UVA Data + Society Challenge

Do you have experience with Python and intro-level statistics? Then volunteer to mentor 11th and 12th graders who are participating in the University of Virginia’s Data + Society Challenge! It only requires 45 minutes of your time for four months (Jan. - Apr. 2024), plus a 30-minute introductory meeting to learn about the challenge materials.

You can help high schoolers get a taste of data science - plus a shot at winning $500 and lunch with a UVA data scientist.

APPAM Data Science Community

Torbet McNeil invites CDN members to join the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management’s (APPAM) Data Science Community, which he Co-Chairs with Dr. Francis Carter-Johnson. Membership is free and the group will co-host events with the CDN.

Tenure for Data Science Faculty

Learn about tenure requirements (and how to navigate them) for data science faculty during our virtual Career Panel this Friday, Nov. 17, at 3pm EST | 12pm PST.

Resources

• 5 key takeaways from the pracademic data science career panel. (ADSA CDN)
• Writing professional letters of recommendation. (Inside Higher Ed)
• A Simplified Review Framework for NIH Research Project Grant Applications. (NIH OER)
• Analyzing data science careers. (NCDS; 1.5 hour video)
• How to switch research fields successfully. (Nature)
• Getting feedback right on diverse teams. (HBR Ideacast; 30 min. podcast)
• Five ways in which rookie lab leaders can get up to speed. (Nature)
• How to hit "reset" on your career (How To!; 41 min. podcast)
• Navigating your career when you have a disability (Women at Work; 52.5 min. podcast)
• How five researchers fared after their "great resignation" from academia. (Nature)
• Former employees at Meta, McKinsey, and JP Morgan share how they burned out and left. (Insider)

Opportunities

• The Fellowship for Indigenous Women in Tech is accepting applications until Nov. 20 at 11:49pm ET.
• The Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at multiple levels in natural language processing (NLP). Apply by Nov. 26, for full consideration.
• The National Science Foundation is seeking a Social Scientist Program Director within the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE), National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) in Alexandria, VA. Apply by Nov. 27.
• IPUMS seeks a data analyst with a social science or public health background. Apply by Nov. 27.
• The National Science Foundation is seeking a Social Scientist Program Director within the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE), National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) in Alexandria, VA. Apply by Nov. 27.
• The School of Data Science and Society at UNC Chapel Hill seeks a teaching assistant professor. Apply by Nov. 30.
• The US Census Bureau is accepting applications to the Emerging Technology Fellowship (GS-15) until Nov. 30.
• Microsoft Research New England is looking for a postdoctoral researcher interested in bringing sociotechnical perspectives to analyze critical issues of our time. Apply by Dec 1.
• The CDC is seeking analysts multiple analysts at different levels for its offices in 28 locations. Apply by Dec. 6.
• The Computer Science department at Northwestern is seeking applicants in all areas of computer science. Priority in all areas will be given to applications with path-breaking research interest that have the potential to transform both computer science and other disciplines. Applications received by Dec. 10 will be given full consideration but candidates may be interviewed starting in Nov.
• OpenAI is soliciting ideas for risk studies, with a $25,000 prize and a job on its Preparedness team for the top 10 submissions. Responses will be accepted on a rolling basis through Dec. 31.
• The Switzer Fellowship is accepting applications for its 1-year fellowship for graduate students from diverse academic and personal backgrounds in New England and California whose career goals focus on environmental improvement. Apply by Jan. 8, 2023.
• The University of Michigan's Analytics for Good Hackathon returns Feb. 2-3. The event is open to undergraduate and graduate students from US-based colleges and universities. Participants can sign up for the competition as individuals or teams. Up to $15,000 in prizes are up for grabs. Registration closes on Jan. 21, 2023.
• The 2024 Biomedical Data Science Innovation Lab is accepting applications for its Generative AI Training in Biomedical and Clinical Research program. It is looking for candidates who are late-stage postdocs and early-stage junior faculty. Apply by Jan. 26, 2023.
• The Social Science Research Council is seeking applicants for its third cohort of the Just Tech Fellowship. Fellows receive 2-year awards of $100,000 annually, robust supplementary funding to subsidize additional expenses, and separate seed funding to collaborate with other Just Tech Fellows. The application portal opens on Nov. 17 and closes on Jan. 31, 2023 at 11:59pm EST.
• The Russell Sage Foundation is accepting applications for Dissertation Research Grants that address questions related to (1) behavioral science and decision making in context, (2) future of work, (3) race, ethnicity, and immigration, (4) immigration and immigrant integration, and (5) social, political, and economic inequality. A Q&A webinar is scheduled on  Jan. 9, 2023 at 2pm ET. Applications are due Feb. 1.
• The AHLI Conference on Health, Inference, and Learning (CHIL) solicits papers across a variety of disciplines at the intersection of machine learning and healthcare. Submissions due on Feb. 5, 2023 at 11:59pm ET.
• Google is accepting applications for PhD student researchers. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis with the anticipated application window closing on Jun. 7, 2024, 2023.
• The Division of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) in the Department of Medicine University of California San Diego is recruiting faculty at the assistant professor level. The department will accept applications until Jul. 27, 2024.
• The IRS is seeking 9 senior data scientists (GS 13-14). The application will close on Aug. 7, 2024.
• Accenture is seeking an advanced AI research scientist.
• Microsoft is seeking a machine learning researcher with a proven record of influential publications on AI. The position is up to 50% work from home and is based in Redmond, WA.
• BlueLabs Analytics is hiring for multiple positions that may be of interest to subscribers of this newsletter.
• Anthropic is seeking societal impacts research scientists, research engineers, a prompt engineer & librarian, and research scientists.
• COMPASS Pathways is seeking a senior data scientist. The position is based on San Francisco.
• There are several open positions at Computing, Data Science, and Society at UC Berkeley.
• The Enterprise Data and Information Management Program’s Health Information Management Division at the California Dept. of Health Care Services (DHCS) is seeking multiple DataOps specialists.
• The CIA is seeking AI specialists at multiple levels for its office in DC.
• The Department of Computer and Data Sciences at Case Western Reserve University invites applications for 2 tenure track and 2 non-tenure track faculty positions.
• Allen Institute is seeking a computational biologist (Scientist III). The opportunity offers relocation assistance and work visa sponsorship.
• Future House is seeking a machine learning engineer for their office in San Francisco.
• Johnson & Johnson is recruiting a data scientist for its R&D Quality team. 
• FEMA is seeking an entry-level data scientist for its office in DC.
• AIR is seeking a quantitative researcher focused on advancing justice and public health to join its Human Services Division.
• Penn State is seeking a remote data modeling analyst to design, develop, and maintain dashboards, analyses, reports, and datasets focused on the performance of administrative processes.

See more jobs and events on ADSA's website.

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