Toward Knowledge Currency Exchange
Friday, November 4
9 to 9:45 a.m.
Kirsch Auditorium, Fetzer Center
Sima Yazdani, B.S.'82, is a senior manager of data and analytics, knowledge discovery at CISCO. She leads teams of data scientists and engineers building AI-guided business solutions used in professional, technical and educational services.
Yazdani has over 35 years of experience in IT, education and health industries. Her passion is delivering smart digital platforms that improve people's lives. Her recent focus is on improving learners' rate of success through a learner-centered, value-based model automating recommendations of personalized knowledge and upskilling modules needed to solve complex technical problems. This approach is based on use of continuous learning analytics, semantic knowledge graphing, cloud and distributed database technologies.
Friday, November 4
9 to 9:45 a.m.
Kirsch Auditorium, Fetzer Center
Friday, November 4
3:35 to 4:35 p.m.
Kirsch Auditorium, Fetzer Center
Join speakers for a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Alan Rea, professor of computer information systems, Western Michigan University.