Schedule

* events open to all Virginia Tech students, librarians, and faculty *

Workshop location: Newman 124 (Athenaeum) Zoom Meeting: 251188336

June 11:

10:00-11:00: Introductions, Pathways requirements, workshop plans

11:00-12:15: Panel discussion of teaching introductory courses on computational thinking and data in social context (Dennis Kafura, Mario Khreiche, Tom Ewing) *

1:00-2:00: Steven Strogatz, Cornell University * (more information)

2:00-4:00: Presentations and Discussions: 1) Computational Thinking: Readings by O'Neil, Ellenberg, and Strogatz, and 2) Data, Media & Power: Readings by Zuboff, Noble, Vaidhyananthan, and Tufekci

June 12:

10:00-11:00: Presentations and Discussions: Algorithms at Work: Readings by Irani, Gray, Eubanks

11:00-12:00: Library Data Consultants *

12:00-1:45: Data Science Postsecondary Education, Roundtable, National Academies * (more information, speaker biographies)

2:00-3:00: Presentations and Discussions: Data & Ethics: Readings by Crawford, boyd, and Pasquale

3:00-4:00: Trevor Jamerson, Virginia Tech *

June 13:

10:00-11:00: Panel Discussion: Data Science for Undergraduates, National Academies (more information) *

11:00-12:00: Discussion

12:30-1:30: Annette Vee, University of Pittsburgh * (more information, readings 1 and 2)

2:00-3:00: Kathy Pham, Mozilla Fellow * (more information)

3:00-4:00: Discussion