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WED@NICO SEMINAR: Luis Amaral, Northwestern University "A, hopefully, thoughtful soapbox talk"
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
12:00 PM
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Lower Level, Chambers Hall
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Luis Amaral, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Co-Director of the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Northwestern University
Title:
A, hopefully, thoughtful soapbox talk
Abstract:
As a young scientist, I was mostly focused on my own field, my own research, and my own success. As I have aged, and took increasing responsibility for trainees and institutions, it has become more and more important to me to think about the state of the entire scientific enterprise. It has helped me that I have long had an interest in the history of science and in the stories of science.
Being fair, the science enterprise has never been as diverse, broad, rich, or exciting. Being idealistic, it is impossible to ignore the numerous ways in which science is still the province of white males, focused on topics decided by a small cohort, or pushed in the short term by concerns having little to do with search for truth.
As a way to make some of this issues concrete, I will describe some of my lab’s research on gender diversity in science and beyond. I will explain why this topic matters to me and why I find it a litmus test of the progress of the scientific enterprise.
Speaker Bio:
Professor Amaral, a native of Portugal, conducts and directs research that provides insight into the emergence, evolution, and stability of complex social and biological systems. His research aims to address some of the most pressing challenges facing human societies and the world’s ecosystems, including the mitigation of errors in healthcare settings, the characterization of the conditions fostering innovation and creativity, or the growth limits imposed by sustainability.
Recently, Amaral proposed the development of cartographic methods for the representation of complex biological networks. These methods will enable researchers to to glean the important information on a given system at the scale of interest to the researcher. These tools hold the promise to enable biomedical researcher to design or re-engineer biological systems for therapeutic purposes.
Professor Amaral has published over a 150 scientific peer-reviewed papers in leading scientific journals. Those papers have been cited in excess of 15 thousand times. His research has been featured in numerous media sources, both in the US and abroad. Professor Amaral has received a CAREER award from the National Institutes of Health, was named a Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research by the W. M. Keck Foundation, and has been selected as an Early Career Scientist by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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WED@NICO SEMINAR: Hamed Alhoori, Northern Illinois University "Development of Models to Predict the Broader Impact of Research"
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
12:00 PM
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Lower Level, Chambers Hall
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Speaker:
Hamed Alhoori, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Northern Illinois University
Title:
Development of Models to Predict the Broader Impact of Research
Abstract:
Investment in research is critical for protecting and advancing societal well-being. Annually, more than two trillion U.S. dollars are spent worldwide on research and development. However, the increased demand for public resources has made providing evidence that research is having a positive impact on society a matter of great importance. Advances in science are often preceded by advancements in measurement. On this basis, in this talk, I will address some approaches to measure the impact of research beyond the scholarly community and traditional indicators of scholarly citations. I will present some of the newly developed metrics and machine learning models to understand and predict the broader impact of research using datasets such as online mentions, policy documents, patents, news, and emotional responses to scientific findings. The talk will also explore some of our current projects such as predicting scholarly impact at an early stage, discovering reproducible research, and measuring public understanding of science.
Speaker Bio:
Hamed Alhoori is an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department at Northern Illinois University where he directs the DATA Lab and was a visiting scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. His broad research interests are in the areas of science of science, data science, and computational social science. He earned his PhD and MS in Computer Science at Texas A&M University and his BSc in Computer Science at the University of Bahrain. He has worked on nationally and internationally funded multidisciplinary projects. His work has appeared in the ACM/IEEE JCDL, IJDL, JOI, TPDL, ASIST and other scholarly venues.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Data Science Nights - NOVEMBER 2019 Meeting
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
6:30 PM
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Lower Level, Chambers Hall
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OCTOBER MEETING: Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 6:30pm in Chambers Hall, Evanston
DATA SCIENCE NIGHTS are monthly hack nights on popular data science topics, organized by Northwestern University graduate students and scholars. Aspiring, beginning, and advanced data scientists are welcome!
SPEAKER: Daniel W. Linna Jr. - Director of Law and Technology Initiatives at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
TOPIC: Artificial Intelligence and Law: Creating our Augmented, Automated, Audacious Future
AGENDA:
6:15pm - Socializing and Refreshments
6:30pm - Presentation by Dr. Daniel W. Linna Jr.
7pm - Hacking session: working groups plus an Introduction to Data Science in Python for newcomers by Dr. Nicolay Markov
For more info: data-science-nights.org
Supporting Groups:
This event is supported by the Northwestern Institute for Complex Systems and the Northwestern Data Science Initiative, in collaboration with ACiDS.
Time
Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Lower Level, Chambers Hall Map
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WED@NICO SEMINAR: Lightning Talks with Northwestern Fellows and Scholars!
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
12:00 PM
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Lower Level, Chambers Hall
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NICO is hosting a lightning talk seminar each term as a part of our Wednesdays@NICO seminar series. Northwestern graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are invited to participate. To sign up, please visit: https://bit.ly/2lRqSXK
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Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Saturday, December 14, 2019
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