3:00 p.m. | The Graduate and The Corner Building

Datapalooza 2019 will feature a series of one-hour panel sessions around a variety of topics to showcase the depth and breadth of data science research opportunities. These panels offer an opportunity to help guide data science research at UVA and beyond.

During the first half of the panel, each speaker will present on their research around the topic, followed by a moderated session including comments and questions from the audience, then a discussion led by the moderator with the panelists. The second half of the panel will be used for a dialog with the audience around key question(s) that will inform future research directions for the School of Data Science. A notetaker will provide a summary that is intended to inform school research direction and be publicly posted after the meeting.


DATA & THE LAW

Ballroom | Ninth Floor

Much has been said about how the law should adapt to the increasing use of data science techniques by police, employers, courts, and other public and private actors. But data science can also help us understand law. In this session, we will discuss how thinking of law as data can shed light on one of the most important human institutions.

  • Risa L. Goluboff (moderator), Dean, Arnold H. Leon Professor of Law and History, UVA School of Law
  • Michael Livermore, Edward F. Howrey Professor, UVA School of Law
  • Kevin Cope, Associate Professor, UVA School of Law; Associate Professor, Law and Public Policy, UVA Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy

DATA & FINANCE

Sheepdog Cafe | First Floor

This session will explore how human behavior will shape observed outcomes in financial markets with an eye toward understanding how these can be anticipated and modeled.

  • Marc Lipson (moderator), Professor, UVA Darden School of Business
  • Patrick Dennis, Associate Professor, UVA McIntire School of Commerce
  • Greg Frank, CEO and Chairman, Pula Capital Management LP

DATA & THE BRAIN

Game Room | Second Floor

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) are irreversible and progressive neurocognitive disorders that slowly destroy memory and the ability to think. In seeking effective cures and interventions, it is becoming clear that we are dealing with a heterogeneous cluster of related dementias, requiring a sophisticated understanding of cognition to unravel. Caregivers for people with dementia face very significant biopsychosocial and economic challenges, with potential co-morbidities. This panel will discuss challenges and efforts at UVA and elsewhere to better understand, treat and care for these disorders including both people with dementia and their caregivers, using data science and neuropsychology to understand effects on both patients and caregivers, and to tease apart effects on cognition.

  • Tim Clark (moderator), Associate Professor, UVA School of Data Science; Associate Professor, Public Health, UVA School of Medicine
  • Carol Manning, Ph.D. ABPP-CN, Vice Chair for Faculty Development; Director, Memory Discorders Clinic; Professor, UVA School of Nursing
  • Per Sederberg, Ph.D., Director, Cognitive Science Program; Associate Professor, Psychology, UVA College of Arts & Sciences

DATA & INSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE

The Corner Building | Studio A

This session will examine how research faculty in the School of Data Science and throughout the University of Virginia use student data to improve the student experience, and the ethical considerations raised. Panelists will discuss the ethical use and privacy rights issues that arise when using student data to further research activities.

  • Christina Morell (moderator), UVA Associate Provost for Institutional Assessment and Studies and Director
  • Christopher Holstege, Professor, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics;Chief, Division of Medical Toxicology; Executive Director, Elson Student Health Center; Director, Blue Ridge Poison Center, UVA School of Medicine
  • Laura Hawthorne, UVA Associate Vice Provost and University Registrar
  • Sarah Ratcliffe, Professor and Director, Division of Biostatistics; Associate Chair for Research, Public Health Sciences; and Director, iTHRIV Research Methods core, UVA School of Medicine