Events
EVENTS OVERVIEW
The South Big Data Innovation Hub sponsors, hosts, and co-hosts virtual and in-person events of broad interest, including but not limited to conferences and themed workshops. These events support data science learning, networking, and resource identification and bring together people in business, academia, and government who apply data science and analytics to solve problems.
The South Hub also welcomes and promotes regional data science events hosted by our members or partners. To submit an event or opportunity to our newsletter, email announcements@southbdhub.org
EVENTS IMPACT
- Over 150 events have been held since the inception of the South Hub
- 4700+ participants have engaged in the South Hub big data community
South Big Data Hub and Partner Events
South Big Data Hub All-Hands Meeting:
Register Now! | July 28 - 30
Please save the date for the South Big Data Hub 2021 All-Hands Meeting, which will be held virtually from July 28 -30. This page will be updated with the latest information on the meeting agenda, logistics, and meeting and poster session registration.
May
Thursday, May 6th
WebCast Connectivity:
Meeting ID: 556 168 986
Friday, May 7th
South Hub Education & Workforce Working Group
11:00 a.m. - Noon
Presenters:
Dr. R.N. Uma, NC Central University | Data Science for Social Justice: An Approach to Broaden Participation
WebCast Connectivity:
JOIN THE MAILING LIST FOR ZOOM INFORMATION
Friday, May 7th
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Rajesh Kalyanam, Purdue University & Mike Lambert, National Center for Supercomputing Applications | CHEESE: Cyber Human Ecosystem of Engaged Security Education
WebCast Connectivity:
May 17th - 18th
Data Science R Bootcamp | Virtual
The NSF funded Spoke Project, an online R coding bootcamp will be offered to teach basic R programming skills, data wrangling, analysis, and visualization. Practical examples include COVID19 data analysis and survey data analysis. This bootcamp is jointly organized by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the Tuskegee University. Learn more on their website.
May 18th - 20th
GeoConvergence Workshop | Virtual
The GeoConvergence Workshop, hosted by the American Geographical Society, is a NSF Convergence Accelerator event intended to “blue sky” the future of geospatial and location-based technology, its societal applications, and ethical implications, during one highly-interactive virtual conference. The conference aims to brainstorm the next major innovations and foster multidisciplinary and multi-sector collaborations to advance geospatial solutions and accelerate the field forward. Learn more on their website.
April
Thursday, April 1st
WebCast Connectivity:
JOIN THE MEETING | Join by phone: 1-877-853-5257
Meeting ID: 556 168 986
Friday, April 2nd
South Hub Education & Workforce Working Group
11:00 a.m. - Noon
Presenters:
Dr. David Beck, Research Associate Professor, University of Washington | Domain Specific Graduate Training in Data Science in the Context of a University Wide Approach
Dr. David Gutman, Associate Professor, Emory University | The Human Tumor Atlas Network Data Coordinating Center
WebCast Connectivity:
JOIN THE MAILING LIST FOR ZOOM INFORMATION
Monday, April 12th
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
S. Jay Yang, Rochester Institute of Technology, & Sagar Samtani, Indiana University | Cybersecurity as Big Data Science Interactive Workshop
WebCast Connectivity:
REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP
March
Wednesday, March 3rd
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Institute for Data Science invites you to their Spring 2021 seminar series, held Wednesdays at 4 PM Eastern Time. Learn more at their website.
Thursday, March 4th
Challenges in Climate Change Communication on Social Media
WebCast Connectivity:
JOIN THE MEETING | Join by phone: 1-877-853-5257
Meeting ID: 556 168 986
Friday, March 5th
South Hub Education & Workforce Working Group
11:00 a.m. - Noon
Presenters:
Ben Marwick | Associate Professor, University of Washington
Data Skills and Data Studies: A New Interdisciplinary Minor in Data Science for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Jon Schwabish | Senior Fellow, Urban Institute
Teaching Data Visualization to Kids
WebCast Connectivity:
JOIN THE MAILING LIST FOR ZOOM INFORMATION
Friday, March 5th
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Chris Lenhardt | Domain Scientist, Environmental Data Science and Systems, RENCI
Putting the “Infrastructure” in Cyberinfrastructure: The HydroShare Example
WebCast Connectivity:
JOIN THE MEETING | Join by phone: 1-877-853-5257
Meeting ID: 464 161 845
Monday, March 8th
Wednesday, March 10th
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Institute for Data Science invites you to their Spring 2021 seminar series, held Wednesdays at 4 PM Eastern Time. Learn more at their website.
Wednesday, March 17th
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Institute for Data Science invites you to their Spring 2021 seminar series, held Wednesdays at 4 PM Eastern Time. Learn more at their website.
Wednesday, March 24th
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Institute for Data Science invites you to their Spring 2021 seminar series, held Wednesdays at 4 PM Eastern Time. Learn more at their website.
Wednesday, March 31st
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Institute for Data Science invites you to their Spring 2021 seminar series, held Wednesdays at 4 PM Eastern Time. Learn more at their website.
February
Wednesday, February 3rd
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Institute for Data Science invites you to their Spring 2021 seminar series, held Wednesdays at 4 PM Eastern Time. Learn more at their website.
