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May 2017
West Hub: Evidence-Based Policing Conference / Spoke Workshop
West Hub Spoke Workshop as part of the inaugural Evidence-Based Policing Conference
Find out more »IPDPS Conference
http://ipdps.org/
Find out more »June 2017
National Transportation Data Challenge: Education/Curriculum Category Call
Join Education Category Chair Jane Zanzig for the first Transportation Challenge monthly call: https://www.uberconference.com/jzanzig Optional dial-in number: 857-216-2449 PIN: 03120 11am PT / 12pm MT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET Agenda: Introduction of the Challenge and Different Categories Spotlight on Education Category and Category Chair Role Initial Curated Resources and Existing Projects: How You Can Contribute Round Robin Introductions, Q&A
Find out more »West Hub All Hands Meeting
Register at https://bit.ly/WestData17 Breakfast starts 8am Monday with time to meet the West Hub Leadership Team, NSF, and other participants. Livestreamed content will be June 5, 9am-12:30pm MT https://livestream.com/accounts/983593/events/7454096 Sign up for the listserv at http://westbigdatahub.org/join-us and see the latest content at westbigdatahub.org
Find out more »Triangle Smart Cities Summit
The first Triangle Smart Cities Summit will bring together local city, industry, and academic leaders for engaged discussion and to share ideas to help make the Triangle region a smarter and more connected community. Mayors, industry and academic executives, and national leaders in the smart cities movement will discuss the biggest challenges they face and their current efforts and vision for making the Triangle a smart region. The event is accepting posters showcasing smart cities research. To learn more about…
Find out more »Big Data Spokes Webinar
Learn more and register for this webinar at https://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=242152&org=CISE
Find out more »(2-4pm PT) West Hub Spokes Letters of Collab “Office Hours”
Join the call: www.uberconference.com/westhub Dial in number: 510-925-0403 No PIN needed
Find out more »(12-2pm PT) West Hub Spokes Letters of Collab “Office Hours”
Join the call: www.uberconference.com/westhub Dial in number: 510-925-0403 No PIN needed
Find out more »Deadline: Letter of Collaboration Requests
More info at https://bigdatahubs.io/spokes17
Find out more »Trans-Atlantic Symposium on ICT Technology and Policy
The “Trans-Atlantic Symposium on ICT Technology and Policy – 5G Networks, Big Data, Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems for a Smart Society”, organised by the European Commission-funded PICASSO project, hosted by the Technological Leadership Institute, University of Minnesota, and co-sponsored by additional EU and US organisations, will cover the spectrum from research assessments via commercialisation opportunities to policy issues in information and communication technologies (ICT) such as 5G networks, Big Data, and the Internet of Things (IoT)/cyber-physical systems (CPS).…
Find out more »Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo
Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo: Learn about the National Transportation Data Challenge and Connect with BDHubs! Using Data Science and Fog Computing to Accelerate Smarter Cities Use Cases Panel Monday, June 26, 2017 1:00 - 1:50 pm Austin Convention Center - Austin, TX http://smartcitiesconnect.com/ and https://bigdatahubs.io
Find out more »July 2017
AAAS + South and West Hubs: Data-Driven Storytelling
Join the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Big Data Affinity Group, South Hub, West Hub, and partners for a deep dive into visualization techniques. This workshop is part of #datascistories series initiated from the West Hub and DataScience Inc. Register now: https://southandwesthubdataviz.eventbrite.com
Find out more »National Transportation Data Challenge: Education/Curriculum focused community call
Join the call: https://www.uberconference.com/jzanzig Optional dial in number: 857-216-2449 PIN: 03120
Find out more »National Transportation Data Challenge: Distracted Driving focused Community Call
510-925-0403 (no PIN needed)
Find out more »August 2017
Data Matters Short Course Series
Data Matters offers short courses on a wide range of data science topics of interest to working professionals, students, and faculty members. Anyone working to manage, share, analyze, and archive large or complicated data sets will find a course of interest to them. To learn about the courses or how to register, visit datamatters.org.
