The Data Sharing and Cyberinfrastructure Working Group is a collaboration across all four of the Big Data Innovation Hubs.  Each month, the working group brings together data scientists and cyberinfrastructure professionals to learn about topics of common interest.  Areas covered include data management and analytics tools and frameworks, and use of data science to solve real world problems in areas such as transportation, water quality, public health and disaster response.

The working group meets the first Friday of each month, 1:00-2:00 p.m. (EST). Anyone with an interest in cyberinfrastructure for data science is welcome to join the calls.

MBDH Collaboration Cafe - Building Smart and Resilient Communities

Thursday, April 21, 2022 | 3:00–4:00 p.m. CT/4:00–5:00 p.m. ET
Topic: Building Smart and Resilient Communities
Solicitation:  NSF Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) (22-529)

Host: John MacMullen | MBDH Executive Director

Register here:  https://midwestbigdatahub.org/get-involved/cafe/

Water Data Forum series 2022 - Demystify Water Data

The first MBDH Water Data Forum webinar session of 2022 explores the transition to the next generation of water monitoring technologies, with a panel of experts. Join online March 30 at 11:00 am CT / 12:00pm ET. 

https://clevelandwateralliance.org/wdf 

MBDH Collaboration Cafe - Early Career Funding

The March 17 session of the MBDH Collaboration Cafe webinar is focused on the NSF CAREER program that provides funding for early-career researchers. Join the call to understand the program requirements, hear from prior awardees about their experiences, and talk with NSF program director, Dr. Alan Sussman, Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC), about the opportunity. Open to researchers across the U.S. Register here:  https://midwestbigdatahub.org/get-involved/cafe

Thursday, March 17, 2022 | 3:00–4:00 p.m. CT/4:00–5:00 p.m. ET
Topic: Early-Career Funding
Solicitation: NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER): Includes the description of NSF Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) (20-525)

NE Big Data Innovation Hub Data Sharing and Cyberinfrastructure Working Group

The Data Sharing and Cyberinfrastructure Working Group is a collaboration across all four of the Big Data Innovation Hubs.  Each month, the working group brings together data scientists and cyberinfrastructure professionals to learn about topics of common interest.  Areas covered include data management and analytics tools and frameworks, and use of data science to solve real world problems in areas such as transportation, water quality, public health and disaster response.

The working group meets the first Friday of each month, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (CT). Anyone with an interest in cyberinfrastructure for data science is welcome to join the calls.

For more information:  https://nebigdatahub.org/data-sharing-and-cyberinfrastructure-working-group/

MBDH Collaboration Cafe - USDA NIFA Data Science for Food & Ag Systems (DSFAS) program

Looking for data science collaborators? The MBDH Collaboration Cafe is open!

The Collaboration Cafe is a monthly webinar open to all that is focused on building a community of data science researchers in the Midwest and beyond to explore funding opportunities and develop proposals.

The Collaboration Cafe is an informal meeting, but has some structured elements during the sessions, including a funding opportunity walk-through, lessons learned from prior awardees, researcher lightning talks, small group discussions, and a speed-networking segment. There's also a community infrastructure in place with shared documents, a playlist of past sessions, and a Slack community.

MBDH Collaboration Cafe - Data Science Education and Workforce Development In Genomics

Topic: Data Science Education and Workforce Development In Genomics
Discussion Solicitation:   NIH Research Experience in Genomic Research for Data Scientists (R25) (PAR-21-075)

Host: John MacMullen | MBDH Executive Director
Co-Host: Dr. Ivo Dinov | University of Michigan

Collaboration Cafe - AI in the Midwest

Looking for collaborators in data science? The MBDH Collaboration Cafe is open!

The Collaboration Cafe is a new monthly webinar open to all that is focused on building a community of data science researchers in the Midwest and beyond to explore funding opportunities and develop proposals. We are focused on elevating early-career scholars, particularly from underresourced institutions, but everyone is welcome, including participants from industry, nonprofits, and government agencies.

The Collaboration Cafe is an informal meeting, but has some structured elements during each session, including a funding opportunity walk-through, lessons learned from prior awardees, researcher lightning talks, small group discussions, and a speed-networking segment.

Seeking Student Volunteers - International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis

The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis will be held November 14–19, 2021 in St. Louis, MO

At SC21, participants and attendees can expect a robust and diverse event, learning from world-leading scientists, engineers, and technologists, and experiencing a rich program of cutting-edge research, live demos, and talks that focus on emerging technologies in artificial intelligence, exascale computing, container software, and more.

