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.
January 10, 2024
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Register for the Research Bazaar
UW–Madison’s Data Science Hub is hosting the 5th annual Research Bazaar on February 7 and 8, 2024 at the Discovery Building. With an overarching theme of Data in Action, the Research Bazaar is an inclusive, community-building event that encourages cross-pollination of ideas among researchers, data scientists, entrepreneurs, and community members, including students. The aim of this event is to foster a thriving data science community on campus and in the wider community, and to equip researchers from all career stages with the digital skills and tools required to do their work efficiently and equitably. Register by January 30. View the Research Bazaar schedule and register here.
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Input Request: Fair and Explainable Machine Learning
The Data Science Hub is developing a new workshop on Fair and Explainable Machine Learning. If you use machine learning in your work, we would love your feedback on whether this workshop sounds useful to you and what topics you’d like to see us cover. Here’s the survey. Please feel free to share with your lab groups or others at UW who might be interested.
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ML+X Spring Opportunities: Join Leadership & More
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Software Carpentry Workshop (Python, GitHub, and Unix Shell)
January 16-19, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., The Data Science Hub is hosting an online Software Carpentry Workshop. Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation using Python. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems. Learn more and register by visiting the Software Carpentry workshop page.
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Workshop Series: Python and R Programming Languages for Data Analysis
February and March, 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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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 the STS website.
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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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Posit Day
January 17th, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Data Science Platform is collaborating with Posit to offer you a day full of Data Science goodness. Find all the information and register for Posit Day. We will be hosting several people from Posit who will be covering topics and showcasing tools such as:
- Why is open-source software so important and why we should support open-source initiatives?
- A walkthrough of Workbench and Connect, the two main services offered by the Data Science Platform.
- A talk about Python users and how Posit supports it.
- For the data science modelers, an intro to Vetiver, a framework for MLOps
- UW-Madison’s Sri Aravamuthan’s talk about his work with the Dermatology
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SILO (Fall 2023) Recordings Available
The Systems, Information, Learning, and Optimization (SILO) seminar recordings from the fall semester are available to view from the SILO fall 2023 archive.
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ML+X Forum (Fall 2023) Recordings Available
Missed one of the ML+X Forums from the fall semester? Check the ML+X Forum YouTube playlist to get caught up on any of the recorded events covering a mix of machine learning topics including multimodal learning, comparative time-series analysis, and large language model applications.
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MadPy: Python at the Speed of C
January 11, 2024, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., MadPy is hosting an event called "Python at the Speed of C" at the Madison Public Library (Central). Python's flexibility and ease of use are excellent, but sometimes speed is essential. In January, join MadPy as David Hoese presents "Python at the Speed of C," discussing how to supercharge your Python code using Cython and the C Python API. They'll explore why Python is slow, provide an overview of the Python C API, and discuss why it's challenging to work with. The speaker will showcase Cython's capabilities through various examples. Whether you're a newcomer or a seasoned Pythonista, this talk offers something for everyone, including a potential bonus on Python Rust extensions. Boost your Python skills with MadPy! Register for the event at the MadPy event page on Meetup.
David Hoese is a software developer at the Space Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from UW-Madison. Dave works on writing software tools to assist atmospheric scientists with a focus on analyzing satellite and ground-based instrument data.
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Bioinformatics: ComBEE Social Kickoff
January 16, 2024, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m., Learn more about ComBEE at their first event of the new year! The Social Kickoff is a great way to learn more about the club and its future events. Open to anyone affiliated with UW-Madison. This event is presented by the Department of Bacteriology Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Ecology, and Evolution (ComBEE). ComBEE hosts weekly Python and R study groups, as well as monthly meetings. RSVP available on the ComBEE website.
If you can't make the kickoff, their next event is planned for February 20th from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., and focuses on short presentations about campus research computing and data services.
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EVIL in Spring 2024
Spring 2024, Join us at EVIL to talk about AI and Ethics! 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. The first Spring meeting will be January 26, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
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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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PROFESSIONAL
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Data Science Facilitator
Apply by January 24th at 11:55 CT. The Data Science Hub in the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) collaborates closely with the Data Science Institute to provide data science training and implement data science into research practices across campus. The Data Science Hub is on the lookout for an additional data science facilitator to join the team! The facilitator will perform training and community engagement in data science across the UW-Madison campus. Explore the facilitator job listing for more information, and reach out to facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu with any questions.
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Infrastructure as Code Engineer
Epic Systems is currently hiring adults with interest and experience in computer science, software engineering, or mathematics for the Code Engineer position. Preference given to applicants with experience in programming, automation policy enforcement, and code frameworks. For more information, visit the code engineer job listing on LinkedIn.
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STUDENT
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Data Science Hub Administrative Student Assistant
Apply by January 10th at 11:55 CT. The Data Science Hub in the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) collaborates closely with the Data Science Institute to provide data science training and implement data science into research practices across campus. The Data Science Hub is looking for a student who is dependable and able to work on multiple projects. The student assistant's main responsibilities include updating and maintaining the newsletter, program reporting, marketing and communications, and other administrative tasks. For more information and to apply, visit the administrative student assistant position description.
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AI & Data Research Assistant
Apply by February 9th at 11:55 CT. The Department of Horticulture is seeking an Undergraduate or Master's student to help with image processing, data exploration, and model analysis for a plant sciences lab. Ideal candidates have experience in Python programming, as well as deep learning models, CNNs, and general understanding of data collection and analysis. To learn more or apply for the job, visit the AI & Data Research Assistant job listing page.
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DATA VISUALIZATION OF THE WEEK
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Reposted from the Data Science Community Newsletter, an Academic Data Science Alliance project.
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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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