Find out more »National Transportation Data Challenge: Weather/Emergency Response Community Call
This is the first community call for the WEATHER / EMERGENCY RESPONSE topic of the National Transportation Data Challenge: "How might we improve transportation safety in extreme weather? In cases of crises?" During the first part of the call, we'll have some special guest experts in this domain: * Alicia Johnson, Resilience & Recovery Manager, San Francisco Emergency Management and West Hub Steering Committee Member, and * Stephen Dennis, Director, Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) Data Analytics Engine.…
Find out more »Big Data Hubs + partners at JupyterCon
Join us at the inaugural JupyterCon in New York City, to connect about the National Transportation Data Challenge and more! Stay tuned to #BDHubs for updates.
Find out more »NEBDIH: Big Data in Education Spoke Meeting
The next meeting of the Big Data for Education Spoke will be held on 8/28, 9 am – 4:30pm, at Teachers College Columbia University, in New York, NY. From 9 am – 12 pm noon, we will hold a general meeting for the Spoke. Lunch will be provided noon – 1 pm. From 1 pm – 4:30 pm, participants will have their choice of a workshop on the Longitudinal Educational Big Data Competition, or two tutorials on educational data mining…
Find out more »West Hub Spokes Letters of Collaboration “Office Hours”
Open time to connect with West Hub leadership about Hub/Spoke collaboration and engagement opportunities Join the call: www.uberconference.com/westhub Dial in number: 510-925-0403 No PIN needed
Find out more »West Hub Spokes Letters of Collaboration “Office Hours”
Open time to connect with West Hub leadership about Hub/Spoke collaboration and engagement opportunities Join the call: www.uberconference.com/westhub Dial in number: 510-925-0403 No PIN needed
Find out more »September 2017
National Transportation Data Challenge Call: Connected Vehicles
This is the first community call for the AUTONOMOUS OR CONNECTED VEHICLES topic of the National Transportation Data Challenge: "How might we leverage autonomous or enhanced vehicles to improve our constituents’ safety? How might we navigate technological, policy, and social considerations involved?" During the first part of the call, we will go over what we mean by ‘connected vehicle’ and then we will have some special guest experts in this domain: * Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz, Chief Technical Officer, Nexar Inc., and…
Find out more »West Hub: Open Office Hours
Please sign up for a time at http://bit.ly/2017SeptWestHubOH
Find out more »West Hub Open Office Hours
Please sign up for a time at http://bit.ly/2017SeptWestHubOH
Find out more »To Be Rescheduled: Find the Hubs at the MetroLab Network Summit
https://metrolabnetwork.org/annual-summit/ Stay tuned for rescheduled dates due to hurricanes.
Find out more »Spokes Proposals due to NSF (FASTLANE)
Proposals are due to NSF FASTLANE by 5 p.m. the local submitter's time
Find out more »Spokes Proposals due to NSF (FASTLANE)
Proposals are due to NSF FASTLANE by 5 p.m. the local submitter's time
Find out more »October 2017
Columbus Day (regional holiday)
Public holiday in: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia
Find out more »West Hub: National Transportation Data Challenge Event in Los Angeles
Stay tuned to #BDHubs #DataChallenge and bigdatahubs.io for more details soon!
Find out more »National Transportation Data Challenge Community Call: multiple data streams
https://www.bigdatahubs.io/events-1/oct30
Find out more »November 2017
National Transportation Data Challenge Summit
More details: https://bigdatahubs.io and using #BDHubs #DataChallenge. Agenda, 6-month Sprint Update, and other materials: https://bit.ly/NTDCdocs
Find out more »West Hub: Find us at the Open and Transparent Water Data Workshop
https://eesa.lbl.gov/open-transparent-water-data-ca-workshop/
Find out more »WestHub: Join us at the TextXD Conference
Open to all | talks are being recorded | follow #TextXD17 Agenda and details: https://bids.berkeley.edu/events/textxd-conference
Find out more »December 2017
January 2018
February 2018
South: DataUp Program Closes
See Details: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wpuNh_y_bBy1my6f2nHsB_DylrjA3cl6Zsnm1E1-9DI/edit
Find out more »March 2018
Cross-Hub: Ethics breakout session
West Hub Executive Director Meredith Lee will be speaking and co-facilitating the Ethics breakout session as part of the Northeast Hub Annual Meeting. More info: http://nebigdatahub.org/2018-summit/
Find out more »West Hub: Water Board Data Fair (Sacramento)
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/water-board-data-fair-2018-tickets-43041513325?utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=order_confirmation_email&utm_term=eventname&ref=eemailordconf
Find out more »April 2018
West Hub: San Diego Opportunity Summit
http://workforce.org/summit2018
Find out more »West Hub: Western Water Workshop
This workshop will be in New Mexico. For more info, please contact info@westbigdatahub.org
Find out more »May 2018
South: Smart Grid BD Spoke Workshop
http://smartgridcenter.tamu.edu/sgc/web/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Event_Details_SGW6.pdf.
