West Big Data Innovation Hub

12/04/2024

While the West Hub chapter is coming to a close, the impact of this incredible community will live on for years to come. We invite you to reflect with us on our shared journey. Explore the West Hub Retrospective and Impacts Summary at the link in our bio, and see the meaningful outcomes we have achieved together.

https://linktr.ee/West_Hub

04/14/2022

We're hiring REUs! For details, see

for Undergraduates (REU) position open to undergraduate students in the West Hub region (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming). This remote position will include the following responsibilities:

04/21/2021

Mark your "virtual" calendar for an April 29 (9am, PDT) panel as prominent, visionary researchers discuss their perspective regarding "The Role of Data Sharing and Distributed Storage in Research – Visions for the Future".

https://www.openstoragenetwork.org/seminar-series/apr-29-2021-data-sharing-and-distributed-storages-role-in-research-next-steps/

Science in the US is undergoing a significant change. Cyberinfrastructure or eInfrastructures tended to be funded for small projects for a single PI or very large science ventures (e.g., CERN LHC, NEON, NASA). What is emerging are medium-scale projects involving several universities and institutions. What architectures and capabilities are or will be needed by such projects and what effect will this have on the overall research computing ecosystem? Short talks will be followed by a moderated discussion.

04/13/2021

Two great webinars coming up! Advocacy in Data: Equity & Community Resources (April 22) and The Impact of Big Data in Our Communities (April 29) - RSVP at https://www.calstatela.edu/project/bigdata/cal-state-la-big-data-big-data-forum-series-april-22-and-april-29-2021

11/18/2020

Students, teachers, data ambassadors: our Virtual Summit is now streaming!

✔️On-demand, free videos about , how to make , and more
✔️ Inspiration for the National Census Data Competition
✔️ $5,000 in awards

Ask Questions. Explore Data. Share your by Dec. 31, 2020!

The National Science Foundation (NSF) West Big Data Innovation Hub (headquartered at UC Berkeley UC Berkeley Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society University of Washington UW eScience Institute UCSD - University of California San Diego San Diego Supercomputer Center) is partnering with leaders at U.S. Census Bureau, Canva, Mapbox, and Tableau Software:

https://bit.ly/LetsMakeItCountSummit2020
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10/16/2020

TGIF + thank goodness we have a to capture community stories like this one featuring a everyone needs to hear about!

It's about Community & 📈

New Spoke Project Spotlight featuring California State University, Los Angeles City of + Community Partners

https://westbigdatahub.org/news/west-big-data-innovation-hub-spoke-project-spotlight-promoting-big-data-among-the-underserved/

–Cal State LA and City of Los Angeles Collaborate on Summer Scholar Programs– This summer, the City of Los Angeles Data Team worked with Community Partners and California State University ... Read More

10/16/2020

Episode 3: From the Data Cabinet to Camp! We're thrilled to share our new podcast episode featuring Joyce Hunter, former USDA CIO https://t.co/nvDT7wFdPV

Welcome to Episode #3 of the Let’s Make it Count podcast! This week, we sit and talk with Joyce Hunter, who is the founder of Vulcan Enterprises, a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting underserved youth to the knowledge and application of data science. In this episode, Joyce speaks freel...

09/30/2020

🎙️From Computational Biologist to 16 million views on YouTube: This week's features Josh Starmer, founder of

https://t.co/7E1X2mJE8Z

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Let’s Make it Count podcast!  In this week’s episode, we visit with Josh Starmer, a computational biologist turned YouTube star. Granted, these are two very different career paths, but it was the basic human need for communication with others that ignited the fi

09/22/2020

🎙️ Just in time for , we're launching our first !

➡️ Tune in to Episode 1 featuring Ambassador Lili Gangas, Chief Technology and Community Officer at Kapor Center ! Interviewed by our Senior Fellow Jeff Meisel, formerly of U.S. Census Bureau.

https://www.letsmakeitcount.org/blog/ep1-lili-gangas

In this week’s episode—our very first one!—we interview Lili Gangas, Chief Technology Community Officer at Kapor Center of Oakland, California. During the conversation, Lili talks about her role at Kapor, her journey from young immigrant to electrical engineer, then to establishing programs th...

08/13/2020

There's still time to sign up for the all-online Datathon! Join us for exciting announcements, team formation, and connections with mentors and projects looking for collaborators. This includes for the first time this year, a "Crossover" Challenge with New Mexico!

In addition to receiving mentorship and being eligible for team prizes, as a special thank you to the teams forming and working together on projects Aug 18-19, Datathon participants will receive free admission to the 5th Annual CA Water Data Summit.

The California Data Collaborative and Sustain Southern California join forces to bring you Solutions for Water Resiliency via Datathon event