Thursday, February 4th
Presenter:
Dr. Kai Shu | Associate Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology
Learning with Weak Social Supervision for Understanding Disinformation
WebCast Connectivity:
JOIN THE MEETING | Join by phone: 1-877-853-5257
Meeting ID: 556 168 986
Friday, February 5th
South Hub Education & Workforce Working Group
11:00 a.m. - Noon
Presenters:
Dr. Karl Schmidt | Program Coordinator for Data Analytics, Trinity Christian College
Keeping Academic Data Science On-Track: What to Assess and How
Dr. Hunter Schafer | Assistant Teaching Professor, University of Washington
Designing CSE 163, an Intermediate Data Programming course
WebCast Connectivity:
JOIN THE MAILING LIST FOR ZOOM INFORMATION
Friday, February 5th
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Presenters:
Sarah Dunton | Director of ECEP Alliance at MIT
Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance & The New England Common Metrics Project
WebCast Connectivity:
JOIN THE MEETING | Join by phone: 1-877-853-5257
Meeting ID: 464 161 845
Wednesday, February 10th
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Institute for Data Science invites you to their Spring 2021 seminar series, held Wednesdays at 4 PM Eastern Time. Learn more at their website.
Monday, February 15th
COVID-19 has created societal challenges for communities around the world. More than ever before, collaboration and knowledge sharing have become key to accelerating the research response to the pandemic’s widespread impacts. We invite undergraduate students from higher education institutions around the world to leverage the resources available from the COVID Information Commons (CIC) to participate in the CIC Student Paper Challenge and join the scientific research community addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Winning papers will have the opportunity to be published on the CIC website, added to the Columbia University Academic Commons, and presented at a future CIC event. Members of the community have the opportunity to participate by applying to be a mentor or judge. Learn more at their website.
Wednesday, February 17th
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Institute for Data Science invites you to their Spring 2021 seminar series, held Wednesdays at 4 PM Eastern Time. Learn more at their website.
Friday, February 19th
Data-Driven Design of Microstructural Material Systems
1:00 p.m.
Friday, February 19th
Newly launched by the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub and our Northeast Student Data Corps, the Data Science Career Panel webinar series features experts from academia, government, industry, and nonprofits who share their experiences learning and using data science. These virtual events aim to highlight the wide range of educational opportunities and career paths available in data science and data analytics. Learn more at their website.
Wednesday, February 24th
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Institute for Data Science invites you to their Spring 2021 seminar series, held Wednesdays at 4 PM Eastern Time. Learn more at their website.
January
Friday, January 1st
Solving High-Dimensional PDEs, Controls, and Games with Deep Learning
4:30 – 5:30pm
Abstract:
Developing algorithms for solving high-dimensional partial differential equations, controls, and games has been an exceedingly difficult task for a long time, due to the notorious "curse of dimensionality". In this talk, we introduce a family of deep learning-based algorithms for these problems. The algorithms exploit the mathematical structure of problems and utilize deep neural networks as efficient approximations to high-dimensional functions. Numerical results of a variety of examples demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed algorithms in high-dimensions. This opens up new possibilities in economics, engineering, and physics, by considering all participating agents, assets, resources, or particles together at the same time, instead of making ad hoc assumptions on their inter-relationships.
To join the meeting–BlueJeans Link: https://bluejeans.com/6622130444
Thursday, January 7th
South Hub Social Cybersecurity Working Group
11:00 a.m. - Noon
Presenter:
Dr. Emma Spiro, University of Washington | Election Disinformation: Real-time Analysis and Response
WebCast Connectivity:
JOIN THE MEETING | Join by phone: 1-877-853-5257
Meeting ID: 556 168 986
Friday, January 8th
South Hub Education & Workforce Working Group
11:00 a.m. - noon
Presenters:
Dr. Mandy Hering | Navigating Undergraduate Research Projects Fully Online
Dr. Adam LaMee | Getting into K12 Classrooms: a large-scale partnership between UCF Physics and local schools integrating data science into core middle grades curriculum with free, open source materials
WebCast Connectivity:
JOIN THE MAILING LIST FOR ZOOM INFORMATION
Saturday, January 9th
Genomic Frontiers Conference
Genomic technologies are transforming our approach to biology and medicine. This virtual conference brings together scientists, practitioners, regulators and students to learn, discuss and shape the future of genomics. Learn more at their website.
Thursday, January 21st
Open Storage Network Outcomes Update
9:00 a.m. - 10: 00 a.m. (PT)
The Open Storage Network (OSN) will review the project, key features, and ways to leverage the network in your research. Register for the webinar at their website.
Thursday, January 21st
Solving High-Dimensional PDEs, Controls, and Games with Deep Learning
11:00 a.m. - noon
Abstract:
Developing algorithms for solving high-dimensional partial differential equations, controls, and games has been an exceedingly difficult task for a long time, due to the notorious "curse of dimensionality". In this talk, we introduce a family of deep learning-based algorithms for these problems. The algorithms exploit the mathematical structure of problems and utilize deep neural networks as efficient approximations to high-dimensional functions. Numerical results of a variety of examples demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed algorithms in high-dimensions. This opens up new possibilities in economics, engineering, and physics, by considering all participating agents, assets, resources, or particles together at the same time, instead of making ad hoc assumptions on their inter-relationships
To join the meeting–BlueJeans Link: https://bluejeans.com/6622130444
Friday, January 22nd
Preparing for Graduate Studies in Data Science
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The AUC Data Science Seminar Series will feature a panel on “Preparing for Graduate Studies in Data Science” on Friday, January 22, 2021 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET. Register at: https://tinyurl.com/ds3gradapply
Panelists includes Dr. Tor Kwembe who will talk about Jackson State University’s Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering PhD program; Brianne Cortese who will talk about Columbia University’s Data Science MS program; and Kevin Womack who will talk about his graduate school experiences, from Morehouse to Columbia.