Month: September 2021

Dean’s Message – A new building for our School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences

Dean’s Message September 2021 This fall marks a return to in-person classes and events, and it is exciting to be back on campus with students and colleagues! Our classrooms are full, our labs are humming and the frisbees are flying again on Bascom Hill. The university’s COVID-19 protocols are continually adjusted based on the shifting …

Statistics Mentoring Program – Alumni Application

Statistics Mentoring Program – Alumni Application

Serverless Cloud Run hands-on workshop with a Googler

Hello Datathon community! The Google Cloud higher education team and Datathon invite you and your friends to a virtual hands-on workshop this Thursday, September 30th @ 19:00 ET. Read about the event on the Datathon website and RSVP today. Thursday’s event Prepare for the hackathon season and join Google Software Engineer Rayan Dasoriya for a …

$175 million commitment helps launch UW–Madison School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences, support transformative mission

The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences — a unique, forward-thinking collaboration focused at the intersection of technology and humanity — is announcing a $175 million private investment and launching an effort to raise an additional $50 million to establish a new beacon for high tech in Wisconsin housed in a …

MinneAnalytics scholarship award winner 2021

  The Department of Statistics is delighted to announce Wen Ye as the winner of a 2021 MinneAnalytics scholarship. Wen is a triple major in Statistics, Data Science (the relatively new degree program sponsored by Statistics) and Computer science. In addition to superlative classroom performance in these areas she has exercised an admirable interest in …

Career Panel Series Upcoming Panel: Data Science in the Biomedical Field

Upcoming Panel: Data Science in the Biomedical Field September 14, 2021 – 12:30-2:00 PM Pacific About the Career Panel Series Given the interdisciplinarity and relative adolescence of the field of Data Science, it is unsurprising that career paths in the field are confusing and opaque. The Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) Career Development Network is …

Research Analyst / Data Analyst job openings with Education Analytics

Education Analytics a non-profit located in Madison, Wisconsin has recently opened up some job positions. Research Analyst / Data Analyst (L10018) Research Analyst / Data Analyst – Senior (Experienced) Education Analytics is a non-profit organization that uses data analysis to inform education policy decisions. We work with school districts, regional offices of education, non-profits, and …

Awards Newsletter Fall 2021

Welcome! Greetings, all! With the start of the new academic year, the Awards and Outreach Committee want to make you aware of awards and the process surrounding awards nominations. All complete nominations can be sent to Dana Maltby. Please make sure you follow the instructions for nomination materials exactly. In this email, please also note …

Student Organization Fund Raising/Social Event-You’re Invited

We are excited to invite you to be a part of a fund-raising opportunity that would benefit the MANRRS program, and potentially other organizations at UW who serve underrepresented students, particularly in STEM. MANRRS will be holding a non-profit partner kickoff event at Delta Beer Lab on Wednesday, September 8, at 5:00-6:30pm. Guests who attend …

Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists National Competition 2022

Project Description The Blavatnik Family Foundation is providing critical support to seed innovative work in science and technology that will address society’s most pressing global problems. These awards recognize the country’s most promising faculty-rank researchers in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry. Nominees and their work as independent investigators will be evaluated according …