[Colloquium] Summer Lab Presents: Data & Democracy, From the Experts

[Rob Mitchum]

*Summer Lab Presents: Data & Democracy, From the Experts*
*Tuesday, July 26*
*4:30 - 6:30 PM*
*Keller Center*

Register
<https://chicagoharris.force.com/HarrisEvents/s/event-detail?eventId=a245b000002uSwU>

Leveraging data science is essential to understanding—and developing
innovative solutions to—the challenges facing democracy in the digital age.
Through a partnership between the Data Science Institute
<http://datascience.uchicago.edu> and Center for Effective Government
<http://effectivegov.uchicago.edu>, UChicago’s Data & Democracy initiative
is bringing together world-class talent from scholars across academic
disciplines and practitioners on the front lines of our democracy to
advance this important work. Join us on *July 26th at 4:30pm CT* as we
explore the critical role of data science through the eyes and work of
these experts, from understanding and predicting bias in political
messaging, to safeguarding our elections, to combatting online influence
operations of extremists and states.

After short presentations from speakers profiling their work, the panel
will come together to discuss the connections between their work, the
importance of data science in their fields, and the trajectory of their
careers. A networking reception will follow in the Keller Center Lobby and
Commons.

Speakers include:

*Ben Dubow* (President and Chief Technology Officer, Omelas
<https://www.omelas.io/#1>)

*Tiana Epps-Johnson* (Founder and Executive Director, Center for Tech and
Civic Life <https://www.techandciviclife.org/> | 2022 Senior Practitioner
Fellow, University of Chicago Center for Effective Government)

*Daniel Grzenda* (Staff Data Scientist, University of Chicago Data Science
Institute | Research Grantee, Data & Democracy)

*Yuan Chang (YC) Leong* (Assistant Professor, University of Chicago
Department of Psychology | Research Grantee, Data & Democracy)

This event is co-sponsored by the Data Science Institute
<http://datascience.uchicago.edu> and the University of Chicago’s Computational
Analysis and Public Policy <https://capp.uchicago.edu/> program.


-- 
*Rob Mitchum*

*Associate Director of Communications for Data Science and Computing*
*University of Chicago*
*rmitchum at uchicago.edu <rmitchum at ci.uchicago.edu>*
*773-484-9890*
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