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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS)
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BIDS is a space for Open Scholarship, Open Source, and interdisciplinary collaboration on AI in science and society. It is part of the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society.
https://bids.berkeley.edu/
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BIDS in 2025: Gathering at JupyterCon 2025 to build community and contribute to the future

➡️ Impacts on health & geoscience research, data science education, Jupyter infrastructure

💡 Thoughts on the Jupyter Ecosystem as the platform for a future of scientific computing

More here: bit.ly/4j3lbye
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December 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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🌟 BIDS in 2025: Bringing people together to share open source knowledge at the Berkeley OSPO events

Monica Bobra (CA Office of Data & Innovation) joined us for an engaging discussion focused on open source data & the impact it has on real people.

Learn more about her work: bit.ly/4oXrwN3
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December 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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🤝 BIDS in 2025: AI Futures Lab: Forging a new direction for collaborative innovation

A hub for groundbreaking research and collaboration at the intersection of AI, science and society.

🎟️ Event plans for 2026 are heating up! Join the announcement list: [email protected]
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December 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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⭐ BIDS in 2025: CLEAN: Creating tools to increase data transparency and accessibility

We celebrate the CLEAN initiative team and their groundbreaking California Police Records Access Project!

🔎 Learn more and access the database on news sites:
journalism.berkeley.edu/berkeley-and...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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✨ BIDS in 2025: Cultural Analytics: Data-driven analysis of cultural phenomena

🎦 Read the highlights and then watch the entire talk from @manvir.bsky.social “Universality and Diversity in Story and Song”! bit.ly/48CyIYG
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December 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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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...
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December 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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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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December 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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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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December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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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
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November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Register to attend in person or online at the AI Futures Lab:
bit.ly/3JvD8II

#UCOSPO #OpenSource #OpenScience
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November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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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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November 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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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
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October 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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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/...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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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
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October 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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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
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October 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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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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September 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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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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September 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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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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September 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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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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September 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Join #STRUDEL on October 23 for a workshop designed to help you rapidly build a high-quality scientific web app!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#ScientificWebApp #VSCode #React #prototype #OpenSource #UX
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September 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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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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September 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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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! 🌍 🌊

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#SubseaNetwork #CableLandingStation #InternetTraffic
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August 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Hear from Kyle and Tyler!
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#SummerInternship
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August 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Stay tuned for the reports on the research presentations, panel discussions, and group visioning 📝 💡

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#ResponsibleAI #OpenSourceAI
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August 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Day 1 wrapped up with thoughtful conversations and feedback, and with DSE and BIDS faculty director Fernando Pérez (@fernandoperez.org) providing a big-picture view of GeoJupyter & some laughs.

Stay tuned for more from this event!

#Geospatial #DataScience #Collaboration @geojupyter.bsky.social
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August 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM