design and the University of Rhode Island will gather on May 18th at the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM) at Brown University for a "Day of Data."

The Day of Data is a daylong program for faculty to explore the challenges of a data-driven society and learn how to embrace the limitless opportunities that data provides to enhance, focus and accelerate innovation in research, technology and education. This conference is in line with the research objectives of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's recently "Big Data Research and Development Initiative" to improve our ability to extract knowledge and insights from large and complex collections of digital data, the initiative promises to help solve some the Nation's most pressing challenges.

Brown's program begins with a cross-sector panel of experts from the National Science Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, IBM and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The panel will share their stories of the growing number of public and private big data initiatives. They will also provide insights to how data can be used as a bridge, dissolving traditional barriers and opening up new channels for collaboration, research and commercial opportunities.

The panel is followed by 26 faculty storytellers, including incoming Brown University president Christina Paxson, who will share a personal experience of how data has transformed or is transforming their work.

The last part of the day is devoted to working sessions to connect, share and build a collaborative data-enabled ecosystem. Big data is redefining collaborative practices and the culture of higher education. These working sessions will bring together all the Day of Data stories and their participants, and allow faculty collaboratively to imagine new directions, partnerships, methods and resources to define their future.

Provided by Brown University

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