Beyond Coding: Preparing Students for the Future of Computing

AI is changing the future of work for software engineers and data scientists, as coding may soon be automated by AI. Magda Balazinska, Director of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, discussed how the University of Washington is reflecting on these changes and their implications for curriculum.

About the Speaker:
Magdalena Balazinska is Professor, Bill & Melinda Gates Chair, and Director of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. Magdalena’s research interests are in the field of database management systems. Her current research focuses on data management for data science, big data systems, cloud computing, and image and video analytics. Prior to her leadership of the Allen School, Magdalena was the Director of the eScience Institute, the Associate Vice Provost for Data Science, and the Director of the Advanced Data Science PhD Option. She also served as Co-Editor-in-Chief for Volume 13 of the Proceedings of the Very Large Data Bases Endowment (PVLDB) journal and as PC co-chair for the corresponding, prestigious VLDB’20 conference. Magdalena is an ACM Fellow. She holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2006).

About ADSA:
The Alliance for Data Science and AI (ADSA) is a professional association for academic data science and AI initiatives. Our community is made up of academic data science and AI practitioners, educators, leaders, and academic-adjacent colleagues who thoughtfully integrate data science and AI best practices in higher education.

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