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Hitting the mark: targeting strategy development for SDSS V with a robotic fiber positioning system
Project Lead: Jennifer Sobeck, APOGEE-2 project manager; Michael Blanton, associate professor, Department of Physics, New York University; and Jose Sanchez Gallego, research scientist, Department of Astronomy eScience Liaisons: Jacob VanderPlas In 2020, the fifth generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V) will undertake a 5-year spectroscopic survey of over six million objects, building on…
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Political Twitter images project summary and goals
Project Leads: Nora Webb Williams, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science; Wesley Zuidema, PhD Student, Department of Political Science; John D. Wilkerson, Professor, Department of Political Science; and Andreu Casas, Moore Sloan Research Fellow, New York University eScience Liaison: Bernease Herman How do outsider political groups use social media to mobilize supporters online? What types of social…
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Incubating a DREAM
Project Leads: Christina Bandaragoda, senior research scientist, Watershed Dynamics Research Group, Civil & Environmental Engineering; Purshottam Shivraj, Data Science Master’s Student; Nicoleta Cristea, research associate, Mountain Hydrology Lab, Civil and Environmental Engineering eScience Liaisons: Amanda Tan and Rob Fatland Sparcity of temporal data in high elevations is a hurdle for every water resources researcher investigating…
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Deciphering climate clues via carbon flux simulation
Project Lead: Qiaoyun Peng, Department of Atmospheric Sciences eScience Liaisons: Amanda Tan and Rob Fatland Carbon and energy exchanges between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere are important drivers of the Earth’s climate system. The net carbon exchange results from a balance between ecosystem uptake (photosynthesis) and losses (respiration), which could be measured and quantified…
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Experimental diffusion analysis to extract tissue structure function in the diseased brain
Project Lead: Chad Curtis, PhD student, Chemical Engineering Department eScience Liaison: Ariel Rokem One highly underrepresented, but critically needed, area of study is inflammation-mediated central nervous system (CNS) disease. Inflammation in the CNS, mediated by activated microglia and astrocytes, is implicated in the development of several neurologic disorders in both children and adults. Strategies to…
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RAPID grant awarded for Puerto Rico research
By Julia Hart for Freshwater On Sept. 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm. With sustained winds of 155 miles per hour, just two miles per hour shy of a Category 5, Hurricane Maria decimated Puerto Rico’s infrastructure, denying 3.1 million people power or access to clean water.…
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Researchers receive five-year grant to study homelessness and education
By Emily Keller The University of Washington (UW) eScience Institute has received a five-year, $754,601 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance data analytics at organizations serving the homeless in the Puget Sound region, with a focus on educational outcomes. Through this grant, researchers at the UW will collaborate with foundation grantees that…
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2017 eScience Institute highlights
By Robin Brooks It was a productive, full and fantastic year here at the eScience Institute. Students, faculty, staff, researchers and community members participated in dozens of events, workshops, seminars, poster sessions, working groups, networking opportunities, trainings, and office hours sessions to learn more about data science. But before we ring in the new year,…
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‘Creating Institutional Change in Data Science’ paper published
A new paper intended for academic leaders who seek to accelerate data-intensive discovery and data science education on their campuses has been released. It is based on the experiences of the three institutions (New York University; University of California, Berkeley; and the University of Washington) in the Data Science Environments effort sponsored by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and…
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2017 Moore Sloan Data Science Summit held in New Orleans
By Robin Brooks Over 120 people attended the Moore Sloan Data Science Summit Nov. 5 – 8, 2017, in New Orleans, LA. The conference, held to foster collaboration as part of the Moore Sloan Data Science Environments initiative, featured workshops, networking events, career development activities, seminars, lightning talks and much more. Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows,…