#DataInTheATL is a speaker series hosted by Georgia State University Library that connects the university community with a variety of Atlanta-based professionals, highlighting how data analysis is being used successfully in their daily work while introducing students to potential careers working with data.
This Semester
Thursday, February 15, 2024 | 5:00pm - 6:00pm | CURVE, Library South 2 - REGISTER HERE!
The Cyberindustrialization of Romance Fraud and Catfishing
Join us for a special Love Data Week edition of Data in the ATL, where we will hear from Georgia State University’s Volkan Topalli. Dr. Topalli is a professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and part of Georgia State’s Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group. He will discuss his and his colleagues' research on online-dating fraud and catfishing.
Series Objectives
Introduce students to possible careers in data science
Increase connections and partnerships with the Atlanta data community
Promote University Library efforts in supporting research and data services
Share expertise and promote knowledge
Data mined in
Supports GSU students, faculty, and staff in the areas of data analysis tools & methods, data visualization, finding data & statistics, data collection, and data cleaning & management.