Schedule

Please, check out this schedule frequently as it will likely change a bit throughout the quarter. In addition, I will post readings for each week the previous week.

Lecture	Date	Lecture	Keywords	Readings	Assignments
1	10/03	Data Ecology and Introduction to The Value of Data	1. Introductions 2. The Data Ecology Agenda 3. What is the value of data?
2	10/10	Systematization	1. Definitions 2. Examples 3. Systematization of the Value of Data	1-. What is the Value of Data? A Theory and Systematization. Raul Castro Fernandez. ACM/IMS Journal of Data Science. 2025
3	10/17	Value, Valuation, Pricing, Markets		Come ready with an answer to “what is the value of data?” and read 1-. Mike Fleckenstein, Ali Obaidi, and Nektaria Tryfona A Review of Data Valuation Approaches and Building and Scoring a Data Valuation Model HDSR 2023 2-. M Bendechache, J Attard, M Ebiele, R Brennan A systematic survey of data value: models, metrics, applications and research challenges IEEE Access 2023 3-. M Ebiele, M Bendechache, R Brennan Quantitative Data Valuation Methods: A Systematic Review and Taxonomy JDIQ 2025
4	10/24	Data and Society		1-. Evelyn Ruppert, Engin Isin, and Didier Bigo. Data Politics Big Data and Society, 2017 2-. Jack Henderson, Matt Prewitt. Data Coalitions and Escrow Agents RadicalXchange. 2023 3-. Bridget Fahey. Data Federalism Harvard Law Review, 2022
5	10/31	The Role of Data in Decision Making (Invited speaker: Arna Wömmel
6	11/07	Towards a Theory of Equilibrium in Data Markets (Invited speaker: Bhaskar Ray Chaudhury)
7	11/14	Data Economies: With and Without Money (Invited speakers: Pooja Kulkarni and Anihet Murhekar)
8	11/21	On the value of data in decision-making (Invited speaker: Amine Bennouna)
9	12/05	Project Discussion and Summary of the Quarter