BemacsTalks 2015-2016

The Bachelor of Science in Economics, Management and Computer Science has developed a new way to discuss the data driven economy: #BemacsTalks, a unique series of online events.
In addition to the full event videos, shorter clips that feature Bocconi researchers summarizing their projects are listed here. There are also other materials that go further in-depth (interviews, articles, etc.), all pertaining to the topic of big data.

#BemacsTalks     The Series: Full episodes

A Digital Future: From Plan to Reality 
22 January 2016

Stefano Quintarelli President of the Steering Committee, Agenzia per l’Agenda Digitale

Emanuele Borgonovo Director BSc in Economics, Management and Computer Science, Bocconi University

Gianmario VeronaTIM Chair in Market Innovation, Bocconi University
 

It's Not All About… Big Data
3 December 2015

Gary King Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor, Harvard University

Emanuele Borgonovo Director BSc in Economics, Management and Computer Science, Bocconi University

Sonia Petrone Director, PhD in Statistics, Bocconi University
 

Imagining the Future: Artificial intelligence, big data, and...
17 November 2015

David Nahamoo IBM fellow, T.J. Watson Research Lab

Emanuele Borgonovo Director, BSc in Economics, Management and Computer Science, Bocconi University

Arnstein Aassve Dean, Bocconi Undergraduate School
 

Short Videos by Bocconi Faculty

When Your Opponent Is a Teammate
An analysis of tweets regarding female soccer in the US, conducted by Department of Marketing’s Federico Rossi, shows that rivalry among athletes spills over to the virtual field. Conversations are boosted by sports events and by athletes’ tweets. Every time an athlete tweets, on the one hand total audience for the discipline rises, on the other the audience of athletes similar to the tweeting one is eroded. Teammates are the one who have more to loose, then.

Living in the Era of Data-Driven Economy
Businesses all around the world are in need of professionals able to exploit the new oil, that is data, Emanuele Borgonovo states in this video. Gathering data is not enough, you have to let them speak. The new professionals must be able to read data through the lenses of economic and managerial models. That’s what the new Bachelor in Economics, Management and Computer Science is for.

Big Data Vs. Climate Change
Tools aimed to process huge amounts of data can be used also to fight climate change, Department of Economics’ Valentina Bosetti argues. They allow to better understand popular mood through the cross-analysis of climate events and people’s reactions on Twitter and to design climate policies tailor-made for local communities’ needs.
 

Other Material

Interview with Alex Pentland, MIT Professor and author of Social Physics

Interview with Salvatore Ippolito, Country Manager Italy at Twitter and Alumnus Bocconi

Article by Emanuele Borgonovo, Director BSc in Economics, Management and Computer Science, Bocconi University

Interview with David Nahamoo, guest of the first #BemacsTalks (in Italian)