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Our weekly SRI Seminar Series welcomes Rohan Alexander for a special in-person talk that will also be broadcast online. Alexander is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto jointly appointed in the Faculty of Information and the Department of Statistical Sciences, an assistant director of CANSSI Ontario, a senior fellow at Massey College, a faculty affiliate at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, and a co-lead of the Data Sciences Institute’s Thematic Program in Reproducibility.
Alexander’s research investigates how to develop workflows that improve the trustworthiness of data science. His recently published book Telling Stories With Data (Routledge, 2023) argues that a trustworthiness revolution is needed in data science, and proposes a view of what this could look like.
Coming soon.
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Room L1030.
Entrance: 95 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3E6
Seminar will be broadcast live via Zoom (register for link).
Rohan Alexander is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, jointly appointed in the Faculty of Information and the Department of Statistical Sciences. He is also the assistant director of CANSSI Ontario, a senior fellow at Massey College, a faculty affiliate at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, and a co-lead of the Data Sciences Institute’s Thematic Program in Reproducibility.
Alexander’s research investigates how to develop workflows that improve the trustworthiness of data science. He is particularly interested in the role of testing in data science. Alexander’s recently published book, Telling Stories With Data (Routledge, 2023), argues that a trustworthiness revolution is needed in data science, and proposes a view of what this could look like. His teaching helps students from a wide range of backgrounds learn how to use data to tell convincing stories.
Alexander is an associate editor of the Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education and a co-organizer of the Toronto Data Workshop and Toronto Workshop on Reproducibility. He holds a PhD in economics from the Australian National University, where his research focused on economic history.
To register for the event, visit the official event page.
The SRI Seminar Series brings together the Schwartz Reisman community and beyond for a robust exchange of ideas that advance scholarship at the intersection of technology and society. Seminars are led by a leading or emerging scholar and feature extensive discussion.
Each week, a featured speaker will present for 45 minutes, followed by an open discussion. Registered attendees will be emailed a Zoom link before the event begins. The event will be recorded and posted online.
