CSSS Seminar: Conor Mayo-Wilson on “Biased but Better? Minimax Estimation of Average Treatment Effects” (04/22/26)
UW Data Science & AI Accelerator Accepting Summer 2026 Proposals (04/26/26)
CACHE Webinar: “Integrating Government, Consumer, and Foundation Data to Study ‘Aging Climate Movers’ Nationwide” (04/23/26)
CACHE Webinar on Integrating Government, Consumer, and Foundation Data to Study “Aging Climate Movers” Nationwide
April 23, 1 p.m MT/3 p.m. ET | Virtual Event
Speakers: James Elliott, Rice University, and Alex Priest, University of Alberta
This seminar provides an overview of how one can integrate diverse data sources to find, track, survey, and interview residents on the front lines of “climate retreat” nationwide (many of whom are aging homeowners). It highlights relevant challenges, emergent insights, and translation to web-based interactive tools.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Multiple Global Grand Challenges Grant Opportunities (04/28/26)
CSSS Seminar: David Huh on “Marginalized Regression for Bounded Outcomes with Floor and Ceiling Effects” (04/29/26)
CSDE Computational Demography Working Group (CDWG): PAA Practice Talks (04/29/26)
*New* eScience Institute Workshop on Introduction to Natural Language Processing (04/29/26)
Join us on Zoom on Wednesday, April 29th at 10:30 a.m. PT for an intensive 2-hour online workshop hosted through the UW Libraries and eScience Institute, where you will get a practical introduction to Natural Language Processing (NLP) using Python. Walk away with working code for text preprocessing, classification, and named entity recognition. No prior NLP experience needed, just bring your Python basics and curiosity.
WAC-Seattle Event: Jennifer Sciubba on “The Power of Population: How Demographic Shifts are Shaping Our Global Future” (04/30/26)
Call for Papers: Northwest Preparedness and Resilience Conference (04/30/26)
The Northwest Preparedness and Resilience Conference brings together an interdisciplinary group of regional practitioners, researchers and other partners working across a range of disaster-related fields. This year’s conference will take place on the University of Washington campus in Seattle on September 16-17, 2026.
Abstract submissions are now open for those interested in presenting at this year’s conference! We invite researchers and practitioners from all disaster science and preparedness-related disciplines to submit abstracts focused on topics related to preparedness and resilience. The deadline to submit abstracts is April 30, 2026, at 11:59pm PST. To submit an abstract proposal, please click here to access our abstract submission form.
Registration for this year’s conference will open this spring. Please stay tuned for additional information, which will be posted on the conference website. If you have any questions about the abstract submission process or the conference, please visit our website or contact our planning team at cdrc-conference@uw.edu.