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Data science, dating and life

  • Writer: Thomas Thurston
    Thomas Thurston
  • Dec 19, 2012
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jul 24, 2023

Fun TEDx talk on data science and life


TEDxUofM took place April 8th, 2011 at the historic Michigan Theater on the campus of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.


Jameson Toole -- University of Michigan 2010, Jameson Toole is a PhD in MIT's Engineering Systems Division with the support of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. His research focuses on using large behavioral data sets generated from the web (Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc.), cell phones, or any other means, to find emergent patterns in human behavior and dynamics. Toole completed his undergraduate degrees at the University of Michigan majoring in Physics, Mathematical Physics, and Economics.

 
 

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