Apologise for cross-posting International Seminar on Data Science (http://drtc1.isibang.ac.in/datascience) ======================================================================= ISI-CODATA International Seminar on Data Science 19th - 20th March 2015 Indian Statistical Institute (ISI),Bangalore, India & International Council for Science: Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), Paris, France Venue: Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre. ======================================================================= Data Science is emerging in a big way. Some of the Schools of Library and Information Science renamed themselves as School of Library, Information and Data Science, whereas some schools are offering either degrees in data science and offering it as a specialisation or as a core topic in their existing curriculum. It is expected there will be a good demand for data scientists in near future. The objective of the ISI-CODATA seminar on Data Science is to present the various facets of data science and how the Big Data and Data Analytics play an important role in data dealing with data in various domains and disciplines. To achieve this objective, the seminar exposes the participants to Indian and International experts who are actively working the Big Data and Data Analytics. Eligible Participants The seminar is targeted at professionals from library and information science and computer science community.Ideal candidates will have some experience as data managers, data encoders, metadata managers, archivists, data exploitation personnel, analysts, data publishers or similar roles. Data experts that help policy makers in data related policies are also included. Invited Speakers Resource persons from five countries will be engaging the participants. They are drawn from research, academics and corporate backgrounds to give holistic knowledge on Data Science. Following are the list of eminent resource persons participating in the seminar. 1. Fausto Giunchiglia (University of Trento, Italy) 2. Sabina Leonelli (University of Exeter, UK) 3. Simon Hodson (CODATA Executive Director, France) 4. Mark Parson (RDA Secretary General, USA) 5. Y.V.N.Krishna Murthy (Director, IIRS Dehradun) 6. Tadepalli Sivaram (CIO Airport Sector, GMR Group, Bangalore) 7. Devika P. Madalli (DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore) 8. ARD Prasad (DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore) ====================================================================== Important Dates: Registration Deadline: 10/03/2015 Registration fee: 2000 INR Registration Details are available at: http://drtc1.isibang.ac.in/datascience/registration.html Venue: Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore For further information and updates please visit this website: http://drtc1.isibang.ac.in/datascience ======================================================================= -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.