(FINAL	VERSION,	UPDATED	for the	TITAN WEATHER	EVENT)

Agenda	for	the	NIST	Data	Science	Symposium	2014

National	Institute	of	Standards	and	Technology

100	Bureau	Drive,	Gaithersburg,	MD	20899

Building	101,	Red	Auditorium

Day	1	- March	4,	2014

Arrival

10:00 10:30

Check-in

(Please	check	NIST	status	after	5:30am	on	March	4,	

prior	to	your	arrival.		Projected	NIST	open	at	

10am/Gates	might	open	earlier) (Administration	Building	101)

Poster-setup (Hall	of	Flags)

Welcome	&	Opening	Remarks

John	Garofolo - Senior	Advisor	for	Program	Development,	IAD	(NIST)

10:30 10:45 James	St.	Pierre	- Deputy	Director	of	the	Information	Technology	Laboratory	(NIST)

The	NIST	Data	Science	Program	and	Symposium	Objectives

Session	Moved Ashit	Talukder - Chief,	Information	Access	Division	(NIST)

Overview	of	the	NIST	Data	Science	Program

Craig	Greenberg - Project	Leader,	Multimodal	Information	Group	(NIST)

Overview	of	the	NIST	Data	Science	Evaluation	and	Metrology	Plans

Q&A	Discussion (moved	to	lunch	focus	group)	Portrait	Room

Challenges	and	Gaps	in	Data	Science	Technologies

10:45 Session	Introduction

10:45 13m/2q Doug	Cutting	- Chief	Architect	(Cloudera)

The	Future	of	Data

11:00 13m/2q Pak	Chung	Wong - Chief	Scientist	(Pacific	Northwest	National	Laboratory)

Topic:	Large-Scale	Complex	Visualisations

11:15 13m/2q Volker	Markl - Professor	and	Chair	of

The	Database	Systems	&	Information	Management	Group	(TU	Berlin)

Data	Science	Research	from	the	Database	

Management	Systems	Perspective

Q&A	Discussion

(Day	2	Breakout/submit	3x5	cards	of	questions	to	address)

11:30 11:40 Transition
Data	and	Use	Cases	for	Data	Science	Research

11:40 11:45 Session	Introduction

11:45 13m/2q Phil	Ashlock	for	Jeanne	Holm - Evangelist	(Data.gov)

Datasets	that	Enable	Rigorous	Data	Science	Research

12:00 13m/2q Michael	Hurley - Technical	Staff	(MIT	Lincoln	Laboratory)

Information	Theoretic	Evaluation	of	Data	Processing	Systems

12:15 13m/2q Chesley	Richards - Deputy	Director	for	Public	Health	Scientific	Services	(CDC)

Topic:	Health	Data,	Challenges	and	Opportunities

Q&A	Discussion

(Day	2	Breakout/submit	3x5	cards	of	questions	to	address)

12:30 John	Garofolo	- Working	Lunch	Logistics

12:30 2:00 Lunch:	NIST	cafeteria	accepts	cash	or	credit

Lecture	Room	B:		Focus	Group	on	HCI	and	Data	Science

Lecture	Room	E:		Focus	Group	on	Big	Data	Analytics	for	Smart	Manufacturing	Systems

The	NIST	Data	Science	Program	and	Symposium	Objectives

2:00 2:15

Ashit	Talukder	– Chief,	Information	Access	Division	(NIST)

Overview	of	the	NIST	Data	Science	Program

2:15 2:30

Craig	Greenberg – Project	Leader,	Multimodal	Information	Group	(NIST)

Overview	of	the	NIST	Data	Science	Evaluation	and	Metrology	Plans

Q	&	A	Discussion (moved	to	Portrait	Room)

Data	Science	Poster	Session

2:30 3:40 Poster	Presentations	– Hall	of	Flags

2:30 3:40 Focus	Group	for	NIST	Data	Science	Program	Plans	– Portrait	Room

Data	Science	Benchmarking	and	Measurement 

3:45 3:50 Session	Introduction

3:50 13m/2q Thomas	Karl - Director,	National	Climatic	Data	Center	(NOAA)

