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The next Data Science seminar will be on Friday, February 10th,
12:00-1:00pm at the MRB Seminar Room (1st floor).<br>
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**** Pizza and refreshments will be provided ****<br>
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To keep track of the number of attendees, please *register* at:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-science-talk-tickets-536271511527">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-science-talk-tickets-536271511527</a></div>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">The talk will be given by <b>Prof.
Mark Wolfson</b>, Chair of Department of Social Medicine,
Population, and Public Health, SOM, UCR<br>
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Title:<br>
Some Thoughts on Data Science - Population Health Collaborations.<br>
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Abstract:<br>
Data science involves the application of knowledge from the fields
of computer science (on how to manage data) and statistics (on how
to analyze data) to solve theoretical and practical problems. The
field of population health involves investigation of health
outcomes, patterns of health determinants, and policies and
interventions that link them (Kindig and Stoddart, 2003). Data
science and population health have a natural affinity. This talk
will explore this affinity, including potential avenues for
realizing its potential. Special reference will be made to
opportunities at UCR for collaborations of data scientists and
population health scholars involving research, teaching, and
service.<br>
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Sponsored by the UCR Data Science Center, the purpose of the Data
Science Seminars is to foster collaborations between "core" Data
Science faculty (from CSE/ECE/Stat Departments) and
faculty/visitors from other sciences that face Data Science
problems in their research. These informal gatherings are open to
interested faculty and graduate students. Each meeting will start
with a talk describing research problems and then a discussion
will follow for questions, open problems, ideas for possible
collaborations etc.<br>
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A full list of previous seminars appears at:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://datascience.ucr.edu/seminars">http://datascience.ucr.edu/seminars</a><br>
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Forward this email to other colleagues or graduate students in
your lab that may be interested. Moreover, if you are interested
in giving a Data Science related talk, please contact me
(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tsotras@cs.ucr.edu">tsotras@cs.ucr.edu</a>).<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
Vassilis Tsotras<br>
Professor, CSE Department<br>
Director, Data Science Major<br>
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