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12/19/20-12/20/20 | Student Coding Bootcamp | The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will offer a free online R coding bootcamp for those interested in learning programming skills and investigating the COVID-19 cases in their regions. High school students, undergraduate students, and high school teachers are all welcome to apply. Learn more at their website. | |
12/11/20 | 2021 Institute for Data Science and Big Data | American University will hold the 2021 Institute for Data Science and Big Data online, which is geared to working professionals looking to upgrade their data science skills. The institute will cover the basics of data science, including obtaining relevant data, cleaning and exploring data, creating models, stating inferences, making reliable predictions, and communicating findings. The course consists of a mixture of lectures, guest speakers, and group assignments. Learn more at their website. | |
12/7/20-12/11/20 | Data Matters Short Course Series | Data Matters is a week-long series of one and two-day courses aimed at students and professionals in business, research, and government. The series gives students the chance to learn about a wide range of topics in data science, analytics, visualization, curation, and more from expert instructors. Learn more at their website. | |
12/4/20 | NHLBI BioData Catalyst Fellows Program Call for Prooposals | Submission deadline: Dec. 4 | The NHLBI BioData Catalyst Fellows Program provides early-career researchers the opportunity to receive funding to help support research on novel and innovative data science and data-focused research problems. The program is open to academic disciplines conducting biomedical research in heart, lung, blood, and sleep domains. The BioData Catalyst Consortium seeks projects that represent diversity across fields of study, institutions, geography, and investigators. Learn more at their website. | |
12/1/20 | Digital Rocks Visualization Challenge | Digital Rocks is sponsoring a challenge to promote visualization and reuse of 3D images of porous materials that are stored in the open data repository Digital Rocks Portal. Prizes will be awarded for best video, static image, and 3D printed structure challenges. Learn more at their website. | |
12/4/20 | 3:00-4:00 p.m. | All Hub Cyberinfrastructure Working Group | Presenters: |
12/4/20 | 11:00 a.m.- noon | South Hub Education &Workforce Working Group |
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12/3/20 | 11 a.m.- noon | South Hub Social Cybersecurity Working Group | Presenter: |
11/3/20 and 11/5/20 | South Hub DataUp Workshop | DataUp is a program to increase the capacity for data science education at primarily-teaching, minority-serving and –led liberal arts institutions and community colleges. This month, Stillman College, an HBCU, will participate in a 2-day workshop taught by the Data and Software Carpentry programs. If you are a member of the Stillman Community and would like to register for the event, please contact Kendra Strickland. To view photos and blog posts regarding the program please visit the DataUp webpage. | |
11/6/20 | 3:00- 4:00 p.m. | All Hub Cyberinfrastructure Working Group | Presenters: |
11/6/20 | 11 a.m.- noon | South Hub Education & Workforce Working Group | Presenters: |
11/5/20 | 11 a.m.- noon | South Hub Social Cybersecurity Working Group | Presenter: |
10/18/2020- 10/21/2020 | 2020 SBP-BRiMS conference | The 2020 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation has moved to a virtual format. Learn more about the conference and how to register at their website. | |
10/16/2020-10/17/2020 | Conference on Truth and Trust Online | The annual Conference for Truth and Trust Online is organized as a unique collaboration between practitioners, technologists, academics and platforms, to share, discuss, and collaborate on useful technical innovations and research in the space. The team invites submissions of both technical papers and talk proposals on technical solutions for addressing current challenges facing social media platforms. Learn more on their website. | |
10/14/2020-10/16/2020 | 2020 ADSA Annual Meeting | The Virtual 2020 ADSA Annual Meeting will bring together data science methodologists and domain researchers from all disciplines and career stages to share breakthroughs and new approaches in data science research and education, with a strong emphasis on responsible data science. Their team is encouraging new, untested ideas to promote brainstorming for innovation and promote collaborative feedback and engaging discussions. Learn more on their website. | |
