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eScience Research Computing Workshop (beginning 1/13/25)

The UW eScience Institute is holding a Software Carpentry workshop January 13th–16th (9 AM – noon each day) via Zoom on software tools to make researchers more effective, automate research tasks, track research over time, and program in either Python or R to accelerate research and make researchers more effective, automate research tasks, track research over time, and program in either Python or R to accelerate research and make it more reproducible. Learn more and register here.

Open Scholarship Community Fellows deadline extended (1/10/25)

The deadline to apply for the UW Open Scholarship Community Fellows program has been extended. This paid Fellowship over Winter and Spring quarters offers graduate students, underrepresented in the field of open scholarship, funding and mentorship to develop a workshop on an open scholarship topic of their choice. Learn more and apply here.

Call for Applications: UW Azure Generative AI for Science Hub (priority deadline 1/10/25)

The University of Washington eScience Institute is partnering with Microsoft on the new UW Azure GenAI for Science Hub. Through this Hub we are offering cloud computing credits to UW researchers (faculty, postdocs, research staff) from all 3 UW campuses for projects where utilization of generative AI is central to accomplishing their research goals. Grants of up to $15,000 in Azure credits will enable access to AI Studio, Azure OpenAI Services, and GPUs as well as other standard Azure services. Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis, with priority given to applications submitted by Friday, January 10th. Learn more here.

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program (1/8/25)

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) is inviting applications from qualified and highly-motivated students for a Summer Research Visit. The goal of the Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program is to enable discovery by bringing together data scientists and population scientists to work on focused, intensive and collaborative projects of broad societal relevance.

For a period of 3 months (June 2nd – August 22nd, 2025) participating students will work in small teams, with support from experienced mentors, towards a common research goal. For the summer of 2025, the focus of the program will be on three main research areas:

1)    “Climate Change and Mobility” mentored by Risto Conte Keivabu, Ebru Sanlitürk, and Monica Alexander (University of Toronto);

2)    “Machine Learning for Life Course Trajectories” mentored by Linda Vecgaile, Bruno Arpino (University of Padova) and Emilio Zagheni;

3)    “Mortality in War Settings” mentored by Yvette Young, Diego Alburez-Gutierrez, Enrique Acosta (Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics -CED) and Irena Chen.

Learn more about this opportunity here. Applications are due by January 8th, 2025.

Chen and Colleagues Publish New Findings on Migration and Seismic Fatality

In a study just released in Natural Hazards and Earth Systems Sciences, CSDE Affiliate Tzu-Hsin Karen Chen (Urban Planning and Design, Environmental and Occupational Health) and colleagues present a novel analysis of the theorized relationship between migration and fatalities during major earthquakes. The paper, lead-authored by Chen, highlights the role of migration in vulnerability to natural hazards and provides an innovative geospatial method to capture migration flows from tribal areas and low-income neighborhoods. This work is also the product of a cross-campus collaboration with Diana Ceballos from the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. Read the full study here.