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DataFest 2024 @Chico April 12-14

DataFest
ASA DataFest is a data hackathon for undergraduate students, sponsored by the American Statistical Association and founded at UCLA, in 2011. A data analysis problem is…
Mar 15, 2024
Dr. D

State of Data Science at Chico State - Fall 23

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It’s been a busy year (or two)!
Nov 15, 2023
Robin Donatello

Announcing Introduction to Python MATH 131 in Spring 2024

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We are excited to offer, for the first time, Introduction to Python as MATH 131 in spring 2024. Like the sister course MATH 130 (Intro to R), this will be a 1 unit, credit …
Nov 13, 2023
Edward A. Roualdes

Health Equity Datathon

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To learn more and secure your spot >> CIVIC-HACKERS.ORG/HED23
Mar 9, 2023

DataFest 2023 April 14-16- Registration now open!

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ASA DataFest is a data hackathon for undergraduate students, sponsored by the American Statistical Association and founded at UCLA, in 2011. A data analysis problem is…
Mar 3, 2023
Dr. D

 

Exploring Tech Justice: The Just Data Lab

As part of the Advanced Data Science, we explored how technology can perpetuate existing structures of discrimination through its design and application. As a part of this…
Nov 27, 2022
Math 485 Student

 

Research Statistician vacancies at the Bureau of Labor Statistics

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This is a cross-post from a recent Project-DAFANH “Ask me anything” career speaker.
Nov 27, 2022
Dr. D

Fooling Facial Recognition

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Most people have seen deep fakes and AI generated images online but people often don’t know the underlying technology behind it. For my senior Capstone, I am conducting a…
Oct 27, 2022
Brandon Trahams

 

September Student post: Introduction to SQL

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This is a quick-and-dirty introduction that will explain what SQL is, how it is used, and what some SQL queries look like in R using the dplyr package. SQL (sometimes…
Sep 1, 2022
Joseph Shifman

 

August Student post: Underlying geometry of data

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We start our student contributed guest post series with a look at data from a topological lens. Skip Moses graduated from Chico State Department of Mathematics and…
Aug 1, 2022
Skip Moses

 

Fall 22 Guest post series

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Last Spring 2022 our most recent cohort of Data Science certificate students took the Advanced Data Science course, MATH/CSCI 485. In addition to consulting with campus…
Jul 17, 2022
Dr. D

 

Chico State Data Fest 2022 Recap

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On April 1-3rd, Chico State University hosted the ASA DataFest 2022. DataFest is an event hosted by the Chico State Data Initiative (DSI), organized by Doctor Robin…
Apr 4, 2022
Emma Mitchell

 

New grant program supports Hispanic students in Data Science enabled USDA career paths.

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CHICO, Calif.- California State University, Chico and California State University, San Bernardino campuses partnered to better the education of Hispanic undergraduate…
Mar 1, 2022
Emma Mitchell

Using Data to Fight Food Insecurity

The Fall Data Challenge (https://thisisstatistics.org/falldatachallenge/) starts next Monday on October 11th. This is a GREAT opportunity for students to
Oct 5, 2021
Dr. D.

 

Rs tapply() in Julia

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Lately, I, Edward, have been programming in Julia a lot. Two times in the last week, I’ve needed a function like R’s tapply(), but in Julia. With a little bit of searching…
Sep 20, 2021
Edward A. Roualdes

New Class!

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Data is not neutral, nor are the algorithms that control how the data that governs our lives are used. Interpretations and recommendations made using data are subjective.…
May 12, 2021
Dr. D

 

Fall 21 internship opportunity

Due to the great success we had this Spring, we are offering another Data Science internship experience with the Center for Healthy Communities. This flexible, 3 unit…
May 11, 2021
DSI Coordinator

 

Virtual Workshop Series for Harnessing the Power of Data to Advance Immune-mediated and Infectious Disease Research

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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is excited to advance discovery and innovation in infectious diseases and immune-mediated disorders…
Apr 9, 2021

 

Paid summer research opportunity- Basic needs and food insecurity among college students

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The Chico STEM connections collaborative (CSC2) offers a summer undergraduate research program (UGR Program) to eligible students who are at least in their second semester…
Apr 7, 2021
DSI Coordinator

 

Sofware Carpentry Workshop for Website Building

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This event has been postponed due to unforseen and unavoidable circumstances. We will be rescheduling this event for Summer. We are considering expanding the workshop an…
Feb 10, 2021

 

Sofware Carpentry Workshop for Website Building

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This event has been postponed due to unforseen and unavoidable circumstances. We will be rescheduling this event for Summer. We are considering expanding the workshop an…
Feb 10, 2021

 

Spring internship opportunity

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The Data Science Initiative is partnering with the Center for Healthy Communities to offer a virtual internship experience this Spring. This flexible, 3 unit internship is…
Dec 11, 2020
DSI Coordinator

 

Extended hours for Community coding! Spring 20

Flyer with hours: bit.ly/cc_hours
Jan 22, 2020
Robin Donatello

 

Data Science and Analytics Research Fellowship

Apply at https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/NIH-NIAID-2020-0002
Dec 3, 2019
Robin Donatello

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ASA DataFest 2020 @ Chico State - April 17-19

In 2019 Chico State’s ASA DataFest tripled the participation from our first year. DataFest 2020 is set to break (our) records! DataFest 2019 hosted 36 undergraduate students…
Nov 7, 2019
Robin Donatello

 

We’re Hiring!

