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NSDC Data Science Flashcards – Data Visualizations #1 – What are the Types of Data Visualization?

This NSDC Data Science Flashcards series will teach you about data visualizations, including scatterplots, histograms, and heat maps. This installment of the NSDC Data Science Flashcards series was created by Varalika Mahajan and Sneha Dahiya. Recordings were done by Aditya Raj, Sneha Dahiya, Lauren Close, and Emily Rothenberg. You can […]

Flashcard Intro Slide: What are the Types of Data Visualization?

NSDC Data Science Flashcards – Time Series #6 – How Do You Evaluate Time Series Models?

This NSDC Data Science Flashcards series will teach you about time series analysis, including data preprocessing, decomposition, plots, and forecasting. This installment of the NSDC Data Science Flashcards series was created by Varalika Mahajan. Recordings were done by Aditya Raj. You can find these videos on the NEBDHub Youtube channel. […]

Flashcard Intro Slide: How do you Evaluate Time Series Models?

Flashcard Intro Slide: What are Time Series Forecasting Methods?

NSDC Data Science Flashcards – Time Series #5 – What are Time Series Forecasting Methods?

This NSDC Data Science Flashcards series will teach you about time series analysis, including data preprocessing, decomposition, plots, and forecasting. This installment of the NSDC Data Science Flashcards series was created by Varalika Mahajan. Recordings were done by Aditya Raj. You can find these videos on the NEBDHub Youtube channel. […]


Flashcard Intro Slide: What is Time Series Decomposition?

NSDC Data Science Flashcards – Time Series #3 – What is Time Series Decomposition?

This NSDC Data Science Flashcards series will teach you about time series analysis, including data preprocessing, decomposition, plots, and forecasting. This installment of the NSDC Data Science Flashcards series was created by Varalika Mahajan. Recordings were done by Aditya Raj. You can find these videos on the NEBDHub Youtube channel. […]


NSDC Data Science Flashcards – Time Series #2 – What is Time Series Data Preprocessing?

This NSDC Data Science Flashcards series will teach you about time series analysis, including data preprocessing, decomposition, plots, and forecasting. This installment of the NSDC Data Science Flashcards series was created by Varalika Mahajan. Recordings were done by Aditya Raj. You can find these videos on the NEBDHub Youtube channel. […]

Flashcard Intro Slide: What is Time Series Data Preprocessing?

Fall 2023 CIC Webinar Recap

The twenty-seventh of the COVID Information Commons (CIC) webinar series took place on October 10, 2023. In this forum, leading COVID-19 scientists presented their current research on the global pandemic.  Event moderators included Florence Hudson, Executive Director of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University and COVID Information Commons Principal Investigator (PI), Lauren […]

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Flashcard Intro Slide: What are the 5 V's of Big Data?

NSDC Data Science Flashcards – Data Science Ethics Card #6 – 5 V’s of Big Data

This NSDC Data Science Flashcards series will teach you about the importance of data ethics. This installment of the NSDC Data Science Flashcards series was created by Florence Hudson and Varalika Mahajan. Recordings were done by Lauren Close, Florence Hudson, and Emily Rothenberg. You can find these videos on the […]


NSDC Data Science Flashcards – Data Science Ethics Card #5 – Algorithmic Fairness

This NSDC Data Science Flashcards series will teach you about the importance of data ethics. This installment of the NSDC Data Science Flashcards series was created by Florence Hudson and Varalika Mahajan. Recordings were done by Lauren Close, Florence Hudson, and Emily Rothenberg. You can find these videos on the […]

Flashcard Intro Slide: What is Algorithmic Fairness?

Flashcard Intro Slide: What are the FAIR Data Principles?

NSDC Data Science Flashcards – Data Science Ethics Card #4 – FAIR Principles Part 2

This NSDC Data Science Flashcards series will teach you about the importance of data ethics. This installment of the NSDC Data Science Flashcards series was created by Florence Hudson and Varalika Mahajan. Recordings were done by Lauren Close, Florence Hudson, and Emily Rothenberg. You can find these videos on the […]


NSDC Data Science Flashcards – Data Science Ethics Card #3 – FAIR Principles Part 1

This NSDC Data Science Flashcards series will teach you about the importance of data ethics. This installment of the NSDC Data Science Flashcards series was created by Florence Hudson and Varalika Mahajan. Recordings were done by Lauren Close, Florence Hudson, and Emily Rothenberg. You can find these videos on the […]

Flashcard Intro Slide: What are the FAIR Data Principles?

