Date & Time: Friday, Feb 10, 2023 from 2:00-4:00 PM HSTIn-person Location: 103 Keller Hall, UH Mānoa Online Location: Zoom Workshop Description Justice, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (JEDI) are challenges across STEM and in the emerging field of data science. In this workshop a panel will discuss these issues, covering topics ranging from inclusion and allyship to […]
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Hawaiʻi Data Science Institute – Undergraduate Summer Program The CITRUS program (CyberInfrastructure TRaining for Undergraduates in Summer) program will provide a one-month research experience for undergraduates REU-style immersion combining development of key skills and abilities in CI with a climate-focused research project applying CI skills. Participants will develop their skills in data science, analytics and
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Dr. Shimi Rii and co-presenters discuss how their network of students, researchers, and Indigenous practitioners work together to co-design community-driven research projects in Heʻeia. They will highlight a few research projects, including efforts to 1) use eDNA technology to ask and answer questions to help them better prepare for future threats in the Heʻeia ahupuaʻa,
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IndigiData is a one-week (4-6 days) Indigenous data science education workshop each summer to introduce data science and informatics skills to tribal undergraduate and graduate students. The program features an Indigenous-centered curriculum that is led by a community of Indigenous data scientists and guest faculty. All workshop activities will center Indigenous data sovereignty and data ethics while also providing students valuable insight into
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University of Hawaiʻi researchers and students will soon have access to some of the most powerful computing power at their fingertips thanks to a joint project with several universities around the country and the National Science Foundation (NSF). UH is part of a newly available national cloud computing resource that allows researchers to access powerful cloud-based environments on
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University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s excellence in the field of botany was showcased nationally at the Botanical Society of America (BSA) 2022 annual conference in Anchorage, Alaska, July 24–28. Ten UH Mānoa faculty members, post-doctoral researchers, graduate and undergraduate students from the School of Life Sciences delivered talks, and organized workshops and symposia, both virtually and in person. “As one of the few
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The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has been awarded $1.5 million for scholarships for low-income students who are pursuing degrees focusing on the biological application of data science. The five-year grant through the National Science Foundation’s Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) program, Student Training through Immersive Data Science Education (STRIDE) and will fund 67 scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students. “The
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The grant will support a consortium of 28 institutions that will help improve the nation’s ability to predict water-related hazards, such as flooding, that caused major storm damage in Hanalei, Kauaʻi in 2018. (Photo credit: UH Mānoa Coastal Geology Group) The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is part of a consortium of 28 institutions awarded $360 million by the National Oceanic and
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SPEAKER: Barbara Bekins DATE AND TIME: Friday, 8 April 2022 • 2:00 pm (HST) To develop an appropriate mitigation strategy for groundwater contamination from long-term petroleum hydrocarbon spill sites, it is critical to understand how the mass and composition of the source changes over time. This presentation will focus on the research conducted at the site
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The reusable face shields are being produced at the UH Hilo Department of Computer Science through a 3D printing project headed by Francis Cristobal, a faculty specialist. By Susan Enright. To protect themselves and patients from possible COVID-19 exposure, Hilo dentist Donn Ouye and staff are using reusable face shields created in a 3D lab at the
