Date | Time | Event | Details |
12/10/18 | Forum on Health & National Security: Ethical Use of Big Data for Healthy Communities & a Strong Nation | This invitation-only workshop is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress and the Health Services Research Program, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), and organized in collaboration with the NSF South Big Data Regional Innovation Hub, Meharry Medical College, and Spelman College. For more information, please contact Dr. Lea Shanley, South Hub co-Executive Director, at lshanley@renci.org. | |
IEEE SMARTCOMP 2019 issues Call for Proposals | SMARTCOMP 2019 is the 5th edition of the conference and will be held in Washington, DC in June. The conference will include talks on smart computing innovations pertaining to pervasive/ubiquitous computing, cloud computing, sensor networks, Internet of Things, big data analytics, security and privacy, social computing, cognitive computing, cyber-physical systems and their application and validation within smart computing environments. Paper registration and submission deadlines are in January 2019. Read more at their website. | ||
11/2/18 | 3-4 pm ET | All Hub Data Sharing & Cyberinfrastructure Working Group | Presenters: Jim Wilgenbusch, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute (MSI) | Building Cyberinfrastructure for Multidisciplinary, Multiscale AgroInformatics and Ben Blaiszik, UCHI/ANL | Integrative Materials and Design (IMaD): Helping to Connect the Materials Data Community Webcast Connectivity: JOIN THE MEETING | Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 464 161 845 |
11/06/2018-11/07/2018 | South Hub DataUp: Train the Trainers Event | To date, the DataUp program has held workshops at five primarily-teaching, minority-serving and –led liberal arts institutions and community colleges. On November 6 & 7, each institution will send a team of faculty and permanent staff to engage in a mix of lectures and hands-on lessons to learn the pedagogical strategies to teach data related topics. Visit the DataUp page to read blogs and view photos of the program to date. | |
11/13/18 | Jupyter Day in the Triangle | The event will be hosted at the Carolina Club, and is organized by the University Libraries at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill along with core Project Jupyter contributors, some of whom will be present. Visit their website to learn more and register. | |
10/4/18 | 11 am- Noon ET | South Hub Social Cybersecurity Working Group | Presenter: Rebecca Goolsby, Office of Naval Research | Ask Me Anything: Fielding questions on the study of online propaganda, bots and algorithms, influence campaigns, cyber-social science, cyber-diplomacy, cyber-social groups, etc. WebCast Connectivity: JOIN THE MEETING | Join by phone: 1-646-558-8656 Meeting ID: 556 168 986 |
10/5/18 | 3-4 pm ET | All Hub Data Sharing & Cyberinfrastructure Working Group | Presenters: Matthew Lange, UC Davis | Food Informatics: An emerging discipline underpinning the emerging Semantic Web and Internet of Food and Gabe Youtsey, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources | The VINE: Translational Agriculture for the Future of Sustainable Food JOIN THE MEETING | Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 |
10/11/2018-10/12/2018 |
| DataUp is a program to increase the capacity for data science education at primarily-teaching, minority-serving and –led liberal arts institutions and community colleges. This month, Florida A&M University (FAMU), Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU), and Old Dominion University (ODU) will participate in 2-day data science related workshops taught by the Data and Software Carpentry programs. Each institution’s workshops will focus on shell and git. In addition, FAMU will explore Python, JCSU will incorporate Matlab, and Old Dominion will examine R. If you are a member of either of these campuses and would like to register for the event, please contact Kendra Strickland. To view photos and blog posts regarding each workshop please visit the DataUp webpage. | |
10/18/2018-10/19/2018 | Johnson C. Smith University | DataUp is a program to increase the capacity for data science education at primarily-teaching, minority-serving and –led liberal arts institutions and community colleges. This month, Florida A&M University (FAMU), Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU), and Old Dominion University (ODU) will participate in 2-day data science related workshops taught by the Data and Software Carpentry programs. Each institution’s workshops will focus on shell and git. In addition, FAMU will explore Python, JCSU will incorporate Matlab, and Old Dominion will examine R. If you are a member of either of these campuses and would like to register for the event, please contact Kendra Strickland. To view photos and blog posts regarding each workshop please visit the DataUp webpage. | |
