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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221110T193000
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URL:https://oxon.bcs.org/programme/is-information-loss-good-or-bad/
SUMMARY:Is Information Loss Good or Bad? (and AGM)
DESCRIPTION:\nProf Min Chen\, Professor of Scientific Visualisation\, Engin
 eering Dept.\, University of Oxford\nInformation loss has commonly been bl
 amed as a cause of bad decisions. A close examination of the actuality (an
 d the underlying mathematical descriptions) reveals that information loss 
 is ubiquitous in data analysis\, data visualization\, statistical inferenc
 e\, machine learning\, human decisions\, and human communication. The ubiq
 uity suggests some likely benefit of information loss. In this talk\, the 
 speaker will discuss the need to measure information loss systematically i
 n data intelligence workflows (e.g.\, machine learning and pandemic modell
 ing) in a way similar to many types of measurements\, such as force and en
 ergy. Being able to measure information loss will allow us to optimise dat
 a intelligence workflows.\n\nBio\n\nMin Chen developed his academic career
  in Wales between 1984 and 2011. He is currently Professor of Scientific V
 isualization at Oxford University and a fellow of Pembroke College. His re
 search interests include many aspects of data science in general\, and vis
 ualization and visual analytics in particular. He has co-authored over 200
  publications\, including his recent contributions in areas such as theory
  of visualization\, visual analytics for machine learning\, and perception
  and cognition in visualization. He has worked on a broad spectrum of inte
 rdisciplinary research topics\, ranging from the sciences to sports\, and 
 from digital humanities to cybersecurity. His services to the research com
 munity include papers co-chair of IEEE Visualization 2007 and 2008\, Eurog
 raphics 2011\, IEEE VAST 2014 and 2015\; co-chair of Volume Graphics 1999 
 and 2006\, EuroVis 2014\; associate editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions o
 n Visualization and Computer Graphics\; editor-in-chief of Computer Graphi
 cs Forum\; and co-director of Wales Research Institute of Visual Computing
 . He is a fellow of British Computer Society\, European Computer Graphics 
 Association\, and Learned Society of Wales.\nAGM\nAgenda\n\n 	Welcome and 
 Introductions\n 	Apologies for absence\n 	Minutes of the previous AGM\n 	M
 atters arising from the minutes\n 	A report from the Chair on the year’s
  activities\n 	A report from the Treasurer\n 	Election of Chair\, Treasure
 r\, Secretary\, Inclusion Officer\, Early Career Officer and committee mem
 bers\n 	Any other business\n\nPlease note that notification of items to be
  raised at the AGM under "Any other business" should be sent to the Secret
 ary (simon @ towlerjones.org) not less than three days in advance.  Admis
 sion of items not so notified at the AGM will be at the discretion of the 
 Chair.\n\nAny nominations for the positions of Chair\, Treasurer\, Secreta
 ry\, Inclusion Officer\, Early Career Officer and committee members should
  be made to the Secretary (simon @ towlerjones.org) at any time prior to t
 he meeting. Any person nominated for the roles of Chair or Treasurer must 
 be a professional member in good standing of the BCS (MBCS or FBCS).\nDocu
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