AMA with MADS Faculty Director Chris Brooks
Join Christopher Brooks (MADS Faculty Director) and Jess Wolverton (Director of Recruitment and Admissions) for a live, virtual "Ask Me Anything" session. No slides, no pitch. Just a candid conversation about the MADS program and the future of data science.
Featured Speaker
Chris Brooks
MADS Faculty Director
Christopher Brooks is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan and is an applied Computer Scientist who builds and studies the effects of educational technologies in higher education and informal learning environments. Dr. Brooks has a particular domain focus on data science education and methodological interests in predictive modeling, learning analytics, and collaborative learning. He has published widely in the areas of educational technologies and human computer interaction, and has been awarded several best papers (LAK, AIED, CHI, CSCW) with collaborators. In the School of Information he directs the activities of the educational technology collective (etc), a group of postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, undergraduate students, and other collaborators. Dr. Brooks teaches in applied Data Science, in both the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as on the Coursera massive open online learning platform.
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