Climate	Archives	in	NOAA:	Challenges	and	Opportunities

4:05 13m/2q Shahram	Ghandeharizadeh – Associate	Professor	&	Director	Database	Laboratory

(University	of	Southern California)

A	Benchmark	for	Interactive	Social	Networking	Actions

4:20 13m/2q Shashi	Shekhar	– McKnight	Distinguished	University	Professor	(University	of	Minnesota)

Spatial	Big	Data	Analytics:	A	Challenges	& Opportunities

4:35 13m/2q Milind	Bhandarkar – Chief	Scientist	(Pivotal	Software	Inc.)

Deep	Analytics	Pipeline:		A	Benchmark	Proposal
Q&A	Discussion

(Day	2	Breakout/submit	3x5	cards	of	questions	to	address)

4:50 John	Garofolo - Brief	wrap-up	and	adjourn
Agenda	for	the	NIST	Data	Science	Symposium	2014

National	Institute	of	Standards	and	Technology

100	Bureau	Drive,	Gaithersburg,	MD	20899

Building	101,	Red	Auditorium

Day	2	- March	5,	2014

Arrival

8:00 9:00 Check-in (Administration	Building	101)

Keynote	Address

Charles	Romine - Director	of	the	Information	Technology	Laboratory	(NIST)

Welcome	and	Introductions

9:00 9:30 Dr.	Francine	Berman - Chair,	Research	Data	Alliance	/	U.S.

Edward	P.	Hamilton	Distinguished	Professor	in	Computer	Science

Director,	Center	for	a	Digital	Society,	Rensselaer	Polytechnic	Institute

9:30 9:45 Q&A	Discussion

Breakout	Sessions

9:45 Mark	Przybocki - Group	Leader,	Multimodal	Information	Group	(NIST)

Breakout	Instructions

10:00 11:30 Breakouts

Data	Science	Benchmarking	&	Performance	Measurement

Craig	Greenberg (Chair)

Portrait	Room

Datasets	and	Use	Cases	for	Data	Science	Research

Ashit	Talukder (Chair)

Green	Auditorium

Challenges	and	Gaps	in	Data	Science	Technologies

John	Garofolo (Chair)

Red	Auditorium

11:30 1:00 Lunch	and	Focused	Topic	Working	Lunches

Lecture	Room	E:	Focus	Group	on	Automated	Metadata	and	Ontologies	for	Heterogeneous													

																														Data
Government	Data	Science	R&D	Panel

1:00 2:45 Christopher	White - Program	Manager,	XDATA	Program	(DARPA)

Jill Crisman - Program	Manager	(IARPA)

Kenneth	Rice	- Chief,	ISR Integration	Division	(NGA)

Lucy	Nowell - Program	Manager,	Advanced	Scientific	Computing	Research	(DOE)

Mike	Huerta - Associate	Director,		US	National	Library	of	Medicine	(NIH)

Stephen	Dennis - Innovation	Director	(HSARPA)

Xiaoming	Huo - Program	Director	(NSF)

2:45 3:00 Q&A	Discussion

3:00 3:15 Break

Breakout	Reports

3:15 3:25 Data	Science	Benchmarking	&	Performance Measurement

3:25 3:35 Datasets	and	Use	Cases	for	Data	Science	Research

3:35 3:45 Challenges	and	Gaps	in	Data	Science	Technologies

3:45 3:55 Poster	Session

3:55 4:05 Focus	Group:	Automated	Metadata	and	Ontologies	for	Heterogeneous	Data (Anne	Plant)

4:05 4:15 Focus	Group:	HCI	and	Data	Science	(Sharon	Laskowski)

4:15 4:25 Focus	Group:		Big	Data	Analytics	for	Smart	Manufacturing	Systems	(Sudarsan Rachuri)

4:25 4:45 Discussion	&	Next	Steps;	Facilitator:	Ashit	Talukder