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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"><a href="http://www.eresearch-africa.uct.ac.za/">http://www.eresearch-africa.uct.ac.za/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;vertical-align:middle">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">In a research-intensive environment, data scientists contribute to real-world
problems in public health, education, sustainable energy, climate change, economic development, and many more areas of trans- and interdisciplinary research. Working on data mining or machine learning, on big data and data science projects with social impact,
there is limited empirical evidence to demonstrate their contribution. New research impact measures are required for the evaluation of data science in support of social challenges that might include strategic value, significant change, empowerment, livelihoods,
and sustainability. This conference will explore the practice, principles and opportunities of data science in knowledge production and decision-making for societal benefit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Focus areas for 2019 include: (but are not limited to)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#4472C4;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"><span style="color:windowtext">Kranzberg’s First law: Technology is neither
good nor bad; nor is it neutral.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#4472C4;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"><span style="color:windowtext">Big data, analytics, and technology impact
on society.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#4472C4;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"><span style="color:windowtext">Data science: Bridging the gap between
science and decision-making.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#4472C4;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"><span style="color:windowtext">Case studies from public health, urban
development, education, social welfare.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#4472C4;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"><span style="color:windowtext">Chasing the “R” in FAIR data: The sharing
and re-use of data and scientific software as supplementary research outputs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#4472C4;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"><span style="color:windowtext">The next generation of data scientists:
Education models from universities, summer schools, boot camps, and hands-on training programmes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#4472C4;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"><span style="color:windowtext">The dark side of data: threats to privacy
and confidentiality; misinformation; cybersecurity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#4472C4;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"><span style="color:windowtext">Data science in academic planning: linking
student data to academic outcomes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#4472C4;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"><span style="color:windowtext">Crowdsourcing data science for social development.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Ina Smith</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Project Manager:
<a href="http://africanopenscience.org.za/"><span style="color:#0563C1">African Open Science Platform</span></a>
<br>
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)<br>
<a href="https://blog.doaj.org/2016/09/07/the-doaj-ambassadors-biographies/"><span style="color:#0563C1">DOAJ Ambassador, Southern Africa Region</span></a><br>
<a href="https://loy2016blog.wordpress.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1">LIASA Librarian of the Year 2016</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://orcid.org/"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#338CAF;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01D467A8.2B590D10" alt="http://orcid.org/sites/default/files/images/orcid_16x16(1).gif"></span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">
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</span></a></span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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