UW-Madison Research Bazaar 2020

Geospatial data users exist in every discipline, and training to support the work is currently met by various courses, workshops, and online resources. Yet, many users cannot access this material, or desire further support for their geospatial projects. To meet the needs of students and researchers across campus, there is interest in developing new geospatial opportunities for the UW-Madison community. The proposed concurrent session is a platform to hear from the community about improving geospatial training and consultation on campus. Through facilitated small and large group conversations, this session will identify campus needs and make connections with individuals in the community who wish to actively support this endeavor. The intended audience is campus geospatial data users, educators, and explorers.
RSVP: https://www.sco.wisc.edu/uw-geo/research-bazaar-rsvp/

Government agency staff have the knowledge and skills to analyze data using complex techniques like natural language processing and machine learning. We can use this data to predict which zip codes will have the highest mortality rates, or the most crime. However using these results can have far more drastic implications for the public sector than in the private sector.

I would like to bring together data scientists from state agencies to talk about how to ethically make predictions using our state data in a way that insures we are appropriately handling the data that our constituents allow us to use.

This discussion would support data scientists to appropriately use available data and techniques to help Wisconsin residents, providing caution and optimism for how state agencies can use new technologies for state improvements.

Electronic lab notebooks (ELNs) are data storage, preservation, and management tools; they fit into every part of the research life cycle, and they promote good data management practices and reproducible research. Over 100 labs on campus actively use LabArchives as their ELN. The ELN Service Team would like to provide these users with an opportunity to discuss how they use the notebook, what works, what could be better, and just generally begin to build a user community.

The Learning Analytics Community of Practice was recently launched to provide instructors and instructional staff an opportunity to discuss and share how they are using (or might use) learning analytics. Recent LACoP topics include the pilot Learner Engagement Analytics Dashboard (LEAD) and Kaltura MediaWorks analytics. Are you using learning analytics in your course(s), and what lessons have you learned that you can share with others? What topics are you interested in exploring or discussing further? This informal community is welcoming new members, whether you have experience with learning analytics or want to learn more - please come join the conversation!

Researchers today are faced with unprecedented data challenges that will only grow in scope and scale in the coming years. Managing born digital data, storing and transferring large files, and the necessity of high performance computing capabilities, combined with changing funder and publisher requirements necessitate an entirely new research skill set than ever before. The Office of Research Cyberinfrastructure wants to help you with these new challenges by designing new research-focused IT services. In this session, we will present a broad overview of what this newly-minted office provides now and solicit your feedback on what types of services we should consider providing in the future. Researchers from all fields are encouraged to attend.