DataBytes: Introducing the NCATS Biomedical Data Translator: A new tool for Biomedical Data Integration and Inference
Speaker: Chris Bizon, Director of Analytics and Data Science, RENCI Host: Becky Boyles, Deputy Director, RENCI The growing availability of biomedical data offers vast potential to improve human health, but the complexity and lack of integration of these datasets often limit their utility. To address this, the Biomedical Data Translator Consortium has developed an open-source […]
Foundations of AI: Intro to Generative AI for Non-Coders
via ZoomThis four-hour workshop is designed to provide non-technical audiences an understanding of AI, its fundamental concepts, and its practical applications. The course clarifies technical jargon and reveals how everyday people rely on AI in their personal and professional lives. Attendees will receive big picture explanations of how AI works and will learn about opportunities and […]
2025 NCDS Fall Career Panel: Analyzing Data Science Careers
via ZoomJoin panelists working in a variety of fields, leveraging their knowledge and experience in data science to forge distinct careers in data science. The journey looks different for everyone, but a dream job is the destination. We’ll discuss a few examples of what it takes to get there. We’ll also dive into the hard and […]
Foundations of AI: Introduction to Deep Learning
via ZoomIn this course you’ll learn about Artificial Intelligence (AI), starting with foundational concepts in machine learning and deep learning, then moving to the basics of Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision that got us to our current boom in Generative AI as demonstrated by GPT-3, DALL-E and other well-known tools. Learn how to train your […]
DataBytes: Real-World AI Evaluation: Overcoming the AI Assurance Bottleneck
via ZoomCurrent AI evaluation methods focus solely on the underlying technology and lack the necessary detail for real-world deployment decisions. Civitaas aims to bridge this gap and accelerate AI market readiness by evaluating the quality, safety, and utility of AI technologies in the real world. We achieve this through real-time user feedback as they interact with […]
DataBytes: Calling all Data Scientists…Introducing ROBOKOP
via ZoomROBOKOP (Reasoning Over Biomedical Objects linked in Knowledge Oriented Pathways) is a knowledge graph system that aims to accelerate and advance scientific discovery by enabling users to simultaneously explore dozens of integrated and harmonized sources of biomedical knowledge. ROBOKOP has been applied to suggest mechanistic insights into biomedical questions and hypotheses for subsequent testing across […]
LinkedIn Like a Data Scientist: Strategic Networking for the Digital Age
via ZoomWe’re delighted to host Becky Brown once again for an updated session exploring LinkedIn best practices. Becky has held multiple positions at SAS during her decades-long career at the software giant. These days, Brown helps sales leaders leverage digital platforms to build stronger connections and more opportunities. Learn her favorite techniques and tricks of the […]
DataBytes: Breaking the Georeferencing Bottleneck – How AI is Transforming Natural History Collections
via ZoomLarge language models (LLMs) offer a transformative solution to one of the most persistent challenges facing natural history collections: converting textual locality data from specimen labels into precise geographical coordinates. Traditional georeferencing methods require substantial expertise, time, and financial resources, constraints that have left millions of specimens in museums and herbaria without spatial data. Our […]
Spring 2026 NCDS Virtual Career Panel
via ZoomJoin panelists working in sports analytics, growth equity, and data and AI security as we explore the paths that lead to a career in data science. The journey looks different for everyone, but a dream job is the destination. We’ll discuss a few examples of what it takes to get there. We’ll also dive into […]
DataBytes: An Agentic Operating System for Toxicology
via ZoomChemical safety assessment today is slow, costly, and fragmented—held back by siloed data streams and workflows that haven’t kept pace with scientific complexity. While many in the field focus on automating report generation, this webinar introduces a different paradigm: an agentic operating system where AI agents collaborate with toxicologists rather than replace them. What does […]
Foundations of AI: Intro to Generative AI for Coders – Accelerated
via ZoomThis will be an accelerated version of our popular “Intro to Generative AI” course, intended to give an overview of what Generative AI is, how it works from a high level, and how to use basic technical tools to leverage Generative AI. Those who take this course will have the basic knowledge needed to use […]
Foundations of AI: Advanced Generative AI for Coders
via ZoomThis new course will introduce more advanced topics in Generative AI, including a deeper look at some of the tools we touch on in the intro course as well as introducing new topics like agentic AI and the broader aspects of a modern AI workflow. We’ll go over deterministic workflows versus autonomous agents, advanced prompting, […]
Foundations of AI: Deep Dive into Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
via ZoomThis brief course will take what we’ve learned in the Intro to Generative AI (or Accelerated GenAI) course and go deeper in the world of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. You’ll learn to upgrade your RAG with query rewriting, reranking, citation generation, and more sophisticated evaluation tools. We’ll also touch on agentic RAG. You should […]