The Big Data buzz is everywhere. Precision agriculture uses Big Data on soils and climate to boost crop yields. Clinical analytics is used to track the effectiveness of prescription drugs. Police use Big Data to find leads more quickly.
But exactly what is Big Data? Who’s using it on campus, in Canada and globally? And what are the challenging, critical questions for Big Data?
The events raise the profile of Big Data activities on campus and invite discussion between faculties, schools, departments. The events are accessible to students, faculty, staff and the wider Kingston community.
The Big Data series is a 175th anniversary event that engages intellectually and practically with a major analytic development and pressing public issue, from multi-disciplinary and cross-campus perspectives.
The series celebrates Queen’s contributions to Big Data innovations and critically debates nationally and internationally, contributes to the historic and future role of Queen’s in fostering such open dialogue within the university and in the City of Kingston.
We open the black box of Big Data, explore what’s being done with Big Data on campus, and argue about the pros and cons of Big Data in fields from healthcare to marketing to national security and beyond.
External speakers, along with Queen’s professors and students, address the 3-Ds of Big Data through lectures, seminars panel discussions, plus pechakucha, video showings, film discussions, art exhibits and other media.
The series occurs through the fall term 2016 and winter term 2017.
The Surveillance Studies Centre
c/o David Murakami Wood
Department of Criminology
University of Ottawa
Canada