South Hub Social Cybersecurity Working Group
Thursday, April 1 | 11:00 a.m. - Noon ET | Virtual 

Presenter:
Dr. Mark Finlayson, Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences at Florida International University | Narrative NLP for Combating Information Operations

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South Hub Education & Workforce Working Group 
Friday, April 2 | 11:00 a.m. - Noon ET | Virtual 

Presenters:
Dr. David Beck, Research Associate Professor, University of Washington | Domain Specific Graduate Training in Data Science in the Context of a University Wide Approach

Dr. David Gutman, Associate Professor, Emory University | The Human Tumor Atlas Network Data Coordinating Center

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All Hub Cyberinfrastructure Working Group Special Workshop
Monday, April 12 | 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET | Virtual 

Presenters:
S. Jay Yang, Rochester Institute of Technology, & Sagar Samtani, Indiana University | Cybersecurity as Big Data Science Interactive Workshop

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COVID Information Commons Student Paper Challenge | Paper due
TODAY!
COVID-19 has created societal challenges for communities around the world. More than ever before, collaboration and knowledge sharing have become key to accelerating the research response to the pandemic’s widespread impacts. We invite undergraduate students from higher education institutions around the world to leverage the resources available from the COVID Information Commons (CIC) to participate in the CIC Student Paper Challenge and join the scientific research community addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. ​​​​Winning papers will have the opportunity to be published on the CIC website, added to the Columbia University Academic Commons, and presented at a future CIC event. Members of the community have the opportunity to participate by applying to be a mentor or judge. Learn more at their website. 

Cybersecurity as Big Data Science Interactive Workshop | April 12 at 3:00 PM ET
Join the Data Sharing & Cyberinfrastructure Working Group for an interactive workshop to discuss and design data science techniques to address current and emerging cybersecurity challenges.  

The workshop objectives are to: 

• Understand common and unique data science challenges for cybersecurity data.
• Share best data science practices, technical and non-technical, for cybersecurity challenges.

Cybersecurity challenges the group will discuss and determine how to address with data science tools and techniques include:

• Ever-evolving data from sources such as log files, intrusion alerts, vulnerability databases, dark web, and GitHub.
• Data quality issues such as susceptibility to adversarial attacks, lack of labeled data, high signal-to-noise ratios, and data fragmentation.

Experts in data science, databases, visualization, statistics, feature engineering, modeling, reproducibility, streaming data, heterogeneous data, irregular data, explainable AI, and human-centered computing in all application areas, and cybersecurity are encouraged to join the workshop. Learn more at their website.

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University | Clemson, SC | Applications due TODAY!
The Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University is seeking applicants for one computer engineering tenure-track or tenured faculty position. The opening targets candidates with outstanding credentials at all ranks and the position commences in July 2021. The Department has a particular interest in applicants in areas of specialization that will contribute to the university’s strategic, cross-disciplinary effort in high-impact research in systems and applications driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Learn more and apply at their website.

Software Performance after Moore's Law | April 7 at 4 PM ET | Virtual 
Charles E. Leiserson of MIT will present the next seminar in the New Jersey Institute of Technology's Institute for Data Science Spring 2021 seminar series. The series includes data science thought leaders from academia and industry. Learn more at their website.

NIH stands against structural racism in biomedical research, issues RFI | Deadline: April 9
Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director of National Institutes of Health, penned a letter calling for an end to structural racism in biomedical research and pledging that NIH will do better in the future to address concerns in this area. Toward that end, NIH has launched an effort called UNITE to end structural racism and racial inequities in biomedical research. The UNITE initiative’s efforts are being informed by five committees with experts across all 27 NIH institutes and centers. NIH also is seeking advice and guidance from outside of the agency, one method of which is a Request for Information.  

SBP-BRiMS Conference 2021 | Deadline: Papers due April 9
The SBP-BRiMS conference is being held July 6 - 9 and accepting papers addressing basic research and those addressing applied research are accepted. All methodological approaches are encouraged; however, the vast majority of papers use computer simulation, network analysis or machine learning as the method of choice in addressing human social and behavioral activities. At the conference, these paper presentations are complemented by data science challenge problems, demonstrations of new technologies, and a government funding panel. Those receiving these awards for Best Paper and Best Student Paper will be invited to publish an extended version in a special issue of the journal Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory. Learn more on their website.

Big Data REU Summer 2021: Online Interdisciplinary Big Data Analytics in Science and Engineerings | Applications due April 15
This Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site program will provide 8-week summer online research experiences to undergraduates on how to utilize modern data science and high performance computing (HPC) techniques to process and analyze big data in many science and engineering disciplines such as Atmospheric Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Medicine. The REU Site program will be conducted purely online to allow students to conduct research without traveling and work with experts nationwide. Each participant who successfully finishes the program and completes all requirements will receive $5,000 stipend and support to conference traveling to present their research. Learn more at their website.

Webinar on Open Data Technologies - CKAN | April 15 at 2 PM ET | Virtual
Join the community during a data science webinar series hosted by a South Hub 2020 S.E.E.D.S Program awardee, Evaluation and Demonstration of Open Data Portal Technology for Smart Cities and Data Science for Social Good. The webinar series will discuss open data and technologies for publishing data for smart cities and data science for social good. Attendees will learn how to publish, update and archive data using CKAN. Speakers for the webinar include Rufus Pollock from Datopian, Bob Gradeck from the University of Pittsburgh, and Christine Hagyard, Bianca Sayan and Hao Qin from the Open Government Office within the Government of Ontario. Learn more at their website.

