Statistics Weekly Seminar: Wendy Martinez (Virtual)
What’s the big deal with data ethics, and why should I care?
3:00 pm –
4:00 pm CDT
Virtual Location:
Zoom
Target Audiences:
Additional Info: This seminar will be virtual. If you would like to receive more seminar info and notifications please email Amanda Bulger at abulger2@unl.edu
Contact:
Department of Statistics, statistics@unl.edu
Abstract:
You’ve probably heard the saying “Data is the new oil” (Clive Humby, 2006). Regardless of whether this is a good metaphor for how we view data today, we can safely assert that data is at the foundation of what we do as statisticians and data scientists. After all, our analyses and models all start with data and a problem to be solved. We need to be aware of ethical considerations with respect to the data throughout the data lifecycle. In this presentation, I will describe data ethics and provide motivating examples of where the data had a role to play. As a group, we will explore some case studies to further illustrate the concepts.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Wendy Martinez is a Senior Mathematical Statistician for Data Science in the Research and Methodology Directorate at the US Census Bureau. Prior to this time, she served as the Director of the Mathematical Statistics Research Center at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and worked in several research positions throughout the Department of Defense. Her areas of interest include text analysis, data visualization, statistical machine learning, and open-source software. She is the lead author of three books on MATLAB and statistics, the Coordinating Editor of Statistics Surveys, and the Editor of Chance magazine. Wendy received her Ph.D. in Computational Sciences and Informatics with an emphasis on computational statistics at George Mason University in 1995.
You’ve probably heard the saying “Data is the new oil” (Clive Humby, 2006). Regardless of whether this is a good metaphor for how we view data today, we can safely assert that data is at the foundation of what we do as statisticians and data scientists. After all, our analyses and models all start with data and a problem to be solved. We need to be aware of ethical considerations with respect to the data throughout the data lifecycle. In this presentation, I will describe data ethics and provide motivating examples of where the data had a role to play. As a group, we will explore some case studies to further illustrate the concepts.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Wendy Martinez is a Senior Mathematical Statistician for Data Science in the Research and Methodology Directorate at the US Census Bureau. Prior to this time, she served as the Director of the Mathematical Statistics Research Center at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and worked in several research positions throughout the Department of Defense. Her areas of interest include text analysis, data visualization, statistical machine learning, and open-source software. She is the lead author of three books on MATLAB and statistics, the Coordinating Editor of Statistics Surveys, and the Editor of Chance magazine. Wendy received her Ph.D. in Computational Sciences and Informatics with an emphasis on computational statistics at George Mason University in 1995.
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