How are materials related to big data? We speak with Dr. Ian Foster from the University of Chicago and Dr. Klara Nahrstedt from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign about data science. Dr. Nahrstedt is a Ralph and Catherine Fisher Professor of Computer Science and the Director of the Coordinated Science Laboratory. Dr. Foster is the Director of Argonne National Laboratory’s Data Science and Learning Division and a Distinguished Service Professor for the Department of Computer Science. <br /><br />Songs included in this episode are “Jack” by Podington Bear, available under creative commons, and “Also Sprach Zarathustra'' by Richard Strauss. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/</a>

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Materials Data Matters (MDM) connects materials and data science with the world around us by navigating through topics in technology, sustainability and education. With support from the National Science Foundation and its Midwest Big Data Spoke for Integrative Materials Design, MDM is produced by Elena Bruess and Layne Gerbig out of Northwestern University.Led by the University of Chicago, the Spoke project aims to connect industry, universities, and government to the people and services to find, access, and use data for materials design. It leverages the Materials Data Facility infrastructure from the Center for Hierarchical Materials Design, or CHiMaD, to foster interconnection across the Midwest. Participating universities are Northwestern University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan, and University of Wisconsin-Madison.Graphics by Lindsey Bliss. Contact: chimad@northwestern.edu