DataUp Workshop - Old Dominion University: A Melting Pot of Learners and Perspectives Creates an Impactful Workshop
As part of the DataUp program, Old Dominion University held a workshop on Oct 25-26 to introduce shell, git, R, and the JupyterHub. More than 20 students and faculty joined to engage in this 2-day workshop.
South Big Data Hub Recognized for Expanding Georgia Tech Research Portfolio and Platform
Georgia Tech’s Office of the Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR) awarded the South Big Data Regional Innovation Hub (SBDH) the Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development Award for 2019. The annual award is presented to a research team for efforts that create a new thought leadership platform that significantly expands Georgia Tech’s research portfolio.
The South Big Data Hub brings missing voices to the conversation on data science education
Keeping Data Science Broad in-person workshop explored the Data Divide by convening stakeholders from teaching institutions, community colleges, tribal colleges, and minority-serving institutions to discuss challenges related to capacity building and capability. Specific issues discussed included access to data, critical thinking, designing curriculum and assessment, data literacy, diversity, ethics, resources and staffing, building collaborations, and the pipeline to higher education from K-12. Recent education-enabling projects were showcased at the event.
Data science education in traditional contexts: Reflections on a recent webinar
Workshop part of its Keeping Data Science Broad: Bridging the Data Divide series. Each webinar highlighted programs and experiences in data science education as well as some of the challenges involved in creating and implementing educational programs in a field that is still very new and in the process of being defined.
The 2017 All Hands Meeting of the South Big Data Hub
On Friday, June 9, 2017, more than 75 people from across sectors and disciplines—academia, government, nonprofits, and industry—met at the Microsoft Chevy Chase Pavilion near Washington, DC, to assess the progress of the South Big Data Hub, and shape its future.The recent 2017 South Hub All-Hands meeting allowed several Hub stakeholders, members, partners, and funded projects, called “spokes,” to convene and report on progress and upcoming activities. It also was a forum for members to connect with colleagues across disciplines to form collaborations as new hopefuls for the next round of "spokes" funding. Vire the post to learn more about the meeting, speakers, and outcomes.
A Vision For Smart and Connected Cities
The biggest challenge the DOT faces is fatal crashes. To understand why fatalities are on the rise, the DOT has started working with the private sector to bring more data to the table. Read to learn how the private sector is assisting in this effort.
Hackathon in Rocket City (Huntsville, AL) focuses on flood management
CLOSED - - A hackathon sponsored by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the city of Huntsville, AL. The hackathon, to be held Feb. 25 and 26, will give software developers, policymakers, public safety officials, business leaders, and other creative problem solvers the chance to make a difference in how communities prepare for and respond to dangerous floods.
Microsoft Research looks back at a year of successful collaboration with the Big Data Hubs
Microsoft Research understands that taking full advantage of big data and new data technologies requires more than developing new tools and technologies.
Thank You to the South Hub Community for an Incredible Meeting. 
On August 25, nearly sixty people gathered for a workshop on Data Infrastructure for Materials and Advanced Manufacturing.