# Dstillery and NYU Stern Center for Business Analytics Host Second Annual ADS\*CON Symposium

On February 6, [Dstillery](http://www.dstillery.com/) and NYU Stern's [Center for Business Analytics](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/business-analytics) (CBA) co-hosted [Advertising and Data Science Congress](http://www.ads-con.com/) (ADS*CON), a half-day symposium dedicated to exploring the impact of the data science revolution on the digital advertising ecosystem. The second annual forum, themed "Embrace the Noise", featured leading thinkers in industry and academia, including [Vasant Dhar](http://people.stern.nyu.edu/vdhar/), Professor and Co-director of CBA, and [Foster Provost](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/foster-provost), Professor and NEC Faculty Fellow, who addressed the dramatic impact of data science on advertising.

![ADS*CON 2014](/sites/default/files/assets/images/con_046347.jpg)

Professors Vasant Dhar and Foster Provost

Watch the full event:

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— 2/6/2014

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