2. Agenda Goals for this gathering Ideas from around campus
Survey ENNOVAR.wichita.edu
Events
Schedule to move forward
Discussion
Computer Science
Huzefa Kagdi
College of Business
Khawaja Saeed
Physics
Terrance Figy
Engineering
Vinod Namboodiri
College of Education
Shirley Lefever-Davis
Industry
Tonya Witherspoon
College of Engineering
Jan Twomey
2-3:30, August 10, Room 261 RSC

3. Framework for Education
Human Heath Tied to Location and Climate
Jan Twomey
Interim Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Research and Faculty Development
College of Engineering
Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department

4. Heat Related Deaths and Daily Temperatures Summer 2011
Data Sources:
Ménager, H., (2011) Preliminary analysis of heat-related deaths in Kansas, KDHE EPI Updates, Vol. 3, pp. 1-3.
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

8. Extract Value from Big Data
Data Science
Domain Knowledge
Parallelism
NoSQL
Distributed
Cyber Security
Storage
Segmentation
Networks
Natural Language Processing
Cognition
Vision
Software
Manufacturing
Healthcare
Government
Public Policy
Sustainability
Retail
National Security
Physics
Education
Personal Location
Energy
Water
Training and Education Need: Statistics, Machining Learning, Computation and Visualization
National Academy of Sciences, Training Students to Extract Value from Big Data: Summary of
a Workshop (2014)

9. Mechanisms for Delivery
Training and Education Need: Statistics, Machining Learning, Computer Programing and Visualization
National Academy of Sciences, Training Students to Extract Value from Big Data: Summary of a Workshop (2014)
“data fluent vs data literate”
3-day boot camp
certificates
tracks vs majors
MOOC
stackable credits

10. Mechanisms for Delivery
Data Sciences
GIS
Government and Public Policy
Business Analytics
Particle Physics
Engineering Predictive Analytics
Healthcare and Population
Genomics
Several programs within a single institution with overlapping curricula

11. McKinsey (McKinsey Global Institute (2011) Big data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity )
“predicts effect of Big Data in employment, where 140, ,000 workers with “deep analytical” experience will be needed in the US”
“furthermore, 1.5 million managers will need to become data-literate”

12.
Master of Science in Applied Statistics and Analytics program is proposed by the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Kansas Medical Center
Master of Science in Digital Content Strategy Anticipated implementation: Summer 2015 School of Journalism and Mass Communications, KU Libraries

13. Questions? Comments? Discussion