Data Science Institute Hosts International Workshop
In early May, the Data Science Institute hosted the 2023 IRIS-HEP Analysis Grand Challenge ( AGC) workshop. IRIS-HEP is developing state-of-the-art software cyberinfrastructure for an upgrade at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, with support from the National Science Foundation. The AGC workshop brought together 55 physicists, computer scientists, research software engineers, and data scientists from across the world to establish realistic benchmark physics analyses at the data and compute scales required for the upcoming High-Luminosity data taking era at CERN's LHC
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Data Science Hub 2022 Impact Report
In 2022, the Data Science Hub hosted 12 workshops, trained 8 new Carpentries instructors, and had 315 workshop attendees, 107 drop-in consultations at Coding Meetup, and 286 attendees at the yearly Research Bazaar conference. The hub also led maintenance on the Researcher Toolkit, created the "Find a Facilitator" routing form, and hosted events for the ML+X community. Care was taken to produce the 2022 report in a reproducible way, to enable richer, "at a glance" data dashboards on Hub impacts in 2023.
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REU Data and Software Carpentries *Undergraduates Only*
This summer, the Data Science Hub is offering two in-person, hands-on workshops for UW undergraduates.
June 5-8, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., registration due today, students can learn the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research by taking part in the Data Carpentry workshop.
June 12-15, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., registration due June 7, students can learn basic research programming concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation, by taking part in the Software Carpentry workshop.
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Data Wrangling in Stata
Next week, the Social Science Computing Cooperative is offering a multi-day, hands-on workshop open to anyone interested.
June 6-9, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., students can build off of Stata basics and learn about some of the key concepts and workflows of data science as well as the structure and logic of Stata. Real-world issues like handling missing data and checking for errors, as well as best practices for research computing and reproducibility are emphasized. To learn more and register, visit Data Wrangling in Stata workshop webpage.
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Next Generation Data Analysis Workshops Summer 2023
June - July, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., The Bioinformatics Resource Core (BRC) at the UW Biotechnology Center (UWBC) is offering heavily hands-on workshops on Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Data Analysis skills. To learn more about the summer workshops and to register, view the links in the following schedule:
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Have questions about anything data science-related? Come see the Data Science Hub facilitators at Coding Meetup on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:30-4:30 p.m. CT. To join Coding Meetup, join data-science-hubgroup.slack.com.
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Throughput Computing 2023
July 10-14, registration due June 15, For the first time, the OSG Consortium, the HTCondor team, and the Center for High Throughput Computing will be hosting Throughput Computing 2023 (HTC 23) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Fluno Center. HTC 23 is a new event that joins together the annual OSG All-Hands Meeting and HTCondor Week.
HTC 23 gives OSPool or HTCondor users, contributors, and collaborators the chance to exchange ideas and experiences, to learn about the latest services and research, and to experience live demos. Current or potential consumers or providers of distributed high throughput computing and HTCondor users or administrators are welcome to attend. HPC 23 will include presentations from researchers who use OSG services or HTCondor. Leadership will discuss the current state and future plans for OSG services and HTCondor development. For more information about this event and to register, visit the Throughput Computing 2023 webpage.
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Madison Area Software Developers Meetup
June 21, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Great Dane Pub, This group meets monthly to keep developers informed about the constantly changing technologies necessary to succeed and innovate. They are committed to lifelong learning, bridging the education gap between college and industry, and networking within the Madison area. Topics of discussion include, but are not limited to:
- scripting languages such as Ruby and Python
- compiled languages such as Java, C#, and C++
- Big Data, micro services, and architecture
- mobile, Raspberry Pi, and IoT development
- emerging tools and services for developers
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The Carpentries is seeking new members to bring additional diversity and expertise into its instructional community. Among other benefits, members have opportunities to advance their technical and teaching skills by attending computational workshops and participating in an optional instructor training program. Join the google group if interested in learning more!
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Office of Sustainability Project Assistant
Due June 30, The Office of Sustainability is seeking a graduate student to lead dashboard and report development for sustainability-related data on the UW–Madison campus. For more information, visit the Project Assistant position description.
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Data Engineer
Due June 30, The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study at UW-Madison is seeking a candidate with a Bachelor's degree, a strong interest in metadata, preferably knowledgeable about DDI standards and frameworks, and with Colectica experience as a plus. The position largely consists of contributing to a research agenda set by a lead researcher by creating automated processes for preparing and analyzing data at scale. Daily tasks would include preparing data sets; quality assurance; using technologies such as MS Windows, UNIX, HTML, XML, and Python; and collaborating with others. For more information and to apply, visit the Data Engineer position description.
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DATA VISUALIZATION OF THE WEEK
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The Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) is a network of academic data science practitioners, educators, and leaders, and academic-adjacent colleagues, who thoughtfully integrate data science best practices in higher education. UW-Madison is a founding member of ADSA.
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