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Chanwut (Mick) Kittivorawong presents his work “Spatialyze: A Geospatial Video Analytics System with Spatial-Aware Optimizations”

April 24, 2024
Lilli Wessling Hart

Chanwut (Mick) Kittivorawong, student of BIDS Faculty Affiliate Alvin Cheung, led a seminar recently at which he featured his work on Spatialyze, a new framework for end-to-end querying of geospatial videos.

Spatialyze comes with a domain-specific language where users can construct geospatial video analytic workflows using a 3-step, declarative, build-filter-observe paradigm....

This Month at BIDS - April 2024

April 22, 2024
Lilli Wessling Hart

Read our April newsletter now! To stay up to date on upcoming news and events at BIDS, check out our events calendar, sign up for our newsletter, and follow us (X • Bluesky •...

Image XD - 2023

April 6, 2023
Cody Markelz

Researchers from across domains (XD) that use imaging data participated in ImageXD 2023. The two day workshop brought together imaging experts from diverse fields such as medical, biodiversity, machine learning, and software development. Each day had a blend of talks in the morning with "unconference" breakout working groups that were decided daily based on overlapping interests and questions...

Director's Vision 2024

BIDS: a space for Open Scholarship, Open Source, and interdisciplinary collaboration on AI in science and society

April 15, 2024

Note: We are hiring a new Executive Director for BIDS!

Dear Berkeley Community,

I started as Faculty Director of the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) in January 2024; today I would like to share some ideas I have for how BIDS can be a partner to your work. In the coming weeks the Associate Faculty Director,...

UC Berkeley joins effort to advance open source initiatives across UC system

April 17, 2024

UC Berkeley is joining an ambitious effort to advance open source research, education and public service across the University of California system.

The Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) will lead the university’s involvement in this initiative, launching an office to house the campus’s extensive open source expertise. This program office is one of six in the UC system that will work individually and collectively to benefit society through open source endeavors.

"BIDS will serve as an interdisciplinary community hub where computing, data, science and society...

https://cdss.berkeley.edu/news/uc-berkeley-joins-effort-advance-open-source-init…

BIDS is hiring an Executive Director, join us!

April 15, 2024
Fernando Pérez

This is an exciting time for the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS); as we embark in a new era within Berkeley's recently founded College of Computing, Data Science and Society, we are looking for a talented Executive Director to join our team and lead new initiatives and programs.

After a decade that shaped Berkeley's Data Science programs, we now have an opportunity to ask where we should go next. I started as Faculty director this year, joined by...

Arash Ardakani gives special presentation on DiffSampler

April 12, 2024
Lilli Wessling Hart

During a recent Zoom session, BIDS Research Scholar Arash Ardakani gave a special presentation DiffSampler: A Differential and Inherently Parallel Sampling Method for Verification to BIDS Faculty Director Fernando Pérez and others.

Arash Ardakani Zoom screenshot

The presentation began...

Project Jupyter Wins Technical Advancement to Enable Open Science Award

April 1, 2024
Lilli Wessling Hart

On March 21, 2024, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced the winners of the OSTP Year of Open Science Recognition Challenge. Project Jupyter, a community of open-source developers, scientists, educators, and data scientists, was recognized with the Technical Advancement to Enable Open Science award for its...

The Center for Cultural Analytics Spring Lecture featured Professor Tina Eliassi-Rad

March 18, 2024
Lilli Wessling Hart

On March 7, 2024, the Center for Cultural Analytics hosted its Spring lecture event. BIDS Associate Faculty Director Tim Tangherlini welcomed Tina Eliassi-Rad, a professor of Computer Science at Northeastern University, to UC Berkeley.

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This Month at BIDS - March 2024

March 18, 2024
Lilli Wessling Hart

Read our March newsletter now! To stay up to date on upcoming news and events at BIDS, check out our events calendar, sign up for our newsletter, and follow us (X • Bluesky •...