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Paving a path to careers in biostatistics and data science: summer … – USC News
When Kimberly Siegmund, PhD, co-founded the Los Angeles Biostatistics and Data Science Summer Training Program (LAs BeST) in 2019, the six-week program was the first of its kind in Southern California. Four years later, the program has survived the pandemic, and is thriving under the leadership of Siegmund and Juan Pablo Lewinger, PhD, both faculty in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at Keck School of Medicine of USC
The AUC Data Science Initiative Partners With Mastercard To Further Drive Impact Through Data Science – Yahoo Finance
Through a $6.5M grant, Mastercard will support the expansion of data science education and research efforts across the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Mastering the Data Universe: Key Steps to a Thriving Data Science … – KDnuggets
To develop a successful career in data science, you need to strengthen what I consider to be the six main pillars of the area: technical skills, building a portfolio, networking, soft skills, and finally developing a niche specialty. Once you have all that, you also need to perform well at the interview stage
What Impact Will Ethical AI Have on the Future of Data Science? – insideBIGDATA
As people continue exploring ways to use artificial intelligence (AI) in modern society, theres an increasing concern about ensuring all the current, potential and future applications operate ethically. Many professionals have devoted themselves to furthering ethical AI principles by developing guidelines, best practices and other resources for the industry at large to use
Divisions and Offices – NCBI
We have 11 divisions and offices whose work spans the spectrum of translational science.
Why is COVID-19 more severe in some people? Researchers use … – University of Toronto
Why do some people have a more severe course of COVID-19 disease than others? A genome sequence database created by an international collaboration of researchers, including many from the University of Toronto and partner hospitals,may hold the answers to this question and many more. The origins of the Canadian COVID-19 Human Host Genome Sequencing Databank, known asCGEn HostSeq, can be traced to the earliest days of the pandemic.
Dr. Tara Schwetz named NIH Deputy Director for Program … – National Institutes of Health (.gov)
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Tara A. Schwetz, Ph.D., as NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives and the Director of the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI) in the NIH Office of the Director. She will remain in her current role as Acting NIH Principal Deputy Director, a position she has held since December 2021, until a new NIH Director is confirmed by the U.S
Making Moves To Develop Tech Talent – Business Facilities Magazine
By the BF StaffFrom theSeptember / October 2023 Issue The Data Science and Literacy Act is proposed legislation to increase access to data science education, reduce course equity gaps for all students, and help build Americas 21st century STEM workforce. The bill was introduced in February 2023 by Reps. Haley Stevens, D-Mich.; Don Beyer, D-Va.; Young Kim, R-Calif.; and Jim Baird, R-Ind.
P&G’s AI Factory Scaling Data Science Innovations – Consumer Goods Technology
Consumer goods company Procter & Gamble (P&G) is placing big bets on artificial intelligence, looking to scale the technology across enterprise-wide efforts like product and package innovation, media planning and buying, distribution and retail activities, manufacturing, and back-office operations. Vittorio Cretella, CIO at P&G, said the company is focused on becoming an AI-first business, sharing strategies at the recent Gartner for IT Symposium and highlighting key takeaways on LinkedIn.
GSMI – Professor in Data Science job with MOHAMMED VI … – Times Higher Education
About Mohammed VI polytechnic University (UM6P) Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) is an internationally oriented institution of higher learning, that is committed to an educational system based on the highest standards of teaching and research in fields related to the sustainable economic development of Morocco and Africa. UM6P is an institution oriented towards applied research and innovation