On April 20, 2018, our own Dan Cavanaugh, Alvin V. and Nancy Baird Curator of Historical Collections, gave an invited talk at the 2018 Sage Assembly, entitled “Archivists and Algorithmic Science”.
 

Dan's remarks focused on the value of archives and archivists in the age of Big Data and algorithmic science, and offered two main takeaways:

• Archives around the United States are struggling to garner enough resources to preserve digital objects; if algorithmic science is to be preserved during this era, then it is crucial that those resources are located.
   
• Archives, often associated with historians and genealogists, have the potential to benefit a much wider population-including biomedical researchers.

Cavanaugh's talk was praised via social media, including tweets from John Wilbanks (Chief Commons Officer at SageBionetworks) who extended the speaking invitation, and Kristi Holmes (Library Director at Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University):

Congratulations, Dan!