Data Visualization Course
Posted by John Baez
Are you a student interested in data analysis and sustainability? Or maybe you know some students interested in these things?
Then check this out: my former student Nina Otter, who now teaches at UCLA and Leipzig, is offering a short course on how to analyze and present data using modern methods like topological data analysis — with sustainable fishing as an example!
Students who apply before June 15 have a chance to learn a lot of cool stuff and get paid for it!
In fact Nina has started a new institute, the DeMoS Institute. Here is the basic idea:
The institute carries out research on topics related to anti-democratic tendencies in our society, as well as on meta-scientific questions on how to make the scientific system more democratic. We believe that research must be done in the presence of those who bear their consequences. Therefore, we perform our research while at the same time implementing directly practices that promote inclusivity, interdisciplinarity, and in active engagement with society at large.
But here’s more about the course….
Call for Applications
We are advertising the following bootcamp, which will take place remotely on 22-25 June 2021.
If you are interested in participating, please apply here:
https://forms.gle/CowQEnKxjXgf4pha8
FishEthoBase data visualisation bootcamp: this is a 4-day bootcamp, organised by the DeMoS Institute, whose aim is to study ways to visualise scores and criteria from a fish ethology database. The database (http://fishethobase.net/) is an initiative led by the non-profits fair-fish international and FishEthoGroup. The database is publicly accessible, it stores all currently available ethological knowledge on fish, with a specific focus on species farmed in aquacultures, with the goal of improving the welfare of fish.
The bootcamp will take place virtually on 22-25 June 2021, and will involve a maximum of eight students selected through an open call during the first half of June. The students will be guided by researchers in statistics and topological data analysis. During the first day of the bootcamp there will be talks given by researchers from FishEthoBase, as well as from the mentors. The next three days will be devoted to focused work in groups, with each day starting and ending with short presentations given by students about the progress of their work; after the presentations there will also be time for feedback and discussions from FishEthoBase researchers, and the mentors. Towards the end of August there will be a 2-hour follow-up meeting to discuss the implementation of the results from the bootcamp.
Target audience: we encourage applications from advanced undergraduate, master, and PhD students from a variety of backgrounds, including, but not limited to, computer science, mathematics, statistics, data analysis, computational biology, maritime sciences, and zoology.
Inclusivity: we encourage especially students from underrepresented groups to apply to this bootcamp.
Remuneration: The students who will be selected to participate in the bootcamp will be remunerated with a salary of 1400 euros.
When: 22-25 June 2021, approximately 11-18 CET each day
Where: remotely, on Zoom
DeMoS
“anti-democratic tendencies”
Does this include woke technocrats using network theory to break up populist movements?