eScience Institute
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We are the hub for data science and AI research collaboration at the University of Washington.
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Attention UW researchers! Need data science and AI resources to take your research to the next level? Hit up our weekly office hours. Learn more at escience.uw.edu/oh
January 16, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Attention UW researchers! Need data science and AI resources to take your research to the next level? Hit up our weekly office hours. Learn more at escience.uw.edu/oh
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We ♥️ our collaborators at @uwescience.bsky.social! Thank you for @schmidtsciences.bsky.social for supporting the partnership. Thanks to them, the calbioscape.org tool is lightening fast and primed for impact 🙌 escience.washington.edu/ca-biositing...
CA Biositing Tool: Leveraging High-Resolution Data – eScience Institute
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December 19, 2025 at 6:18 AM
We ♥️ our collaborators at @uwescience.bsky.social! Thank you for @schmidtsciences.bsky.social for supporting the partnership. Thanks to them, the calbioscape.org tool is lightening fast and primed for impact 🙌 escience.washington.edu/ca-biositing...
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Interested in doing exploratory analytics interactively on data sets that exceed your workstation’s capacity? Learn about Arkouda, and how it compares to Pandas, Dask, and Spark, in this talk and demo given at the @uwescience.bsky.social Data Science Seminar:
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UW Data Science Seminar: Brad Chamberlain
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December 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Interested in doing exploratory analytics interactively on data sets that exceed your workstation’s capacity? Learn about Arkouda, and how it compares to Pandas, Dask, and Spark, in this talk and demo given at the @uwescience.bsky.social Data Science Seminar:
www.youtube.com/watch?si=c_o...
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Applications for the eScience Winter School are due Wednesday, February 4th. This introductory program is for researchers from domains such as health, social sciences, and business interested in developing basic skills and knowledge of data science tools.
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Winter School: Data Science Tools – eScience Institute
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December 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Applications for the eScience Winter School are due Wednesday, February 4th. This introductory program is for researchers from domains such as health, social sciences, and business interested in developing basic skills and knowledge of data science tools.
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@schmidtsciences.bsky.social awarded us access to scientific computing support from @uwescience.bsky.social & it has been a game changer. calbioscape.org is fast & allows for high-res feedstock filtering by composition and seasonality. Thank you, team! 🙌 escience.washington.edu/ca-biositing...
CA Biositing Tool: Leveraging High-Resolution Data – eScience Institute
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December 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
@schmidtsciences.bsky.social awarded us access to scientific computing support from @uwescience.bsky.social & it has been a game changer. calbioscape.org is fast & allows for high-res feedstock filtering by composition and seasonality. Thank you, team! 🙌 escience.washington.edu/ca-biositing...
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Neel Gupta (@neel2112.bsky.social) just gave a great talk about BookTok and romance fiction, drawing on large-scale TikTok data.
This research is based on work with @uwescience.bsky.social and Spencer Wood through the Data Science & AI Accelerator. Stay tuned for more soon!
This research is based on work with @uwescience.bsky.social and Spencer Wood through the Data Science & AI Accelerator. Stay tuned for more soon!
October 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Neel Gupta (@neel2112.bsky.social) just gave a great talk about BookTok and romance fiction, drawing on large-scale TikTok data.
This research is based on work with @uwescience.bsky.social and Spencer Wood through the Data Science & AI Accelerator. Stay tuned for more soon!
This research is based on work with @uwescience.bsky.social and Spencer Wood through the Data Science & AI Accelerator. Stay tuned for more soon!
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Join us for the #NeuroHackademy Neuroimaging and Data Science networking event at this year's @sfn.org meeting. Tues. Nov. 18th from 7–9pm at the Marriott Marquis, Grand Ballroom 4. The event is free; food and drink will be available for purchase from the hotel.
October 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Join us for the #NeuroHackademy Neuroimaging and Data Science networking event at this year's @sfn.org meeting. Tues. Nov. 18th from 7–9pm at the Marriott Marquis, Grand Ballroom 4. The event is free; food and drink will be available for purchase from the hotel.
Curious about how AI is changing the way we do research? Join our Scientific Software Engineering Center on October 29th at 6:00 pm this #SeattleAIWeek for a community-driven event and panel on building better tools for AI in research.
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Agentic AI for Research Workflows – eScience Institute
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October 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Curious about how AI is changing the way we do research? Join our Scientific Software Engineering Center on October 29th at 6:00 pm this #SeattleAIWeek for a community-driven event and panel on building better tools for AI in research.
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Head to IEB G109 tomorrow to hear Elle O'Brien's seminar titled "The Future of Scientific Code in the Era of Generative AI"
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UW Data Science Seminar: Elle O’Brien – eScience Institute
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October 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Head to IEB G109 tomorrow to hear Elle O'Brien's seminar titled "The Future of Scientific Code in the Era of Generative AI"
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Join us for a 6 session tutorial series on deep learning for images that will demonstrate how to build neural networks capable of addressing common computer vision tasks such as classifying patterns in images, detecting objects, etc. escience.washington.edu/events/pixel...
