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WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR UW DSSG 2022. CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT.  Program Overview The UW eScience Institute opened applications on January 4, 2022 for the eighth offering of the Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) summer program, which will run from June 13 to August 19, 2022.  This is an opportunity to…

Excerpt from James Urton, UW Today article Four faculty members at the University of Washington been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The new Sloan Fellows, announced Feb. 23, include Bingni Brunton, assistant professor of biology; Christopher Laumann, assistant professor of physics; Matthew McQuinn, assistant professor of astronomy; and Emina Torlak, assistant…

The eScience Institute hosted a very successful and well-attended Data Science Poster and Networking Session in Mary Gates Hall Commons on February 10th, 2016. As the second (soon to be annual) event of its kind, this session drew participants from over 25 different departments and organizations from across the UW campus and beyond. Anyone engaged…

A technological door has opened on studying the ocean from within.

We’re extremely pleased to announce that UW’s Board of Regents has granted approval for a new Master of Science in Data Science program. Scheduled to begin in fall of 2016, and offering full- and part-time options geared towards working professionals, the 45-credit program will be held on UW’s main campus in Seattle with admissions managed…

The eScience Institute is pleased to announce that we have an outstanding opportunity for a Grants Manager that will independently manage all fiscal components of the eScience Institute. About you: You enjoy a fast-paced and dynamic environment. You are capable of handling multiple projects with competing deadlines efficiently and effectively and you find it rewarding…

Shortly after being named University of Washington Provost, Anne Marie Cauce (now the UW’s president) asked eScience Founding Director Ed Lazowska and Steering Committee member Werner Stuetzle to advise on additional steps to undertake to ensure that the University of Washington was a leader in data-intensive discovery. Under the Provost’s Initiative in Data-Intensive Discovery, the Provost will consider…

A blog posting on Perceptual Edge by data visualization expert Stephen Few features two papers that caught his eye at this year’s IEEE VisWeek Conference. The first, “Voyager: Exploratory Analysis via Faceted Browsing of Visualization Recommendations” (PDF), is co-authored by eScience Associate Director Bill Howe. In reviewing it, Few writes: “Voyager is a visual [exploratory…

Accurate and timely estimates of population characteristics are a critical input to…

Congratulations to Team Eigenfactor for taking 2nd place in the WSDM Cup Challenge.