10/25/2018-10/26/2018 | Old Dominion University | DataUp is a program to increase the capacity for data science education at primarily-teaching, minority-serving and –led liberal arts institutions and community colleges. This month, Florida A&M University (FAMU), Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU), and Old Dominion University (ODU) will participate in 2-day data science related workshops taught by the Data and Software Carpentry programs. Each institution’s workshops will focus on shell and git. In addition, FAMU will explore Python, JCSU will incorporate Matlab, and Old Dominion will examine R. If you are a member of either of these campuses and would like to register for the event, please contact Kendra Strickland. To view photos and blog posts regarding each workshop please visit the DataUp webpage. | |
10/17/2018-10/18/2018 | Southern Data Science Conference | ||
10/19/18 | 8:30 am - 2:15 pm | Data Science Summit: Smart Cities of the Future | The University of Central Florida, in collaboration with the South Big Data Hub and Southern Data Science Conference, will host the first annual Data Science Summit at the UCF Fairwinds Alumni Center. Panels will focus on smart cities, transportation, financial technology, recruiting data scientists, and more. Register here. |
10/31/18 | 8:30 am - 4:45 pm | Accelerating Research in the Cloud with AWS & the South Hub | Amazon Web Services (AWS), the South Hub, and RENCI are hosting an Amazon Web Services workshop that will introduce advanced topics (e.g., Deep Learning) in AWS and take participants through a deep-dive into AWS core services. Participants an select one or both of the following training options: 1. AWS for Research Training: Learn about AWS at an all-day classroom training with demonstrations and a hands-on lab. 2. Explore Your Project on AWS: Bring your project or use case for a 45-minute one-on-one session with an AWS architect. Visit the registration website to learn more |
10/15/2018-10/16/2018 | MetroLab Network Annual Summit | The MetroLab Network is a national network of 40 city-university partnerships focused on urban innovation. Their annual summit will bring together leaders from local government, universities, industry, and non-profit and is an opportunity to share, discuss, and present on the impact of data, analytics, and technology on local government. Discounted registration is available for attendees from local governments and non-profits (including universities). Learn more at their website. | |
10/15/18 | NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence Award | Deadline for applications | The Fulbright Program is offering a NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence Award to Latvia. Awardees will be able to conduct research on disinformation in social media. The award is for for U.S. citizens and open to all levels of scholars, including early career. Learn more at their website. | |
10/18/18 | Microsoft Azure Training | Georgia Tech’s Institute for Data Engineering and Sciences is partnering with Microsoft to provide a day-long training for the cloud computing service Microsoft Azure on October 18. This event will provide hands-on training intended to familiarize researchers and data scientists with Azure cloud services to aid current and future research experiences. If interested, please register at their website. | |
10/27/18 | Spark & AI Saturday | Please join us at our annual event, Spark & AI Saturday on Oct 27th, the largest community-led Spark event on the East Coast! This is a free event sponsored by Capital One and co-organized by MetiStream and Databricks. In addition to Apache Spark, our talks will focus on AI/ML advancements. This is an all-day free event with training, industry speakers, and exhibitors. Visit their website to learn more and register. | |
9/6/18 | 11 am - Noon | South Hub Security, Networks, and Social Computing Working Group | Presenter: Sara-Jayne Terp, AppNexus | Social Engineering at Scale JOIN THE MEETING | Join by phone: 1-646-558-8656 Meeting ID: 556 168 986 |
9/7/18 | 3-4 pm | All Hub Sharing & Cyberinfrastructure Working Group | Presenter: Patrick McGarry, data.world | Bringing People and Data Together JOIN THE MEETING | Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 464 161 845 |
9/13/18 | Noon-1 pm | Creating an open infrastructure for global microbial sequence discovery | Dr. C. Titus Brown of UC Davis will discuss building a sustainable, decentralized infrastructure for searching microbial genome resources using the open source ‘sourmash’ project, as well as the roles of Data Commonses in evolving these open resources. Register to attend in person or online. |
09/20/2018-09/21/2018 | University of Virgin Islands DataUp Workshop | ||
09/29/2018-09/30/2018 | Texas A&M - Kingsville DataUp Workshop | ||
