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 *
Informatics Lab: https://informaticslab.lib.vt.edu/Data Transformation Lab: https://spaces.lib.vt.edu/dtstudio/Data Visualization Studio: https://spaces.lib.vt.edu/datavizstudio/Statistical Applications and Innovations Group: https://saig.stat.vt.edu/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