January 20, 2021
The annual Cornell Day of Data gathers strength in numbers by bringing together professors, researchers and students across the university to share techniques, tools and insights in working with data.
This year’s virtual event, Jan. 27-28, focuses on the theme of “Scholarship through Collaboration.”
Shane G. Henderson, the Charles W. Lake, Jr. Professor in Productivity in the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, will deliver the keynote presentation, “Yes, Data Is Great, But …”, about decision-making under uncertain conditions.
“I’ll survey some of those decision contexts, including ambulance deployment, bike sharing in NYC and the questions surrounding reopening Cornell’s Ithaca campus for in-person instruction in the time of COVID-19,” he said. “Data plays a central role in each of these settings, but care must be exercised to avoid pitfalls.”