Grand Valley will host the second Big Data Conference on Friday,
April 25, in the Kirkhof Center.
Sponsored by the Provost’s Office, Center for Scholarly and
Creative Excellence and the Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Center,
the conference will begin with poster presentations at 8:30 a.m., with
presentations at 9 a.m. Registration is free and lunch will be
included; visit
www.gvsu.edu/bigdata
to register or for more information.
Ed Aboufadel, professor of mathematics, said presentations will
be in a variety of formats: 15-minute talks, poster, or breakout
session.
Big data affects people in most disciplines, Aboufadel said. It
refers to the complexity, arrival rate and size of data being
generated and collected by business, government and nonprofit organizations.
Two keynote speakers are scheduled. Barbara O’Brien, from the
Michigan State University College of Law. O’Brien will discuss data
sources for death penalty research. Jonathan White, professor of
interdisciplinary studies, will discuss the challenges of big data in
terms of protecting individual rights.
Big Data Conference set
Apr 14, 2014
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