News, updates, and perspectives from across the Northeast and beyond.
Guest Post: Kaylen Ko & Emily Rothenberg A recording of this event is available at the Northeast Big Data Hub’s YouTube channel. On April 29th, 2022, the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub (NEBDHub) hosted the eighth National Student Data Corps (NSDC) Data Science Panel. In honor of Community College Month, […]
Guest Post: Kenia Pujols Keywords: Pandemic, virtual reality, health, data science, mandates, government, collaboration, diagnostics, depression, social isolation, learning, COVID-19. A recording of this event is available on the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub’s YouTube Channel and the COVID Information Commons website at covidinfocommons.net. The COVID Information Commons is an […]
Guest post by Dr. Seth Cooper, Northeastern University This Success Story is a report on the results of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub’s 2020 Seed Fund program. The main goal of this project was to integrate location-based images into an augmented reality (AR) citizen science game toolkit by interfacing […]
Guest post by Dr. Hongyu Zhao, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University This Success Story is a report on the results of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub’s 2020 Seed Fund program. The goal of this project was to address the computational and implementation issues by developing a unified and […]
Guest post by Dr. Eli Fenichel, Yale University This Success Story is a report on the results of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub’s 2020 Seed Fund program. The goal of the project was to bring together mathematics, data science, economic epidemiology, and public health, contributing to all fields by […]
Guest post by Dr. Robert Wieder, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School This Success Story is a report on the results of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub’s 2020 Seed Fund program. The goal of the project was to conduct an in-depth large-scale study of the comprehensive 1991-2016 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and […]
Guest Post: Lekha Chunduri A recording of this event is available at the Northeast Big Data Hub’s YouTube channel. In honor of Women’s History Month, the NEBD Hub and the National Student Data Corps (NSDC) launched a month-long program in March 2022 called the Women in STEM campaign. This campaign leveraged […]
Guest Post: Defne Ulusoy A recording of this event is available at the Northeast Big Data Hub’s YouTube channel. On February 18th, 2022, the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub (NEBD Hub) hosted the sixth National Student Data Corps (NSDC) Data Science Career Panel to have panelists discuss their career trajectories and […]
Post Guest: Haleigh Stewart Four NSF-funded researchers convened on Friday, February 4th, 2022 at the COVID-19 Research Webinar Lightning Talk, marking the 17th event of the webinar series. Organized through the COVID Information Commons (CIC), the COVID-19 Research Webinar series fosters collaboration across different disciplines and provides a virtual platform […]
Guest Post: Kenia Pujols Keywords: Pandemic, STEM, structural biology, crystallography, MARCO polo, COVID-ARC, bibliometrics, health, data science, collaboration, archive, COVID-19. A recording of this event is available at the Northeast Big Data Hub’s YouTube Channel and covidinfocommons.net. The COVID Information Commons is a NSF-funded project brought to you by the […]
Guest post by Dr. Kaushallya Adhikari, University of Rhode Island This Success Story is a report on the results of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub’s 2020 Seed Fund program. The goal for the project was to perform functional cortical mapping using tripolar electroencephalography (tEEG) and EEG data with convolutional […]
Guest post by Dr. Ho-Joon Lee, Yale School of Medicine This Success Story is a report on the results of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub’s 2020 Seed Fund program. COVID Information Commons Presentation: A landscape of virus-host protein-protein interactions in SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans by machine learning Our goal […]
Guest post by Dr. Trent Gaugler, Lafayette College This Success Story is a report on the results of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub’s 2020 Seed Fund program. The goals of this Seed Fund project were to introduce students to the fundamentals of data science through socially relevant projects, to […]
Guest post by Dr. Garrett Dash Nelson, Norman B. Leventhal Map and Education Center at Boston Public Library This Success Story is a report on the results of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub’s 2020 Seed Fund program. The primary goal of this Seed Fund project was to create a […]
Guest post by Dr. Yusuf Danisman, Queensborough Community College, City University of New York (CUNY) This Success Story is a report on the results of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub’s 2020 Seed Fund program. The aim of this Seed Fund project was to Improve programming and data science skills […]
Guest post by Dr. Changqing Cheng, Binghamton University, State University of New York This Success Story is a report on the results of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub’s 2020 Seed Fund program. The overarching goal of this Seed Fund project was to develop an integrated platform to integrate nonlinear […]
Guest Post: Saanya Subasinghe A recording of this event is available at the Northeast Big Data Hub’s YouTube channel as well as at covidinfocommons.net. The COVID Information Commons is an NSF-funded project brought to you by the Big Data Innovation Hubs, led by the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub at […]
Every month, the National Student Data Corps answers a question from our community with the help of a data scientist. To submit your data science question to the NSDC, ask our team via this Form or post it in the NSDC Slack‘s #Office-Hours channel. We may feature your query in […]
Guest Post: Macy Moujabber A recording of this event is available at the Northeast Big Data Hub’s YouTube channel. On October 29, 2021, the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub hosted the fifth National Student Data Corps Data Science Career Panel. The talk was co-moderated by Haleigh Stewart, Undergraduate Senior at […]
