The BD2K-LINCS Data Coordination and Integration Center (DCIC) and the University of Miami present the third annual BD2K-LINCS Data Science Symposium: Studying Systems Biology by Cellular Perturbations (DSS 2018) on January 31 – February 2, 2018. Read more “BD2K-LINCS Data Science Symposium 1/31-2/2/18”
Your City, Your Neighborhood, and You: Visualization for Civic Engagement Competition. The goal of this Competition is to challenge designers, journalists, data scientists, statisticians, and professionals and scholars to design either a data visualization essay, story, or infographic based on publicly available data about Miami, or an exploratory data visualization. Read more “VizUM Visualization Competition Deadline Extended to 2/4/2018”
The CCS Members interested in Social Systems Informatics (led by Program Director Daniel Messinger) have launched a Speaker Series. As the first guest, the group is pleased to present a trio of events around Brian Uzzi: The main event, a TALK on 2/14 entitled “Knowledge and Social Networks that Predict Breakthroughs and Professional Success in Science and Technology” will be preceded by a JOURNAL CLUB session on 2/12, and a ROUND TABLE with Prof. Uzzi earlier in the day on 2/14. Read more “Social Systems Informatics presents Brian Uzzi 2/14/2018”
This Python workshop is capped at 30 participants, and is on a first-come/ first-served basis. Read more “2-Day Python Workshop 1/18-19/2018 Gables Campus”
IDSC is excited to host the Machine Learning Meetup Group for a hands-on workshop on extracting information from scientific publication metadata. Join us on Saturday, January 20th, for a deep dive into a subset of the Semantic Scholar dataset: labs.semantic scholar.org/corpus, which represents papers in computer science, neuroscience and biomedical sciences. Read more “Machine Learning Meetup Group Workshop Saturday 1/20/18”
This 2-Day Software Carpentry Workshop in R at MEDICAL CAMPUS is capped at 30 participants, and is on a first-come/ first-served basis. Read more “2-Day “R” Workshop 1/25-26/2018 Medical Campus”
Topics covered in this workshop include the Unix shell, version control with git, and Programming with Python. Read more “2-Day Python Workshop 2/1-2/2018 Gables Campus”
CCS Vizualization program director Alberto Cairo has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the Majeri Award for Graphics Journalism from Ball State University’s Department of Journalism. Read more “Alberto Cairo receives Majeri Award for Graphics Journalism”
Join us for the inaugural meeting of the Spatial+ Data Visualization Group. The mission of the Spatial+ Data Visualization Group is to provide GIS and Visualization professionals, educators, enthusiasts, and other users with opportunities to exchange information and ideas, share best practices, and stay up to date with the latest tools, approaches, and more. Read more “Spatial+ Data Visualization Inaugural Meeting 2/23/2018”
Many of the current developments in Precision Oncology refer to the major role played by data. Big data resources (DB, repositories, biobanks, etc.) and novel data types combine in integrative experimental research settings presenting a variety of complexities. These require nextgen computational tools to be derived from the emerging data science field. Read more “BBSR Precision Oncology Workshop 2/26/2018”