Data Science Updates is the University of Wisconsin-Madison's resource for news, training, events, and professional opportunities in data science, brought to you by the Data Science Institute, powered by American Family Insurance, and the Data Science Hub.
October 18, 2023
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Art Meets AI in Nov. 29 Prompt Battle
Join us for an exhilarating evening of wit, artistry, and prompt engineering at MadPrompts, a live, game-show style competition where contestants use text-to-image software to show off their prompt skills and create captivating, beautiful, and surprising visuals using generative AI tools. This epic prompt battle is set to take place at the heart of UW-Madison's campus in the Discovery Building's Deluca Forum, November 29, 6-8 pm.
Tickets are absolutely FREE! Get your tickets early, as seating is limited, and the first 50 people to rsvp get a free drink ticket.
Interested in competing? Apply here by Oct. 20 to be considered. Only UW-Madison students, staff, and faculty can be considered for the competition.
MadPrompts is presented by WARF (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation) and DSI (Data Science Institute), in association with the Department of Computer Science! For more information, reach out at lmark@warf.org.
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Data Science Institute is Hiring a Research Software Engineer
Work with the Data Science Institute! The Research Software Engineer will work with research teams and algorithm developers to leverage GPUs for scientific computing applications. This may involve translating existing code written for CPUs or bringing their GPU-based algorithms from prototypes into production. This position will investigate how to improve performance of GPU algorithms and will closely follow the evolution of portability libraries and assess their usability. Apply by October 30.
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Seeking Advisors for ML+X Marathon (MLM23)
The ML+X Community is thrilled to announce the 2023 Machine Learning Marathon (MLM23), and we invite you to be a part of this exciting event! This event promises a unique opportunity to learn, collaborate, and make meaningful contributions to exciting ML projects. While the application to join MLM23 as a participant is now officially closed due to high demand, we are seeking a few additional advisors to help guide project teams.
If you are interested in helping others hone in their ML expertise while making new connections in the ML+X Community, please consider registering as an advisor! Advisors will be expected to check in with their preferred project team on a fortnightly basis to discuss project challenges and recommend possible solutions/experiments. To view available projects and sign up, please complete this form: Advisors - Join the ML Marathon by October 25, 9:00 a.m.
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Submit your Research Bazaar Proposal
The UW-Madison Research Bazaar seeks submissions for lightning talks, posters, interactive discussions, workshops, and an art meets science exhibit for our 5th annual event, February 7-8 at the Discovery Building. With an overarching theme of Data in Action, the Research Bazaar encourages cross-pollination of ideas among researchers, data scientists, entrepreneurs, and community members, including students.
We welcome submissions from all fields and levels of expertise. Some examples of areas where we are interested in presentations about data in action include:
- Education practice and policy
- Agriculture and the environment
- Health, wellness, and health care
- Equity, diversity, and inclusion; law and ethics
- Open science and open source code
- Cities, communities, and government
- Digital humanities
- Fundamental and applied research
- And more!
We especially welcome submissions that highlight the work of individuals from historically excluded groups and/or address ongoing societal inequities.
Proposals are due November 10. For more information about presentation opportunities and how to apply, visit the conference page.
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5th Learning Theory Alliance Mentorship Workshop
October 26-27, This free, virtual workshop is intended for upper-level undergraduate and all-level graduate students as well as postdoctoral researchers. No prior research experience in the field is expected. This event will include a “how-to” talk on how to communicate your research effectively through talks (discussing strategies on how to prepare talks addressed to a broad or specialized audience, or of varying length), a “discussion” that focuses on how to communicate your research effectively in conversations, and a social hour with mentoring tables. Learn more at the event page and fill out this short application form to participate before Friday, October 20.
After attending the workshop, you can apply what you learned at the the UW-Madison Research Bazaar on February 7-8 at the Discovery Building! With an overarching theme of Data in Action, the Research Bazaar encourages cross-pollination of ideas among researchers, data scientists, entrepreneurs, and community members, including students. We are currently accepting proposals and you can apply at the conference page. Proposals are due November 10.
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Software Training for Students: STS is Here To Help!