Find out more »June 2018
West Hub: California Water Data Challenge
http://waterchallenge.data.ca.gov/
Find out more »July 2018
Midwest: Data Science Tools & Methods
http://www.nationaldataservice.org/get_involved/events/DataScienceTools/ The National Data Service and the Midwest Big Data Hub are sponsoring the Data Science Tools & Methods Workshop, July 11–12, 2018, at the Big Ten Conference Center in Rosemont, IL. Goals: - Identify cross disciplinary data science tools and methods, as well as the application of data management and analytics tools, to address research challenges. - Expand knowledge and access to data tools, methods, and services. - Seed/foster cross-disciplinary collaborations around cyberinfrastructure R+D and domain applications. - Demos…
Find out more »West Hub: Intro to Jupyter tutorial for water data analysis
CA water data challenge Jupyter virtual tutorial. Link to website: https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/lbnlcawaterdatachallenge 09:30-09:35 am Introduction (Charu Varadharajan, LBNL) 09:35-10:35 am Jupyter overview (Matthias Bussonnier, Project Jupyter/UCB) 10:35-10:40 am Stretch break with Q&A 10:40-10:55 am Demo of an R notebook: Impacts to water quality from 2017 Sonoma county wildfires using USGS data (Michelle Newcomer, LBNL) 10:55-11:00 am Transition with Q&A 11:00-11:15 am Demo of a python notebook: Impacts to water quality from produced water disposal in Kern County, CA (Valerie Petela, Sacramento…
Find out more »Undergraduate Data Science Pedagogy & Practice Workshop
https://data.berkeley.edu/undergraduate-ds-pedagogy
Find out more »Midwest: Smart, Local, Resilient: Enabling our Communities through Research Partnerships
The University of North Dakota and other partners in the Midwest Big Data Hub will collaborate on a two-day Smart, Resilient Communities meeting to address rural health and community challenges on July 17-18, 2018. Find more information and register at: http://midwestbigdatahub.org/smart-local-resilient-home/
Find out more »WEST: Fireside Chat with the West Big Data Innovation Hub, National Data Service + Data Science for Social Good Univ. of Washington
Join us for a virtual fireside chat! Videoconference details will be updated here! The Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) Program at the University of Washington and the National Data Service (NDS) will partner with the West Big Data Innovation Hub and the California Safe Drinking Water Data Challenge community to host an open-to-all Virtual Fireside Chat this summer. Topics will include shared data science education and training resources, lessons learned from cross-disciplinary data collaborations, and reflections on careers in…
Find out more »September 2018
Global Climate Action Summit
Join us at the Water Pavilion: http://globalclimateactionsummit.org/events/water-pavilion-2/ The #CAWaterDataChallenge will be featured and we'll close the week with a two-day, open-to-all California Water Data Hackathon at UC Berkeley. About GCAS: http://globalclimateactionsummit.org/about-the-summit/ Some news coverage so far: http://globalclimateactionsummit.org/summit-news/ Follow #GCAS2018 and #StepUp2018 for the latest!
