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Strathmore University Data Week 2022
Strathmore Data Week is a grassroots training initative that provides an avenue for Data Science training, exposure, and mentorship to Data Science students, professionals, and researchers. This year’s Data Week theme was on cultivating Data Science research in Africa. The event provided a platform for PhD students and early career researchers in Data Science to…
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The Beauty of Data Competition 2022 is open now!
An opportunity to showcase data visualisations from your research. Competition Details The Jean Golding Institute would like to invite staff and students at the University to submit their data visualisations for this exciting competition to find the best University of Bristol data visualisation. You can see the entries from past competitions on our Flickr page. This year the prize for the winner…
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climatearchive.org at the Bristol Data & AI Showcase
Join us at the Bristol Data & AI Showcase on Tuesday 7 June 2022, for a chance to play with and find out more about visualising past and future climate change with a new 3D visualisation tool. Look back to your birth year, your parents’ birth years, or even as far back as the dinosaurs!…
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JGI awarded Turing Collaboration Fund 2022
We plan to use the collaboration fund to support networks and public engagement events that will contribute to the aims of the Turing Institute and the University of Bristol, to utilise data science to change the world for the better. Find out more about the funded projects: Establishing a national vision for “Data-centric biological design”…
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JGI Seed corn funding call 2022 – Selected projects announced
The Jean Golding Institute Seed Corn Funding is a fantastic opportunity to develop multi and interdisciplinary ideas and promote collaboration in data science and AI. We are delighted that a new cohort of interdisciplinary research has been supported through this funding. Summaries of the selected projects: An AI-based app to recognise, gather data on…
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Software Sustainability Fellowship announcement
Dr. Valerio Maggio, Senior Research Associate of the Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, has been awarded a Fellowship from the Software Sustainability Institute (SSI). The focus of his fellowship will be on Privacy-Enhancing technologies for Machine Learning. These methods have the huge potential of becoming the new Data Science paradigm of the…
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Introducing the new DAFNI immersive data space
The University of Bristol Infrastructure Collaboratory is proud to unveil the new DAFNI Immersive Data Space. Part of UKCRIC, the Bristol Collaboratory forms part of a national network of urban observatories. Thanks to investment from DAFNI (the Data & Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure), we now host a portable immersive space for visualisation of infrastructure data. The facility features 270-degree screens…
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Turing Fellowships 2021-2022 announcement
The University of Bristol is proud to announce that 39 researchers have been awarded Alan Turing Institute Fellowships starting on 1 October 2021 for one year. A collage of the Bristol Turing Fellows 2021 Turing Fellows are scholars with proven research excellence in data science, artificial intelligence (AI) or a related field whose research will be significantly enhanced through active involvement with…
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Convolutional neural networks for environmental monitoring
JGI Seed Corn Funded Project Blog Background Environmental monitoring is critical for the protection of human health and the environment. As the world’s population continues to increase, industrial development and agricultural practices continue to expand, as does their associated pollution. The requirement for environmental monitoring is thus greater than ever, particularly for freshwater resources utilised…
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