Need to learn a required software for class? Could use some extra guidance with a coding, data, or design project? STS can help! Software Training for Students (STS) is a free service on campus that helps UW-Madison students with their software questions relating to either course projects or personal interests. Their team of student trainers provide assistance with software like R/RStudio, Python, HTML/CSS, Excel, Photoshop, and Illustrator, among many others.
STS can help students at College Library via their:
- STS Office Hours at DesignLab where students can receive 1-on-1 help with assignments and general tech questions
- Workshops scheduled every Monday-Thursday at 5:30pm (Room 2257)
Learn more about STS services and register for workshops at their website.
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Data Science Hub Fall Mini-Workshop Series
Registration is open for the Data Science Hub's Fall 2023 Mini-Workshop Series. The Mini-Workshop Series are one-to-two day workshops throughout the fall covering a range of topics listed below. Register for any and all that you are interested in. Tickets close the Friday before each mini-workshop. To learn more and register, visit the event page.
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| November 8 |
CHTC |
| December 6 |
Interactive Data Visualizations in Python and Streamlit |
| December 20 |
The Basics of Data Visualization |
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Workshop Series: Python and R Programming Languages for Data Analysis
September and October, Learn programming skills for computational research during the R workshop series and the Python workshop series. Attend any or all of the sessions. Brought to you as a part of the UW Libraries Graduate Support workshop series. Open to all UW-Madison students, faculty, and staff. Location: Instruction online via Zoom with in-person help at satellite locations for some workshops.
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Next Generation Data Analysis Workshops
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. Access and analyze data with command line, SNP and RNA-Seq with open-source software on a Linux platform. The offer various workshops on throughout the semester on Linux, Flow Cytometry, and other topics. Learn more about the workshop series at the event page.
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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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Applied and Computational Math Seminars
October 19, 2023, 1:25 p.m. - 2:25 p.m., Hear Jiaxin Jin from Ohio State University discuss R-Disguised Toric Locus of a Reaction Network at 901 Van Vleck Hall.
October 20, 2023, 2:25 p.m. - 3:25 p.m., Hear Yuehaw Khoo from the University of Chicago discuss randomized tensor-network algorithms for random data in high-dimensions at 901 Van Vleck Hall.
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Why you should be using tidymodels
November 20, 3:30 p.m., The Data Science platform is hosting Simon Couch from Posit who will be talking about how you can leverage the tidymodels framework for modeling and machine learning workflows. There will be a Q&A after the talk.
The tidymodels framework is a collection of packages for modeling and machine learning using tidyverse principles. Read more about it at the tidymodels website.
The talk will be over Zoom on Monday, November 20th 2023 at 3:30 pm. Registration information will be provided soon, and you can learn more at the event page.
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SILO Seminar Series
Wednesdays, Join the Systems, Information, Learning, and Optimization (SILO) seminar Wednesdays at 12:30pm. These seminars are held in hybrid mode, where you can attend either in person at the Discovery Building (with pizza!) or via Zoom. For more information visit the SILO website, where you can join their mailing list and receive sign up information for in-person seminars and Zoom links.
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EVIL Reading Group
October 20, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, The Ethics, Values, Information, and Law (EVIL) reading group pursues scholarship in the intersections of ethics, law, and data and information technologies. The EVIL Reading group meets every three weeks (roughly), Fridays, online, and is hosted in collaboration with the iSchool and ML+X. This meeting discusses “ The Grey Hoodie Project: Big Tobacco, Big Tech, and the Threat on Academic Integrity.” Learn more about the community and how to attend the meeting at their website.
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phy-lunch
Thursdays, 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m., Sungsik (Kevin) Kong, a postdoc working with Claudia Solis Lemus, is organizing phy-lunch for the Fall semester in 1111 Biotech, which will be an opportunity for students and postdocs to informally meet and discuss phylogenetic topics and feel comfortable asking “basic” questions. If you’re interested in learning more, search for the group “phy-lunch” in Google groups (need to login with wisc account) and request to join.
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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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ADSA 2023 Job Compendium
ADSA released their 2023 Job Compendium, including 18 different job postings at various universities across the country, including UC-Berkeley, NUY, The University of Vermont, and Stanford. View these job postings and apply here.
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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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