University of Michigan School of Information faculty have announced the list of speakers featured in the 2024-25 Data Science/Computational Social Science (DS/CSS) seminar series.

The DS/CSS seminar series brings together a vibrant and diverse community of scholars whose cutting-edge research in information science, computer science and the social sciences aims to broaden our understanding of important social and technological issues.

The events are scheduled for Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m. ET. All meetings will be held in the Ehrlicher Room, 3100 North Quad except for the seminar on Wednesday, Sept. 18 which will take place in West Hall. 

Like similar on-campus seminars, the DS/CSS series is discontinuing remote participation via Zoom. Exceptions will be made for remote Master of Applied Data Science students. Seminars will be recorded and uploaded to YouTube.

Organizers for the 2024-25 series are assistant professors Paramveer Dhillon and Sabina Tomkins.

Topics and abstracts will be announced on the UMSI website closer to each event. 

DS/CSS 2024-25 lineup

Unless otherwise noted, all events take place in the Ehrlicher Room, 3100 North Quad.

Fall 2024 speakers:

Sept. 12: Josh Pasek, University of Michigan 

Sept. 18: Yian Ma, University of California, San Diego (co-sponsored by the Michigan Institute for Data & AI in Society)

This event will take place at 438 West Hall 

Oct. 10: UMSI student spotlights

Oct. 31: Aaron Schein, University of Chicago

Nov. 14: Nihar B. Shah, Carnegie Mellon University

Dec. 5: Philip Resnik, University of Maryland

Winter 2025 speakers:

March 20: Mor Naaman, Cornell University

March 27: Laura K. Nelson, University of British Columbia

April 3: Abdullah Almaatouq, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

April 10: Melanie Walsh, University of Washington