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Reflecting on a Novel Year of Virtual Hackweeks
By: Jane Koh
In early March 2020, as the dimensions of the Covid-19 pandemic started to become clear, the Waterhackweek organizing team was only three weeks out from hosting its in-person event when they made the […]
Azure Cloud Credits Available for Research & Teaching
University of Washington Azure Cloud Computing Credits for Research & Teaching
The University of Washington eScience Institute and UW Research Computing are partnering with Microsoft Azure to offer cloud computing credits to UW researchers (faculty, postdocs, research […]
Academic Data Science Alliance 2020 Annual Meeting
By: Louisa Gaylord
The Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) hosted their annual meeting from October 14th through 16th, which brought together data science methodologists and domain researchers from all disciplines and career stages to share breakthroughs […]
Waterhackweek 2020 Reflections
From August 31st to September 4th, 37 global participants logged on to take part in Waterhackweek (WHW) 2020. With the hackweek originally scheduled to take place in person in March, the organizers experienced the challenge […]
Migrating the DSSG Summer Program to a Remote Setting
By: Emily Keller
After five years of running the Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) summer program in the eScience Institute’s open studio space – where project leads spend at least two days per week with […]
Call for Invited Presenters – UW Data Science Seminar
Call for Invited Presenters – UW Data Science Seminar – University of Washington Seattle
We are inviting applications for guest presenters for the “UW Data Science Seminar”, an annual lecture series at the University of Washington […]
OceanHackWeek 2020 Reflections
The third annual OceanHackWeek (OHW) program was held entirely online on August 10th through 14th this year. The weeklong-program combines data exploration, peer learning and software development as participants dive into the interdisciplinary nature of […]
NSF-funded CloudBank Now Operational
The eScience Institute at the University of Washington; the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego; the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society at UC Berkeley; and Strategic Blue […]
Data Science for Social Good Fellows Present Their Project Results
By: Emily Keller
This year, two interdisciplinary teams at the eScience Institute’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program tackled timely issues, conducting projects to identify disinformation articles about the coronavirus and detect minority vote dilution […]
DSSG Project Supports Equity in Voting District Boundaries
By: Emily Keller
As states, counties, cities and school boards across the country prepare to re-draw their voting districts in 2021, a software package that is being updated through the Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program […]
DSSG Team’s Model Will ID Online Coronavirus Disinformation
By: Emily Keller
While informative news articles about COVID-19 play a key role in fighting the pandemic, a range of erroneous blogs and articles with fake virus cures, political propaganda and conspiracy theories are also circulating […]
Algorithmic Equity Toolkit
By: Mike Katell
We are extremely proud to introduce the Algorithmic Equity Toolkit, planned and co-designed as a project of the Data Science for Social Good program (DSSG) at the eScience Institute in the summer of […]
Data Science for Social Good launches projects on polarized voting and online disinformation
By: Emily Keller
On June 15th, the University of Washington’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) summer program began with eight fellows working on two project teams in collaboration with data scientists from the eScience Institute […]
New eScience Director Andrew Connolly
We are delighted to announce that Astronomy Professor Andrew Connolly has been selected as the new Director of the eScience Institute. Andy has been involved since the early days of eScience as a member of […]
eScience takes on 7 projects in the 2020 Winter Incubator program
The goal of the Winter Data Science Incubator is to enable new research discoveries by bringing together data scientists and domain scientists to work on focused, intensive, collaborative projects. Our team of data scientists provide […]
Data Scientists & Researchers Gather for the 2019 Moore Sloan Data Science Summit
By Jane Koh
On November 5-8, 2019, a broad group of eScience community members flew down to Sante Fe, New Mexico for the annual Moore Sloan Data Science Summit. The conference served to bring together academic […]
Participants reflect on Geohackweek 2019
October 15, 2019
The University of Washington’s eScience Institute hosted its fourth annual Geohackweek on September 9-13, 2019. A diverse mix of 45 participants joined us from industry, academia, government and non-profit organizations to advance our […]
Data Science for Social Good teams present their project results
By Emily F. Keller
Sept. 18, 2019
On Wednesday, Aug. 21, fellows from four interdisciplinary teams presented the results of their projects at the eScience Institute’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program. The ten-week summer program, […]
Oceanhackweek participants engage in “brainstorm” of data techniques
September 13, 2019
Oceanhackweek, a five-day learning hackathon focused on exploring, creating and promoting effective computation and analysis workflows for large and complex oceanographic data, was held Aug. 26 – 30 on the Seattle campus. We […]
Participants offer insight on Neurohackademy
September 5, 2019
We asked this year’s Neurohackademy participants to reflect on their experiences after joining us for this two-week neuroscience hacking event, and a record number responded! Here are there thoughts on this unique educational […]
Humans changed global environment earlier than previously thought
August 29, 2019
Ben Marwick, senior data science fellow, is the co-author on new research published in Science using crowdsourced archaeology research. The paper, titled “Archaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use” illustrates that […]
Data Science for Social Good team analyzes equity of congestion pricing on Interstate 405
By Emily F. Keller
August 19, 2019
A team in the eScience Institute’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program has partnered with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to study the usage patterns, price sensitivities and […]
Team develops prototype tool on accessory dwelling units for homeowners
By Emily F. Keller
August 16, 2019
The City of Seattle is collaborating with an interdisciplinary team in the eScience Institute’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program on a project to encourage the development of affordable […]
Data Science for Social Good team analyzes peer support data to understand ‘helpfulness’
By Emily F. Keller
August 14, 2019
Young adults who face mental health struggles often turn to social media for peer support, leaving a large data trail in a field that has been traditionally documented through qualitative […]