Two Microsoft officials, an academic and a public...

Two Microsoft officials, an academic and a public sector education official will speak at the White House’s second big data review workshop, to be March 17 at the New York University Law School, said a Wednesday release (http://bit.ly/1jSbzCz). They will discuss the social, cultural and ethical dimensions of big data, NYU said. Microsoft Research Principal Researcher Danah Boyd will lead off, followed by a keynote from a yet-to-be-named senior White House official. Speaking on the panel to follow are Microsoft Research Principal Researcher Kate Crawford, Innovate NYC Schools Executive Director Steven Hodas, Columbia University sociology professor Alondra Nelson and MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth Executive Director Shamina Singh. The evening workshop is the second of three events the White House is co-hosting with academic institutions across the country as part of the big data review President Barack Obama ordered in January (CD Jan 24 p9). Previously, stakeholders discussed the technology of big data at the working group’s first workshop, held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (CD March 4 p7).