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Cultures of Datafication in & across South Asia
A collaborative workshop taking place at Penn on April 12-13, 2024, to bring together interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners to discuss historical and emergent trajectories of data-driven knowledge production in South Asia. The deadline to submit an abstract is January 31, 2024.
IC2S2 Call for Abstracts and Tutorials
The 10th International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2) is now inviting abstracts and tutorials from scientists working at the frontiers of social, computational, complexity, and network science! DDDI is thrilled to sponsor the IC2S2 conference this summer, July 17-20.
Data Scientists @ Penn
The DDDI, in collaboration with the RDDS, is initiating a Data Scientists at Penn Introductory Event. This event which will bring together practitioners of data science, engineering, and visualization from across the University who often work in isolated clusters on these topics.
Data Science Careers Program
DDDI is excited to announce the launch of its new Data Science Careers program in Spring 2024. The new program will help students explore the wide variety of data driven careers that exist across industry, government, and non-governmental organizations.
How is generative AI reshaping science?
On November 30th DDDI will host a second panel discussion exploring recent advances in generative AI. What kinds of scientific discoveries will generative AI soon enable? How might tools like ChatGPT change the process of doing science itself? Join our faculty panelists for an exciting discussion on the future of scientific discovery.
DDDI + MindCORE Seminar: Andrew Hein
The Data Driven Discovery Initiative will hold its very first seminar Friday, November 10th, at noon in the SAIL Room (111 Levin Building), in partnership with MindCORE, and will feature Andrew Hein. Andrew uses modern ML methods to understand collective behaviors in animal groups, integrating lab work, field data, and theory.
Upcoming events on AI Ethics and more
This Fall, DDDI is working together with the Research Data & Digital Scholarship librarians to develop two new programs at Penn. The programs will foster student-led data driven projects within the Penn community, and discussions on the potential applications and issues surrounding new advances in generative AI.
Introducing DDDI's Data Science + Analytics Minor
DDDI is excited to announce the new Data Science and Analytics minor! The DASA minor offers Penn students a new path to a foundational education in data science that can be tailored to their existing field of study in the natural and social sciences.
DDDI Postdoc Reunion
Thank you to all our DDDI postdoctoral fellows for the many insightful conversations at our postdoc lunches this past year. If you happen to be on or near campus on June 30th, please come join us at the Kaskey Park BioPond for a reunion to celebrate our past academic year together. Have a great summer, and looking forward to seeing you again in the Fall!
Data Carpentries Workshop
The Carpentries is an international network of data scientists and technical specialists who provide training in a wide range of data skills including Python, R, data management, and much more. The two-day workshop (from 10am-3pm, with additional hang-out and Q&A until 5pm) will be taught by data specialists from academia and industry brought in for Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program students.
Let's Talk Generative AI
The arrival of ChatGPT has sparked lively debate about how generative AI will impact universities like ours and society at large. Penn faculty have been at the forefront of tracking the impact of AI across diverse fields including the sciences, technology, media and business. We are at a potentially transformative moment in the use of AI, with tantalizing opportunities and challenges ahead.
February is LOVE data week! Here's how we're celebrating
LOVE data is an international celebration of all things data that takes place during the week of Valentine's Day. Each year, institutions and schools such as University of Michigan, Harvard, and Brown put on data events for the public and Penn is no exception.