Written by: Sumedh Datar A recording of this event is available at the Northeast Big Data Hub’s YouTube channel. On January 13th, 2023, the National Student Data Corps (NSDC) hosted its 11th Data Science Panel, designed to showcase the various educational and professional opportunities in the field of data science. […]
WIT Virtual Voices, a series of webinars hosted by the World Information Transfer focusing on the SDGs to promote science-based news on health and environment. This online webinar from NEBDHub Executive Director, Florence Hudson, touches on the role of data science in developing advanced technologies.
New York, NY – October 5, 2021 The COVID Information Commons (CIC) project, a program led by the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub in the Data Science Institute at Columbia University, in collaboration with the Midwest Big Data Innovation Hub, the South Big Innovation Data Hub, and the West Big […]
On October 13, 2020, Executive Director Florence Hudson spoke at the Careers in Science program at Iona College. She discussed leveraging data to identify new insights that can help members of society make better decisions, as well as her own career trajectory in science. Representing the current strides and efforts […]
Following the announcement of our new strategic plan on June 1st, our leadership team and collaborators have been hard at work turning strategy into practice. As operations manager and head of communications at the Northeast Hub, I always want to ensure their ingenuity is fully reflected and celebrated on our […]
The Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub is excited to announce Florence Hudson as our new Executive Director. Florence has been engaged with the Northeast Hub since its founding – as a Steering Committee member, special advisor for Next Generation Internet, and a member of the Northeast and All Hubs Strategic Working Groups. As an aerospace and […]
Dear Northeast Hub Community, I hope that you are all doing well, despite our world being turned upside down by COVID-19, and that you and yours are healthy. I’m writing to let you know that I am stepping down as Executive Director of the Northeast Big Data Hub on April 16th. […]
The Hub Builds Data Science Partnerships to Address Societal Challenges The Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub has been awarded a four year, $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue its work in building cross-sector data science partnerships that address societal challenges, spur economic development, and accelerate […]
In just three years, the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub has gone from an idea about igniting new big data partnerships to a rapidly growing network that has collaborated with 250+ academic, industry, government and non-profit organizations on data-driven initiatives. This would not be possible without our thriving community – […]
We’re very pleased to announce today that Jeannette M. Wing will become the Principal Investigator of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub. Dr. Wing is the Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute at Columbia University, where she oversees the Institute’s research, educational, and innovation programs. Wing, who is also […]
As part of our mission to address high-priority challenges with data-driven solutions, the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub put out a call for workshop proposals this spring. We sought to support community-driven workshops that are designed to plan and develop Big Data projects, and are delighted to announce our first […]
We live in the age of the data deluge, with research group IDC forecasting that humankind will create and replicate 163 zettabytes of data by the year 2025. For perspective, only about 2.7 zettabytes were created and replicated globally in 2012. How might we most effectively manage our abundant data […]
Did you participate in our 2018 Summit? Share your thoughts with us here on what you liked, and what you’d like to see in future. Thank you to everyone who made our 2018 Annual Summit a success! Every year, we bring our growing community together for a day of […]
Winning Schemes for Predicting Student Interest in Science UMass Amherst, WPI, Penn announce winners of Northeast big data competition AMHERST, Mass. – After a year-long, global data-mining competition, organizers today awarded the top three winning teams from Hong Kong, Japan and Michigan at the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Northeast Big […]
Over on the Microsoft Azure Blog, Vani Mandava (Director, Data Science Research, Microsoft Research) highlights Microsoft’s partnership with NSF-funded big data initiatives including the Big Data Hubs. Microsoft has committed $6 million in cloud credits to support data science innovation across these programs, including the Northeast Big Data Hub’s Health Spoke […]
“A Major Milestone for the Data Economy” Click here for the press release from NTIS The four Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs have been selected by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce to enter into a Joint Venture Partnership. Once finalized, this […]
Over the coming months, the Northeast Big Data Hub will be visiting stakeholders throughout our region, building relationships face-to-face. Our goals on these trips are to:
