Published: March 6, 2017

The Research & Innovation Office (RIO) will host ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder’s first-ever Big Data Blitz, which will take place on March 23 at the . The eventÌýis intended to foster connections across disciplines that intersect with big data and help the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä community identify opportunities for collaboration.Ìý

If you go
Who: Faculty and staff
What: Big Data Blitz
When: Thursday, March 23,Ìý3 to 5 p.m.; reception through 6:30 p.m.
Where: Recreation Center,ÌýIce Overlook Room
RSVP:

Chaitanya Baru, the National Science Foundation's (NSF) senior advisor for data science in the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate (CISE), will provide opening remarks, followed by several shortÌýresearch presentations and a networking reception from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Call for presenters

Also, RIO is seeking approximatelyÌý20 to 25 participants to present their big data research in three-minute, lightning-round sessions.

Big data topic areas include:

  • Sensing and social applications
  • Environment, resources and power
  • Materials, systems and methods
  • Bioinformatics, medicine and health sciences
  • Society and humanities

Space is limited, and for all attendees and interested presentersÌýby Friday, March 15. Those interested in presenting should indicate so on the RSVP form. Selected presenters will be notified via email the week of March 13.

Please email rio@colorado.edu with any questions.