Yale Explores…Data, Data, Everywhere!

Rocky Mountains

October 18, 2019
Kimpton Hotel Born
Denver, CO

Yale Explores kicked off its first programs of the 2019-20 academic year with a busy week, bringing its themes of collaboration, connection, and interdisciplinary learning to stops in Chicago (October 14), Houston (October 16), and Denver (October 18). Yale Explores launched in the spring of 2018 and has now traveled to nine locations. At each stop, the program has highlighted the benefits and necessity of interdisciplinary study and research, all while bringing a piece of Yale to alumni, family, and friends around the country. In all, more than 750 members of the Yale family turned out for the three-city tour this fall.

The vital importance of interdisciplinary study permeated the Denver panel discussion, held at the Kimpton Hotel Born, with professors Elisa Celis (statistics and data science), Alan Gerber ’86 (political science), and Harlan Krumholz ’80 (medicine) sitting down with Salovey to discuss how data and data science are transforming our lives. “With the dramatic growth in computational power over the last several decades, we not only collect a lot of data, but we can put them to use,” said Salovey. “Your internet searches and the recommendations you receive from online businesses are all based on the data you supply. So, it is vital for us to understand how data and algorithms can be used. This isn’t just a problem for computer scientists. We need knowledge and wisdom from multiple disciplines to ensure that advances in data science will benefit our well-being and strengthen our society.”

Moderator

Peter Salovey ’86 Ph.D.
President and Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology

Faculty

Elisa Celis
Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science

Alan Gerber ’86, P ’19, P ’20
Dean of Social Science
Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Political Science
Professor of Economics and of Public Health

Harlan Krumholz ’80, P ’12, P ’17
Harold H. Hines, Jr. Professor of Medicine
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health

  • Guests networking during the opening reception.
  • Guests “picturing themselves on campus” in the green screen photo booth.
  • Guests enjoying the reception.
  • Guests posing with panelist Elisa Celis (center).
  • President Peter Salovey posing for a photo with guests.
  • Panelists discussing the topic of “Data, Data, Everywhere!”
  • Colorado Yale Association president Stephanie Grilli welcoming guests to Yale Explores.
  • Yale Explores Denver presenters (from left to right) Elisa Celis, President Peter Salovey, Stephanie Grilli, Harlan Krumholz, and Alan Gerber.
  • Guests observing the panelists speak about “Data, Data, Everywhere!”