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EPIC Data Lab: Harnessing the power of computer science to help society

September 13, 2022

A new UC Berkeley lab is building data tools that allow people without programming backgrounds to benefit from the latest computer science advances.

The EPIC Data Lab – short for Effective Programming, Interaction, and Computation...Read more about EPIC Data Lab: Harnessing the power of computer science to help society

BIDS releases Mothra 1.0

August 30, 2022

BIDS team members Stéfan J. van der Walt and Alex de Siqueira have released Mothra 1.0, the first major version of the software that was published in cooperation with...Read more about BIDS releases Mothra 1.0

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About the AI Futures Lab

A new BIDS space where faculty and researchers will convene and work collaboratively and discussion between research groups and projects will spark innovation.

About BIDS

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.