Data Translator Conference 2021 | April 15 - 16 | Virtual
The DSC Data Translator Conference 2021 will focus on the importance of data literacy and finding a common language between executives looking to leverage data science and practitioners looking to put their executive caps on alike. The virtual conference and expo will feature expert presentations and panels, and over ten workshops and labs for every background and experience level. Use discount code SOUTHBD30 for 30% off your registration price. Learn more at their website.

[Big] Data Science, Engineering, Analytics – A Look At the Lands | April 16 at 11 AM ET | Virtual
Join the community during a data science education salon speaker series hosted by a South Hub 2020 S.E.E.D.S Program awardee, the HBCU Data Science Consortium (HBCU-DSC).  The speaker series will host Dr. Richard Alo, Dean of the College of Science and Technology and Professor of Mathematical and Computer and Information Sciences at Florida A&M University.  This is an opportunity for researchers to convene around sharing of best practices and other scholarly  research, build collaborations between faculty at HBCUs as well as with corporate partners, or corporate partnerships to establish experiential learning opportunities for students that are interested in data science. Learn more at their website.

From Insider to Outsider: A Career Networking Event | April 20 | Virtual
The National Consortium for Data Science will hold its annual networking event, “From Outsider to Insider” on April 20 at 6 p.m. virtually on Airmeet software. This event connects employers directly with top-tier job candidates across different colleges, programs and degree levels looking for a career in the data science and analytics fields. The NCDS team encourages companies interested in filling open positions with the next generation of data science talent to register to host a booth at the event. Early registrants will receive a resume book. Please visit bit.ly/NCDSCareers to register or contact Shannon McKeen with questions.

NSF Solicitation: Mathematical and Scientific Foundations of Deep Learning | Full proposals due May 12
A new NSF program solicitation (NSF 21-561), titled “Stimulating Collaborative Advances Leveraging Expertise in the Mathematical and Scientific Foundations of Deep Learning (SCALE MoDL)” is now available. Deep learning has met with impressive empirical success that has fueled fundamental scientific discoveries and transformed numerous application domains of artificial intelligence. Our incomplete theoretical understanding of the field, however, impedes accessibility to deep learning technology by a wider range of participants. The National Science Foundation Directorates for MPS, CISE, ENG, and SBE will jointly sponsor new research collaborations consisting of mathematicians, statisticians, electrical engineers, and computer scientists. Research activities should be focused on explicit topics involving some of the most challenging theoretical questions in the general area of Mathematical and Scientific Foundations of Deep Learning. Learn more at their website.

CySoc 2021 Workshop at ICWSM 2021 | June 7 | Atlanta, GA
The Second International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats Workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners in computer and social sciences from both academia and industry to exchange ideas on understanding the multi-faceted social, psychological, cultural, emotional, communicative, and linguistic aspects of harmful content while leading the discussion on building novel computational methods to reliably detect, derive meaning, interpret, understand and counter them. Learn more on their website.

K-12 Data Science Conference 2021 | July 17 | Virtual
The DSC K-12 Data Science Conference 2021 will introduce pre-college students, grades K-12, to foundational data science concepts and examples of data science careers across industries with a combination of workshops and presentations, divided into three levels for age-appropriate content. K-12 educators and parents are also encouraged to attend. The virtual conference and expo will feature over 100 expert presentations and panels, and over ten workshops and labs for every background and experience level. Use discount code SOUTHBD30 for 30% off your registration price. Learn more at their website.

Data Matters Short-Course Series | August 9 - 13 | Virtual
Data Matters™ is a week-long series of one and two-day courses aimed at students and professionals in business, research, and government. Sponsored by the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at UNC-Chapel Hill, the National Consortium for Data Science, RENCI and North Carolina State University, the short-course 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.

Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgetown University | Washington, DC
The Massive Data Institute (MDI), the Institute for Civic Imagination (ICI), and the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) at Georgetown University are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join a project that focuses on developing models for forced migration data (including social media and other organic data). The project is co-led by Lisa Singh, a professor of computer science, and Ali Arab, an associate professor of statistics at Georgetown University. They seek a postdoctoral fellow with research interests in forced migration and big data, and/or with statistical modeling and data analytics skills and in particular, experience in Bayesian inference, hierarchical models, and computational techniques (including MCMC and variational Bayes methods) for large complex data sets. Learn more and apply at their website.

Lead Data Scientist at Concerto Biosciences | Boston, MA
Concerto Biosciences is seeking a Lead Data Scientist to build Concerto’s data analysis platform from the ground up. The massive datasets the company collects harbor tremendous potential, and, as its first data scientist and sixth member of its team, the selected candidate will extract from these data the biological insights necessary to drive its discovery and development efforts. 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.

MOYO: A HIPPA Compliant Mobile Health App for Large-Scale Medical Informatics
Developed through the South Hub Spoke Project, the purpose of the Moyo Health Network is to reduce the risk of medical events by empowering adults to use the MOYO app embrace behaviors that can improve health through creative, digital health strategies (Mobile Health (mHealth)) technologies by allowing you to monitor heart health-related behaviors, including physical activity, sleep quality, food choices and mental/emotional health. The MOYO Health Network has targeted a range of projects including a young cohort between the ages of 18 and 29 in the Atlanta community to develop heart health as well as saving the lives of Maya women in rural Guatemala. Eventually, the team plans on expanding to a cohort including all ages from all over the world. Learn more about this resource on our website.