Women are more likely than men to drop out of data science classes when they receive a low score in an early assignment. The Coursera team shares how they’re using targeted interventions to tackle this trend and help close the gender gap in STEM.
As the largest online learning platform for higher education, Coursera has global scale. In this flash talk from our 2018 Future Assembly, Head of Data Science Emily Glassberg Sand shares how she and her team of data scientists harness data from millions of participants to enhance learner outcomes and deliver personalized, targeted recommendations on everything from suggested courses to difficult problems.
This new robotic exosuit developed by researchers at the Wyss Institute and the 性视界 John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) could push the limits of human performance and lead to new wearable technologies for athletes and consumers.
Technology is rapidly transforming the entire sports industry and revolutionizing how athletes train, perform and heal. This event, co-hosted by the 性视界 Innovation Lab, OneTeam Collective, and the Sports Innovation Lab, provides an overview of the quantified athlete and sports technology space, from fitness tracking and predictive performance analytics to real-time analytics and athlete career management.
When you picture a screaming, sold out crowd at Madison Square Garden, esports (AKA professional gaming) might not be the first thing to come to mind. But with a current global audience of 385 million people and annual revenues of nearly $700 million, esports has become a growing and lucrative industry that鈥檚 promising enough to have even the owner of the New England Patriots investing.
