SICSS-NDSU

June 19 to June 29, 2023 | North Dakota State University

Schedule & Materials

Sunday June 18, 2023 - Welcoming Dinner
  • 18:00 - 20:00 Welcoming dinner in downtown Fargo

Monday June 19, 2023 - Introduction & Ethics
  • 9:30 - 10:30 Introduction and logistics

  • 10:30 - 11:30 Overview of CSS and ethics

  • 11:30 - noon Research speed-dating

  • noon - 13:30 Lunch time

  • 13:30 - 16:00 Small group activity

Tuesday June 20, 2023 - Auditing Algorithms
  • 9:30 - 10:00 Logistics

  • 10:00 - 11:30 Tutorial on auditing algorithms

  • 11:30 - noon Research speed-dating

  • noon - 13:30 Lunch time

  • 13:30 - 16:00 Small group activity

Wednesday June 21, 2023 - Collecting Digital Trace Data
  • 9:30 - 10:00 Logistics

  • 10:00 - 11:30 Tutorial on collecting digital trace data

  • 11:30 - noon Research speed-dating

  • noon - 13:30 Lunch time & talk by Alvin Zhou (U of Minnesota)

  • 13:30 - 16:00 Small group activity

Thursday June 22, 2023 - Textual Data Processing & NLP
  • 9:30 - 10:00 Logistics

  • 10:00 - noon Tutorial on textual data processing & NLP

  • noon - 13:30 Lunch time & talk by Yini Zhang (U at Buffalo)

  • 13:30 - 16:00 Small group activity

Friday June 23, 2023 - Data Visualization
  • 9:30 - 10:00 Logistics

  • 10:00 - 11:00 Tutorial on data visualization

  • 11:30 - noon Group formation

  • noon - 13:30 Lunch time & talk by Leslie Laam (Sanford Health)

  • 13:30 - 15:00 HPC tour led by Khang Hoang (NDSU)

  • 15:20 - 16:00 Group work time

Saturday June 24, 2023 - Day Off
  • Enjoy Fargo!

Sunday June 25, 2023 - Day Off
  • Enjoy Fargo!

Monday June 26, 2023 - Unsupervised Machine Learning
  • 9:30 - 10:00 Logistics

  • 10:00 - 11:30 Learning session

  • 11:30 - noon Group check-ins

  • noon - 13:30 Lunch time

  • 13:30 - 16:00 Group work time

Tuesday June 27, 2023 - Deep Learning with Neural Networks
  • 9:30 - 10:00 Logistics

  • 10:00 - 11:30 Learning session

  • 11:30 - noon Group check-ins

  • noon - 13:30 Lunch time & talk by Dane Mataic (NDSU)

  • 13:30 - 16:00 Group work time

Wednesday June 28, 2023 - Fine-tuning LLMs & ChatGPT API
  • 9:30 - 10:00 Logistics

  • 10:00 - 11:30 Learning session

  • noon - 13:30 Lunch time & talk by Dan Pemstein (NDSU)

  • 13:30 - 16:00 Group work time

Thursday June 29, 2023 - Group Presentation Day
  • 9:30 - 10:00 Logistics

  • 10:00 - noon Group presentation (projects TBA)

  • noon - 14:00 Farewell Lunch

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