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Chico State is hiring TWO Tenure-track Assisstant Professor positions in Statistics. We are looking for individuls from…
Nov 5, 2019
Robin Donatello

 

At DataFest 2019, I Learned…

During CSU, Chico’s DataFest 2019, two questions from different teams provided me (Edward, not Dr. Donatello) an excellent learning experience. This blog post attempts to…
Apr 9, 2019
Edward A. Roualdes

DSI Seminar 4/23 & 4/25: Growing a Scientific Mindset to Develop Analytics Teams

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The Chico State Data Science Initiative is proud to welcome Chico State Alumni Martin Frigaard, App Developer with Intricity and Peter Spangler, Data Scientist at Lyft back…
Apr 9, 2019
DSI

Norcon - Hacker Conference April 13th

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Chico’s one and only hacker con. By hackers, for hackers. The Norcon Security Conference is a one-day event created by and intended for the community. This is the place…
Apr 8, 2019
Robin Donatello

 

DSI Seminar 3/29: An Introduction to SAP Predictive Analytics Workshop

SAP Predictive Analytics is the visualization tool for SAP, the world’s largest business software company founded in 1972 and headquartered in Germany. SAP University…
Mar 29, 2019
Robin Donatello

 

DSI Seminar 3/28: InfoVis: Communicating Data Visually

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Information is plentiful, but making sense of it is not always so easy. Graphical representation of data can help us discover new insights and communicate hidden meaning in…
Mar 28, 2019
Robin Donatello

 

DSI Seminar 3/5: Strategies to manage Big Data

This talk is about managing big data in a short amount of time, since there are certainly better solutions to managing big data with more time and/or money available. We’ll…
Mar 3, 2019
Edward Roualdes

 

Women in Data Science technical conference! Mon Mar 4th, Sylvesters 100

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The Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and support women in the field. This annual…
Feb 23, 2019
Robin Donatello

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ASA DataFest 2019 @ Chico State - April 5-7

We’re doing it again! Last year the ASA DataFest at Chico State featured 12 undergraduate students in 3 teams of 4 people, a ton of food and a lot of fun. This year we’re…
Feb 17, 2019
Robin Donatello

 

DSI seminar 2/19: Managing data from multiple tables using SQL

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You’ve got person level data (like country of origin) in one data set, annual data (like income) for each person across multiple years in another data set, but each person…
Feb 13, 2019
Robin Donatello

 

DSI seminar 2/14: Spatial is Special!

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Are you curious about how to work with or create spatial data? Are you interested in beginning to explore how geographic data can be used in your research and other data…
Feb 2, 2019

 

January Updates

In addition to doing some good DataFest prep training workshops our topics for this spring include dealing with dates & times, joining tables using SQL, simple strategies to…
Jan 22, 2019
Robin Donatello

Community Coding - Now for credit!

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Spring 19 semester is upon us and we’re exicted to start up Community Coding again.
Jan 21, 2019
Robin Donatello

Data Science info session

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Missed this event? Watch the Video Recording here: [https://media.csuchico.edu/media/0_kkfl6yt8]
Oct 29, 2018
Robin Donatello

 

Cloud Computing at Chevron

The Department of Computer Science Speaker Series
Oct 25, 2018

 

Biomedical Optical Imaging and Machine Learning for Cancer and Disease Detection

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The Department of Biological Sciences Omicron Seminar Series
Oct 25, 2018

Fall hours set for DSI Workshops & Community Coding

The Data Science Initative workshops and Community Coding sessions are in full swing for Fall! We secured the same time and place as last semester.
Oct 8, 2018
Robin Donatello

 

Seminar: LabKey Server

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Secure collaboration for research labs
Oct 1, 2018
Robin Donatello

Software Carpentry- Post workshop report

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Last week Chico State hosted it’s first Software Carpentry workshop and it was a great success. We were thrilled to have Reid Otsuji from UC San Diego and a Library Carpentry…
Aug 19, 2018
Robin Donatello

Measuring Variation in the Empirical Storm Season Over Time

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This blog post attempts an analysis of the annual variability of dates on which storms formed during the years 1950 to 2016. Throughout, the word storm will refer to named…
Jul 18, 2018
Edward Roualdes

 

August Workshop - Reproducible Scientific Research with R

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A Software Carpentry Workshop
Jul 14, 2018
Robin Donatello

 

