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Toward Reproducible Science—A Quick Overview of the Recent BIDS Reproducibility Workshop

On May 21–22, BIDS hosted a Reproducibility Workshop. We had about 35 participants, including several BIDS fellows and staff as well as representatives from our NYU and UW partners. In addition, there were students, faculty, and staff from numerous departments and organizations from all over the campus.

Data about Data: Starting to Define "Data Science"

Last October, BIDS hosted the first Data Science Environment (DSE) Summit, bringing together researchers, staff, and students from UC Berkeley, NYU, and UW who are partnering to “harness the potential of data scientists and big data for basic research and scientific discovery.”

BIDS Spring 2015 Data Science Faire—Capping Off a Successful First Year

Last week, we closed BIDS’ first academic year with the Spring 2015 Data Science Faire (DS Faire), where we showcased exciting data-intensive initiatives at BIDS and UC Berkeley and highlighted work from the diverse community of data scientists around campus.

BIDS Fellow Dani Ushizima Wins DOE Early Career Research Award

We're very proud to announce that BIDS Fellow Dani Ushizima recently won an Early Career Research award from the U.S. Department of Engery's Office. Dani will receive $2.5 million over five years for her work, "Scaling Analytics for Image-Based Experimental Data," the focus of which will be helping scientists reveal important yet hidden information in images.

National Science Foundation Announces First Round of NRT Interdisciplinary Training Grants

State Street, UC Berkeley and Stanford University Form Consortium for Data Analytics in Risk (CDAR)

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) and State Street Global Exchange today announced a collaboration to establish the Consortium for Data Analytics in Risk (CDAR), a new research center focused on applying advanced data-science techniques to manage and mitigate economic and financial risk. The announcement comes as State Street opens GX Lab, its new presence in Silicon Valley focused on partnering with local talent, industry leaders, and academic institutions to create solutions for its clients in the fields of data science and risk management.

Call for Applications: BIDS Full-Time Postdoctoral Researchers—Spring 2015

We are now accepting applications for full-time postdoctoral researchers at BIDS.

Sign Up for the BIDS Spring 2015 Data Science Faire

  When: May 5, 2015, 1:00–4:30 p.m. Where: 190 Doe Library This year’s Data Science Faire will feature a series of lightning talks as well as poster/demo exhibits from researchers on campus. If you have been doing work related to data science (e.g., conducting a data-intensive project, running an open source meetup on campus, developing tools to enable reproducible science, etc.) and would like to showcase your efforts at the Data Science Faire, we are currently taking submissions for posters and demos.

A Weekend of Coding: BIDS Data Science Fellow Volunteers at Worldwide Girls Hackathon in Oakland

Over Presidents’ Day weekend, 15 girls from Oakland participated in the IGNITE International Girls Hackathon, “a 24-hour, multi-country coding event in which girl coders around the world collaborate to develop a website or application that addresses a specific challenge facing girls and young women.”[i]

Call for Applications: BIDS Data Science Fellows Program—Spring 2015

We are excited to invite applications for our next cohort in the BIDS Data Science Fellow Program.  Successful applicants will join our current cohort of fellows in helping make data analysis easier in the research sciences. BIDS data science fellows are postdoctoral scholars, graduate student researchers, or staff with excellent credentials in their fields as well as strong interests in advancing data-analysis approaches with a community of like-minded individuals from across campus.