9/5/18 | Noon-1 pm | NCDS DataBytes Webinar: SMART - Smarter Manual Annotation for Resource-constrained collection of Training Data | This talk will showcase the newly developed SMART application, an open source annotation software that leverages elements of active machine learning, reliability metrics, Ul/UX design to help data scientists and researchers reduce manual coding time and effort, making machine learning classification tasks more affordable and widely accessible. Register here. |
09/16/2018-09/19/2018 | 4th International IEEE Smart Cities Conference | ISC2-2018 will bring together researchers and practitioners in a collaborative smart cities discussion, including scholars, citizens, policymakers, administrators, infrastructure operators, industry representatives, economists, sociologists, and academicians. Technical exchanges within the research community will encompass panels, plenary talks, technical sessions, tutorials, workshops and exhibitions. Visit their website for more information. | |
9/22/18 | StatFest 2018 | StatFest 2018 is a one-day conference aimed at encouraging undergraduate students from historically underrepresented groups (African American, Hispanic, Native American) to consider careers and graduate studies in the statistical and data sciences. Visit their website for more information. | |
8/2/18 | 11 am - Noon | South Hub Security, Networks, and Social Computing Working Group | Presenter: |
08/17/2018-08/18/2018 | University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Data Up Workshop | DataUp is a program to increase the capacity for data science education at primarily-teaching, minority-serving, and –led institutions and community colleges. In conjunction with Data and Software Carpentries, the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras will host an engaging two-day campus workshop focusing on genomics for faculty, permanent staff, and researchers. For more information regarding the DataUp program and participating institutions, or to register for the UPRP workshop, please visit the DataUp webpage or contact Kendra Strickland at klewis-strickland@gatech.edu. | |
8/1/18 | Call for Papers: Special journal issue on social cybersecurity | The South Hub Security, Network Analysis and Social Media working group co-chairs invite you to submit a paper for consideration for a special issue of Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory on social cybersecurity. A letter of intent should be sent to Dr. Kathleen Carley at kathleen.carley@cs.cmu.edu by COB today, August 1, 2018. Read the full Call for Papers. | |
8/1/18 | Modeling Persuasion & Group Behavior in Big Data | The National Consortium for Data Science will host the next webinar in their DataBytes series from Noon - 1:00 p.m. ET today. Join Dr. Samira Shaikh, computer science assistant professor at UNC-Charlotte, as she shares her research investigating the propagation of ideas in online social media platforms and their effectiveness in persuading groups of individuals to take action in the "real" world. Register here. | |
08/05/2018-08/07/2018 | NC Drone Summit & Flight Expo | This event will feature speakers, exhibitors, and flight demonstrators from around the world that showcase the present and future of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS, or drone) industry. More than 350 people are expected to attend, including personnel from industry, regulatory agencies, and public safety drone users. Visit their website for more information. | |
08/13/2018-08/17/2018 | Data Matters Short Course Series | Data Matters gives students, faculty, and business professionals the chance to learn from expert instructors about a range of topics in data science, analytics, visualization, machine learning, and more. Registration is now open. Visit their website for more information. | |
7/18/18 | First Meeting of the South Hub Smart & Connected Health Working Group Framing the Issues Around Scientific Research in Ethics for Big Data | Presenters:Tracey Koehlmoos, Uniformed Services University Jared Elzey, Meharry Medical College WebCast Connectivity: JOIN THE MEETING | Join by phone: 1-646-558-8656 Meeting ID: 452 714 422 | |
7/19/18 | Data Science Roundtable | Data > Patterns > Insights > Action | |
07/10/2018-07/13/2018 | SBP-BRiMS 2018 | Registration is still open for the 2018 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation. Visit their website for more information. Please say "hello" to South Hub co-Executive Director Lea Shanley, who will be attending. | |
7/27/18 | Federal Data Strategy seeks input | The Federal Data Strategy will create a coordinated approach to federal data use and management that serves the public. To accomplish this, the federal government needs your input. Please provide feedback to strategy.data.gov. | |
