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GET & iSchool Bolashak Program Welcome

Bolashak Program Welcome

The iSchool and the Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship (CIRSS) are partnering with Global Education and Training (GET) to cohost data science scholars and professionals participating in the Bolashak Program, an international scholarship created by the government of Kazakhstan to send scholars and professionals to study abroad. Join us for an afternoon of informal conversation to meet the new Bolashak fellows; share your research interests; build academic and professional connections with faculty, staff, and students; and learn how you can get involved with the program. Refreshments will be served. Register for the event.

Schedule of Events

TIMESESSIONSPEAKERS
1:00-1:10Introduction to GETMatt Rosenstein, Director of Global Education and Training
1:10-1:20Bolashak Program ExperiencesAliya Maussymbayeva and Ualikhan Sadyk, members of the previous cohort
1:20-1:45Introduction to the iSchool

J. Stephen Downie, Professor, Interim Executive Associate Dean, Associate Dean for Research

Glen Layne-Worthey, Associate Director for Research Support Services, HathiTrust Research Center

1:45-2:00Introduction to the Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship (CIRSS)Tim McPhillips, Senior Research Scientist, and Bertram Ludäscher, Professor and CIRSS Director
2:00-2:30BREAK - Food and Posters 
2:30-3:15Quick Bites - iSchool Faculty Talks

Dong Wang, Professor

Ian Brooks, Research Scientist and Director of the Center for Health Informatics

Junwei Deng, PhD student

Kahyun Choi, Assistant Professor

3:15-3:30Bolashak Fellows' Flash TalksIntroduction and professional background
3:30-3:45How to Participate in the Bolashak ProgramWendy Spencer, Assistant Director at Global Education and Training, and Janaynne Carvalho do Amaral, Postdoctoral Research Associate
3:45iSchool TourJ. Stephen Downie and Janaynne Carvalho do Amaral

Questions? Please contact Janaynne Carvalho do Amaral and Wendy Spencer.

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