Find out more »California Water Data Hackathon
Sign up now: https://bit.ly/Sept1415hackathon Read more: data.berkeley.edu/news/california-water-data-hackathon
Find out more »West Hub: 2018 Open Annual All Hands Meeting
Register now: https://westdata18.eventbrite.com/ Call for Posters + Program Details: https://westbigdatahub.org/featured-events/all-hands-2018/ Slack: http://wbdih.slack.com/
Find out more »October 2018
California Safe Drinking Water Data Challenge 2018: Summit & Awards Ceremony
Read about the projects and results: https://findanewway.ca.gov/2018/11/20/cawaterdatachallenge/ 4 months, 25+ machine-readable datasets, 15 events, $12,000 in ‘big checks’, and 20+ open data projects These are (some!) of the numbers, but they don’t tell the entire story of the California Safe Drinking Water Data Challenge — and the immeasurable energy, enthusiasm, interest, collaboration, momentum, and as one organizer put it, “heart” that resulted from it. The California Safe Drinking Water Data Challenge kicked off in June as a collaborative effort to engage the data…
Find out more »February 2019
WiDS Datathon Collaboration Day
Get started: form a team, meet mentors, join the action! Join us Saturday, February 2 for a collaborative day focused on the 2nd Annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) 2019 Datathon! The event is open to all; we welcome students, industry, mentors, and all data science enthusiasts looking to get involved. Come to meet other participants, form teams, learn the basics of participating in Kaggle competitions, and get a jump start on your Datathon submissions with the help of technical…
Find out more »March 2019
Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference
The Women in Data Science (WiDS) initiative aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and support women in the field. WiDS started as a conference at Stanford in November 2015. Now, WiDS includes a global conference, with 150+ regional events worldwide; a datathon, encouraging participants to hone their skills; and a podcast, featuring leaders in the field talking about their work, and their journeys. WiDS Conference: March 4, 2019 at Stanford University & 150+ locations…
Find out more »SXSW: Innovation Playbook for Local Government
Join our Executive Director Meredith Lee, West Hub Senior Fellow Jeff Meisel, Deputy Director of Census Ron Jarmin, and Chief Innovation & Technology Officer of the International City/County Management Association Xavier Hughes for the SXSW panel Innovation Playbook for Local Government.
Find out more »Waterhackweek at UW
The University of Washington eScience Institute and UW Freshwater Initiative are hosting the first Waterhackweek, a 5-day collaborative event! We're excited to connect our CAWaterDataChallenge community with participants from across the nation convening at UW.
Find out more »April 2019
Smart Cities Connect
Join us for the Future of Smart Cities Plenary Panel in Denver!
Find out more »Research Data Alliance (RDA)
Join us at the RDA Plenary meeting in Philadelphia!PhiladelphPhiladep
Find out more »Bringing Conversations on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Data Science to the Environmental Sciences
Bringing Conversations on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Data Science to the Environmental Sciences, was a 3-day conference with the ultimate goal of developing a networked improvement community (i.e., Environmental Data Sciences Inclusion Network) that works to ensure inclusion across environmental data science professions. The conference aimed to identify existing activities and resources available to support inclusion in the field and provide opportunities for attendees to network and initiate discussion sessions they propose (please see the EDSIN Collections for the ever growing collection…
Find out more »May 2019
Code for America Summit
Find us at the Code for America Summit in Oakland! We'll have freshly-printed #CAWaterDataChallenge postcards to share and will be recruiting collaborators for co-hosting community activities in our next phase.
Find out more »June 2019
D4GX: Data for Good Exchange SF
How Data Science is Tackling California’s Water Crisis California’s climate is changing at an accelerating rate, causing weather patterns unprecedented in modern time. Drought, wildfire, floods, and mud slides are more frequent and larger in scale, putting our communities, environment, and economy at risk. In order to protect public health and safety, water managers and policymakers are striving to ensure that water is being used efficiently and not wasted. Governor Gavin Newsom directed the Natural Resources Agency, Cal EPA, and…
Find out more »National Data Science Education Workshop
The workshop is made possible by support from the Microsoft Corporation, the West Big Data Innovation Hub, and UC Berkeley's Division of Data Sciences. Participants will come away with an in-depth understanding of these education approaches and ways to translate them to your institution.: Foundations of Data Science Designing a curriculum built on computational thinking with Python, inferential thinking by resampling, prediction, and machine learning. Data Science Modules How to infuse data sciences lectures, labs, assignments, and student projects into any…
Find out more »July 2019
California Water Data Science Symposium & Datathon
The Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP), the California Water Quality Monitoring Council, and the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) are hosting the Fourth Annual California Water Data Science Symposium on July 1-2, 2019 in Sacramento, CA. This annual event aims to enhance how water quality monitoring generates meaningful data that informs water quality management decisions. This year’s Symposium will revolve around the theme of Open Water California- Innovating Through Integrating and Expanding the Water Data Community. Datathon Concurrent Session: This year's symposium…
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