Events

Gary King, PhD, Harvard, Institute for Quantitative Social Science – MIDAS Seminar Series

Gerald Ford Library 1000 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Gary King, PhD Harvard University 'Big Data is Not About the Data!' Abstract: The spectacular progress the media describes as "big data" has little to do with the data.  Data, after all, is becoming commoditized, less expensive, and an automatic byproduct of other changes in organizations and society. More data alone doesn't generate insights; it often […]

MIDAS Seminar: Jimmy Soni & Rob Goodman, authors of “A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age”

Rackham Building, 4th Floor 915 E. Washington, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Authors Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman will talk about their new book on U-M alum Claude Shannon: "A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age." The talk will be followed by a book signing. Jimmy Soni is an author and editor. He has worked as an editor at The New York Observer and The Washington Examiner. He […]