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HPC training workshops begin Tuesday, Feb. 13

A series of training workshops in high performance computing will be held Feb. 12 through March 6, 2018, presented by CSCAR in conjunction with Advanced Research Computing – Technology Services (ARC-TS). Introduction to the Linux command Line This course will familiarize the student with the basics of accessing and interacting with Linux computers using the GNU/Linux ...

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U-M students make strong showing at Michigan Datathon

University of Michigan students won first and third places in the Michigan Datathon held Nov. 4, 2017 in the Michigan Union and hosted by Citadel LLC, Correlation One, and the U-M Statistics Department. 1st-place winning team from the University of Michigan: Ruofei (Brad) Zhao, Statistics Ph.D. student Zheng Gao, Statistics Ph.D. student You Wu, Master’s in ...

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MDST kicks off data challenge with NFL’s Baltimore Ravens

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MDST – NFL Free Agency Value Prediction Competition Kick-Off – Nov. 9, 6pm

In this competition, student teams at the University of Michigan will use historical free agent data to predict the value of new contracts signed in the 2018 free agency period. These predictions will be evaluated against the actual contracts as they are signed. This competition is organized by the Michigan Data Science Team (MDST), in ...

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Reading and discussion group:  Data science in understanding and addressing climate change 

CSCAR announces a reading and discussion group Data science in understanding and addressing climate change that will meet on the third or fourth (depending on the preferences of participants) Friday of every month between 3 and 5 pm. We will discuss reports and significant papers that illuminate fundamental issues in climate change science, policy, and management. The suggested format at this ...

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Info session: Consulting and computing resources for data science — Nov. 8

Advanced Research Computing at U-M (ARC) will host an information session for graduate students in all disciplines who are interested in new computing and data science resources and services available to U-M researchers. Brief presentations from members of ARC Technology Services (ARC-TS) on computing infrastructure, and from Consulting for Statistics, Computing, and Analytics Research (CSCAR) ...

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View video from the 2017 MIDAS symposium

Video of the 2017 Michigan Institute for Data Science symposium held Oc.t 11, 2017 in Ann Arbor are available for viewing on YouTube. Video from all speakers except Cathy O’Neil can be viewed. The winning posters in the Student Poster Competition can also be seen on the symposium website.

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Winning posters from 3rd Annual MIDAS Symposium

More than 50 students took part in the Student Poster Competition during the 3rd Annual MIDAS Symposium. The winning entries can be viewed at http://midas.umich.edu/2017-symposium/winning-posters/

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Mini-course: Introduction to Python — Sept. 11-14

Asst. Prof. Emanuel Gull, Physics, is offering a mini-course introducing the Python programming language in a four-lecture series. Beginners without any programming experience as well as programmers who usually use other languages (C, C++, Fortran, Java, …) are encouraged to come; no prior knowledge of programming languages is required! For the first two lectures we will mostly follow the ...