Curran to Deliver Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture (10/17/24)
While the idea of “to be counted is to be seen”, is often taken for granted as foundational for democracy, who is counted and why has changed numerous times in our nation’s history. These changes have impacts big and small and implications on politics and policymaking. In this lecture, Dr. Sara Curran will discuss past and present ways in which demographic diversity has been measured and why, and also the intersectional complexities of measuring demographic diversity. Learn more and register here.
*New* Fostering Connections in AI and Health (10/16/24)
Join us for an Open Space-style event to help facilitate new collaborations between UW researchers who are interested in applying generative AI and large language models to pressing health challenges. Attendees at the event will set the agenda for discussion, offering to convene discussions on possible topics or projects where collaboration is sought. The formal program will be followed by an informal networking lunch. Learn more and register here.
This event is in partnership with the UW Tacoma Office of Research, UW Tacoma School of Engineering & Technology, UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare & Leadership, UW Seattle School of Medicine Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, School of Nursing Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics, Institute for Medical Data Science, Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship, and UW Bothell Office of Sponsored Research.
Please direct questions to the Population Health Initiative via email at pophlth@uw.edu.
Associate Professor or Professor of Demography
Assistant or Associate Professor, Demography / Population Science, University of Colorado – Boulder (10/18/24)
Curran to Deliver Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture (10/17/24)
While the idea of “to be counted is to be seen”, is often taken for granted as foundational for democracy, who is counted and why has changed numerous times in our nation’s history. These changes have impacts big and small and implications on politics and policymaking. In this lecture, Dr. Sara Curran will discuss past and present ways in which demographic diversity has been measured and why, and also the intersectional complexities of measuring demographic diversity. Learn more and register here.
Awar to Co-host Evening of Reflection on the Life and Activism of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi (10/25/24)
On Friday, October 25th, CSDE Seminar Series Chair and Faculty Council Member of the Middle East Center Dr. Rawan Arar and Dr. Aria Fani (Middle East Center Faculty Council member) will host an event entitled “An evening of reflection on the life and activism of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi.” Late this summer, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was killed while protesting in the West Bank. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was a recent graduate of the UW.
The evening will include a musical performance and poetry readings, as well as a conversation with Cindy and Craig Corrie. Their daughter, Rachel Corrie, was also a human rights activist from WA who was killed while protesting in Palestine in 2003. Aysenur’s family will be in attendance as well. We hope that this solemn event will be a meaningful recognition of our students’ loss. Learn more about the event and how to attend at this link.
Open Rank Faculty, Educator: SOPH Population Health Science (Open until filled)
Postdoc, Impact Data and Evidence Aggregation Library (Open until filled)
CSSS Fall 2024 Seminar Series (10/2/24 – 12/4/24)
The CSSS Seminar features local and visiting scholars presenting current research at the intersection of statistics and the social sciences. Seminars are held on Wednesdays from 12:30-1:30 pm in room SAV 409 during an academic year. Seminars are available to anyone interested and are being presented in a hybrid format. To attend a seminar virtually, please register here. An email with login information will be sent to you upon registration. Graduate students pursuing a CSSS track may receive credit by enrolling in CS&SS 590. Questions? Contact CSSS (csss@uw.edu).
Upcoming Seminar:
Wednesday, October 16th, 12:30pm-1:30pm
NOTE: This seminar will be offered as a remote ZOOM session only. Find the Zoom link here.
Mayana Pereira, Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab
Opening Microsoft Data for Social Good: privacy-preserving technologies unlocking powerful social insights
In this talk you will learn how privacy preserving data disclosure technologies can unlock powerful social insights. The talk will cover two of Microsoft’s differentially private data releases: the broadband data and the digital literacy data. These data sets, created using Microsoft’s private data, bring powerful insights to the current state digital divide in the United States.
Mayana is a Data Scientist at Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab – a philanthropic team of data scientists and researchers dedicated to using AI, Machine Learning and statistical modeling to tackle some of humanity’s greatest challenges. Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab partners with leading nonprofits, research institutions, NGOs, and governments to accelerate work across the AI for Good program portfolio—Earth, Accessibility, Humanitarian Action, Cultural Heritage, Health—as well as other pressing issues such as affordable housing, broadband access, digital skills, justice reform, legal compliance, etc.
Mayana’s research is currently focused on the intersection of digital safety/cybersecurity/software security and artificial intelligence, as well as the impacts of privacy-preserving techniques in machine learning deployment scenarios. Mayana is an active collaborator of OpenDP, an open-source project for the differential privacy community to develop general-purpose, vetted, usable, and scalable tools for differential privacy.