Nov 2017
Kyungjae Bae: Evolving Concept of Digital Libraries in Korea
Kyungjae Bae, a visiting scholar in the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at UNC-Chapel Hill and Associate Professor at the Department of Library and Information Science at Dongduk Women's University, Seoul, South Korea, is set to deliver his talk, 'Evolving Concept of Digital Libraries in Korea - Major Cases,' at 12 p.m. on Friday, November 17, 2017 in Manning Hall 001. Abstract: Digital Libraries are not extraordinary any more in these days. Most libraries have a collection of…
Find out more »Sayamindu Dasgupta: Learning with Data
Join SILS for a special presentation by Sayamindu Dasgupta, a Moore/Sloan & WRF Innovation in Data Science Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Washington. Dasgupta is set to deliver his talk, 'Learning with Data,' on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 at 3:30 p.m. in Manning Hall 001. Abstract: In this talk, I will present my work to engage children in doing data science. This work has proceeded through two broad strands—first, through the design and study of new tools to support…
Find out more »Dec 2017
Wenwen Dou: Investigating the impact of cognitive biases on exploratory visual analysis
Wenwen Dou, an Assistant Professor in the department of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, will deliver her talk, 'Investigating the impact of cognitive biases on exploratory visual analysis,' on Friday, Dec. 1, at 12:00 p.m. in Manning Hall 001 as a SILS CRADLE talk. Abstract: Humans have the tendency to rely on heuristics to make judgments, which can lead to efficient and accurate decisions. However, these heuristics may also lead to systematic errors known as…
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Residency Workshop
WHAT: How UNC processes residency requests has changed! Lara Bailey has kindly offered to help walk those interested in residency through the process! WHERE: Manning Hall 001 WHEN: 3:30PM-4:30PM
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