Data is ubiquitous in our world. But, when abstracted by numbers and numerical proxies, individuals and social relationships are obscured to both researchers and end users. Each year, eight graduate students at the University of Minnesota receive MnDRIVE Human in the Data Fellowships. While participants undertake vastly different projects across the five MnDRIVE areas of robotics, global food, environment, brain conditions, and cancer clinical trials, their goals are not altogether dissimilar: to understand the humanistic implications of their data, and to use their time in the cohort to support this non-traditional scholarship and engagement work. 

At this Symposium, current MnDRIVE Human in the Data fellows will present their research projects and discuss the communities their work touches; time for audience Q&A is included.

INFORMATION SESSION
Following the presentations, graduate students will discuss their time in the fellowship and program organizers will share insights into the 2023 application process and requirements. 

Symposium Schedule

10:00 a.m. CT   Welcome

• Group 1 Presentations & Q&A
  Katherine Pierpont, Florencia Pech Cardenas, Isaac Espósto, Kadir Yavuz Emiroglu
• Group 2 Presentations & Q&A
  Aidan Neher, Catherine J. Bruns, Michael Valdez, Pawan Sharma

12:00 p.m. CT    Information Session