Pixel Proficiency: Practical Deep Learning for Images – eScience Institute
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October 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Join us for a 6 session tutorial series on deep learning for images that will demonstrate how to build neural networks capable of addressing common computer vision tasks such as classifying patterns in images, detecting objects, etc. escience.washington.edu/events/pixel...
Hey University of Washington researchers! Come check out our fall office hour offerings. Head to escience.uw.edu/oh to learn more.
October 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hey University of Washington researchers! Come check out our fall office hour offerings. Head to escience.uw.edu/oh to learn more.
Hey UW research community, come check out Tillicum - a GPU-accelerated computing platform designed to support cutting-edge research in AI, machine learning, data science, and scientific simulation. Join us and UW IT for the official launch event here:
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Tillicum Cluster Launch – eScience Institute
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September 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Hey UW research community, come check out Tillicum - a GPU-accelerated computing platform designed to support cutting-edge research in AI, machine learning, data science, and scientific simulation. Join us and UW IT for the official launch event here:
escience.washington.edu/events/tilli...
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In the first part of this video series exploring how UW researchers our cloud computing resources, we meet with the Denolle Quake Lab to learn about their NSF supported project on a global seismic activity database.
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A Global Database of Seismic Phases: How the Denolle Quake Lab uses Cloud Computing Resources @ UW
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August 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In the first part of this video series exploring how UW researchers our cloud computing resources, we meet with the Denolle Quake Lab to learn about their NSF supported project on a global seismic activity database.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Gt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Gt...
New pub alert 📖
Our very own @arokem.org co-authored "A software ecosystem for brain tractometry processing, analysis, and insight" for PLoS Computational Biology.
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Our very own @arokem.org co-authored "A software ecosystem for brain tractometry processing, analysis, and insight" for PLoS Computational Biology.
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A software ecosystem for brain tractometry processing, analysis, and insight
Author summary The human brain is a highly inter-connected system. Information about the environment and about internal states is effectively distributed and integrated through neural pathways that ra...
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August 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
New pub alert 📖
Our very own @arokem.org co-authored "A software ecosystem for brain tractometry processing, analysis, and insight" for PLoS Computational Biology.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Our very own @arokem.org co-authored "A software ecosystem for brain tractometry processing, analysis, and insight" for PLoS Computational Biology.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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#UWAllen’s @edlazowska.bsky.social has been a fixture on the WA innovation scene longer than Microsoft. After nearly half a century as UW educator, researcher & local tech champion, he’s logging off from official duties—but not shutting it down just yet. #UWserves www.geekwire.com/2025/after-4...
After 48 years at UW, Ed Lazowska reflects on computer science, education, AI, and what’s next
After nearly a half-century at the University of Washington, Ed Lazowska reflects on his career, the future of AI and computer science education, and his plans beyond retirement.
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August 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
#UWAllen’s @edlazowska.bsky.social has been a fixture on the WA innovation scene longer than Microsoft. After nearly half a century as UW educator, researcher & local tech champion, he’s logging off from official duties—but not shutting it down just yet. #UWserves www.geekwire.com/2025/after-4...
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NeuroHackademy 2025 started today! Our 10th summer school/hackathon in neuroimaging and data science @uwescience.bsky.social, the 8th supported by NIH/NIMH. You can follow along, with videos of lectures in this YouTube playlist, posted almost as soon as they happen: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
NeuroHackademy 2025 - YouTube
Neurohackademy is a summer school in neuroimaging and data science, held at the University of Washington eScience Institute. This year’s course will be held ...
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July 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
NeuroHackademy 2025 started today! Our 10th summer school/hackathon in neuroimaging and data science @uwescience.bsky.social, the 8th supported by NIH/NIMH. You can follow along, with videos of lectures in this YouTube playlist, posted almost as soon as they happen: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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The @uwescience.bsky.social has an ethnographer to study our data scientists and their rituals
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Staff Spotlight: Anissa Tanweer – eScience Institute
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July 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The @uwescience.bsky.social has an ethnographer to study our data scientists and their rituals
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Congratulations to #UW #UWAllen professor Magda Balazinska on her election to the WA State Academy of Sciences, which honored her contributions in data management and data science—including the award-winning Borealis stream processing engine. #UWdiscovers news.cs.washington.edu/2025/07/23/m...
Professor Magdalena Balazinska elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences for contributions in data management and data science research and education - Allen School News
Magdalena Balazinska, professor and director of the Allen School, has been elected a member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) in recognition of her “contributions in data management f...
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July 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Congratulations to #UW #UWAllen professor Magda Balazinska on her election to the WA State Academy of Sciences, which honored her contributions in data management and data science—including the award-winning Borealis stream processing engine. #UWdiscovers news.cs.washington.edu/2025/07/23/m...
The Data Science & AI Accelerator pairs eScience data scientists with UW researchers from any disciplinary field to work on collaborative projects. Project proposals for Fall 2025 must be received by August 14th. Check out the link below for more details!
