Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS)

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🌟 BIDS in 2025: Making geospatial data analysis and exploration free, open source, & accessible to everyone

@geojupyter.bsky.social led by the teams at BIDS, @schmidtdse.bsky.social, @quantstack.bsky.social, @2i2c.org and @developmentseed.org

➡️ Hackathon highlights - geojupyter.org/blog/2025090...

Join us tomorrow, Dec 4 @ 10am PST!
register now -> events.berkeley.edu/BIDS/event/3...

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🌟 BIDS in 2025: Welcoming a new executive director

In January, Kirstie Whitaker (@kirstiejane.bsky.social) joined BIDS as executive director. Her leadership has brought a wave of excitement to the BIDS community!

➡️ Hear more from Kirstie in an early interview with CDSS: bit.ly/4pNSSpL

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🌟 BIDS in 2025
Fast and effective connections: the NetworkX developers’ retreat in February 2025

➡️ Check out the write up to understand more about how this open source Python package is enabling AI innovation around the world: bids.berkeley.edu/news/fast-an...

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NEXT THURS, Dec 4 @ 10am PST -> Meet us on Zoom to get highlights from the @scientific-python.org Developer Summit as part of our OSPO Monthly Knowledge Exchange! 💡🚀

With guests @bsipocz.bsky.social @mriduls.com - Register here:
events.berkeley.edu/BIDS/event/3...

#UCOSPO #OpenSource #OpenScience

Join us this Thursday!

Meet Monica Bobra (CA Office of Data & Innovation) - Help shape the future of open source at UC Berkeley at a fireside chat, a Q&A session, and community gathering time 🍿🥤
bit.ly/3JvD8II

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A UC Berkeley (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) study led by Professor David Harding finds that how applicants explain their past crimes can affect hiring decisions. Those who took responsibility and showed change were most likely to be hired.

Read more – https://bit.ly/4nVVsc7
#Sociology #Research

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Register to attend in person or online at the AI Futures Lab:
bit.ly/3JvD8II

#UCOSPO #OpenSource #OpenScience

📣 OSPO Meetup on Thurs, Nov 20 @ 3:30pm PT -> An open approach to data science at the State of California

Meet Monica Bobra (CA Office of Data & Innovation) - Help shape the future of open source at UC Berkeley at a fireside chat, a Q&A session, and community gathering time! 🍿🥤

Join BIDS and @kirstiejane.bsky.social in one hour at 10am PT!
events.berkeley.edu/BIDS/event/3...

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So much activity at #JupyterCon 2025 -> tutorials 🧠, meetups 🤝, talks 🎤! Thankfully, Silas Santini captured some highlights and shared some valuable resources!

Read "Themes of Day 1, JupyterCon 2025: Collaboration and Modularity" for details:
bids.berkeley.edu/news/themes-...

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Thurs, Nov 6 @ 10am PST -> Meet us on Zoom for a live report from #JupyterCon 2025 as part of our OSPO Monthly Knowledge Exchange! 💡🚀

events.berkeley.edu/BIDS/event/3...

@jupyter.org #UCOSPO #OpenSource #OpenScience

We are thrilled, too! Read about BIDS partnership with @2i2c.org in this article from UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS) 🌟

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Join us THIS FRIDAY for the second lecture in our Cultural Analytics Talk Series, co-sponsored by @berkeleyischool.bsky.social !

@mellymeldubs.bsky.social will present "AI Fiction in the Wild"

📅 Oct. 24, 12:15 - 1:30 pm
📍 210 South Hall, Online

www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/2025/...

Tim Tangherlini, BIDS Associate Faculty Director, quoted in this report about conspiracies and where we get our information.

Excited to be working with Rosio Reyes, Martha Cryan, @jgrout.bsky.social , and Konstantin Taletskiy on this workshop! 🥰 we joined forces for one mega-tutorial, which isn't reflected in the post below.

Hope to see you there!

Looking forward to chatting with @choldgraf.com and Yuvi about @2i2c.org next week!
bit.ly/3WopycK

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Hear about 2i2c’s origins at #UCBerkeley, how they provide services for research communities around the world, and our shared efforts to contribute upstream to open source projects including #JupyterHub and Jupyter Book.

Register to attend in person or join us online: bit.ly/3WopycK

#UCOSPO

📣 Thurs, Oct 16 @ 3:30pm PT -> Launching the BIDS membership of @2i2c.org !

With special guests @choldgraf.com and Yuvi from 2i2c - Help shape the future of open source at UC Berkeley at a fireside chat, a Q&A session, and community gathering time with snacks and drinks! 🍿🥤

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📣 TOMORROW - Oct 2 @ 10am PT -> Let’s talk about UX design at the Knowledge Exchange with 3 @superbloom.design team members: Philliph Drummond, @erioldoesdesign.bsky.social , & Anh Lê

No design experience required – just an interest in the topic!

Register to receive a Zoom link: bit.ly/4gDQvm2

Join us THIS FRIDAY for the first lecture in our Cultural Analytics Talk Series, co-sponsored w/ @ucbids.bsky.social!

Prof. Manvir Singh will talk about projects that investigate global patterns in music and storytelling.

📅 Oct. 3, 12:15 - 1:30 pm
📍 210 South Hall, Online

https://bit.ly/3VKQjb7

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📣 Thurs, Oct 2 @ 10am PT -> Let’s talk about UX design at our Knowledge Exchange!

We will be joined by Anh Lê of @superbloom.design, an org committed to changing who technology serves. No design experience required – just an interest in the topic!

Register to receive a Zoom link: bit.ly/4gDQvm2

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Thank you so much @davonnorris.bsky.social for the time you spent with the CRELS & CSS fellows and us yesterday, answering our questions and sharing your experiences. .. and then a full house at the Social Science Matrix for your talk.

A memorable experience, including the earthquake❗ 🫨

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We had a great time at the first Berkeley OSPO meetup yesterday! Jarrod Millman and @kirstiejane.bsky.social discussed what the OSPO can do for the #opensource community now, a time when #openscience is more important than ever.

Join us at upcoming OSPO + BIDS events: events.berkeley.edu/BIDS

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📣 Next week on Thursday, September 18 @ 3:30pm -> What can your #OSPO do for you?

Help shape the future of #OpenSource at #UCBerkeley at a fireside chat, a Q&A session, and community gathering time with snacks and drinks! 🍿🥤

events.berkeley.edu/BIDS/event/3...

#UCOSPO #collaboration #OpenScience

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Join #STRUDEL on October 23 for a workshop designed to help you rapidly build a high-quality scientific web app!

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#ScientificWebApp #VSCode #React #prototype #OpenSource #UX

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We’re still buzzing from our #GeoJupyter Hackathon experience - here’s why... Results from working side by side and a focus on the needs of the community! 🌍 🤝

Thanks, @mfisher87.bsky.social and @schmidtdse.bsky.social!

bit.ly/3JLLlYR
#JupyterGIS #OpenSource #Geospatial @geojupyter.bsky.social

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Earlier this year, Nicole Starosielski presented her research on the physical installations that support Internet traffic -- this took us to new places and gave us a lot to think about! 🌍 🌊

bids.berkeley.edu/news/nicole-...

#SubseaNetwork #CableLandingStation #InternetTraffic

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Hear from Kyle and Tyler!
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#SummerInternship