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Past Event
Dean's Seminar Series: Distilling Lessons from the Science of Science
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
4:00 PM
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Hive, 2-350, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
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The increasing availability of large-scale datasets that trace the entirety of the scientific enterprise has created an unprecedented opportunity to explore scientific production and reward. Parallel developments in data science, network science, and artificial intelligence offer powerful tools and techniques to make sense of these millions of data points. Together, they tell a complex yet insightful story about how scientific careers unfold, how collaborations contribute to discovery, and how scientific progress emerges through a combination of multiple interconnected factors.
These opportunities—and challenges that come with them—have fueled the emergence of a multidisciplinary community of scientists that are united by their goals of understanding science. These practitioners of the “science of science” use the scientific methods to study themselves, examine projects that work as well as those that fail, quantify the patterns that characterize discovery and invention, and offer lessons to improve science as a whole.
This talk will highlight some examples of research in this area, hoping to illustrate the promise of the science of science as well as its limitations.
Dashun Wang
Associate Professor of Management & Organizations, Kellogg School of Management and (by courtesy) Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
Wang is the founding director of the Center for Science of Science and Innovation (CSSI). He is best known for his contributions on the science of science, a quest to turn the scientific methods and curiosities upon science itself. Wang’s research has been published in academic journals such as Nature and Science, and has been featured in virtually all major global media outlets. Wang is a recipient of multiple awards for his research and teaching, and his first book "The Science of Science" (Cambridge University Press, 2021) was published in March.
Time
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
Hive, 2-350, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
MaDE You Look! A Design Sprint Challenge
Segal Design Institute
5:00 PM
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DTC Classrooms/Shop, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
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The Manufacturing and Design Engineering (MaDE) program invites you and your team to compete in a design sprint challenge hosted by Segal Design Institute. Get ready to bring a design to life with the prompt, "Living one-handed in a two-handed world." Industry partners will be assigned to teams as a coach.
All MaDE students are welcome, and students from other majors can join as long as there's at least one MaDE major on the team. Teams may consist of up to four members.
Friday, April 12, 5 – 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 13, 8 – 5 p.m.
Meals and refreshments provided.
Please register via the link provided.
Time
Friday, April 12, 2024 at 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
DTC Classrooms/Shop, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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Segal Design Institute
MaDE You Look! A Design Sprint Challenge
Segal Design Institute
8:00 AM
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DTC Classrooms/Shop, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
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The Manufacturing and Design Engineering (MaDE) program invites you and your team to compete in a design sprint challenge hosted by Segal Design Institute. Get ready to bring a design to life with the prompt, "Living one-handed in a two-handed world." Industry partners will be assigned to teams as a coach.
All MaDE students are welcome, and students from other majors can join as long as there's at least one MaDE major on the team. Teams may consist of up to four members.
Friday, April 12, 5 – 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 13, 8 – 5 p.m.
Meals and refreshments provided.
Please register via the link provided.
Time
Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location
DTC Classrooms/Shop, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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Segal Design Institute
James Dyson Award Q&A
Segal Design Institute
12:30 PM
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Hive Annex, 2.340, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
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A Dyson engineer will give an insider's perspective into their engineering and business practices while providing tips for entering their annual design and engineering competition for university students, the James Dyson Award.
Pizza and drinks will be served!
Please register using the provided link.
Time
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Location
Hive Annex, 2.340, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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Segal Design Institute
Bay Area Winter 25 Info Session
Segal Design Institute
4:30 PM
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111, Fisk Hall
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Prepare to thrive at the intersection of technology and media in San Francisco. Spend Winter Quarter 2025 taking design and journalism classes, exploring Bay Area culture, expanding your network, and challenging your way of thinking.
This program is primarily intended for students in McCormick and Medill who will be sophomores and juniors in Winter Quarter 2025, though all are welcome to apply.
Time
Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Location
111, Fisk Hall Map
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Segal Design Institute
Northwestern Engineering PhD Hooding and Master's Degree Recognition Ceremony
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
9:00 AM
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Welsh-Ryan Arena
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McCormick School of Engineering PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony
Time
Monday, June 10, 2024 at 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location
Welsh-Ryan Arena
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Northwestern Engineering Undergraduate Convocation
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
2:00 PM
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Welsh-Ryan Arena
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McCormick School of Engineering Undergraduate Convocation
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Monday, June 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location
Welsh-Ryan Arena
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McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science