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October 2021
Research Data Management Workshop 4: Understanding FAIR Data Principles
Research Data Management Workshop #4: Understanding FAIR Data Principles Workshop Summary: Participants will be introduced to FAIR Data Principles, examples, and develop FAIR data competencies-. FAIR data is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. The FAIR term developed from the Data FAIRport initiative resulting from a Lorentz Workshop in Leiden, Netherlands in 2014. In 2018, the NIH NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substance Research and Training Program (SRP) P42 (RFA-ES-18-002) solicitation required a new Data Management and Analysis Core (DMAC) to support NIH…
Find out more »HiPerGator: The Road to Productive Computing
UF is back to being fully opened. Now is a great time to get your data questions answered. This is the best time to discover the incredible computing resources that Research Computing has to offer. Are you swamped by your Big Data? Are you lost in AI? Looking for answers to your computing questions? Byte back with HiPerGator AI! the most powerful university-owned supercomputer in the nation. Ying Zhang and her team with the University of Florida Information Technology will…
Find out more »AI Advances and Applications Virtual Seminar Series – AI Research Catalyst Fund Awardees
New AI Advances and Applications Virtual Seminar Series starting Fall 2021: AI Research Catalyst Fund Awardees Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the next horizon in computational-enabled science and technologies. Efforts to develop and apply robust AI are ongoing across almost all fields of study. Among other benefits, AI promises to revolutionize healthcare, security, transportation, education, manufacturing and the overall human experience. Algorithmic advances in machine learning (ML) along with increased computing power and the advent of “big data” have set AI…
Find out more »AI Research Catalyst Fund Awardees Virtual Seminar Series – Dr. Ray Huffaker
AI Research Catalyst Fund Awardees Virtual Seminar Series "Symbiosis of machine learning, nonlinear time series analysis, and novel supercomputing to reconstruct soil-biome nonlinear dynamics from field and remote-sensing large data" by Dr. Ray Huffaker Professor in Agricultural and Biological Engineering, IFAS Wednesday, October 27, 2021 ABSTRACT: Many important components of biophysical systems are inherently non-linear and often appear to behave erratically. As a result, they are notoriously difficult to characterize and predict. One such system is the soil, which mediates…
Find out more »November 2021
AI Research Catalyst Fund Awardees Virtual Seminar Series – Salil Bavdekar
AI Research Catalyst Fund Awardees Virtual Seminar Series "AI-Assisted Accelerated Discovery of Novel Materials for High-Strain-Rate Applications" by Dr. Salil Bavdekar Postdoctoral Research Associate, Laboratory for Dynamic Response of Advanced Materials (LDRAM) PI: Dr. Ghatu Su Wednesday, November 3, 2021 ABSTRACT: Exploring and understanding the processing-structure-property-performance (PSPP) relationships is the backbone of material science research. Significant time and money have been spent by the international materials community to identify structural modifications or alternatives for an improved structural ceramic for dynamic…
Find out more »Research Data Management Workshop 5: Funder Data Management Policies
Research Data Management Workshop #5: Funder Data Management Policies Workshop Summary: Development of a university-wide research data management (RDM) policy requires RDM conversations and collaborations between key campus stakeholders. Participants will gain an awareness of the developments of university-wide research data management policy efforts at UF that started in 2018 resulting in a draft in 2019 with efforts resuming in 2021. Participants will understand the key stakeholders in RDM policy development while developing RDM policy development knowledge relevant to their…
Find out more »AI Research Catalyst Fund Awardees Virtual Seminar Series – Dr. Huan Chen
AI Research Catalyst Fund Awardees Virtual Seminar Series "Fairness in Information Access through Culturally Competent AI Systems" by Dr. Huan Chen Associate Professor in Department of Advertising Wednesday, November 10, 2021 ABSTRACT: Organizations and public agencies often disseminate information uniformly at scale without any cultural considerations, leading to unfairness in information access for certain social groups due to their inherent, unique cultural backgrounds. By integrating machine learning and social science theories to address bias and inequality with both technical solutions…
Find out more »AI Research Catalyst Fund Awardees Virtual Seminar Series – Dr. Emre Tepe
AI Research Catalyst Fund Awardees Virtual Seminar Series "Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Land-Use Changes Using Big Data" by Dr. Emre Tepe Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning Wednesday, November 17, 2021 ABSTRACT: Understanding human activities forming present and past land use patterns is essential to predict future land developments. Extractions of complex relationships involved in land developments are challenging. In this research project, computationally feasible methodological approaches will be developed using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning methods…
Find out more »Research Data Management Workshop 6: Data Storage
Research Data Management Workshop #6: Data Storage Workshop Summary: Many funders expect researchers to develop approaches and resources for data management and stewardship (which also includes data storage and retention of an array of data types). Responsible conduct for research data management include addressing (1) provenance, (2) recordkeeping, (3) organization of data, (4) storage of data, (5) reporting of research data and results, (6) sharing and access, (7) institutional policies, and (8) data management standard operating procedures. The workshop will…
Find out more »January 2022
Statistics Annual Winter Workshop 2022: Algorithm Fairness and Bias in AI
The Department of Statistic's Annual Winter Workshop will take place on January 14-15, 2022 (Friday-Saturday), 8:00AM-5:00PM, in the J. Wayne Reitz Union at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. This year's title is: "Algorithm Fairness and Bias in AI" Abstract: It is an exciting time for AI at the University of Florida. The University of Florida is making artificial intelligence the centerpiece of a major, long-term initiative that is combining world-class research infrastructure, cutting-edge research, and a transformational approach…
Find out more »February 2022
AI Research Catalyst Fund Awardees Virtual Seminar Series – Dr. Hassan Azad
AI Research Catalyst Fund Awardees Virtual Seminar Series "Application of Machine Learning in the Prediction and Modeling of Environmental Noise" by Dr. Hassan Azad Assistant Professor in School of Architecture, Director at EAAR Lab Wednesday, October 20, 2021 SPRING 2022 ABSTRACT: Environmental noise is a critical pollutant directly associated with health and work-related problems such as hearing loss, children’s cognition problems, and reduced work productivity. Estimation methods have been used to calculate and model environmental noise since around 40 years ago.…
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