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Assessing Influences of Wildfires on Park Visitation Patterns Using Gravity
Project Lead: Nino Migineishvili, UW Computer Science and Engineering Data Science Lead: Spencer Wood Wildfires have been growing in size, duration, and destructivity, resulting in more decisive calls to improve forest health and protect communities. Wildfire fuel treatments – which involve reducing or removing vegetation from fire-prone areas – are one strategy for reducing wildfire risk. Where…
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Polygenic and Contextual Determinants of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
Project Lead: Diane Xue, Institute for Public Health Genetics Data Science Lead: Bryna Hazelton One in three people over the age of 65 dies with dementia. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a progressive neurodegenerative disorder influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Dozens of genetic loci have been linked to AD and related…
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Illuminating the role of cold-pools in structuring shallow convection
Project Lead: Hauke Schulz, Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies (CICOES) Data Science Lead: Bernease Herman Shallow convection, like the stratocumulus decks off the Washington coast, is responsible for a large portion of the uncertainty in climate projections, thus a better understanding of their processes is crucial. Advances in computational resources allow for ever increasing…
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What do the leaders say? Analysis of the United Nations General Debate Corpus
Project Lead: Jihyeon Bae, Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Data Science Lead: Valentina Staneva Every year, more than 200 state representatives open the United Nations General Assembly meeting with statements during the General Debate (UNGD). The UNGD speech floor provides a rare opportunity for all states to equally have their voices heard by a wide range of audiences.…
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Investigating germline genetic influence on somatic immune traits in non-cancerous tissues
Project Lead: Tabitha Harrison, UW Epidemiology Faculty Advisor: Sara Lindström, Epidemiology Data Science Lead: Vaughn Iverson Cancer is a significant health burden in the US, causing substantial morbidity and mortality. This research project builds on past studies demonstrating that inherited genetic variants can influence how our immune system affects cancer risk and survival. While prior work has linked…
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Characterizing glacial lake outburst flood hazard at a regional scale using fused InSAR-speckle tracking surface displacement time series
Project Lead: George Brencher, UW Civil & Environmental Engineering Data Science Lead: Scott Henderson Glacial lakes are distributed in alpine terrain worldwide and are frequently dammed by unstable glacial moraines. These moraine dams can fail, causing lakes to rapidly drain and flood downstream valleys. Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are a significant hazard for high-elevation infrastructure and…
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Program Structure
An Integrated Program Structure Socially impactful data science requires symmetrical attention to applied research, engineering, and ethical engagement practices. In the UW DSSG program, each of these dimensions is robustly supported throughout the 10-week internship. APPLIED RESEARCH We advance high-quality research that benefits from: ENGINEERING We support reproducible, open, data-intensive research: ETHICAL ENGAGEMENT We view…
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SSEC Project Archives
The Scientific Software Engineering Center (SSEC) at the University of Washington works with researchers across various disciplines to build robust software that bolsters inquiry and builds community. The resulting tools are open source and reusable, designed to sustain discovery beyond SSEC’s involvement in the projects.
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Announcing 2023 Seed Grants for AI Projects
The eScience Institute has partnered with the UW Office of Research, the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, the Information School, and the NSF Institute for Foundations of Data Science (IFDS) to award seed grants to help initiate and support novel collaborations on four projects: Revealing the Hidden Lives of Cryptic Carnivores…