Being part of the SC Conference enhances your career. Both undergraduate and graduate students can apply to volunteer at SC21.

3rd International Workshop on Machine Learning for Cyber-Ag Systems

We are pleased to invite you and your team/students to the Third International Workshop on Machine Learning for Cyber-Agricultural Systems (MLCAS 2021). It will be held on November 2nd~4th, 2021 online based on GMT+9(Tokyo, Japan), GMT-5(Ames, U.S.A).  See here for more  information: https://mlcas2021.github.io/

Sponsored by JST-CREST and USDA-NIFA, US NSF CPS, we are hope to bring together a large group of academic and industrial researchers and practitioners at the intersection of machine learning, cyber-physical systems, plant sciences and agriculture for two days of stimulating conversation and cross-pollination of ideas. Apart from plenary talks, we will have contributed research papers and posters, academic and industry panels, and a machine learning based plant phenotyping competition. 

MBDH Regional Community Meeting open for registration!

Please join the 2021 Midwest Big Data Hub 2021 Regional Community Meeting for both student (Grad, Undergrad, Ph.D.),  mentor, and collaboration opportunities.  This meeting will be virtual and free to all.

The MBDH Regional Community Meetings are organized to bring together the broad MBDH stakeholder community and interested new parties to share information on data and data science-related projects, collaborations, tools, practices, and discoveries in the thematic areas of interest in the MBDH region. The meeting is intended to build the community, share successes and opportunities, and also provide engaging content on emergent Big Data applications across the industry-academia-government-nonprofit R&D space.

Register here (free, open to all)

Looking for collaborators in data science? Join a MBDH Collaboration Cafe

Looking for collaborators in data science? The MBDH Collaboration Cafe is open!  Register

The Collaboration Cafe is a new monthly webinar open to all and focused on building a community of data science researchers in the Midwest and beyond and exploring funding opportunities and developing proposals. We are focused on elevating early-career scholars, particularly from under-resourced institutions, but everyone is welcome, including participants from industry, nonprofits, and government agencies.

The Collaboration Cafe is an informal meeting, but has some structured elements during each session, including a funding opportunity walk-through, lessons learned from prior awardees, researcher lightning talks, small group discussions, and a speed-networking segment.

MBDH Collaboration Cafe

Looking for data science collaborators? The MBDH Collaboration Cafe is open!

The ACNN 2021 meeting examines the re-emergence of neuroimaging of brain networks as we exit the pandemic with larger machines, higher resolution data, and larger cohorts on the horizon to address societal challenges from aging, social equality, and infectious diseases. This virtual meeting seeks to foster a collaborative exchange of information, data, and techniques across the midwest, and beyond, to enable us to improve our understanding of brain organization and function and prepare us to solve the challenges of the future.

Register and submit an abstract at go.illinois.edu/ACNN2021. Registration is free but required. Abstracts must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. CDT Monday, Aug. 23. All presentations will be live-streamed with audience interaction.

MBDH Learning Innovation Fellows program – first cohort projects

The Midwest Big Data Innovation Hub Learning Innovation Fellows Program, housed at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, enables teams to form for work toward better understanding of the intersections of the Hub’s “Cyberinfrastructure and Data Sharing” and “Data Science Education and Workforce Development” themes.

Space Ag Conference

Our world food production system is undergoing a dramatic shift towards sustainable food practices and increased food security. Space agriculture, and the technology it creates, could catalyze the development of high-yield crop production that requires less land and less energy, providing farmers with the ability to create more with less. At Space Ag Conference, we're going to discuss what it will take to accelerate innovation and move forward with the Agtech industry. This conference has limited space in-person, but is free for anyone to attend virtually.

2nd Virtual Workshop on Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning

August 9-11, 2021 (virtual)

This workshop will include invited talks on machine learning applications in aquatic sciences, hydrology, atmospheric science, and translational biology. Free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Data in Agriculture VoCamp - June 14-15, 2021

VoCamp is a type of workshop that, historically, has focused on the development of vocabularies used to describe data.  Over the years, however, this focus has shifted as vocabularies have been built, established, and propagated.

Attend this workshop to:

This virtual VoCamp will be held online from June 14-15 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. 

Midwest Big Data Summer School, May 17-20, 2021