7/31/18 | Solving for Safety Visualization Challenge | The USDOT is looking for solutions that bring novel concepts and perspectives to existing models and data to develop analytical visualization tools that provide life-saving insights for transportation safety. Tools can range from dashboards using disparate data sets, to spatial analysis via maps, to virtual or augmented reality scenarios, to image and image analysis, to social media mining and beyond. Visit their website for more information. | |
6/1/18 | All Hub Data Sharing & Cyberinfrastructure Working Group | Presenters: | |
6/7/18 | Security, Networks, and Social Computing Working Group | Presenter: | |
6/14/18 | Community-Driven Citizen Science for Health and the Environment | Join the South Big Data Hub and the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellows Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Affinity Group for a one-day symposium exploring citizen science initiatives driven by community interests. Learn about environmental and human health applications of citizen science projects from local to global scales and meet with scientists and community members leading community-driven research initiatives. Come say "hello" to South Hub co-ED Lea Shanley and Spoke PI Gari Clifford (Emory University). Register here. | |
06/20/2018-06/22/2018 | 2018 Joint PI Meeting: NSF BIGDATA and Big Data Hubs and Spokes | The NSF BIGDATA Research program will take place on June 20th. The NSF Big Data Hubs and Spokes programs will take place on June 22nd, and joint events addressing both programs will be held on June 21st. Find out more and register at their website. | |
06/05/2018-06/07/2018 | iRODS Consortium User Group Meeting | The 10th annual iRODS UGM will be held in Durham, NC this summer. iRODS is open source software used worldwide for data management through discovery, workflow automation, secure collaboration, and virtualization. See last year's agenda to learn more about the event or register for this year's UGM here. | |
06/10/2018-06/16/2018 | CASOS 2018 Summer Institute | Carnegie Mellon University will provide an intense and hands-on introduction to network analytics and visualization from a combined social-network, network-science, link-analysis and dynamic network analysis perspective during a week-long institute this summer. Visit their website for more information. | |
6/13/18 | 2018 NSF Cybersecurity Summit for Large Facilities & Cyberinfrastructure issues Call for Participation | The event will take place August 21-23 in Alexandria, VA. Attendees will include cybersecurity practitioners, technical leaders, and risk owners from within the NSF Large Facilities and CI community, as well as key stakeholders and thought leaders from the broader scientific and cybersecurity communities. Visit their website for more information. | |
06/18/2018-06/19/2018 | 2nd Annual Transatlantic Symposium on ICT & Policy | This two-day event, jointly organized by the PICASSO project, in collaboration with the Wilson Center, will convene leaders in government, academia, and industry around the theme of leveraging people, technology, and information for a smart and connected society. It will explore key ICT topics for bilateral cooperation, as well as cross-cutting issues including policy aspects and STEM workforce issues. The meeting will include a panel on Big Data US-EU collaboration opportunities, organized by all four Big Data Innovation Hubs. Visit their website to learn more and register. | |
6/25/18 | Sigma Xi Big Data & the Future of Research Symposium issues Call for Abstracts | The conference aims to bring together distinguished researchers to discuss the rapid transformation of scientific research fueled by the power of big data. Visit their website for more information. | |
6/29/18 | Research Data Alliance accepting proposals for 12th Plenary Meeting | RDA encourages session proposals for working and/or interest groups, joint meetings, and Birds of a Feather sessions. P12 is part of International Data Week (IDW18), which will be held on November 5-8 in Gaborone, Botswana. Visit their website for more information. | |
5/4/18 | All Hub Data Sharing & Cyberinfrastructure Working Group | Presenters: | |
5/11/18 | PICASSO Project Webinar | REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR | |
5/24/18 | Data Science Roundtable | REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR | |
5/22/18 | Microsoft Azure Training | Join Microsoft Azure and the South Hub for an opportunity to learn about the fundamentals of Azure for research training and to talk one-on-one with an Azure expert about your specific project or use case. Visit the website for more information | |
5/8/18 | NSF Smart Grids Big Data Workshop | The sixth annual Smart Grids Workshop will be held at Texas A&M University on May 8. It is the second Smart Grids Big Data Spoke Workshop sponsored by the NSF. Last year's theme was "Using Smart Grids Big Data." For more information on this year's workshop, visit their website. | |
4/6/18 | All Hub Data Sharing & Cyberinfrastructure Working Group | Presenters: | |
4/12/18 | Data Science Roundtable | REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR | |
