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Nina Beguš presents her work "Artificial Humanities"

February 10, 2025

On February 3, Nina Beguš, a researcher and lecturer at UC Berkeley, presented her work "Artificial Humanities" to attendees at the BIDS Suite in Sutardja Dai Hall and online. We in the...Read more about Nina Beguš presents her work "Artificial Humanities"

Meet Kirstie Whitaker, new executive director at BIDS

February 5, 2025

The Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) welcomed Kirstie Whitaker as its executive director last month. BIDS is an interdisciplinary data science community and part of the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society....Read more about Meet Kirstie Whitaker, new executive director at BIDS

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BIDS is a home for data-intensive research, open-source software, & data science training programs. Our programs and initiatives are designed to facilitate collaboration across an increasingly diverse and active data science community of domain experts from the life, social, and physical sciences, as well as methodological experts from computer science, statistics, and applied mathematics. Since its launch in 2013, BIDS has cultivated an environment of open inquiry and discovery for data-intensive research.

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