4th National eScience Symposium

2016-10-13 07:30 | 2016-10-14 07:30

Discover how digital technology impacts scientific practice

Date: 13 October 2016, 09:30 – 18:00 hrs
Venue: Amsterdam ArenA

‘Science in a Digital World’ is a day-long event where scientists and researchers from different fields meet to discover how digital technology impacts scientific practice.

The symposium will feature five thematic sessions showcasing world-class data-driven and compute-intensive research in different fields:
Sports & eHealth  |  Social Data  |  Astronomy  |  Smart Energy |  Data Science.

At the symposium the Young eScientist 2016 will also be announced. Young eScientists can propose their novel eScience idea before 1 September. The prize is €50,000 worth of expertise.

Keynotes
Fernando Pérez (University of California, creator of IPhyton)
Data Science: hype, substance and intellectual challenges

Ronald Stolk (University of Groningen)
Big Data in health research

Sally Wyatt (eHumanities KNAW)
Stories with/about BIG (Open) Data

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