West Big Data Innovation Hub

We're hiring REUs! For details, see https://www.westbigdatahub.org/reu

REU | West Big Data Hub for Undergraduates (REU) position open to undergraduate students in the West Hub region (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming). This remote position will include the following responsibilities:

Mark your "virtual" calendar for an April 29 (9am, PDT) panel as prominent, visionary researchers discuss their perspective regarding "The Role of Data Sharing and Distributed Storage in Research – Visions for the Future".

https://www.openstoragenetwork.org/seminar-series/apr-29-2021-data-sharing-and-distributed-storages-role-in-research-next-steps/

Science in the US is undergoing a significant change. Cyberinfrastructure or eInfrastructures tended to be funded for small projects for a single PI or very large science ventures (e.g., CERN LHC, NEON, NASA). What is emerging are medium-scale projects involving several universities and institutions. What architectures and capabilities are or will be needed by such projects and what effect will this have on the overall research computing ecosystem? Short talks will be followed by a moderated discussion.

Two great webinars coming up! Advocacy in Data: Equity & Community Resources (April 22) and The Impact of Big Data in Our Communities (April 29) - RSVP at https://www.calstatela.edu/project/bigdata/cal-state-la-big-data-big-data-forum-series-april-22-and-april-29-2021

TGIF + thank goodness we have a to capture community stories like this one featuring a everyone needs to hear about!

It's about Community & 📈

New Spoke Project Spotlight featuring California State University, Los Angeles City of + Community Partners

https://westbigdatahub.org/news/west-big-data-innovation-hub-spoke-project-spotlight-promoting-big-data-among-the-underserved/

West Big Data Innovation Hub Spoke Project Spotlight: Promoting Big Data Among the Underserved - West Big Data Innovation Hub –Cal State LA and City of Los Angeles Collaborate on Summer Scholar Programs– This summer, the City of Los Angeles Data Team worked with Community Partners and California State University ... Read More

Episode 3: From the Data Cabinet to Camp! We're thrilled to share our new podcast episode featuring Joyce Hunter, former USDA CIO https://t.co/nvDT7wFdPV

Episode 3: From the Data Cabinet to Starting an Agriculture Data Camp with Joyce Hunter — Let's Make it Count Welcome to Episode #3 of the Let’s Make it Count podcast! This week, we sit and talk with Joyce Hunter, who is the founder of Vulcan Enterprises, a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting underserved youth to the knowledge and application of data science. In this episode, Joyce speaks freel...

🎙️From Computational Biologist to 16 million views on YouTube: This week's features Josh Starmer, founder of

https://t.co/7E1X2mJE8Z

Episode 2: How I Found My Career Passion by Josh Starmer — Let's Make it Count Welcome to Episode 2 of the Let’s Make it Count podcast!  In this week’s episode, we visit with Josh Starmer, a computational biologist turned YouTube star. Granted, these are two very different career paths, but it was the basic human need for communication with others that ignited the fi

🎙️ Just in time for , we're launching our first !

➡️ Tune in to Episode 1 featuring Ambassador Lili Gangas, Chief Technology and Community Officer at Kapor Center ! Interviewed by our Senior Fellow Jeff Meisel, formerly of U.S. Census Bureau.

https://www.letsmakeitcount.org/blog/ep1-lili-gangas

Episode 1: Bridging the Digital Divide with Lili Gangas — Let's Make it Count In this week’s episode—our very first one!—we interview Lili Gangas, Chief Technology Community Officer at Kapor Center of Oakland, California. During the conversation, Lili talks about her role at Kapor, her journey from young immigrant to electrical engineer, then to establishing programs th...

There's still time to sign up for the all-online Datathon! Join us for exciting announcements, team formation, and connections with mentors and projects looking for collaborators. This includes for the first time this year, a "Crossover" Challenge with New Mexico!

In addition to receiving mentorship and being eligible for team prizes, as a special thank you to the teams forming and working together on projects Aug 18-19, Datathon participants will receive free admission to the 5th Annual CA Water Data Summit.

Datathon: The 5th Annual CA Water Data Summit and Water Solutions 5 The California Data Collaborative and Sustain Southern California join forces to bring you Solutions for Water Resiliency via Datathon event

Why does matter? from U.S. Census Bureau determines funding for critical community services, schools, hospitals, & roads. We’re proud to host a free national data competition to help make sure . https://bit.ly/letsmakeitcount2020

🔖 We're so excited to announce the first-ever WiDS Datathon Excellence in Research Award!

