Debating Data: Problems and Perspectives of Digitalization
25 - 31 August 2019
Convened by University of Potsdam & HSE University (Moscow and Saint Petersburg)
Even though rapidly progressing digitalization turns almost any sphere of modern life into an asset of Big Data, discussions about the uses, reuses, and abuses of data largely remain within the clearly confined frameworks of individual disciplines and institutions. The summer school challenges this persistent compartmentalization through a distinct cross-disciplinary approach.
In order to facilitate a dialogue between the branches of data science, the summer school brings together teachers and students from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Engineering and Natural Sciences to discuss the potential as well as the problems of digital technological change from an international and interdisciplinary perspective.
We welcome up to 30 participants (advanced Bachelor and Master students) from the above-mentioned fields of knowledge, who are interested in investigating the transformations of a digitized world, drawing upon insights from an integrated interdisciplinary perspective, combining their specific interests and knowledge about Big Data within a broader investigation on other fields of digitalization.
Preliminary schedule joint summer school „Debating Data. Problems and Perspectives of Digitalization“
- Participants can be credited:
3 ECTS - Language of instruction and discussion:
English - Application deadline 2019: EXPIRED for 2019!
- Application documents:
Motivation letter explaining your interest in the discourse on data; certificate of enrollment and CV - Participation is free of charge & accommodation provided!
Students from HSE:
- Saint Petersburg are eligible for travel grants. Please contact Prof. Jonathan Platt for details: jplattuhsepru
- campus in Moscow can apply for the travel grants to the commissions supporting academic mobility of students at their respective faculties.
- campus in Nizhny Novgorod are eligible for travel grants. Please contact Prof. Irina Arkhangelskaya for details: iarkhangelskaya@hse.ru
- campus in Perm are responsible for their own travel costs.
Program
The summer school combines four teaching and study formats: Morning lectures, a methods lab, a field trip, and study groups. Four different study groups are offered, each with a specific thematic profile:
- Study Group in Social Sciences: "Digital Cultural Geography"
(Instructors: Prof. Daniil Alexandrov, HSE SPb, School of Social Science and Area Studies & Prof. Nina Brendel, UP, Department of Environmental Studies) (Prof. Brendel tbc) - Study group in Humanities: "Digital Literary Studies"
(Instructors: Prof. Frank Fischer, HSE M, School of Linguistics & Prof. Peer Trilcke, UP, German Department, DH Lab) - Study group in Computational Linguistics: "Computational Modeling of Narrative Text"
(Instructors: Prof. Asja Bonch-Osmolovskaya, HSE M, School of Linguistics & Prof. Manfred Stede, UP, Department of Linguistics) - Study group in Digital Engineering/Digital Health: "Interpretable Data Science – Making Sense of Medical Data"
(Instructors: Prof. Christoph Lippert, UP/HPI & Prof. Alena Suvorova, HSE SPb, Department of Informatics)
Students choose one of these study groups in advance. Please indicate your choice in your motivation letter.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Susanne Strätling
Prof. Dr. Susanne Strätling
Campus Am Neuen Palais
Am Neuen Palais 10, 14469 Potsdam
Haus 01, Zimmer 2.07