NextGen: Schedule of Events

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.