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Data Science and AI Accelerator – eScience Institute
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July 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The Data Science & AI Accelerator pairs eScience data scientists with UW researchers from any disciplinary field to work on collaborative projects. Project proposals for Fall 2025 must be received by August 14th. Check out the link below for more details!
escience.washington.edu/using-data-s...
escience.washington.edu/using-data-s...
Recently, SSEC offered an interactive session to over 90 researchers at the @schmidtsciences.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Science Summit to help shape a grounded, practical, and scientist-centered vision for AI in scientific discovery. schmidtsciencefellows.org/news/growing...
Growing Interdisciplinary Community at Our Largest Ever Summit • Schmidt Science Fellows
Our 2025 Interdisciplinary Science Summit was our largest and most engaged event ever, growing and galvanizing a community of interdisciplinary researchers and supporters ready to change how science i...
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July 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Recently, SSEC offered an interactive session to over 90 researchers at the @schmidtsciences.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Science Summit to help shape a grounded, practical, and scientist-centered vision for AI in scientific discovery. schmidtsciencefellows.org/news/growing...
The 2025 edition of OceanHackWeek will be held from August 18th to 22nd. Applications close July 14th. The OceanHackWeek program consists of hands-on tutorials, visual presentations, and collaborative hack projects throughout a 5-day period. Apply here: oceanhackweek.org/ohw25/index....
OceanHackWeek 2025 (OHW25) — OceanHackWeek
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July 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The 2025 edition of OceanHackWeek will be held from August 18th to 22nd. Applications close July 14th. The OceanHackWeek program consists of hands-on tutorials, visual presentations, and collaborative hack projects throughout a 5-day period. Apply here: oceanhackweek.org/ohw25/index....
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🙌 Thrilled to announce $20K in Azure Service Credits from @uwescience.bsky.social @microsoft.com for #SPARK2025!
Thanks to Dr.Mehmet Kiurt @kurtlab.bsky.social , SPARK Faculty & Mentor, this award supports 300 trainees across 36 countries with cloud tools for #MICCAI research & submissions🌍☁️🧠
Thanks to Dr.Mehmet Kiurt @kurtlab.bsky.social , SPARK Faculty & Mentor, this award supports 300 trainees across 36 countries with cloud tools for #MICCAI research & submissions🌍☁️🧠
June 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
🙌 Thrilled to announce $20K in Azure Service Credits from @uwescience.bsky.social @microsoft.com for #SPARK2025!
Thanks to Dr.Mehmet Kiurt @kurtlab.bsky.social , SPARK Faculty & Mentor, this award supports 300 trainees across 36 countries with cloud tools for #MICCAI research & submissions🌍☁️🧠
Thanks to Dr.Mehmet Kiurt @kurtlab.bsky.social , SPARK Faculty & Mentor, this award supports 300 trainees across 36 countries with cloud tools for #MICCAI research & submissions🌍☁️🧠
New pub alert!📖
Researchers at eScience and the Outdoor R&D Lab released a report on visitor estimation with federal co-authors from the US Geological Survey Fort Collins Science Center and the US Department of the Interior Office of Policy Analysis.
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Researchers at eScience and the Outdoor R&D Lab released a report on visitor estimation with federal co-authors from the US Geological Survey Fort Collins Science Center and the US Department of the Interior Office of Policy Analysis.
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How Busy are National Parks and other Public Lands? Researchers Hone Methods for Estimating Visitation – eScience Institute
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May 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
New pub alert!📖
Researchers at eScience and the Outdoor R&D Lab released a report on visitor estimation with federal co-authors from the US Geological Survey Fort Collins Science Center and the US Department of the Interior Office of Policy Analysis.
escience.washington.edu/how-busy-are...
Researchers at eScience and the Outdoor R&D Lab released a report on visitor estimation with federal co-authors from the US Geological Survey Fort Collins Science Center and the US Department of the Interior Office of Policy Analysis.
escience.washington.edu/how-busy-are...
Call for Proposals: Applications for the summer cycle of the Data Science and AI Accelerator are due by Sunday, April 27th. An informational meeting for summer Accelerator projects will take place on Monday, April 21st.
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Data Science & AI Accelerator Program Details – eScience Institute
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April 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Call for Proposals: Applications for the summer cycle of the Data Science and AI Accelerator are due by Sunday, April 27th. An informational meeting for summer Accelerator projects will take place on Monday, April 21st.
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eScience partners on $20 Million Grant to Provide Cloud Resources to National Research Community. Learn more here - www.sdsc.edu/news/2025/PR...
UC San Diego Leads $20M Grant to Provide Commercial Cloud Resources to National Research Community
CloudBank 2 will be a service-based resource, providing commercial cloud resources, from Jupyter Notebooks and secure data to the latest GPUs and quantum computers.
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April 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
eScience partners on $20 Million Grant to Provide Cloud Resources to National Research Community. Learn more here - www.sdsc.edu/news/2025/PR...