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The goal of the research project is to build a citation network from any collection of PDFs. The project data mines a large collection of sources from the disciplines of ancient Near Eastern Studies, Classics, Archaeology, and Middle Eastern Languages. The results of the project make this collection more internationally accessible for research by scholars in these fields by creating novel tools for computational textual...

Foundations of Data Science (Data 8) typically starts the new semester in Zellerbach Hall to accommodate the class, which draws more than 1,000 students. Last spring, when UC Berkeley switched to remote learning to protect against COVID-19, Berkeley’s data science professors quickly transformed this large yet interactive course into a complete remote experience. “Last semester when we were forced to move everything online we began...

Jennifer Chayes started her new position as head of CDSS just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic caused the campus to close and everyone to adjust to distance learning and working. In this Q&A, she talks about her first months on the job, how CDSS is growing and her vision for the organization.

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego and its partners at UC Berkeley and the University of Washington, and Strategic Blue have entered production operations of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded CloudBank program, which aims to simplify the use of public clouds across computer science research and education.

Berkeley, Calif.--The National Science Foundation has awarded $12.5 million to establish a multidisciplinary institute—a collaboration between UC Berkeley and MIT—to improve our understanding of critical issues in data science, including modeling, statistical inference, computational efficiency, and societal impacts.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Simons Foundation awarded $10 million to a UC Berkeley-led program to gain a theoretical understanding of deep learning. Berkeley staff are also involved in a second project funded at $10 million.

The Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS) introduced a new course this summer to its offerings, Data 6. Berkeley undergraduate student Ian Castro (Media Studies and Microbial Biology, class of 2021) will be teaching the course offered to incoming Berkeley SEED Scholars students.

Associate Provost Jennifer Chayes and Dean Dan Huttenlocher (MIT), in discussion with Professor Jitendra Malik and Professor Michael I. Jordan (both of UC Berkeley), are featured as part of BAIR's Distinguished Lecture in Place Series: MIT and Berkeley Perspectives on the Future of AI Research and Education.

Although shelter-in-place rules in Berkeley and across the country caused people to shut down their travel plans, the restrictions also led to a wide-open welcome to educators interested in attending UC Berkeley's third annual National Data Science Education Workshop. And the effects are still rippling out around the state and across the country. In the past, the five-day workshop drew 70-80 attendees, a number limited...

The COVID-Twitter Project, created by Ameek Bindra (Berkeley ‘22) and a team of undergraduates across the country, analyzes tweets about COVID-19 to map how reactions to the pandemic changed over the months. According to Ameek, the Discovery Exchange provided invaluable resources and guidance that helped the project come to fruition. (Note: responses modified for length) Discovery Exchange is a new initiative that originated from the...