Current job and research project openings at Chico State

Department: Office of the President, CSU, Chico
Jul 11, 2018
Robin Donatello

 

Data Fest Prep

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Practice makes perfect!
Apr 23, 2018

 

Workshop: An Introduction to SAP Predictive Analytics

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Join us for a peek into the predictive analytics arena from a Business perspective – using the SAP software.This is also a great opportunity to learn about the SAP resources…
Apr 23, 2018

 

Workshop: Data Visualization with ggplot2

April is Data Fest Prep month! Hone your skills in preparation for this exciting data hackathon event!
Apr 18, 2018
Robin Donatello

 

Workshop: Using Python for Exploratory Data Analysis

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Part 2 of 2
Apr 5, 2018
Robin Donatello

 

Workshop: A Brief Introduction to Tableau Public

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April is Data Fest Prep month! Hone your skills in preparation for this exciting data hackathon event!
Apr 4, 2018
Robin Donatello

 

Workshop: Getting Started with Python & Jupyter Notebooks

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Part 1 of 2
Apr 1, 2018
Robin Donatello

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DataFest Registration now open!

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This is so we can ensure there will be enough food and prizes for everyone! Teams will be formed as needed also during this period. So if you need a team, keep an eye out…
Mar 26, 2018
Robin Donatello

 

Data Science Certificate Info Session

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Come learn about the new Undergraduate Certificate in Data Science. Motivation for the program, details about the enrollment process, course requirements and benefits for…
Mar 23, 2018
Robin Donatello

 

Seminar: Introduction to Bayesian Modeling

Join us on Thursday March 15 at 3pm in MLIB 442 to hear Dr. Edward Roualdes from Statistics present the benefits of Bayesian Modeling. [RSVP here]
Mar 15, 2018
Robin Donatello

 

Seminar: Teaching Bioinformatics

Interested in analyzing genomic expression data? Interested in the tools that Biologists use to analyze DNA data?
Mar 6, 2018
Robin Donatello

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Save the Date! April 27-29 ASA DataFest 2018 @ CSUC

This year the CSU Chico Data Science Initiative will be hosting an ASA DataFest. This will be the first year Chico State has participated.
Feb 21, 2018
Robin Donatello

 

New Undergraduate Certificate in Data Science - Fall 18

We are very proud to share with you that starting Fall 2018 Chico State will offer an Undergraduate Certificate in Data Science!
Feb 20, 2018
Robin Donatello

 

Stan and C++ readings

Contributed Post by Edward Roualdes
Feb 18, 2018
Edward Roualdes

Spring hours set for DSI Workshops & Community Coding

The Data Science Initative at Chico State and the Chico R Users Group are hosting bi-weekly work sessions and tutorial sessions for the entire campus and Chico community.
Jan 29, 2018
Robin Donatello

 

Intro to R (MATH 130)- New section added for spring

A second section of MATH 130 - Introduction to R has been added to the Spring 18 schedule.
Dec 5, 2017
Robin Donatello

 

Meet and analyze data

The Data Science Initative and the Statistics Faculty are hosting “meet and analyze data”. This is simply a reserved space held in central locations for people working on…
Oct 24, 2017
Robin Donatello

 

Fun Opportunities for Statistics Students

The following list of opportunities for students of Statisics was sent to us by Mark Harbison at Sacramento City College.
Oct 12, 2017
Robin Donatello

 

Introduction to R Short Course

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If you answered “Yes” or even “Maybe” to ANY of these items then you should enroll in this Workshop!
Aug 14, 2017
Robin Donatello

 

Call for speakers and makers

Are you working on an interesting project that you want to share?
Aug 1, 2017
Robin Donatello

 

New Site

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One of Robin Donatello’s summer projects was to revamp the DSI website to have more flexibility in the content. Thanks to blogdown package by Yihui Xie, creating a custom…
Aug 1, 2017
Robin Donatello

 

DSI Workshop - Fitting introductory statistical models in R

Spring 17 DSI Workshop Series on R
Apr 28, 2017
Robin Donatello

 

DSI Workshop - Data Visualization with ggplot2

Spring 17 DSI Workshop Series on R
Apr 21, 2017
Robin Donatello

 

DSI Workshop - Exploring your data

Spring 17 DSI Workshop Series on R
Apr 14, 2017
Robin Donatello

 

DSI Workshop - Preparing Data for Analysis using R

Spring 17 DSI Workshop Series on R
Apr 7, 2017
Rick Hubbard

 

Installing R with Homebrew on Mac OS X

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This document explains how to install R and RStudio with Homebrew on Mac OS.
Mar 24, 2017
Justin Bankes

 

DSI Kick Off Meeting (& quick intro to R)

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In this kick off session we’ll discuss what Data Science is, how the Data Science Initiative at Chico State is rising to meet the challenge of preparing and training a much…
Mar 24, 2017
Robin Donatello, Rick Hubbard, Essia Hamouda
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