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Challenges of Doing Data-Intensive Research in Teams and Groups

Report from the BIDS Best Practices in Data Science Series by Stuart Geiger and Dan Sholler, based on a conversation with Aaron Culich, Ciera Martinez, Fernando Hoces, Francois Lanusse, Kellie Ottoboni, Marla Stuart, Maryam Vareth, Sara Stoudt, and Stéfan van der Walt.

Kellie Ottoboni receives Best Paper Award at E-VOTE-ID 2018

Announcing the new 'Information and Uncertainty in Data Science' Discussion Group at BIDS

Bin Yu and James Sethian receive CZ Biohub "Intercampus Research Awards"

BIDS Senior Fellows Bin Yu and James Sethian have each been awarded funding through CZ Biohub's new Intercampus Research Awards program to pursue collaborative research projects that advance human health.

BIDS launches the Berkeley Carpentries Club

NumPy presentations at EuroScipy 2018

I recently attended EuroScipy 2018, which was held in the beautiful city of Trento, Italy. The conference, attended by about 200 people from all over Europe, began with two days of tutorials, then two days of talks, and ended with a sprint day.

Hacking for solutions to California's water challenges

CDAR announces 2018 Symposium, focusing on data science applications in finance and risk management

The fourth annual CDAR Symposium (Consortium for Data Analytics in Risk) will convene on October 19, 2018, from 8:30 am to 6:30 pm at UC Berkeley’s Memorial Stadium. 2018 CDAR Symposium Date: October 19, 2018 Time: 8:30 AM - 6:30 PM Locations: Memorial Stadium, UC Berkeley

Cervical cancer, taboos and cure: why do we need to streamline cancer detection?

From Ada Lovelace, the British mathematician who wrote the first computer program, to Henrietta Lacks, the African American woman who revolutionized medical research with her tumoral cells, dying from cervical cancer has been the price to pay for being a woman.

BIDS announces 2018 Data Science Research Projects

BIDS is pleased to announce the three award recipients of our 2018 Call for Data Science Research Projects.