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California’s eviction moratorium is ending –  how data science will affect what comes next

This article is cross-posted from California’s Eviction Moratorium is Ending. In a Q&A, Tim Thomas Says Data Science Has a Crucial Role in What Comes Next.  September 30, 2021  |   Rachel Leven   |   CDSS News ___________________________

Dani Ushizima and Berkeley Lab machine-learning team receive the ALS' 2021 Halbach Award

How to approach accessibility in academic data science

This article is cross-posted from  How to approach accessibility in academic data science September 23, 2021  |  Ciera Martinez  |  ADSA Blog ___________________________ Introduction

Saul Perlmutter appointed to President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)

The White House announced this morning that BIDS Director Saul Perlmutter has been appointed to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). 

Some Questions Benefit from Group Discussion. Others Don’t.

This article is cross posted from  Some Questions Benefit from Group Discussion. Others Don’t. September 10, 2021  |   Joshua Becker, Douglas Guilbeault, and Edward “Ned” Smith   |   Harvard Business Review ___________________________

Sumerian Networks: A new JupyterBook for classifying text groups in the Drehem Archives

Uros Seljak and Ben Nachman receive DOE grant for data-intensive scientific machine learning research and analysis

New study sheds light on the effects of remote work on collaboration and innovation

In a new paper in Nature Human Behaviour, BIDS Faculty Affiliate David Holtz and collaborators at Microsoft analyze anonymized telemetry data from over 60,000 U.S. Microsoft employees – collected before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic – to estimate the effects of remote work on collaboration network structure, as well as workweek length and email, instant message, video/audio call, and meeting activity levels. 

EPIC Lab receives $2M NSF grant to build big data tools in support of criminal justice

Should we Celebrate or Condemn Apple's New Child Protection Measures?

BIDS Faculty Affiliate Hany Farid – a professor at UC Berkeley and a Senior Advisor to the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) – recently authored an  opinion piece in Newsweek. ———