130,000+ hospital patient health records
450+ teams from 100+ countries
25+ workshops..and a brand new way to get involved!

To help encourage deeper exploration and the development of collaborative data science innovations, the WiDS Datathon Committee and the National Science Foundation Big Data Innovation Hubs are hosting a second phase of the WiDS Datathon this year — with a new WiDS Datathon Excellence in Research Award.

Read the Medium article at http://bit.ly/excellence-research-award and sign up for Phase 1 of the Datathon now! Team merger deadline is in ONE WEEK, Feb 21.

Big news for the 2020! Announcing the Excellence in Research Award with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Big Data Innovation Hubs.

To help encourage deeper exploration and the development of collaborative data science innovations, we invite you to share more details about your work with a short paper. Submissions will be reviewed for their potential for real-world impact by subject matter experts!

Learn more: bit.ly/excellence-research-award

Kaggle MIT - Critical Data Submittable West Big Data Innovation Hub

Just launched: focused on patient health data.

Form a team and connect with participants from 50+ countries!

https://widsconference.org/datathon.html

Registration for the 3rd annual is now open!

Build a team, hone your data science skills, and join us in a predictive analytics challenge focused on social impact. The WiDS Datathon 2020 focuses on patient health through data from MIT’s GOSSIS (Global Open Source Severity of Illness Score) initiative. The datathon will begin in January 2020 and last until February 24, 2020.

Learn more, and participate today: bit.ly/wids-datathon

We love seeing all the photos, videos, and comments from so many Summit & Awards Ceremony participants! Check out the 17(!) videos from , who launched her new Insta account at our event!

@ Sacramento, California

Open-to-all + what a way to start Fall!

Don't miss the annual Summit, hosted Wednesday Oct 16 in the historic Library Galleria.

https://water19summit.eventbrite.com/

projects over lunch, data journalists, State policy leaders, live voting for People's Choice Awards, and a congratulatory message from the Director of ! So much more!

Last call for tickets! Join us for the open-to-all and livestreamed Summit and Awards Ceremony Wednesday Oct 16 in !

https://water19summit.eventbrite.com/

@ Sacramento, California

Get your free ticket to join us Wednesday Oct 16 in Sacramento + ONLINE. Limited in-person seating. Don't miss it!
https://water19summit.eventbrite.com/

We're so excited to launch our second phase of the , supporting regional and national-scale efforts like this!
https://westbigdatahub.org/news/announcing-the-next-phase-of-the-big-data-hubs/

National Data Science Education Workshop More than 60 educators from institutions around the world attended the 2019 National Data Science Education workshop at UC Berkeley. It is part of a series of workshops…

We're getting ready for already! Excited to connect with 40+ ambassadors tonight

Undergraduate students collaborating this summer with for .

This week, more than 65 educators across the nation are gathering at ! We're excited to connect with new partners about , , , and more initiatives • View the workshop materials & follow •

SDSC Receives New Funding for West Big Data Innovation Hub The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a second round of funding for the country’s four Big Data Innovation Hubs – organizations where academics, community leaders, regional business, and local and state government representatives collaborate to help solve grand challenges of regional...

UW eScience Institute

We are pleased to announce a second round of funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to the West Big Data Innovation Hub, co-led by the Institute, and one of four organizations launched to build and strengthen partnerships across industry, academia, nonprofits, and government to address scientific and societal challenges. University of Washington News Urban at UW https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/06/19/escience-institute-west-hub/

Our undergraduate student research teams presented their work focused on + + today for ! @ UC Berkeley

Open to all: Data Science Student Research Showcase 1-3pm in Doe Library for !

We're excited for you to meet our undergrads working on projects bridging . Share your ideas, suggestions, and feedback!

Thanks for the hospitality, ! Great to see a sneak peek of the new collaboration space and home of the South Hub. @ Georgia Tech

Seen • we're excited to build upon the momentum from the community showcase! Follow for updates •

Day 1 of : discussing the significance of the + capturing community ideas!



Catch our Senior Fellow and Executive Director again Monday 12:30pm speaking on the Playbook for Local Government panel @ Austin, Texas

Thanks to all the enthusiastic participants who joined our 'Roadmapping: Humans + Ethics + AI' session

Join the free online Women in conference today via Livestream! Our Executive Director will be on stage announcing the winners at 11am PT! https://www.widsconference.org/livestream.html