We are excited to send out the call for the 2025 Digital Humanities Faire posters! The Faire will take place April 22 and 23 with a poster session (virtual) and a keynote speaker. For the poster session, we invite sign-ups from across the UC Bay Area community. Students, grad students, staff, instructors, or faculty are welcome to show off their in-progress or completed work, ranging from maps to video sonnets, data visualizations, or completely experimental projects.
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.
The Creation of Bad Students: AI Detection for Non-Native English Speakers
by Valeria Ramírez Castañeda
This blog explores how AI detection tools in academia perpetuate surveillance and punishment, disproportionately penalizing non-native English speakers (NNES). It critiques the rigid, culturally biased notions of originality and intellectual property, highlighting how NNES rely on AI to navigate the dominance of English in academic settings. Current educational practices often label AI use as dishonest, ignoring its potential to reduce global inequities. The post argues for a shift from punitive measures to integrate AIs as a tool for inclusivity, fostering diverse perspectives. By embracing AI, academia can prioritize collaboration and creativity over control and discipline.
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The Graduate Data Corps is a new campus-wide initiative composed of UC Berkeley graduate students from various data-related fields. Our members collaborate across disciplines to create impactful, data-driven solutions for a wide range of industries and societal needs.
We are excited to inform you that the deadline for applying to Data Corps projects has been extended to January 24th. This gives you more time to explore projects and submit your application. Please keep in mind that some project partners may already be in the interview phase, while others may have already selected their students. Be sure to review the available opportunities and apply to those that align with your interests. Students will be matched with projects and begin work at the start of spring semester.
Please review the list of projects and apply by January 24, 2025. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we recommend applying before the deadline.
With generous funding from the Rita Allen Foundation, the Kavli Center in partnership with Neuroscientist and Civic Science Fellow, Dr. Narayan Sankaran, is conducting a community and stakeholder engagement research project to understand and connect impacted communities and non-scientific perspectives into the research agenda for the development of novel neurotechnologies, such as Brain-Computer Interfaces, that function as neuroprostheses for communication and mobility. The project engages and researches perspectives around the ethical tension between the benefits these technologies may confer for people with disabilities on the one hand, and the threats to privacy that these technologies are perceived to create on the other.
We are particularly interested in graduate students who have experience in fields related to stakeholder engagement, social sciences, or the study of responsible or community-engaged research.
Applicants are reviewed on a rolling basis. The research team hopes to hire early in the Spring 2025 semester.
The course CIV ENG 190S/290: Emerging Technologies for Public Health offers students the opportunity to explore the intersection of public health, computer science, IT, and digital health standards. Through case studies, participants will delve into topics such as standards and informatics, community mental health apps, AI/ML/NLP in public health, bio-surveillance, and lifestyle-change devices. Enroll for the Spring 2025 semester!
This course is part of the California Consortium for Public Health Informatics & Technology (CCPHIT) initiative, which addresses workforce shortages in public health informatics while fostering diversity. Successful course completion can lead to paid internships in health departments, non-profits, and clinical organizations.
Are you passionate about making your research accessible and engaging to a broader audience? Join our 1-hour interview study to help shape how podcasts communicate academic research! We are looking for researchers from diverse academic fields to share their expertise and experiences. By participating, you'll contribute to advancing science communication and fostering connections between academia and the public.
As a participant, you will:
Provide and explain a recently published paper you’ve authored.
Participate in a session where you’ll listen to a science podcast of your field and share feedback.
Help us understand how podcasts can make research more accessible to broader audiences inside and outside of the academic community.
Eligibility Criteria:
You are a researcher in the UC Berkeley community.
You have authored a research paper in a leadership role (e.g., first author, co-first author, PI).
The paper is written for an academic audience and contains technical jargon relevant to your field.
The paper was published recently and is publicly accessible (pre-prints also eligible).
We will reach out to participants to schedule interviews with them. Interviews will be conducted via Zoom.
California Research Bureau (CRB)'s CRB Nexus: Where Policy Meets Research is a community of practice for policy staff and researchers across California to initiate and build relationships, share policy needs and solutions, and find ways to move those ideas into action to benefit all Californians.
The mission of the California Research Bureau is to provide nonpartisan and confidential public policy research for the Governor’s Office and the State Legislature and to advance equitable access via statewide initiatives.
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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