Data for Good Seminars invite leading academics from around the world to share how they are using data to address societal challenges. This seminar is hosted by the DSI Computing Systems for Data-Driven Science Center.

Guest Speaker

Ian Foster, Director, Argonne National Laboratory Data Science and Learning Division; and Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago

Hosted By Center Co-Chairs:

  • Qiang Du, Fu Foundation Professor of Applied Mathematics, Columbia Engineering
  • Martha Kim, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia Engineering

Details & Recording

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 (11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET) – Hybrid

In-Person Location: Northwest Corner Building, 14th Floor (DSI Suite) – 550 W 120th St, New York, NY 10027

Virtual Location: Zoom link to be sent upon registration

Talk Information

Global Services for Global Science

We are on the verge of a global communications revolution based on ubiquitous high-speed optical, 5G, 6G, and free-space optics technologies. The resulting communications fabric can enable new ultra-collaborative research modalities that pool sensors, data, and computation with unprecedented flexibility and focus. But realizing these new modalities requires that we overcome the friction that currently impedes actions that traverse institutional boundaries. The solution, I argue, is new global science services to mediate between user intent and infrastructure realities. I describe our experiences building and operating such services, and present examples of their application and use.