Roundtable on Data Science Postsecondary Education: Improving Coordination Between Academia and Industry

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold a one-day meeting and webcast on "Improving Coordination Between Academia and Industry" on March, 29 2019 in Irvine, CA. The meeting will bring together data scientists and educators in academia, government, and industry to 1) discuss common challenges in establishing, maintaining, and evolving partnerships between academia and industry in data science education, including issues in data sharing, intellectual property, and confidentiality, and 2) learn about ongoing programs and partnerships at universities and research groups around the U.S.

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For more information, please visit the event website.

For this event, you have the option to register as an in-person participant or as a remote participant. Please select the appropriate ticket type so we can get a correct head count!

Instructions for Remote Participants

Watch the meeting here: https://livestream.com/accounts/15221519/DataScience

During the event, we encourage remote participants to send questions for the speakers to Ben Wender at bwender@nas.edu, who will read them out if time permits. Please note that the afternoon breakout session will not be webcast.

ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE

This event is part of an ongoing series of roundtable meetings that take place approximately four times per year. It is organized by the Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics in conjunction with the Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications, the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, and the Board on Science Education. Learn more about the roundtable and watch videos of past meetings on the roundtable website.