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PER Live Series: “Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy”
Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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The PER Live Series is a recurring set of discussions involving finance and business thought leaders. Topics address the important economic issues of our time.
This event was livestreamed via the Economics Department’s YouTube channel. A direct link to our event video can be found here. Closed captions and a transcript are also available.
Learn more about other PER Live Series Events.
This event took place via Zoom meeting on Wednesday, February 24th from 1:00PM to 2:00PM (EST). A Zoom invitation was be sent to registered attendees the morning of the event. Registration details below.
This event is open to the public, but designed for Job Market Candidates and other Columbia University graduate students in Economics.
Speaker:
Chengkai Li, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington
“Research on Computational Fact-Checking and Knowledge Graphs”
Dr. Chengkai Li leads The Innovative Data Intelligence Research (IDIR) Laboratory at the University of Texas at Arlington in conducting impactful interdisciplinary research in several areas related to big data intelligence and data science. His research interests span several areas related to big data intelligence and data science, including data management, data mining, natural language processing, machine learning, and their applications in computational journalism. He pioneered the field of computational fact-checking and has produced significant research on topics related to knowledge graphs. He also led a 20-organization multi-disciplinary team of researchers and partners from academia, governments and industry to conduct an NSF Convergence Accelerator project on Credible Open Knowledge Network which aims to ensure the credibility of decision-making software powered by knowledge graphs.
Be in touch via social media:
Twitter: @Chengkai_Li
Watch the video on COKN that Prof. Li showed in his presentation here.
Registration:
**Registration for this event is now closed. Watch via our livestream – details below.
This webinar will be held via Zoom. A virtual invitation will be sent to all registered attendees the morning of the event. Reach out to econ-per@columbia.edu with any questions.
Livestream and Accessibility:
This event was livestreamed via the Economics Department’s YouTube channel. A direct link to our event video can be found here. Closed captions and a transcript are also available.
Code of Conduct:
By attending, all conference participants agree to abide by the event’s Code of Conduct.
Video and Photography Policy:
Portions of this conference will be live-streamed and all sessions will be video/audio taped. By registering, your attendance at or in participation in this conference constitutes your consent to the use and distribution by Columbia University of the attendee’s image or voice for informational live stream, publicity, promotional and/or reporting purposes in print or electronic communications media. Video recording by participants and other attendees during any portion of the conference is not allowed without special prior written permission. Photographs of copyrighted PowerPoint or other slides are for personal use only and are not to be reproduced or distributed. Do not photograph any such images that are labeled as confidential and/or proprietary.
This conference is co-sponsored by Columbia University’s Program for Economic Research (PER). Please direct all questions to econ-per@columbia.edu.
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