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Midwest Big Data Hackathon at the University of Iowa

Saturday, September 16, 2017 - 8:00am to Sunday, September 17, 2017 - 5:00pm

The Midwest Big Data Hackathon is a 2-day non-stop event bringing together the Big Data community from Midwest universities to work on creative ideas around big data applications. Student developers, designers, and data enthusiasts of all kinds can collaborate on exciting projects looking at the opportunities around analytics in the information we access every day. The event will be held at the University of Iowa. The event will be free and open to students working or have interest to work in big data domains (e.g. Read more about Midwest Big Data Hackathon at the University of Iowa

Registration Now Available: UASPSE All-Hands Meeting, Sept. 14, 2017 in Ames, Iowa

Thursday, September 14, 2017 - 8:00am to 5:00pm

An All-Hands Meeting for the Midwest Big Data Hub Spoke Project “Digital Agriculture - Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Plant Sciences and Education” (UASPSE) will be held in September. Registration is now available: https://register.extension.iastate.edu/digitalag/

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Unmanned Aerial Systems, Plant Sciences/Plant Phenomics, and Education

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Digital Agriculture: Data Carpentry Workshop

Tuesday, September 12, 2017 - 8:30am

Iowa State University is hosting the "Digital Agriculture: Data Carpentry Workshop" on September 12-13, 2017.

Data Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Read more about Digital Agriculture: Data Carpentry Workshop

NIFA National Program Leader for Data Science Vacancy (deadline 8/23/17)

Friday, August 4, 2017 - 1:40pm

Please see the description and link below for more information about this vacancy:

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Vacancy Announcement Number: NIFA-S17N-0029A is open to all U.S. Citizens. You may use the following link to view/apply for this position:

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Computing on Phenotype Descriptions for Novel Candidate Gene Prediction

Friday, July 28, 2017 - 10:00am

Presented by Carolyn J. Lawrence-Dill

This seminar is part of the Iowa State University Summer Seminar Series entitled "Plant Phenomics Phridays," (sponsored by the Midwest Big Data Hub Digital Agriculture Community and the Iowa State University Plant Sciences Institute) will run Fridays, June 9-July 28, 2017 from 10-11 AM Central Time.

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Microsystems Technology for Agricultural Sensors Towards High-Throughput Plant Phenomics

Friday, July 21, 2017 - 10:00am

Presented by Liang Dong

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Midwest Big Data Summer School July 10-14, 2017 in Ames, Iowa

Monday, July 10, 2017 - 8:00am to Friday, July 14, 2017 - 5:00pm

Digital Agriculture is one of the four tracks focusing on big data analysis at the Midwest Big Data Summer School. Information about the summer school agenda, registration, and travel support is available at http://mbds.cs.iastate.edu. Read more about Midwest Big Data Summer School July 10-14, 2017 in Ames, Iowa