10/7/2020-10/9/2020 | Data Science Connect | Data Science Connect Virtual Conference 2020 will be three days (workshops on Day 1 and presentations/panels on Days 2-3). #DSCConf2020 will showcase the wide variety of advanced data science applications across industry verticals and technical disciplines, with the goal of sharing and inspiring new applications, algorithms and techniques. Learn more at their website. | |
10/27/2020 and 10/29/2020 | South Hub DataUp Workshop | DataUp is a program to increase the capacity for data science education at primarily-teaching, minority-serving and –led liberal arts institutions and community colleges. This month, Stillman College, an HBCU, will participate in a 2-day workshop taught by the Data and Software Carpentry programs. If you are a member of the Stillman Community and would like to register for the event, please contact Kendra Strickland. To view photos and blog posts regarding the program please visit the DataUp webpage. | |
10/2/20 | 3:00-4:00 p.m. | All Hub Cyberinfrastructure Working Group | Presenter: |
10/2/20 | 11:00 a.m.- noon | South Hub Education & Workforce Working Group | Presenters: |
10/1/20 | 11:00 a.m.- noon | South Hub Social Cybersecurity Working Group | Presenter: |
9/8/20 | USAID's Intelligent Forecasting Challenge | The USAID seeks to identify and test more accurate methods of predicting future contraceptive use at health service delivery sites. Their team will award $25K in prizes to innovators who develop an intelligent forecasting model—using the data it provides and methods such as artificial intelligence (AI)—to predict the consumption of contraceptives over three months. The team will also award a Field Implementation Grant of approximately $100K to $200K to customize and test a high-performing intelligent forecasting model in Côte d’Ivoire. Learn more on their website. | |
9/4/20 | 3:00- 4:00 p.m. | All Hub Cyberinfrastructure Working Group | Presenter: |
9/4/20 | 11:00 a.m.- noon | South Hub Education & Workforce Working Group | Presenters: |
9/3/20 | 11:00 a.m.- noon | South Hub Social Cybersecurity Working Group | Presenter: |
9/1/20 | South Hub Seed Grant Program | Applications Close | The South Big Data Innovation Hub Seed Grant program is designed to promote collaboration and support the cross-pollination of tools, data, and ideas across disciplines and sectors including academia, industry, government, and communities. Seed grant awards must support the southern region and the Major Goals and Priority Areas of the South Hub. Applications for small grants (up to $10,000) will be accepted and awarded on a rolling basis until September 1. Applications for mid-size or group activities grants (up to $50,000) and large or multi-institutional grants (up to $100,000) will be accepted until September 1. Awards will be announced soon after. Learn more on our website. | |
8/12/2020-8/14/2020 | Southern Data Science Conference | Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, SDSC20 has been postponed to Aug. 12-14 at the same venue and with the same programming. SDSC is a special data science R&D conference that brings experts and researchers from the top data science companies and institutes to present their work and share their best practices in data science. The conference's attendees represent industry, academia, and government institutions across the US. Learn more on their website. | |
8/3/2020-8/13/2020 | FORECE11 Scholarly Communications Institute | Registration is open for FSCI 2020. The focus this year is on the theme of FAIR Data principles. The theme includes an array of courses and plenaries in innovative publishing practices, policy implementation, and other aspects of scholarly communication -- all delivered virtually. Learn more on their website. | |
8/6/20 | 11:00 a.m.- noon | South Hub Social Cybersecurity Working Group | Presenter: |
7/1/2020-7/2/2020 | NSF Convergence Accelerator Virtual Expo 2020 | The NSF Convergence Accelerator (CA) program is hosting the CA Expo 2020 on July 1-2, 2020. This virtual meeting provides an opportunity for all of the FY 2019 CA projects in Track A: Open Knowledge Network and Track B: AI & Future of Work to share information about their projects with the public. Attendees will have the opportunity to visit each project's virtual booth, see five-minute videos about the project, and interact with project members. Learn more at their website. | |
