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Testimonials from our Summer 2021 Hackweek Programs
This year the eScience Institute hosted another summer of our hackweek programs, including OceanHackweek, SnowEx Hackweek and NeuroHackademy. The sudden shift to a remote setting in spring 2020 brought new challenges for our eScience research team, and we came away with some valuable lessons learned and ideas to incorporate into this year’s iterations of hackweeks.…
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How UW Medicine is Using Cloud Computing to Aid Seattle’s Covid Response
Over the past year, the University of Washington and UW Medicine have been at the heart of the city of Seattle’s Covid-19 response: researchers studying social distancing and how the virus spreads on our communities, volunteers collecting and distributing supplies, clinical vaccine trials, and a partnership with the city to process over 2 million test…
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Help the Fibr Algorithm Learn to Read MRI Scans
By: Louisa Gaylord The majority of mental health disorders are first diagnosed in childhood or adolescence. The disorders most commonly detected in young people include ADHD, anxiety, depression and behavior problems. Historically, individual labs and researchers interested in understanding the brain basis of mental health only had access to small amounts of data to analyze,…
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Using Social Media to Model Backcountry Use in Rainier National Park
Project Lead: Gabe Wisswaesser, School of Environmental & Forest Sciences eScience Liaison: Spencer Wood As public land use increases, accurate visitation numbers are paramount to managers and researchers interested in mitigating and understanding anthropogenic effects. Alpine water quality, as of late, has been under exceptionally high pressure because human waste mitigation is not keeping up with…
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Detecting Wildflowers in Spectral Imagery
Project Lead: Aji John, Department of Biology eScience Liaison: Nicoleta Cristea and Amanda Tan Alpine wildflowers are integral part of montane ecosystems; they provide a wide variety of ecosystem services like pollination, and nutrient recycling. Numerous studies have found that these wildflower species are sensitive to climate warming as their flowering phenology (development stage) is strongly related to…