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The Accessible Computing Lab at the iSchool is seeking an hourly R developer who has an expertise in interactive data visualizations with {ggplot2} and {shiny}. This is

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Improving the Use of Research Evidence

Posted on December 22, 2021March 5, 2022 by iSchool Research Services

William T. Grant Foundation: Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence

Deadline (Letters of Inquiry) January 12, 2022 at 3pm ET, (also May 4 & August 3)

This program supports research on strategies to improve the use of

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C3.ai: AI to Transform Cybersecurity and Secure Critical Infrastructure

Posted on December 22, 2021March 5, 2022 by iSchool Research Services

Deadline: February 7, 2022 (11:58pm PDT)

Full details: https://c3dti.ai/research/ai-for-cybersecurity-and-critical-infrastructure/

The C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute invites scholars, software developers, and researchers to advance the science of digital transformation with artificial intelligence (AI) designed to harden information security (Infosec) and secure critical

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Research Project (Advanced Visualization Lab): Planetarium and Streaming Services Survey

Posted on December 21, 2021May 10, 2022 by iSchool Research Services

Planetarium and Streaming Services Survey with the Advanced Visualization Lab

Project Type: Course Credit
Open to: all students (particularly BSIS and MSLIS)

This project focuses on evaluating the reach of the cinematic scientific visualizations produced by the Advanced Visualization Lab

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Research Project (Choi): Human-centered data science in practice

Posted on December 21, 2021May 10, 2022 by iSchool Research Services

Analysis of Job ads: What is Human-centered data science in practices?

Project Type: Course Credit (unpaid)
Open to: all students

In line with human-centered information technology, a rise of data science calls for human-oriented technology utilized on data analysis, machine

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Research Project (HathiTrust): Workset event timeline algorithm

Posted on December 14, 2021May 10, 2022 by iSchool Research Services

Project Type: Course Credit (unpaid)

Open to: all students

In this project the goal is to create an algorithm and tool that allows researchers to identify, retrieve, and visualize dated events occurring in a given HathiTrust workset. Visualizing the timeline

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MBDH Collaboration Cafe (Funding/Networking Event)

Posted on December 13, 2021March 5, 2022 by iSchool Research Services

Webinar Date: Thursday, January 13, 2022 | 3:00–4:00 p.m. CT
Topic: Data Science Education and Workforce Development In Genomics

Related Solicitation: NIH Research Experience in Genomic Research for Data Scientists (R25) (PAR-21-075)

Looking for collaborators in data science?

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Workshop: NCSA Fellows Idea Acceleration Workshop

Posted on December 13, 2021March 5, 2022 by iSchool Research Services

Workshop Date: Friday, January 14

NCSA is officially beginning the application process for our Fellows Program. We’re seeking creative and innovative individuals to join our 2022-23 cohort of NCSA Fellows. If you’re a UIUC faculty member or researcher interested in

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