The scientific Python ecosystem comprises foundational libraries like NumPy and SciPy, technique-specific libraries like NetworkX and scikit-image, and domain-...
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded a $1.125 million grant to a team of researchers at the UC Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). Over the next 15 months, BIDS will host a collaborative effort between BIDS, LBNL, and their partners at Superbloom, The Carpentries, and 2i2c. Through the STRUDEL project, this collective endeavor aims to promote awareness and adoption of...
On April 24, 2024, BIDS Faculty Director Fernando Pérez was presented with a 2023 Exceptional Public Service Medal, one of NASA's major recognitions for non-government personnel and granted for exceptional contributions to NASA’s mission. The medal was jointly awarded to Pérez and Brian Granger, Senior Principal Technologist at Amazon Web Services (AWS) and professor of physics and data science at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo....
UC Berkeley experts received a $1.5 million grant from the California Education Learning Lab (Learning Lab) to launch a first-of-its-kind computing technology hub for the state’s public colleges and universities.
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BIDS: a space for Open Scholarship, Open Source, and interdisciplinary collaboration on AI in science and society
April 15, 2024
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, Professor Tim Tangherlini, will...
