Data Science, AI, and Public Policy with Professor Anna Haensch

About this episode

Nama interviews Professor Anna Haensch about her work at the intersection of AI, Data Science, and Public Policy.

On this episode of 1050 Bascom, Nama sits down with Anna Haensch, Research Associate Professor at the Data Science Institute at UW-Madison, to discuss her experience at the intersection between AI, Data Science, and Public Policy, her work at the Science Desk at NPR, the U.S. Senate, and the Digital Scholarship Hub at UW (where she is Associate Director), and more!

People in this episode

Host: Nama

Guest: Anna Haensch

Topics covered

• Data Science
• AI
• Public Policy

Keywords

• UW-Madison
• NPR
• U.S. Senate
• Digital Scholarship Hub

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