I was recently interviewed at Monash Business School (Melbourne, Australia) as part of their series "Impact: Shaping the future of business". I emphasize the importance of nurturing a "good heart" when developing and deploying AI, and in data science education. See the interview and article.
May 17, 2019
Reinventing the Data Analytics Classroom: Talk at International Symposium on University Teaching Innovation
I'll describe my journey designing and teaching business analytics courses, from my first 2004 Data Mining course at University of Maryland's Smith School of Business, through my efforts to add active and interactive learning using technology, active learning pedagogy, and cultural-specific teaching adaptations at the Indian School of Business, Statistics. com, and National Tsing Hua University.
Where: Yunlin University of Science & Technology
When: Saturday, May 18, 10:50-12:00
April 30, 2019
GDPR and data science: our paper now published in Big Data journal
Rapid growth in the availability of behavioral big data (BBD) has outpaced the speed of updates to ethical research codes and regulation of data privacy and human subjects' data collection, storage, and use. The introduction of the European Union's (EU's) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018 will have far-reaching effects on data scientists and researchers who use BBD, not only in the EU, but around the world. Consequently, many companies are struggling to comply with the Regulation. At the same time, academics interested in research collaborations with companies are finding it more difficult to obtain data. In light of the importance of BBD in both industry and academia, data scientists and behavioral researchers would benefit from a deeper understanding of the GDPR's key concepts, definitions, and principles, especially as they apply to the data science workflow. We identify key GDPR concepts and principles and describe how they can impact the work of data scientists and researchers in this new data privacy regulation era.
April 5, 2019
Talk at Women in Data Science Taipei: Behavioral Big Data & Healthcare Research
Last Sunday, the 2019 Women in Data Science Taipei conference took place. I gave a talk on "Behavioral Big Data & Healthcare Analytics" and then participated in the "Roundtable + Networking Session" which constituted of folks surrounding each speaker and asking lots of open questions. It was a highly energetic event with lots of engagement from female and male participants, and a diverse audience from industry and universities.
I am delighted to receive the 2018 Outstanding Mentor Award by the NTHU College of Technology Management. The real award is the opportunity to work with so many wonderful students and colleagues!
Mentoring is an incredibly important relationship, which sows many seeds in both the mentor and the mentee. This award comes at a very meaningful (and sad) time, with the unexpected passing away of my beloved graduate advisor Prof. Aya Cohen (for whom we created a commemorating blog). Knowing how important she's been in my life, receiving the mentoring award is extremely meaningful to me.
Prof. Galit Shmueli, Institute of Service Science, College of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua University, 101 Kuang Fu Road Sec. 2, Hsinchu 30013 Taiwan