Guest Post: Isabella Graham Martinez A recording of this event is available at the Northeast Big Data Hub’s YouTube channel as well as at covidinfocommons.net. The COVID Information Commons is an NSF-funded project brought to you by the Big Data Innovation Hubs, led by the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub […]
Guest post: Macy Moujabber, Student Assistant, Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub On September 14, 2021, the 24th session of the Wearables and Medical IoT Interoperability and Intelligence (WAMIII) Virtual Talk Series: Solving Health Tech Challenges Lies with Females: Meet the Women Leading Global Standards Development gathered women leaders in the health […]
New York, NY – October 6, 2021 The Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub announces a new rebranding initiative for the National Student Data Corps (NSDC). Formerly known as the ‘Northeast Student Data Corps’, the NSDC is a community-developed project that teaches data science fundamentals to students across the United States […]
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 […]
Guest post: Brian Buckley, Boston University; Volunteer, Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub On Wednesday, September 22, 2021, six researchers studying a wide range of topics on the global pandemic presented their work as part of the ongoing COVID-19 Research Webinar series organized through the COVID Information Commons (CIC). The COVID […]
Guest post by Dr. Cathie LeBlanc, Plymouth State University This Success Story is a report on the results of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub’s 2020 Seed Fund program. Plymouth State University has a history of active faculty learning communities focused on various aspects of teaching. Our latest learning community, funded […]
Guest post: Esteban Garcia, Data Analyst, Orthus Health; MBA Candidate, Florida International University; Volunteer, Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub On Wednesday, August 11th, Florence Hudson, Executive Director of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub, co-hosted a roundtable on Women in STEM as part of the NSF Includes Virtual Convening. This […]
Guest post: Brian Buckley, Boston University; Volunteer Program Assistant, Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub On Friday, August 20, 2021, four established data scientists shared insights into the data science career world and provided anecdotes from their own experiences. Haleigh Stewart (Project Coordinator, Columbia University), Florence Hudson (Executive Director, Northeast […]
Guest post: Brian Buckley, Boston University; Volunteer, Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub On Wednesday, August 18, 2021, five researchers studying a wide range of topics on the global pandemic presented their work as part of the ongoing COVID-19 Research Webinar series organized through the COVID Information Commons (CIC). The COVID Information Commons is […]
On Friday, July 16th, 2021, five researchers studying a wide range of topics on the global pandemic presented their work as part of the ongoing COVID-19 Research Webinar series organized through the COVID Information Commons (CIC). The COVID Information Commons is an NSF-funded project organized by the Big Data Innovation […]
On June 11th, 2021, over 260 data science enthusiasts gathered for the Northeast Student Data Corps (NSDC)’s third Data Science Career Panel in its Data Science Career Panel Series. The panel once again featured data scientists from a wide range of backgrounds. The panel was the first in the series […]
Guest post by Dr. Mona Sloane, New York University This Success Story is a report on the results of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub’s 2020 Seed Fund program. Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly deployed in the public sector. As these technologies can harm citizens and pose risk to […]
On May 26, 2021, Executive Director of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub Florence Hudson spoke to students participating in Professor Yusuf Danisman’s Data Science Training and Research Program at Queensborough Community College. This program, aimed at enhancing students’ coding and data science skills, is the first of its kind […]
Watch the full webinar here. On Wednesday, June 9, 2021, six researchers studying wide-ranging aspects of the current pandemic came together as a part of the ongoing COVID-19 Research Webinar series organized through the COVID Information Commons, to share their research and insights with our community. This month’s event featured […]
Watch the full webinar here. On Wednesday, May 19 2021, five researchers studying wide-ranging aspects of the current pandemic came together as a part of the ongoing COVID-19 Research Webinar series organized through the COVID Information Commons, to share their research and answer questions from our community. This month’s event […]
After the launch of the Northeast Student Data Corps (NSDC)’s Data Science Career Panel Series, the NSDC hosted a second Data Science Career Panel featuring data scientists from academia, government, industry, and nonprofits. Forough Ghahramani, Northeast Student Data Corps Outreach Co-Leader and Associate Vice President for Edge, one of the […]
Data science has become relevant across all disciplines in areas of STEM from healthcare to environmental studies and cybersecurity, to the humanities and social sciences in areas like criminal justice, ethics, and economics. Now more than ever it is imperative that we work towards developing valuable insights from data science […]
On February 19th, 2021, 280+ students, educators and data science enthusiasts gathered for the Northeast Student Data Corps (NSDC)’s Inaugural Data Science Career Panel, where an esteemed panel of invited speakers shared their experiences and advised the attendees on potential opportunities in Data Science. The session also saw the launch […]
During February’s COVID Information Commons (CIC) webinar, researchers, students, and non-profit leaders gathered to discuss and collaborate on research about COVID. The webinar featured talks from seven scientists from across the nation who shared insights on their NSF-funded research. Speakers included Naomi Senehi from Rice University, Nicola Sochacka from the […]
