Columbia Engineering professor Chris Wiggins and Columbia School of Social Work professor Courtney Cogburn explore the promise and pitfalls of using data to understand the world — and to change it.

Lorenzo Polvani is the Maurice Ewing and J. Lamar Worzel Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics at Columbia Engineering. He is particularly interested in quantifying and distinguishing the effects of anthropogenic forcings from natural climate variability.

Two professors, two fields, two schools. A data scientist and applied mathematician teaching with an expert on the history of science and technology. One class, one book, one vision. We went behind the scenes with Columbia's two professors for a brief exchange on their book "How Data Happened" which emerged from their class "Data: Past, Present, and Future."

Adam Sobel doesn't want to prove that climate change is real. If you don't believe yet, he's confident you will eventually. Instead, what he wants to do is help our decision making about long-term events with future consequences to be better. He talks about climate change and how it has already and will continue to affect New York City, and how everyone should be thinking differently. Adam Sobel is a professor at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He is an atmospheric scientist who specializes in the dynamics of climate and weather, particularly in the tropics, on time scales of days to decades. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Chris Wiggins, Chief Data Scientist of The New York Times, sat down for a Fireside Chat at January 2015's edition of Data Driven NYC. Data Driven NYC is a monthly event covering Big Data and data-driven products and startups, hosted by Matt Turck, partner at FirstMark Capital. Find out more about Data Driven NYC at http://datadrivennyc.com and FirstMark Capital at http://firstmarkcap.com.

Chris Wiggins is an associate professor of applied mathematics at Columbia University and co-founder of hackNY. He is a member of the faculty in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and is a founding member of both the Institute for Data Sciences and Engineering, and the Department of Systems Biology. His research is at the intersection of data science and the natural sciences, particularly biology. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Delivered by Chris Wiggins, Chief Data Scientist, The New York Times, at the inaugural New York R Conference in New York City at Work-Bench on Friday, April 24th, and Saturday, April 25th.

Adam Sobel in conversation with National Geographic, on extreme weather events... Atmospheric scientist and Columbia University Professor Adam Sobel received an Award from the AXA Research Fund for his work on Climate and Extreme Weather. He reflects on the trends and ways to prepare for floods and hurricanes, basing his approach on the case study of hurricane Katrina. Discover the surge barrier that has been designed to protect New Orleans from hurricanes, an example of a long-term initiative to protect people from the risks we know are there... ** Adam Sobel, en conversation avec National Geographic sur les événements climatiques extrêmes... Adam Sobel, Professeur à l'Université de Columbia, a remporté un « AXA Award » décerné par le Fonds AXA pour la Recherche pour ses travaux sur le climat et les événements climatiques extrêmes. A partir d'un cas d'étude sur l'ouragan Katrina, il partage sa réflexion sur les ouragans et inondations : quelles évolutions dans leur survenue, et surtout, quels moyens pour nous prémunir de leurs effets ? Découvrez la barrière anti-tempête conçue pour protéger la Nouvelle-Orléans d'ouragans futurs, un exemple d'approche à long terme pour protéger les populations d'un risque bien identifié... --- Subscribe to keep up to date with all our latest content: https://goo.gl/FnRO98 --- For more great videos - check out our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AXAResearchFundLive/videos --- Visit our website and content hub to find out more: http://www.axa-research.org/ http://gallery.axa-research.org/en/ --- Find us on: Twitter: http://twitter.com/AXAResearchFund/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AXAResearch/ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/axaresearchfund/ Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/company/axa/ ---

Speaker: Matthew Jones & Chris Wiggins Title: Data: Past, Present, and Future DBMI Data Science Retreat 2018 April 18th

C. K. [John] Chu. Pioneering Computational Fluid Dynamics / Computational Earth and Atmospheric Science Michael Mauel, Professor of Applied Physics Adam Sobel, Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and of Earth and Environmental Sciences