The City of East Lansing plans to host an inaugural Data Week event beginning Monday, October 19, running through Thursday, October 22, 2026. Data centers, data science and AI-related events will be on the schedule, with more events possibly being added.
On Tuesday, October 20th, at noon, Dr. Aman Yadav, interim director of CREATE for STEM Institute, will lead a conversation, along with colleagues Dr. Victoria Macann and Dr. Michael Lachney titled "AI in Your World: What Teachers and Parents Need to Know" focusing on the history of AI and how AI systems work and produce data. This session will help equip teachers and parents with grounded knowledge about AI and how it is affecting privacy, equity and learning in homes, classrooms and entire school systems.
This session is a webinar with registration required:
https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9PUkPzc3TiSKMOjWPJJK2A#/registration
Passcode: 787573
To learn more about Data Week and to view other scheduled events, go to: https://www.cityofeastlansing.com/2677/Data-Week
