South Hub Social Cybersecurity Working Group
Thursday, Dec. 3 | 11:00 a.m. - Noon ET | Virtual 

Presenter:
Dr. Dongwon Lee, Penn State University | Fake News 2.0: Combating Neural False Information

WebCast Connectivity:
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Meeting ID: 556 168 986 

South Hub Education & Workforce Working Group
Friday, Dec. 4 | 11:00 a.m. - Noon ET | Virtual 

Presenters:
Dr Renata Rawlings-Goss, Executive Director, South Big Data Hub, Georgia Tech | 2021 Opportunities for Data Science Education and Resources

WebCast Connectivity:
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All Hub Cyberinfrastructure Working Group
Friday, Dec. 4 | 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET | Virtual 

Presenters:
Catherine Cramer, San Diego Supercomputer Center | COVID-19 Data Challenge: Navigating Life and Work in Border Communities

WebCast Connectivity:
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Meeting ID: 464 161 845  

Digital Rocks Visualization Challenge | Submission deadline: Dec. 1
Digital Rocks is sponsoring a challenge to promote visualization and reuse of 3D images of porous materials that are stored in the open data repository Digital Rocks Portal. Prizes will be awarded for best video, static image, and 3D printed structure challenges. Learn more at their website. 

NHLBI BioData Catalyst Fellows Program Call for Prooposals | Submission deadline: Dec. 4
The NHLBI BioData Catalyst Fellows Program provides early-career researchers the opportunity to receive funding to help support research on novel and innovative data science and data-focused research problems. The program is open to academic disciplines conducting biomedical research in heart, lung, blood, and sleep domains. The BioData Catalyst Consortium seeks projects that represent diversity across fields of study, institutions, geography, and investigators. Learn more at their website.

Data Matters Short Course Series | Dec. 7-11 | Online
Data Matters is a week-long series of one and two-day courses aimed at students and professionals in business, research, and government. The series gives students the chance to learn about a wide range of topics in data science, analytics, visualization, curation, and more from expert instructors. Learn more at their website.

2021 Institute for Data Science and Big Data | Application due: Dec. 11
American University will hold the 2021 Institute for Data Science and Big Data online, which is geared to working professionals looking to upgrade their data science skills. The institute will cover the basics of data science, including obtaining relevant data, cleaning and exploring data, creating models, stating inferences, making reliable predictions, and communicating findings. The course consists of a mixture of lectures, guest speakers, and group assignments. Learn more at their website.

Industry Sponsorship Needed for Student Coding Bootcamp
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will offer a free online R coding bootcamp for high school students and teachers and undergraduate students interested in learning programming skills and investigating the COVID-19 cases in their regions. The bootcamp is currently looking for business sponsorships that could potentially offer prizes for the top-performing students. Learn more at their website.

Student Coding Bootcamp | Dec. 19-20, 2020 | Virtual
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will offer a free online R coding bootcamp for those interested in learning programming skills and investigating the COVID-19 cases in their regions. High school students, undergraduate students, and high school teachers are all welcome to apply. Learn more at their website.

Senior Manager of Curriculum and Training at Hack the Hood | Oakland, CA or Remote
Hack the Hood launched in 2013 introducing early career youth of color, ages 16-25, to technology education and workforce opportunities through web design. For 2021, Hack the Hood is deepening and expanding. In this role, you will be responsible for creating and implementing rigorous data science curricula and inclusive learning experiences across the U.S. They are seeking a teammate with practical data science and STEM education knowledge, technical expertise, and curriculum design experience. Learn more and apply at their website.

Facilitating collaboration through the COVID Information Commons
The COVID Information Commons is an open website for researchers, students and decision-makers from academia, government, nonprofits and industry to identify collaboration opportunities, to leverage each other's research findings, and to accelerate the most promising research to mitigate the broad societal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more on their website.

South Hub SEEDS - The Southern Engagement and Enrichment in Data Science Program
The South Big Data Hub recently announced multiple seed grant funding awards to various groups across the southern region. A total of six proposals were awarded across three categories ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 in funding: small, mid-range, and large. Winning teams represent 10 out of the 16 states across the region. 

The South Big Data Innovation Hub Seed Grant program is designed to promote collaboration and support the cross-pollination of tools, data, and ideas across disciplines and sectors including academia, industry, government, and communities. Seed grant awards support the southern region and the major goals and priority areas of the South Hub.

Visit our website for more details on the projects awarded, including details on the seed fund grant structure and priority areas.