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Data Science in Society

  • Tiedekulma - Think Corner Yliopistonkatu 4 Helsinki Finland (map)

We are pleased to invite you to Data Science in Society event organised by HiDATA and the Centre for So­cial Data Science! Come and hear how we aim to increase knowledge about the society with data science.This event is being organised in collaboration with the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI.

Time: January 21 (Tuesday), 2020 at 9.00–11.00
Venue: Tiedekulma - Think Corner (Yliopistonkatu 4)

  • How can data science methods be used in planning better social and health services?

  • What kind of data do social media provide nowadays and how can we make use of it?

  • What kind of new services could we create with the help of data science?

  • How can data science support evidence-based decision-making for the government, organizations and private companies?

  • What kind of ethical challenges machine learning and artificial intelligence developers are facing and how are they being handled?

Come and find out! Meet the top researchers from the University of Helsinki centres of Data Science HiDATA and Social Data Science CSDS. The discussion will be moderated by Deputy Mayor of Helsinki City Pia Pakarinen.

Program:

Opening words and Introduction of HiDATA (Director Sasu Tarkoma)

Introduction of CSDS (Director Krista Lagus)

Työelämätieto: how data science and open knowledge support decision-making (Riku Louhimo, TTL, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health)

Keynote (Aaro Viertiö, Kela, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland)

Introduction of panelists and panel discussion (moderator Deputy Mayor of Helsinki City Pia Pakarinen)

Panelists:
Krista Lagus Professor of Digital Social Science and Director of CSDS, University of Helsinki
Jukka K. Nurminen Professor, HiDATA, Software Systems for Data-Intensive Computing, University of Helsinki
Kimmo Vehkalahti Senior Lecturer of Applied Statistics, CSDS, University of Helsinki
Petri Ylikoski, Professor (Science and Technology Studies), Department of Social Research/Sociology, University of Helsinki. Coordinating professor, AI in Society, Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI.

Panel discussion:  Better data, better society?

The event is free of charge and open to the public. Due to a limited number of seats please sign up NOW.