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The new Amy Gutmann Hall is set to be completed in 2024 and will be a central location for data science training and research across disciplines. This article highlights the current plans.

The School of Arts and Sciences’ Data Driven Discovery Initiative is pleased to announce the 2022 Call for Proposals for the Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) seed grants.

DDDI will support the hiring of outstanding postdoctoral fellows in the natural and social sciences with expertise in data science. The support will be in the form of partial (up to 50 percent) salary support for up to 3 years. We intend to support 4-6 postdocs across SAS. These postdocs could either already be at Penn or they could be new hires. For postdocs co-supervised by faculty from SAS and another school (e.g.

DDDI invites all post-doctoral fellows in the School of Arts & Sciences who are developing or using data science methods to apply to be a Data Science Fellow. If data science is a significant part of your research and you are interested in cross-disciplinary interactions, apply to become a Fellow. You will join an exciting group of postdocs spanning the social and natural sciences, will have weekly interactions with faculty and visitors, and will receive funding through one of two ways:

The Population Studies Center and DDDI will be co-sponsoring an event hosted by the Methodology Working Group on available data in the Philadelphia Federal Statistical Research Center (FSRDC), how to prepare a proposal to access the data, as well as the process of becoming a Special Sworn Status researcher. This talk will be particularly relevant to researchers interested in using data collected by the US Census Bureau and will be presented by Jeffery Lin (FSRDC Co-director) and Joe Ballegeer (FSRDC Administrator).

The launch of the Data Science Hangouts in 2019 introduced students to new areas of research that utilize data science, as noted in this article published by OMNIA.

As the field of data science grows, the demand for training in methodologies that allow us to draw inferences from "big data" has also increased. This Penn Today article situates DDD's effort to meet these demands while supporting scholarship from disparate fields that utilize quantitative approaches.

Every Thursdays at noon from June 23 through Aug 11, DDDI will be hosting a Data Science Hangouts for undergraduates interested in learning more about data science. The 8-week workshop features talks by our faculty and hands-on tutorials. Talks will be held in person at Meyerson Hall B1 and B13, as well as on Zoom. See link here for full schedule.

Registration is free to all members of the Penn Community.

The University of Pennsylvania is proud to host the third annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) @ Penn Conference on February 9-10, 2022. WiDS Philadelphia @ Penn is an independent event that is organized by The Wharton School as part of the annual WiDS Worldwide conference organized by Stanford University and an estimated 200+ locations worldwide, which features outstanding women doing outstanding work in the field of data science. All genders are invited to attend all WiDS Worldwide conference events.

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