4/9/18 | Microsoft AI for Earth Grant | In collaboration with Esri’s outreach team, the Microsoft AI for Earth program awards advanced Microsoft Azure cloud computing resources and powerful Esri GIS tools to individuals and organizations working on environmental and conservation programs aimed towards transforming the way we are currently managing complex environmental challenges. Visit their website for more information. | |
4/15/18 | Microsoft Cloud AI Research Challenge | Microsoft is offering a chance to see what you can do with Microsoft.com/ai services like Azure Machine Learning, Cognitive Services, Data Science VM, Batch AI, and Bot Framework. A grand prize of $25,000 is available. The deadline for submissions is April 15, 2018. Visit their website for more information. | |
4/4/18 | Webinar: Practices for Better Data Teamwork | The National Consortium for Data Science's April DataBytes webinar will feature Leonard Fishman of data.world. The session will help you implement the principles of the Manifesto for Data Practices, which describes the most effective, ethical, and modern approach to data teamwork. Visit their website to register. | |
04/13/2018-04/14/2018 | Southern Data Science Conference | The Southern Data Science Conference will be held April 13-14, 2018 in Atlanta, GA. The conference attracts experts and researchers from top research and data companies. In addition to exceptional speakers, there is an R&D track as well as workshops and training sessions. South Hub affiliates can use the code SBDH for 25% of their ticket price. Visit their website for more information. | |
3/1/18 | Security, Networks, and Social Computing Working Group | Presenters: | |
3/2/18 | All Hub Data Sharing & Cyberinfrastructure Working Group | Presenters: | |
3/20/18 | Water Data Science Working Group | Tuesday, March 20 | 4:00-5:00 p.m. ET | Virtual | |
3/5/18 | Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference | The Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference returns for a third year to Stanford University. This one-day, technical conference features world-class female speakers discussing a wide array of data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence research, and more. WiDS is a global and inclusive conference where participants have the choice of joining the conference in person at Stanford; in person at one of the 100+ regional events worldwide; online via livestream; or online via Facebook Live. Visit their website for more information. | |
3/15/18 | NSF Cyber Carpentry Workshop | This two-week summer workshop aimed at helping graduate students and postdocs understand the many aspects of the data-intensive computing environment will take place July 16-27 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Travel and accommodations will be provided for participants. Visit their website for more information. | |
3/23/18 | Roundtable on Data Science Postsecondary Education | This National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine roundtable will help affected communities develop a coherent and shared view of the emerging field of data science and of how best to prepare large numbers of professionals to help realize the potential of this field. Visit their website for more information. | |
4/2/18 | Congressional Data Competition | A variety of Congressional publications and data sets are available on Congress.gov. The Library of Congress invites you to leverage that data to create new meaning or tools to help members of Congress and the public explore it in new ways. Visit their website for more information. | |
2/2/18 | All Hub Data Sharing & Cyberinfrastructure Working Group | Presenters: | |
1/5/18 | All Hub Data Sharing & Cyberinfrastructure Working Group | Lightning Talks: | |
1/16/18 | Keeping Data Science Broad Webinar 3 | Join our live webinar The Big Picture for a Big Data Science Education Network - Next Steps, which will wrap-up the six-month series, Keeping Data Science Broad, exploring the perspectives and roles of community colleges, 4-year colleges, HBCU’s, and other minority-serving institutions that are creating data science programs, as well as alternative methods of teaching data science literacy through museums, boot-camps, mentorship programs, and the arts. | |
1/18/18 | South Hub Data Science Roundtable: The Energy Efficient Mobility Systems Program | Rachael Nealer, PhD, Program Manager, Analysis Team at the Vehicle Technologies Office, US Dept. of Energy (DOE), will present on the newly formed Energy Efficient Mobility Systems (EEMS) program in the Vehicle Technologies Office. The program focuses on transportation systems and technologies including: connected and automated vehicles, advanced fueling infrastructure, urban science, mobility decision science, and multi-modal transportation, long-term research and development, and technology integration with cities and regions. |