INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research & Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post Bangalore, 560 059 DRTC Colloquium – 7 Data Science ABSTRACT There is a huge proliferation of data that is being generated by both human beings and various sensors, for instance, micro blogging sites, weather forecasting, mobile networks, etc. This plethora of data is dealt under a new realm called Data Science. This is an emerging field, which has very high impact across many sectors including e-governance, finance, health care, social networks, manufacturing, advertisement and retail. This colloquium aims to clarify the idea of data science, its applications and workflow. It also aims to discuss some of the emerging tools and technologies. The rest of the colloquium is organized as follows: Topics Speaker 1. Introduction Mohit Garg 2. What is Data Science? Sandip Das 3. Data Scientist Anwesha Bhattacharya 4. Application of Data Science Manasa Rath 5. Workflow of Data Science Dibakar Sen 6. Challenges in Workflow of Data Science Jayanta Kr. Nayek 7. Tools and Technology Tanmay Mondal & Manash Kumar 8. Machine Learning in Data Science Samhati Soor 9. Conclusion Shiv Shakti Ghosh Venue : DRTC classroom Date : 28.5.14 Time : 2: 00 p.m. ALL are cordially invited Biswanath Dutta Colloquium Co-ordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.