Lecture

Data Science Lecture Series

Replication, Communication, and the Population Dynamics of Scientific Discovery | April 3, 2015 | 1:00–2:30 p.m. | 190 Doe Library, UC Berkeley

Speaker: Paul Smaldino, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Anthropology, UC Davis

Data Science Lecture Series

Data Science for Social Good: Using Your Powers To Make a Social Impact! | March 20, 2015 | 1:00–2:30 p.m. | 190 Doe Library, UC Berkeley

Speaker: Rayid Ghani, Director of the Center for Data Science & Public Policy, University of Chicago; Co-Founder, Edgeflip

Data Science Lecture Series

Visualizing Multidimensional Data with D3.js | March 13, 2015 | 1:00–2:30 p.m. | 190 Doe Library, UC Berkeley

Created by Mike Bostock, D3.js is a JavaScript toolkit for creating interactive data visualizations. The toolkit supports advanced techniques for creating data-exploration interfaces, such as linked visualization, perceptual color scales, dynamic map projections, animated transitions, parallel coordinates, and tree layouts.

Data Science Lecture Series

Data Science Lecture Series

Big Data Mapping: Municipal Governments' Use of Open Data | February 27, 2015 | 1:00–2:30 p.m. | 190 Doe Library, UC Berkeley

Speaker: Michal Migurski, Chief Technology Officer, Code for America

Guest Lecture | February 26, 2015 | 3:30-5:00 p.m. | 190 Doe Library, UC Berkeley

Speaker: Ken Museth, Manager and Senior Principal Engineer of Research and Development, DreamWorks Animation

Data Science Lecture Series: Maximizing Human Potential Using Machine Learning-Driven Applications
Lecture | September 19, 2014 | 1:00-2:30 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium

Speaker: Vivienne Ming, Chief Scientist at Gild
Sponsors: Berkeley Institute for Data Science, Data, Society and Inference Seminar

SciPy 2014  |  July 9, 2014

BIDS senior fellow and research associate Fernando Perez discusses the "career problem" in academia—the challenges academics at the intersection of methods and domain science face for career advancement—and how BIDS will serve as collaborative hub to help work through and overcome these challenges.