Guest post by Dr. Sara Stoudt, Lecturer in Statistical and Data Sciences Program, Smith College We’ve all been acutely aware of screens lately; we cannot seem to escape them. As statisticians and data scientists we’re stereotypically buried in our spreadsheets and charts anyway, but who do we exclude when communicating […]
On Wednesday, January 13, 2021, seven scientists from across the nation joined us as part of the ongoing COVID-19 Research Webinar series organized through the COVID Information Commons. During the event, each researcher shared their work, providing new insights regarding the global pandemic and revealed some of the unexpected implications […]
The Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub was highlighted for “Building a Collaborative Community to Drive Data Science Innovation” in the EdgeDiscovery Fall 2020 issue published by Edge, the research and education network community headquartered in New Jersey supporting research connectivity, collaboration and partnerships. Florence Hudson, the Northeast Hub’s executive director, discussed the focus […]
Over 80 people convened for this month’s COVID webinar, as six NSF Rapid Response Research investigators from across the United States shared their research topics and findings regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, and the new COVID Information Commons Student Paper Challenge was announced. This month’s presenters included Foad Hamidi (University of […]
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 […]
This month’s Covid Information Commons (CIC) webinar brought together researchers, students and leaders in nonprofits. The CIC serves as a platform for researchers and scientists to share knowledge and collaborate on research about COVID. This month, the CIC project team announced the launch of a new feature at covidinfocommons.net: the […]
Eight scientists spoke with an enthusiastic community at the second COVID-19 Research Webinar organized by the COVID Information Commons on October 16, 2020. Presenters who shared their latest research findings regarding the current pandemic included Rachel Wu (University of California-Riverside), Sara Rampazzi (University of Michigan), Sarah Bowman (Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research […]
Study to set groundwork to build machine learning models that rapidly analyze how a virus spreads In April when New York City was under a strict lockdown, a team of 16 student researchers from New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering commenced a National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research (RAPID) […]
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Guest post by Catherine Cramer, Founder and Principal, Woods Hole Institute. The Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub supports the work of DS4All and has done so since 2015. While there are several different strands to this work, the focus on data science in K-12 education continues to be prominent. The […]
The CAREERS Cyberteam Program is a 3-year initiative to build a regional pool of Research Computing Facilitators to support researchers at small and midsized institutions…
Guest post by Jerad Bales, Executive Director, CUAHSI The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI) located in Cambridge, MA, has been selected to be the Coordinating Hub for the National Science Foundation’s Critical Zone (CZ) Collaborative Network. The 5-year cooperative agreement became effective September 1, 2020. The […]
Guest post by Emily Clark, Project Manager, CUAHSI The mission of the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI) is to enable interdisciplinary collaboration in the water sciences, provide critical cyberinfrastructure, and promote water science education at all levels. CUAHSI’s services can be especially useful in […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the US food supply network. Supply chains that were very efficient in meeting the needs of restaurants and supermarkets have had a hard time adapting to changing conditions.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the US food supply network. Supply chains that were very efficient in meeting the needs of restaurants and supermarkets have had a hard time adapting to changing conditions.
We tried to understand to what extent people coming from a COVID-19-infected environment interact with the built and natural environment. Specifically, we wanted to understand in three dimensions what people touched, how much they touched, and where they went coming out of hospitals and urgent care facilities at the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Our research examines and compares people’s compliance with these measures over time, across diverse national, cultural, and political contexts. Specifically, it focuses on how different value and belief systems influence (non)compliance with containment measures as the pandemic unfolds.
Understanding the structures of the SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins is essential to understanding its biology, its infectiousness, its transmissibility, and how to develop treatments for it. Our project focuses on enabling the process of structure determination for SARS-CoV-2 proteins.
The role of contaminated surfaces (fomites) in community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has been debated. Our team is sampling high-touch public surfaces during the ongoing pandemic to improve understanding of the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection when the public accesses essential businesses such as grocery stores, pharmacies, and gas stations.
Modeling COVID-19 in the context of optimizing quarantine policy using mobility patterns
We are attempting to apply approaches developed in microbial ecology to understand how a viral pathogen such as SARS-CoV-2 can survive and be transmitted in academic environments.
We are designing a public health solution for contact tracing built around digital ecosystems. Our current focus is on improving privacy, user-experience, effectiveness, and adoption of digital contact tracing. With so many issues at forefront, the challenge to solve the contact tracing puzzle is manifold.
