3rd Data Science Student Conference (DISC) 2023
Workshop Aims:
The Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering (CMSE) at Michigan State University (MSU) is pleased to announce the 3rd CMSE Data Science Student Conference (DISC) to be held on November 10-11, 2023.
This two day-long conference is aimed at bringing together undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdocs working or interested in data and computational science broadly at MSU as well as students from many US universities. Computational research across many disciplines will be covered including in machine learning, bioinformatics, medical imaging, image processing/analysis, astrophysics, plant sciences, inverse problems, computational physics, scientific computing, topological data analysis, geosciences, neuroscience, etc.
Limited financial support from the CMSE department, College of Natural Science, College of Engineering, and CMSE Diversity in Computing may be available for student participants to attend the conference.
We would like to invite students and postdocs to sign up for this opportunity to attend or present their research at our conference. Please sign-up at the following link as soon as possible. The deadline for registration for consideration for financial support is October 25, 2023 and regular sign-up deadline is November 2, 2023. There is no fee to sign-up.
Workshop Program:
We have a variety of events planned including a plenary talk, poster sessions, lightning talks, early career research presentations (for PhD students near graduation and postdocs within 2 years), and a panel discussion on careers in data science. Prizes will be awarded for best research presentations. We will serve lunch, refreshments, and coffee during the conference. There will be an optional relaxation/wellness activity (such as exercise/yoga, meditation, and music). All conference events will be in-person.
The overall schedule is as follows. The final schedule with names of presenters, titles, etc., will be made available shortly.
Conference Location: Room 2130, STEM Teaching and Learning Facility, 642 Red Cedar Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824.
November 10 (Friday)
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Registration/Welcome
1:10pm - 2:50pm: Lightning talks (8 minutes + 2 minutes)
3:00pm - 4:00pm: Poster session
4:00pm - 5:30pm: Department presentation
6:00pm - 7:00pm: Reception and travel awardees' presentation (with music)
7:00pm: Dinner on your own
November 11 (Saturday)
8:00am - 9:00am: Breakfast
9:10am - 10:00am: Yoga/Meditation
10:00am - 11:00am: Plenary Talk and Q&A
11:00am - 12:40pm: Early Career Research Talks (15 minutes talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
12:40pm - 1:40pm: Lunch + Posters
1:40pm - 2:00pm: Conference photo
2:00pm - 3:00pm: Panel discussion on data science careers
3:00pm - 3:30pm: Conference awards and closing remarks
3:30pm: Campus/Labs tour