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Barcelona Data Science Conference
Social Sciences Conference March 21-22, 2016 Barcelona
General information
Venue: Universitat Pompeu Fabra Ciutadella Campus Roger de Lluria Building,
Room 40.S02 Barcelona
Language: English
Organized by:
Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
Coordinator/s:
José García Montalvo Universidad Pompeu Fabra. Social Sciences Council. Fundación Ramón Areces
Omiros Papaspiliopoulos Universidad Pompeu Fabra
- Description
- Programme
The Barcelona Data Science Meeting is a biennial event organized by the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and Fundación Ramón Areces that brings together international experts from academia and the industry on Data Science. It is a two-day event, the first day dedicated to research in Data Science and the second on Data Science applications for businesses and institutions. The conference aims to create an open environment for debate and exchange of knowledge, ideas, and views among researchers, professional experts, and students. The first edition of this meeting will take place in 2016.
Monday, 21
10:30
Registration
11:00
The Billion Prices Project: Using Online Data for Inflation Measurement and Research
Alberto Cavallo
MIT.
12:00
Testing and Learning Distributions in Sublinear Time
Costantinos Daskalakis
MIT.
Break
15:00
Little Data: How Traditional Statistical Ideas Remain Relevant in a Big-Data World
Andrew Gelman
Columbia University.
16:00
Deep Learning
Alexandros Karatzoglou
Telefónica.
Break
17:30
Flops and Bytes in Biology
Modesto Orozco
IRB.
Tuesday, 22
9:30
Registration
PANEL: Real economy
10:00
Financial Analytics experiences on Big Data platforms
José Valiño Blanco
Abanca.
Data science in the Spanish Tax Agency
José Borja Tomé
Agencia Tributaria (AEAT).
Moderator:
José García Montalvo
Barcelona GSE and UPF.
Break
PANEL: Entertaiment/Gaming
11:00
Channel 4 and how Big Data is changing the broadcasting and media ecosystem
Keynote Speaker:
Pedro Cosa Fernández
Channel 4.
Talents, release and data-driven decisions
Matthew Eric Basset
Gower Street Analytics, London.
Changing the game - The challenges of increasing revenue when your product is free
Sharon Biggar
Social Point.
Channel 4 and how Big Data is changing the broadcasting and media ecosystem
Moderator:
Omiros Papaspiliopoulos
Barcelona GSE and UPF.
Break
PANEL: Service sector/Marketing
12:15
Challenges for display advertising
Keynote Speaker:
Nicolas Le Roux
CRITEO.
Modern Data Science: Monogamy or Ménage à trois
Lara Khanafer
Dataiku.
Applying advanced analytics to every-day decision-making. Building smarter companies
Pau Agulló
Kernel Analytics.
Moderator:
Teresa García-Milà
Barcelona GSE and UPF.
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