The UC Berkeley Digital Humanities Working Group is a research community founded to facilitate interdisciplinary conversations in the digital humanities and cultural analytics. Our gatherings are participant driven and provide a place for sharing research ideas (including brainstorming new ideas and receiving feedback from others), learning about the intersection of computational methods and humanistic inquiry, and connecting with others working in this space at Berkeley. We encourage everyone to participate, regardless of your experience level. The DH Working Group is a welcoming and supportive community for all things digital humanities.
Imagine perfecting a favorite recipe, then sharing it with others, only to find their results differ because of small changes in tools or ingredients. How do you ensure the dish still reflects your original vision? This challenge captures the principle of stability in data science: achieving acceptable consistency in outcomes relative to reasonable perturbations of conditions and methods. In this blog post, I reflect on my research journey and share why grounding data work in stability is essential for reproducibility, adaptability, and trust in the final results.
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You’re receiving data, and the provider sends you their Data Use Agreement. Come learn what the terms mean, what should be negotiated, what the Industry Alliances Office does and how we can help you, and how to manage the data set once you have it. Bring your questions for a vital Q&A.
Erica Ballinger is an Industry Contracts Officer in UC Berkeley’s Industry Alliances Office. IAO facilitates industry-university collaboration, including negotiating a variety of research agreements with industry. IAO also negotiates all incoming research data use agreements for the Berkeley campus.
Guest Speaker: Erica Ballinger, Industry Contracts Officer
Dates/Times: Thurs, November 21, 2024, @ 12pm-1pm Location: Remote via Zoom
Youth and Allies Against Homelessness (YAAH) within i4Y (Innovations for Youth) is seeking a Graduate Student Researcher with strong quantitative research skills to join a multidisciplinary team for a 50% position for Spring 2025, with the hope that the candidate will continue in Summer and Fall 2025. This GSR position provides the opportunity to join a multidisciplinary lab committed to giving the candidate an opportunity to expand their quantitative skills with the aim of producing research with direct impact on the wellbeing of marginalized populations at the state and national levels.
The focus of the GSR’s work will be to support the quantitative work of YAAH, with the support of Dr. Auerswald (project PI), Prof. Paul Wesson (co-investigator, UCSF Department of Epidemiology), and project postdoctoral scholars.
To apply, please send your CV, cover letter, and the names of 2 references who are familiar with your work and skills to i4Y@berkeley.edu and siti@berkeley.edu. In your cover letter, please share why you are interested in the position, your goals for the position, and your availability for a position in the summer and/or fall 2025, if mutually agreeable.
We are excited to invite students to collaborate on a research project with Professor Clancy Wilmott, exploring Pasifika Geographies and their digital representations. We are looking for motivated individuals with skills in spatial data analysis, GIS, database management, web development, full-stack development, or GIS web development to bring this innovative project to life. This is a unique opportunity to apply technical skills to a project with deep cultural and geographical significance.
To apply, send a brief statement of interest and your resume/CV to clancy.wilmottATberkeley.edu. Highlight relevant experience and why you're excited about the project. Students from all academic backgrounds, especially those interested in indigenous studies, geography, and digital humanities, are encouraged to apply.
We invite you to attend our next Latinx Social Science Research Workshop! Professor Stephanie Canizales and Mario Varo will present their research progress. The discussants will be Laura Ramirez and Stephen Pearson-Ocaña. We will share their materials with the participants who submit their RSVPs so they can review them in advance and provide feedback during the workshop. Light refreshments will be served.
These research workshops link mentorship between faculty, postdocs, and graduate students. During the sessions, graduate students, postdocs, and faculty share research in progress and receive feedback from a community of engaged scholars in the Latinx Social Sciences.
Date/Time: Thursday, November 21 @ 12pm-1:30pm Location: Barbara Christian Conference Room (Social Sciences Building, Floor 5, Room 554)
Join us for presentations, lightning talks, and a virtual map/poster gallery, all centering on geospatial research and applications. Attend one or multiple sessions of this event, which is thought to be one of the largest GIS Day observations in the world. Students, researchers and instructors from across the University of California will share their cutting-edge knowledge and expertise with each other and with the wider community. All sessions are free and open to the public!
Although most sessions will be virtual, join us for two in-person sessions at UC Berkeley:
Mapathon - Tues, Nov 19, 11am-2pm (drop-in)
Earth Sciences & Map Library seminar room, 50 McCone Hall
Hosted by the Library & the GIS & Mapping Community of Practice
UC Berkeley Research Lightning Talks - Fri, Nov 22, 12:10pm-1:30pm
103 Mulford Hall
Hosted by the GIF (Geospatial Innovation Facility)
We're excited to announce that the 13th BITSS Annual Meeting will be held at UC Berkeley on Thursday, February 27! This one-day event will bring together leading voices from academia, policy, and the scholarly publishing world to discuss new research and developments in research transparency, reproducibility, and ethics.
We are thrilled to welcome Brian Nosek as our keynote speaker. Brian is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Open Science (COS), where he leads initiatives designed to increase the openness, integrity, and reproducibility of research across disciplines. Brian will share his insights into how the research culture is evolving and what we, as a community, can do to push these changes further. We look forward to an engaging discussion on the role of institutions, researchers, and systemic reforms in fostering scientific progress.
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