Day-time activities will be held at the Big Ten Conference Center, 5440 Park Place, Rosemont, IL 60018
The Poster session and Reception will be held next door at the Aloft Hotel, 9700 Balmoral Avenue, Rosemont, IL, 60018.
Monday, October 10Hands-on Training Sessions(each session limited to 18 seats) |
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| 1:00 – 2:30 pm | Globus, Big Data Publication, and the Materials Data Facility Globus offers production data management services, specifically crafted for researchers, to help simplify the research data lifecycle. These services include optimized file transfer, file sharing, user group management, and user authentication that provide opportunity for integration into custom user applications. In this talk, we will briefly discuss the Globus services, as well as new functionality that allows researchers to publish and describe research datasets, mint unique permanent identifiers (i.e., digital object identifiers - DOIs), and share and make these datasets easily discoverable by other researchers around the world. We will also discuss our progress on a specific use case of data publication in the field of materials science via the Materials Data Facility effort. Concurrently with these discussions, there will be hands-on demos of 1) the Globus APIs and SDKs, 2) installation of a Globus endpoint, and 3) the data publication service. |
| 1:00 – 2:30 pm | Training Session on Managing Software: Github Primer Ever wonder how developers collaborate these days? How to track versions and release open source software? This session will engage you in a hands-on, self-paced tutorial for one of the most popular and advanced version control system: Git. We will also explore Github as an easy to use cloud based remote code repository. The acquired skills will enable you to download and use the latest versions of open source tools for Data Science, as well as release your own code and data artifacts to the world. |
| 3:00 – 4:30 pm | Introduction to OSoMe (awe•some): The Observatory on Social Media Learn about tools to explore how people spread ideas through online social networks. Opportunity for extended practice with GitHub and real data. |
Tuesday, October 11 |
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Mobilizing Partnerships for Data Innovation |
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| 8:00 am | Registration and coffee |
| 8:40 am | Welcome and logistics |
| 9:00 am | Academic-Industry-Government Partnerships for Big Data Challenges Academic-Industry-Government engagement and the potential for BD Hub partnerships. Panelists will present current cross-sector efforts to address scientific and societal grand challenges. Panelists:
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| 10:00 am | Academic-Industry Collaboration and Data Access Arrangements This panel will highlight approaches, best practices, and various (negotiated) arrangements for data access, sharing and use. This session will be of interest to researchers and industry partners looking to access or share data. Panelists:
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| 10:50 am | Break |
| 11:10 am | Educating Data-savvy Workforce across Disciplinary Boundaries This panel will highlight and discuss representative educational efforts in data-driven science across the Midwest region at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional level. The panelists will discuss challenges and opportunities in creation and execution of their programs. Panelists:
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| Noon | Lunch and networking |
| 1:30 pm | Keynote: Tom Schenk — Chief Data Officer, City of Chicago |
| 2:40 pm | Sensor Technologies and the Big Data Frontier Sensor technologies are fundamental across most of our MBDH Spoke communities. What are the Big Data challenges, and how can the Midwest Big Data Hub catalyze or accelerate solutions? What are the opportunities for new collaborations and partnerships to address shared problems? Panelists:
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| 3:40 pm | Break |
| 4:00 pm | Data Science for Public Health: Initiatives and Opportunities in the Midwest This panel will highlight data-intensive public health activities and research initiatives taking place at multiple levels (regional, state and city) on multiple outcomes (infectious disease, public policy, maternal and child health, home health) across the Midwest region. Panelists:
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| 5:15 pm | End of day 1 |
| 6:15 pm | Poster session and networking event — Aloft Hotel |
Wednesday, October 12 |
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| 8:00 am | Registration and coffee |
| 8:15 am | Melissa Cragin - MBDH Update |
| 8:40 am | Fen Zhao, NSF — The Next Spoke Solicitation and Big Data Hub Program Updates |
| 9:15 am | Community Engagement: Growing the MBDH with Regional, National, and International Organizations This panel will consider roles of data-related organizations at differing geographic scales, provide an update on recent meetings and potential opportunities for MBDH engagement and Spoke partnerships. Panelists:
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| 10:15 am | Spoke Lightning Talks (2 slides, 5 minutes) |
| 11:00 am | Spoke & Ring Meetings: Building Regional Engagement, Collaborations for New Grant Proposals and Activities |
| 12:00 | Wrap-up and lunch |
| 1:00 – 3:00 pm | Steering Committee Meeting |