Hub Updates is the UW-Madison data science community's resource for news, trainings & workshops, and professional opportunities in data science.
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June 29, 2022
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Upcoming Trainings & Workshops
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July 13-14, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Virtual, In this workshop, you’ll learn how deep learning works through hands-on exercises in computer vision and natural language processing (tokenization and word embeddings). You’ll train deep learning models from scratch, learning tools and tricks to achieve highly accurate results. You’ll also learn to leverage freely available, state-of-the-art pre-trained models to save time and get your deep learning application up and running quickly. The workshop takes place virtually. For more information and to register ($10 for UW-Madison affiliates), visit the Fundamentals of Deep Learning Eventbrite page.
August 1st-4th & August 8th-9th, 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Virtual, Genomics Data Carpentry teaches individuals working in genomics the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. Its target audience is researchers who have little to no prior computational experience building on learners' existing knowledge to enable them to quickly apply skills learned to their own research. This workshop includes project organization and management, Unix Shell, and data analysis and visualization with R. Register for Genomics Data Carpentry by July 25.
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Upcoming Seminars & Events
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SILO, Summer Series
Summer SILO will meet at Memorial Union from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. every Wednesday. Each week they will have an informal presentation about ongoing research activities, open problems, or new research directions to stimulate discussion and potentially new collaborations. Check Today in the Union (TITU) in the union lobby for the meeting location.
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Database Manager, Department of Surgery
The Division of Endocrine Surgery seeks a motivated student researcher to assist with management of surgical outcomes databases. Responsibilities include performing data abstraction from clinic notes, operative notes, imagining studies, and lab results in the electronic health record, performing data entry into three separate endocrine surgery outcomes databases (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal), assisting researchers in querying data from the three databases, and assisting with other tasks. For more information and to apply, visit the Database Manager position description.
Data Support Assistant, International Academic Programs
International Academic Programs (IAP), a unit of the International Division, coordinates over 200 study abroad programs throughout the world. IAP seeks to fill the IAP Data Support Assistant position with a graduate student to help support the office with various data reporting. Diversity and inclusion are primary values for International Academic Programs and are integral to achieving our strategic goals. IAP seek candidates with an awareness of and commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion across all spectrums. For more information and to apply, visit the Data Support Assistant position description.
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Professional Opportunities
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On Campus
Assistant, Associate, or Professor of Computer Sciences
This position is one of three new faculty positions that are part of a cluster hire in ethics of computing, data, and information. Applicants should demonstrate an interest in and ability to do collaborative, cross-disciplinary work with other cluster members on important ethical questions in computing, data, or information. Of specific interest for computer science are candidates researching issues of algorithmic fairness, accountability, and transparency, broadly construed. For more information and to apply, visit the Assistant, Associate, or Professor of Computer Sciences position description.
Research CI Consultant, Division of Information Technology
The Research Cyberinfrastructure group at the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is seeking a Research Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Consultant to support the data and computational workflows of researchers and research communities across the University. The Research CI Consultant provides support to research CI systems/services and the researchers who use them. This individual will be responsible for delivery of one or more service offerings that function as platforms for data modeling, analysis, and/or visualization. These services support researchers in all disciplines across campus and a key responsibility of the Research CI Consultant is ensuring they integrate and align with the data, computational, collaboration, and compliance needs of researchers in a broad set of research scenarios. For more information and to apply, visit the Research CI Consultant position description.
Off Campus
Senior Data Scientist, Agrograph Inc.
Agrograph Inc., a global agrifinance company building field-scale predictive models for risk-based analysis of agricultural assets, is seeking a Senior Data Scientist. We are looking for an experienced, results-oriented, intellectually curious, and self-learning Data Scientist to join our growing team. Agrograph is located in Madison, WI but currently operates as virtual company. If interested, please contact Mutlu Özdogan at mutlu@agrograph.com.
Systems Administrator, Extreme Engineering Solutions
Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) is seeking a Systems Administrator to join a small, dedicated team of IT professionals. This team will be working to design, administer, and monitor Linux and Windows servers and network infrastructure using DevOps principles and cutting-edge technologies. This position is also responsible for maintaining several MySQL and PostgreSQL databases which support on-premise web applications. For more information and to apply, visit the Systems Administrator position description.
Software Engineer, Extreme Engineering Solutions
Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) is seeking multiple software engineers to join our Business Applications team. You will work on internal tools, applications, and APIs that empower the manufacturing, engineering, and administrative capabilities of the company. For more information and to apply, visit the Software Engineer position description.
Operations Coordinator - People, Code for Science & Society
The operations team at CS&S provides cross-functional support to their programs and fiscally sponsored projects. In this position, applicants will be responsible for administration and coordination of people joining, working with, and leaving the CS&S community including employees, vendors, governing body committee members, volunteers, members of the Board of Directors, and other community members engaged in formal relationships with CS&S. For more information and to apply, visit the Operations Coordinator position description.
Operations Coordinator - Accounts Payable and Receivable, Code for Science & Society
The operations team at CS&S provides cross-functional support to our programs and fiscally sponsored projects. In this position, you will be responsible for administration and coordination of two critical needs at CS&S: accounts payable and accounts receivable. For more information and to apply, visit the Operations Coordinator position description.
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