Data Science Flashcard Intro Slide: What is Intellectual Property?

NSDC Data Science Flashcards – Data Science Ethics Card #2 – Intellectual Property

This NSDC Data Science Flashcards series will teach you about the importance of data ethics. This installment of the NSDC Data Science Flashcards series was created by Florence Hudson and Varalika Mahajan. Recordings were done by Lauren Close, Florence Hudson, and Emily Rothenberg. You can find these videos on the […]


NSDC Data Science Flashcards – Data Science Ethics Card #1 – Privacy, Transparency, and Consent

This NSDC Data Science Flashcards series will teach you about the importance of data ethics. This installment of the NSDC Data Science Flashcards series was created by Florence Hudson and Varalika Mahajan. Recordings were done by Lauren Close, Florence Hudson, and Emily Rothenberg. You can find these videos on the […]

Flashcard Intro Slide: What is Privacy, Transparency, and Consent?

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Summer 2023 CIC Webinar Recap

The fourteenth session of the COVID Information Commons (CIC) webinar series took place on July 26th, 2023. In this forum, leading COVID-19 scientists presented their current research on the global pandemic.  Event moderators included Florence Hudson, Executive Director of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University and COVID Information Commons Principal Investigator […]


Spring 2023 CIC Webinar Recap

The thirteenth in the series of COVID Information Commons (CIC) webinars which began in 2020 took place on April 24th, 2023. In this forum, leading COVID-19 scientists presented their current research on the global pandemic.  Event moderators included Florence Hudson, Executive Director of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University and COVID […]

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The Covid Information Commons & Columbia University Libraries – using translation & transcription to increase accessibility to NSF-funded research

by Lauren Close, Lylybell Teran, and Esther Jackson, with editorial support from Florence Hudson, Macy Moujabber, Isabella Graham-Martinez, and Jeremiah Mercurio With thanks to Lara Azar, Elia Bregman, Brian Buckley, Cora Lee Cole, Victoria Horrocks, Saanya Subasinghe, Rhyley Vaughan, and Kathryn Pope. As our scholarly communication ecosystem becomes increasingly reliant on digital […]

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January 2023 CIC Webinar Recap

The twelfth in the series of COVID Information Commons (CIC) webinars which began in 2020 took place on January 31st, 2023. In this forum, leading COVID-19 scientists presented their current research on the global pandemic.  Event moderators included Florence Hudson, Executive Director of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University and COVID […]

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Poster for the October 2022 Data Science Career Panel

October 2022 National Student Data Corps Data Science Career Panel

On October 19th, 2022, the National Student Data Corps (NSDC) hosted the first National Hispanic Heritage Month Data Science Panel. Florence Hudson, the Executive Director of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub (NEBDHub), began the event by welcoming the co-moderators, the panelists, and the attendees. The event was co-moderated by Raul Cosio and Isabella Graham Martinez. Raul is a retired IBM Vice President and has received awards from the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation (HENAAC) and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE). Isabella is a full-time student at Columbia University, works part-time at the NEBDHub as a Project Coordinator, and is a National Hispanic Scholar Awardee.


COVID Information Commons: Lightning Talks (July 2022)

The COVID Information Commons (CIC) webinar took place on July 15th, 2022. In this forum, leading COVID-19 scientists presented their current research on the global pandemic.  Event moderators included Florence Hudson, Executive Director of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University and COVID Information Commons Principal Investigator (PI), and Lauren Close, […]

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poster for June 2022 CIC webinar

COVID Information Commons: Lightning Talks (June 2022)

The June 2022 COVID Information Commons (CIC) webinar took place on June 10th, 2022. In this forum, leading COVID-19 scientists funded by NSF presented their current research on the global pandemic.  Event moderators included Florence Hudson, Executive Director of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University and COVID Information Commons Principal […]