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At a Glance: Quick News, Dates & Deadlines!
Happy fall! After several busy weeks working closely with Big Data Spoke proposers (fingers crossed!!), we're looking ahead now to upcoming events and opportunities. Click the links below or scroll down for more information. As ever, we welcome your news, events, and opportunities from across the Northeast and beyond. Share these for future editions by emailing ken2115@columbia.edu.
Thanks! - Katie Naum, Program Coordinator
- Sept 20: National Transportation Data Challenge Community Call on Bicycle & Pedestrian Safety
- Sept 22: Alternative Avenues for Development of Data Science Education Capacity
- We'll be at Strata (9/27-28), NYC Media Lab '17 (9/28), and Meeting of the Minds 2017 Annual Summit (Oct 23-25) this fall - say hi!
- Digital Volunteers Wanted for Natural Disaster Relief
- Call for Papers for IEEE Big Data 2017
- Longitudinal Educational Big Data Competition Now Open
- Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Credits Available through NEBDIH
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Upcoming Events
* denotes events not organized by the Big Data Hubs and Spokes
National Transportation Data Challenge Community Call: Bicycle & Pedestrian Safety
1 pm ET, September 20 - TODAY!
Online/Phone
For more information, visit https://www.bigdatahubs.io/events-1/sept20
This is the first community call for the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety topic of the National Transportation Data Challenge. Join the Northeast Big Data Hub and Bicycle & Pedestrian Safety co-chairs from Satori as we team up to discuss how we might promote bike sharing and improve bike share safety, security and availability.
Check out more Transportation Data Challenge events at bigdatahubs.io/events-1/
Webinar: Alternative Avenues for Development of Data Science Education Capacity
12 pm ET, September 22
Online
Watch live on Sept 22 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59wjGpyRr-U
Stephen Uzzo (New York Hall of Science), who leads Big Data Literacy at the Northeast Big Data Hub, will join other data science education experts on this South Big Data Hub webinar highlighting efforts that build data science education capacity outside of the context of tradition curricular program development. This may include integration of data science into courses and curricula outside of the traditional CS/math/stats context (i.e. Arts and Humanities), expansion of capacity by integration of third party or shared resources (i.e. MOOCs and open source educational resources) into curricula, and additional educational options outside of traditional courses (i.e. Faculty training, Data Science for Social Good Programs, and Bootcamps).
NYC Media Lab 17*
September 28
New York City, NY
For more information and to register, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nyc-media-lab-17-tickets-28146853998
We'll be at NYC Media Lab 17, a snapshot of the best thinking, projects, and talent in digital media from universities in NYC and beyond. Through thought-provoking discussions, more than a dozen faculty-led workshops on topics ranging from data science to augmented reality, and 100+ innovative demos, attendees will explore pressing issues related to digital media innovation.
Midwest Big Data Hub All Hands Meeting
October 2-3
Omaha, NE
For more information and to register, click here: http://midwestbigdatahub.org/2017-all-hands-meeting/
The MBDH All-Hands meetings are organized annually to bring together the broad MBDH membership and interested new parties to share information on data and Data Science-related projects, collaborations, tools, practices, and discoveries in the thematic areas of interest in the MBDH region. The meeting is intended to build the community, share successes and opportunities, and to also provide interesting or emergent Big Data applications across the R+D space.
Meeting of the Minds 2017 Annual Summit*
October 23-25
Cleveland, OH
For more information and to register, click here: http://meetingoftheminds.org/events/motm2017
Executive Director René Bastón will be at this event. This year’s Meeting of the Minds Annual Summit on the shores of Lake Erie will unearth tools and best practices working for city leaders across the globe. Sessions will feature solutions that are scalable, replicable and transferable from city-to-city and sector-to-sector. All of the discussions are couched in a deep understanding of technology and equity as key drivers for innovative cities.
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Complete details about upcoming funding opportunities shared by our community are available on our website!
http://nebigdatahub.org/opportunities
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Big Data Hubs and Microsoft Azure Partner on Cloud Computing Initiative
Click here to learn how to request Microsoft Azure cloud computing credits through the Northeast Big Data Hub!
More info on our partnership is available at the Microsoft Research Blog.
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