STEM has a diversity problem. CDSS wants to help solve it.
By Rachel Leven
Kelechi Nnebedum fell in love with science and technology at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, Calif. The biology behind mental health disorders fascinated her, writing code captivated her and the engineering feats of places like NASA awed her... read more
Marti Hearst is School of Information’s New Head of School
By Rachel Leven
Marti Hearst is UC Berkeley School of Information’s new head of school, Jennifer Chayes, the school’s dean, recently announced. Hearst came to teach at the school in 1997 as its first-ever assistant professor... read more
Meet Ashish Sahni, the new executive director for BIDS
By Rachel Leven
Meet Ashish Sahni, the new executive director of the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS). Sahni joined the UC Berkeley research and training organization – and Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS) affiliate... read more
Deb Nolan returns to CDSS as Associate Dean for Faculty
By Tiffany Lohwater
Deb Nolan, emeritus professor of statistics at UC Berkeley and former associate dean for undergraduate education at the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS), has returned to CDSS as Associate Dean for Faculty for the spring 2022 semester. .. read more
CDSS top communicator, EECS and CCB professors honored by AAAS as 2021 fellows
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) elected(link is external) the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society’s (CDSS) top communicator and three affiliate faculty members to be AAAS fellows, one of the scientific community’s highest honors... read more
Immigrants and refugees: Untapped data science potential
Contributors: Wendy Chan, Fernando Constantino, Kristina Shahoian, Alexandre de Siqueira, Marsha Fenner, Ciera Martinez, Jennie Murray, Fahad Alnimah
Companies everywhere are looking to dramatically improve their operations by boosting their use of artificial intelligence (AI) and data. The problem is, finding the people with the skills to deploy and use these powerful tools is difficult... read more
Speaker: Rebecca Wexler, UC Berkeley School of Law
2022 American Casual Inference Conference (ACIC)
May 23-25, 2022 | UC Berkeley | Read more
As part of the conference ACIC will be hosting 8 pre-conference workshops (2 full-day workshops and 6 half-day workshops) on Monday May 23, 2022 on a range of topics. For more information, read more.
- Other Events and Opportunities -
Beyond Academia Conference 2022
Feb 24-25 | Read more and Register here Beyond Academia is a non-profit organization run by UC Berkeley graduate students and postdocs with the goal of empowering graduate students and postdocs to expand their career options beyond the traditional academic track.
Computational Precision Health Seminar
UCSF
Feb 23 | 12:00-1:30pm | Clich here to join
Title: Seeing into the future: Machine learning methods for personalized screening
Speaker: Adam Yala, final year PhD student in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT
Feb 24 | 11am-12pm | Click here to join
Title: Adaptive Sequential Design for a Single Time-Series
Speaker: Ivana Malenica, research member of the Center for Targeted Machine Learning and Causal Inference, and PhD candidate in the Biostatistics Division at UC Berkeley
Qualitative Methods Workshop Instructor
Berkeley Sociology Summer Research Scholars Program, Summer 2022 Read more | Deadline to apply Feb 25
To apply email cover letter and CV to dharding@berkeley.edu
Graduate Student Assistant Position
Support For Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Justice Initiatives
Social Sciences Division
Application deadline: Feb 25 Email for inquiries
Critical Data Futures: Data & Life in the Metaverse
Mar 18 | 12:30pm-6pm | Free and open to public
Location: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Read more and Register here
Research Data Analyst Specialist
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Read more
Social Sciences Book Gallery Submit your list of books | View book gallery
This Social Sciences Book Gallery represents recently published books by faculty in the L&S Social Sciences Division at UC Berkeley. The gallery is curated by staff at Social Science Matrix and the Social Sciences Dean’s Office.
Academic Technology Specialist Position
for Stanford History Department Read more and apply here
UC Berkeley DH Working Group
Starting Feb 4, alternating Fridays | 12pm-1pm | Register
Participant driven and provides a place for sharing research ideas, learning about the intersection of computational methods and humanistic inquiry, and connecting with others working in this space.
Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS)
Open positions: Two Research Assistant positions and one Project Manager position Read more for description and how to apply
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