Register the Data Science Day 2025
When: Nov 8th, 2025, Saturday, 8:30 am - 5:30 pm in person only
Where: Hassenfeld Conference Center, Brandeis University
| Participant Type |
Cost |
| In-person (including lunch) |
Students: $15
Professionals: $15 |
Schedule of Events
Time |
Activities | Who are involved |
| 8:00AM – 8:30AM |
Room setup and test
Breakfast ready |
NextGen + Brandeis Team, volunteers and Catering staff |
| 8:30AM – 9:00AM |
Registration Desk |
NextGen + Brandeis volunteers |
| 9:00AM – 9:05AM |
Welcome |
Harold |
| 9:06AM – 9:30AM |
Opening remarks |
Introduced by Harold
Vice Provost Jeffrey Shoulson |
| 9:30AM – 10:30AM |
Morning Keynote Speaker:
Jin Zhao (Brandeis University)
Title: When Data Speaks: Using AI to Unlock Meaning from Large Text Collections |
Introduction by Harold |
| 10:30AM – 11:45AM |
Panel discussion: what do data scientists do? |
Facilitator: Lucy
Panelists: ~4 |
| 11:45AM – 12:45PM |
Lunch Break:
Buffet Style (on participants) |
Catering Staff/Volunteers |
| 12:45PM – 1:45PM |
Poster session |
Organizers: Moinak, All-shine & Steve Xiaohan, Mengyan, Shan |
| 1:45PM – 2:00PM |
Break |
|
| 2:00PM – 3:00PM |
Afternoon Keynote Speaker:
Yoohyun Jung (Boston Globe)
Title: The role of truth in unprecedented times: Data science as a tool to protect democracy |
Introduction by Antonella |
| 3:00PM – 4:00PM |
Panel Discussion:
Career in data science? |
Facilitator: Neil
Panelists: ~4 |
| 4:00PM – 4:20PM |
Poster Winner announcement & NESS NextGen Scholar Announcement & closing remarks |
Moinak & Austin & Harold |
| 4:20PM – 5:30PM |
Network Session |
Organizer: Lucy & Leo |
Poster Competition
Did you do an interesting project recently? Then enter the poster competition
for a chance to show what you did and for a chance to win a cash prize! You can
present individually or as a group and have total freedom in choosing the
topic as long as it relates to data science.
Travel Information
You can view the travel information document here: View Travel Information (Google Docs).
Conduct Policy
Data Science Day promotes the free expression and exchange of ideas. All participants agree to abide by the American Statistical Association's conduct policy listed here.
