pdsw 2024:9th International
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| Program Co-Chairs: The Ohio State University, USA Illinois Institute of Technology, USA |
General Chair: Microsoft, USA |
INVVITED SPEAKER:
İlkay AltintaŞ, University of California, San Diego
Bridging the Data Gaps in Computing for Science, Education and Society
slides - coming sooon
abstract: The democratization of the digital continuum necessitates an AI-integrated ecosystem where data and research infrastructure are seamlessly integrated and universally accessible. This talk overviews the imperative of bridging the gaps between these components through robust services, facilitating an inclusive AI landscape that empowers diverse research communities and domains. The National Data Platform (NDP) aims to lower the barriers to entry for AI research and applications through an integrated services approach to streamline research and education workflows. This approach underscores the importance of open, extensible, and equitable systems in driving forward the capabilities of AI, ultimately contributing to the resolution of grand scientific and societal challenges. Through examining real case studies leveraging open data platforms and scalable research infrastructure, the talk will highlight the role of composable systems and services in NDP to catalyze a platform to empower users from all backgrounds to engage in meaningful research, learning, and discovery.
bio: Dr. İlkay Altıntaş, a tenured research scientist at the University of California San Diego, is the Chief Data Science Officer of the San Diego Supercomputer Center as well as a Founding Fellow of the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute. She is the Founding Director of the Workflows for Data Science (WorDS) Center for the development of methods and workflows for computational data science, and the WIFIRE Lab on artificial intelligence methods for an all-hazards knowledge cyberinfrastructure. Among the awards she has received are the 2015 IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence in Scalable Computing for Early Career Researchers and the 2017 ACM SIGHPC Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing Award. Ilkay serves on the elected Board of Governors for the IEEE Computer Society, and was appointed by California Governor Newsom to the Wildfire Technology Research and Development Review Advisory Board. Ilkay received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Amsterdam.