7/1/20 | Noon - 1:00 p.m. | Using Collaborationg to Accelerate Solutions in COVID-19 Response Webinar | The COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition is a private-sector-led response that brings together healthcare organizations, technology firms, nonprofits, academia, and startups to quickly address government and community problems related to the pandemic. Together, they’re working to provide data-driven, real-time insights that help leaders across the U.S. make decisions on how to protect their populations. This webinar will dive into the data streams that affect tracking and forecasting related to the pandemic--from cases and mortality to PPE and how supply chains are affected. Learn more at their website. |
7/2/20 | 11:00 a.m.- noon | South Hub Social Cybersecurity Working Group | Presenter: |
6/11/2020 and 6/25/2020 | 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Virtual Thursdays Webinar Series | The Data Science Connect (DSC), the largest data science organization in the southeast, is hosting “Virtual Thursday,” a virtual event series on timely topics relevant to the data science community. Each Virtual Thursday event features presentations, a panel discussion and a Q&A session. The topics for the events are: “How Data Science Is Driving The Sharing Economy” on June 11, and “People Analytics: Aligning Your HR & Data Strategies” on June 25. Learn more at their website. |
6/9/2020 - 6/12/2020 | Virtual iRODS User Group Meeting 2020 | The 12th annual iRODS User Group Meeting will be held online this summer for current and interested users. iRODS is open source software used worldwide for data management through discovery, workflow automation, secure collaboration, and virtualization. See last year's agenda to learn more about the event or register for this year's UGM here. | |
6/1/2020 - 6/4/2020 | Science of Team Science Conference | SciTS 2020 will (virtually) bring together team science scholars, practitioners, and providers from a broad range of disciplines to share and advance the latest evidence-based methods in team collaboration, transdisciplinary knowledge-making and implementation science. Speakers and attendees will include investigators, administrators, students, funders, and policymakers. Anyone interested in improving collaborative research and discovery is welcome. Learn more at their website. | |
6/5/20 | 3:00-4:00 p.m. | All Hub Cyberinfrastructure Working Group | Presenters: |
6/4/20 | 11:00 a.m.- noon | South Hub Social Cybersecurity Working Group | Presenter: |
5/7/20 | 11:00 a.m.- noon | South Hub Social Cybersecurity Working Group | Presenter: |
5/1/20 | 3:00-4:00 p.m. | All Hub Cyberinfrastructure Working Group | Presenters: |
4/1/2020, 4/8/2020, 4/15/2020 and 4/22/2020 | GO FAIR US Webinar Series: FAIR Data and COVID-19 Sessions | The San Diego Supercomputer Center GO FAIR Office is offering a webinar series covering the Virus Outbreak Data Network (VODAN). VODAN is a GO FAIR Implementation network setup to help fight COVID-19 and to set foundations for future virus-based health crises. Learn more at their website. | |
4/3/20 | 3:00-4:00 p.m. | All Hub Cyberinfrastructure Working Group | Presenters: |
4/2/20 | 11:00 a.m.- noon | South Hub Social Cybersecurity Working Group | Presenter: |
3/26/20 | 1:00 p.m. | CSTE Public Health and Healthcare Analytics Webinar | The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists will host a webinar presentation from Chandni Jaggi, MPH, and Elizabeth Pembleton, MPH, on "Using AIDSVu to Visualize HIV Data and Service Providers." AIDSVu is a free, online, interactive website that maps the HIV epidemic across the United States. The data and maps on AIDSVu are downloadable and printable so users can perform their own analyses or use in presentations. AIDSVu aims to take HIV information and present it a way that makes it readily available, easily accessible, and understandable for everyone to use. Register for the webinar. |
3/16/20 | 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. | Harnessing the Data Revolution Virtual "Microlab" Workshop | The Big Data Innovation Hubs, funded by the NSF, are hosting a virtual microlab webinar for the Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR) ecosystem. This activity seeks community feedback on the coherent emergence of a HDR ecosystem of interrelated activities. The microlab webinar is designed to facilitate discussions in small virtual breakout groups. This information will inform the need for a potential HDR coordinating activity. Register here. |
3/6/20 | 3:00-4:00 p.m. | All Hub Cyberinfrastructure Working Group | Presenters: |
3/5/20 | 11:00 a.m.- noon | South Hub Social Cybersecurity Working Group | Presenter: |
2/7/20 | 3:00- 4:00 p.m. | All Hub Cyberinfrastructure Working Group | Presenter: |
2/6/20 | 11:00 a.m.- noon | South Hub Social Cybersecurity Working Group | Presenter: |
