The IDI-BD2K Summer 2020 Internship applications are open. If you would like to work on Data Science this summer at one of our partner institutions (Harvard University, University of Pittsburgh, and University of California Santa Cruz), apply now:
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CyVerse Seminar and Workshops
The IDI-BD2K project presents a seminar and workshop on CyVerse
Seminar:
“Computational Learning, Thinking, and Doing in 21st Century Biology”
Jason Williams
Assistant Director
External Collaborations Lead, CyVerse EOT
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Day: Dec. 3, 2019
Time: 12:00 -1:00pm
Place: Amphitheater JGD-123
Julio Garcia Diaz Building
Rio Piedras Campus
University of Puerto Rico
Workshop
DAY 1: General Introduction to CyVerse- Transforming Science through Data-Driven Discovery
Date: Dec. 4, 2019
Time: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Place: Multipurpose Room
Natural Sciences Library
UPR-RP
DAY 2: Using and Customizing Reproducible Workflows in CyVerse
CyVerse Workshop :
Date: Dec. 5, 2019
Time: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Place: Multipurpose Room
Natural Sciences Library
UPR-RP
Big Data Week
The IDI-BD2K program is kicking off more than a week of events next Wednesday November 7, 2018. Come join us for Big Data Week 2018!
IDI-BD2K Poster Session – Wednesday November 7, 2018
Want to know what IDI-BD2K students did last summer? To kick off BD2K week, we will have a poster session Wednesday November 7 from 11:30AM-12:50PM in the lobby of the New Natural Sciences Building in UPR Rio Piedras.
Come see the student’s work and find out how you can participate in a summer internship at one of the National Institutes of Health funded Centers of Excellence in Biomedical Big Data to Knowledge.
Seminar: Exploring Data Science: Application to Biotech Manufacturing
NOTE: Room Change!
The IDI-BD2K program is pleased to present a seminar:
“Exploring Data Science: Application to Biotech Manufacturing”
by
Pablo J. Rosado, PhD
Senior Engineer, Amgen
Digital Integration and Predictive Technologies
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
11:30AM-12:50PM
New Natural Sciences
NCL A-231
Rio Piedras Campus
University of Puerto Rico
New estimate of deaths from Hurricane Maria
Our friend and colleague, Rafa Irizarry, released a new analysis of death records recently released by the Institute of Statistics.
Using vital statistics from Puerto Rico, Louisiana, New Jersey and Florida we compared the effects of María to other recent hurricanes
We estimate about 3,000 excess deaths after María, a higher toll than Katrina. Only other comparable tragedy was after Georges, also in PR.
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— Rafael Irizarry (@rafalab) September 5, 2018
He has released a preprint on bioarxiv, and most of the data and all the code on github.
Workshop – How to Fund Your Education: Writing Award Winning Applications
Programas MARC, RISE y IDI-BD2K te invitan
Seminario y Taller
Seminario y Taller
How to Fund Your Education: Writing Award Winning Applications
Sábado, 8 de septiembre de 2018
10am-3pm
NCL A-229
Recinto de Río Piedras
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Registro: https://tinyurl.com/
Report from the August 2018 Data Carpentry Workshop in Puerto Rico
The IDI-BD2K project organized a Data Carpentry Genomics workshop at the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, sponsored by the South Big Data Hub.
The workshop was a resounding success with 35 learners registered, and 13 more on a waiting list. Attendees ranged from undergraduate and graduate students to faculty and staff. We need to do more Carpentries workshops!
Instructors were Nelly Selem from Mexico and Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga from Rio Piedras, and a group of volunteer helpers: Eveliz Peguero, Sebastian Cruz, Israel Dilán, Abraham Avelar, and Kevin Legarreta Gonzalez.
Carpentry workshops teach foundational coding and data science skills to researchers, so they are a great match for IDI-BD2K’s goal of creating diverse teams of scientists looking at turning biological data into biomedical knowledge.
Participants learned how to manipulate next generation sequencing data to see variants in a population of E. coli. To do this, they used cloud computing resources, logged in remotely, processed files on the command line, and wrote scripts to automate parts of the analysis.
The Carpentries also disseminate best practices on teaching in STEM, as informed by research and the instructor’s experience. The green and red papers on learners desks or laptops are one example. Learners are asked to place the green paper on their laptop if they complete an exercise, and a red one if they get stuck. This feedback helps maintain an appropriate pace for the workshop. I forgot to use the stickies the first day of the workshop, and at times we went too fast.
Seminar: “This is how it sounds like when doves cry … and coquies sing and monkeys howl and warblers tweet and …”
The IDI-BD2K program is pleased to present a seminar.
“This is how it sounds like when doves cry … and coquies sing and monkeys howl and warblers tweet and …”
by
Carlos Corrada, PhD
Professor
Department of Computer Science
Rio Piedras Campus
University of Puerto Rico
Wednesday, August 29
11:30 AM – 12:50 PM
NCL A-229
New Natural Sciences Building
Rio Piedras
Workshop: Design Thinking. August 13-16, 2018.
INCREASING DIVERSITY IN INTERDISCIPLINARY BIG DATA TO KNOWLEDGE PROGRAM PRESENTS:
THINKING LIKE A DESIGNER
4-DAY WORKSHOP
AUGUST 13TH-16TH, 2018
8:30AM-4:00PM
UPR RÍO PIEDRAS
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE ROOM A 143
This 4-day workshop will introduce students to the design thinking process through a series of hands-on collaborative activities combined with theoretical and practical lectures. Students will focus on a design challenge of their choosing and ground their process in a human need. By utilizing creative problem solving techniques, students will seek to understand the problem from the user’s perspective, generate ideas, make their ideas tangible, and gather actionable feedback. Collaboration as well as communicating their ideas and crafting a compelling narrative will be a consistent thread throughout the workshop.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
(787) 764-0000; EXT. 88179 OR MARIMAR.VELAZQUEZ1@UPR.EDU REGISTER AT https://tinyurl.com/idi-bd2k2018
