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[[{"fid":"460","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Data Collaboratives pipeline","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Data Collaboratives pipeline","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false}},"attributes":{"alt":"Data Collaboratives pipeline","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]] Knowledge to Action Pipeine UC Berkeley is launching a new form of collaboration that links students, government, community, and business partners to leverage data to help address complex social problems, from access to safe drinking water to disaster recovery to affordable housing. The Data Collaboratives program, created with founding support from Schmidt Futures, will provide opportunities for...

The Global Metropolitan Studies Program and the Division of Data Science are pleased to sponsor a workshop on a platform for collecting and analyzing human travel data. The workshop will introduce participants to e-mission , an open-source platform for collecting human travel data. The course is intended for students and researchers across a variety of fields. Attend this workshop to learn open source techniques, details...

[[{"fid":"865","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"6":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false}},"attributes":{"class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"6"}}]] The Division of Data Sciences, in partnership with the Berkeley Institute for Data Science and West Big Data Innovation Hub, hosted the 2018 California Water Data Hackathon from September 14-15 to advance the movement towards safe drinking water. Attendees had the opportunity to leverage core data science, programming, and analytic skills and tools to build a project in support of the California Safe...

Highlighted student research projects.

Pioneering efforts to incorporate data analysis and computation into physics coursework.

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A new tool on the block is rapidly shifting the future of how computing is taught in institutions, and UC Berkeley developers and professors are pioneering its integration into an increasing number of campus classrooms. Since first entering a single Berkeley classroom in 2015, the JupyterHub platform for UC Berkeley, called DataHub, is now being used by over 20 classes offered on campus. Thanks to...

Dear campus community, We are writing with updates on Berkeley’s active engagement with the burgeoning and exciting field of data science, which has the potential to shape numerous fields of study and practice. Our undergraduates will have many options for studying data science in depth. Of note is a recently approved Data Science major in the College of Letters and Science, effective in Fall 2018...

Looking for an on ramp to get started with data science which, according to LinkedIn, is one of the fastest growing job areas in the country? It's not too late to join Data 8x, the online version of one of UC Berkeley's fastest growing undergradate class, Foundations of Data Science. To help you get started and provide a little support and comraderie, D-Lab is starting...

The Library is provide leadership and peer support in the data sciences to undergraduates conducting research in an area such as data visualization, machine learning, text analysis, regression modeling, or other data science methods. Below are all the three data science related fellowship opportunties: 2018-2019 Undergraduate Library Fellow Applications The Library is pleased to announce eight Library Undergraduate Fellowship opportunities for 2018-2019. These fellowships seek...