Big Data: Impact on Our Lives
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Overview of Big Data and Its Growing Impact
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Speakers
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Luís A. Nunes Amaral, PhD
- HHMI Early Career Scientist
- Co-Director, Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
- Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering
- Professor of Physics & Astronomy (courtesy)
- Professor of Medicine (courtesy)
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Rex L. Chisholm, PhD
- Vice Dean Scientific Affairs and Graduate Education
- Adam and Richard T. Lind Professor of Medical Genetics
- Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology and Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine
Resources
Creativity and Team Science
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Speakers
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Abel N. Kho, MD
- Director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) - Center for Health Information Partnerships
- Director, Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
- Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine) and Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics)
- Faculty Profile
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Benjamin F. Jones
- Gordon and Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship, Kellogg School of Management
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Bruce Ankenman
- Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Resources
Neuroscience
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Speakers
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Malcolm A. MacIver, PhD
- Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering
- Professor of Neurobiology (courtesy)
- NU Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
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Moran Cerf, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Marketing, Kellogg School of Management
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
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Kristin Rae Swanson, PhD
- Professor, Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine
- Professor, Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Professor, Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine
Resources
New Directions In Engineering
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Speakers
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Karen Smilowitz
- Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
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Resources
The Universe – Earth and Sky
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Speakers
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Seth Stein
- William Deering Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
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Vicky Kalogera
- Daniel I. Linzer Distinguished Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
- Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA)
Resources
Media and Communications
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Speakers
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Larry Birnbaum
- Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
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Ed Malthouse
- Theodore R. and Annie Laurie Sills Professor of Integrated Marketing Communications, Medill School of Journalism
- Research Director, Spiegel Center on Database and Digital Marketing
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Frank Mulhern
- Professor and Associate Dean, Integrated Marketing Communications Department, Medill School of Journalism
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Transformation of Medicine
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Speakers
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David W. Baker, MD, MPH
- Michael A. Gertz Professor in Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine
- Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
- Deputy Director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine
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Elizabeth M. McNally, MD, PhD
- Director, Center for Genetic Medicine
- Elizabeth J. Ward Professor of Genetic Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine
- Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
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Justin Starren, MD, PhD, FACMI
- Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics), Feinberg School of Medicine
- Deputy Director, Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (NUCATS)
- Director, Northwestern University Biomedical Informatics Center (NUBIC)