Data Science Lunches

Data Science Lunches

During the academic year, our postdoctoral fellows meet most Tuesdays from 12pm – 1:30pm in the PSC 5th Floor Collaboration Space for an informal lunch with a Penn faculty guest speaker. Each speaker then leads the group in a casual discussion regarding the use of data science in their research. Discussions vary in content, but tend to focus on the applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence in various academic disciplines.

We encourage open conversation and the exchange of ideas at each lunch, thus fostering a collaborative environment among fellows and faculty alike. As such, these lunches provide an excellent opportunity for our fellows to make interdisciplinary connections and discover new ways to utilize data science in their own research.

Upcoming Data Science Lunches

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Past Data Science Lunches

Data Science Lunch: Sarah Lee

Events and objects in space and time, in the mind, and in language

Amy Gutmann Hall, Room 615

3333 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

During the academic year, our postdoctoral fellows meet most Tuesdays from 12pm – 1:30pm for an informal lunch with a Penn faculty guest speaker.

Data Science Lunch: Michael Weisberg

Tackling complexities and knowledge gaps in climate change negotiations and how data visualizations can help

Amy Gutmann Hall, Room 615

3333 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

During the academic year, our postdoctoral fellows meet most Tuesdays from 12pm – 1:30pm for an informal lunch with a Penn faculty guest speaker.

Data Science Lunch: Hanming Fang

Trends in data science and predictive economics

Amy Gutmann Hall, Room 615

3333 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

During the academic year, our postdoctoral fellows meet most Tuesdays from 12pm – 1:30pm for an informal lunch with a Penn faculty guest speaker.

Data Science Lunch: Dan Hopkins

Nationalization of voters and utilization of data science methods in political science

Amy Gutmann Hall, Room 615

3333 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

During the academic year, our postdoctoral fellows meet most Tuesdays from 12pm – 1:30pm for an informal lunch with a Penn faculty guest speaker.

Data Science Lunch: Eduardo Mercado

Identifying and classifying acoustical markers of whale songs using Google and NOAA’s Pattern Radio

Amy Gutmann Hall, Room 615

3333 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

During the academic year, our postdoctoral fellows meet most Tuesdays from 12pm – 1:30pm for an informal lunch with a Penn faculty guest speaker.

Data Sciences Lunch: Greg Ridgeway

Using benchmarking to examine race disparities in NY state sentencing, Danish heathcare, and police satisfaction

Amy Gutmann Hall, Room 615

3333 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

During the academic year, our postdoctoral fellows meet most Tuesdays from 12pm – 1:30pm for an informal lunch with a Penn faculty guest speaker.

Data Science Lunch: Chang-Yu Chang

Species coexistence and how we can use simple microbiology experiments and image object features to detect it

Amy Gutmann Hall, Room 615

3333 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

During the academic year, our postdoctoral fellows meet most Tuesdays from 12pm – 1:30pm for an informal lunch with a Penn faculty guest speaker.

Data Science Lunch: Xi Song

Computational approaches to understanding inter- and intra-generational changes in career mobility

Amy Gutmann Hall, Room 615

3333 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

During the academic year, our postdoctoral fellows meet most Tuesdays from 12pm – 1:30pm for an informal lunch with a Penn faculty guest speaker.

Data Science Lunch: Josh Plotkin; Colin Twomey

Evolution of baby names and popularity of dog breeds; Computational principles and communicative needs that shape color naming systems in natural language

Amy Gutmann Hall, Room 615

3333 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

During the academic year, our postdoctoral fellows meet most Tuesdays from 12pm – 1:30pm for an informal lunch with a Penn faculty guest speaker.

Data Science Lunch: Mark Whiting; Ivan Simpson-Kent; Andrew Connolly

Understanding the replication crisis in research, evaluating common sense; Multi-layer network analysis in relating brain structure to exposome in children

Amy Gutmann Hall, Room 615

3333 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

During the academic year, our postdoctoral fellows meet most Tuesdays from 12pm – 1:30pm for an informal lunch with a Penn faculty guest speaker.