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The UBC Data Science Institute is a Faculty of Science initiative designed to incubate and accelerate research, innovation and training in data-intensive science. Working across the university’s data science community and advanced computing teams, DSI equips researchers and external partners with the approaches, tools and expertise they need to fully leverage the potential of big data.

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EVENTS AND NEWS

Using machine learning models for understanding the role of the non-coding genome in brain development and autism

June 11, 2019 | Drs. Mostafavi and Goldowitz were awarded DSI matching funds for their project applying machine learning to better understand neurodevelopmental disorders.

DSI Seminar: Dr. Yuval Shahar

May 7, 2019 | Dr. Yuval Shahar to speak at UBC on machine learning for supporting clinical decision-support systems on May 27, 2019.

Quantifying Individual Differences from Complex Datasets in Developmental Psychology

April 23, 2019 | Postdoctoral matching funds were awarded to a team of researcher (Odic, Conati, and Wu) for their work in extracting insights from heterogeneous data sets to better understand early childhood development.

Northwest Data Science Summit

April 18, 2019 | List of speakers and talks for Inaugural NW Data Science Summit to be held in Seattle on May 7-8 is now available. Register today!

Machine Learning for Precision Public Health

April 11, 2019 | Next machine learning workshop hosted by BCCDC on April 16, 2019.

DSI members awarded Canada-CIFAR AI Chairs

April 8, 2019 | Drs. Mark Schmidt and Leonid Sigal were appointed as chairs in the expanding Canada-CIFAR AI Chairs Program. They join DSI member Sara Mostafavi who was appointed previously.

Viz@UBC Kickoff

January 30, 2019 | Viz@UBC kickoff featuring series of data visualization talks from Feb -- April 2019.

CAIDA & DSI Seminar on AI

AI talk by historian George Dyson on March 7, 2019.