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  • 03/14/2019 – Résumé Workshop (SuccessWorks)

    THIS WEEK – Résumé WorkshopDo you have a professional résumé? Are you applying for internships and research labs? This week we welcome tech specialist Amy Yang of UW’s SuccessWorks to do a workshop on presenting yourself to employers. We’ll discuss the Do’s and Don’ts of résumé building. LAST WEEK – Machine Learning Crash CourseSorry for the delay.…

  • 03/05/2019 – Machine Learning Overview

    THIS WEEK:Machine Learning Postdoc Finn Kuusisto will be joining us to give an overview of machine learning, specifically focusing on a few common models and their applications! This meeting is meant to acquaint you with some new terminology—it is not meant to go in depth nor discuss the intimate details of implementation. LAST WEEK:After last week’s meeting with…

  • 02/28/2019 – Getting into Research; NASA GeneLab!

    Thanks for coming to the meeting tonight! Here are the presentation slides on getting into research. The slides have some example/successful emails + general tips about labs. Apologies if tonight’s talk was a bit biology-laden; next week’s lecture should be more computational, as our guest lecturer will be giving an overview of Machine Learning. TONIGHT’S MEETING…

  • 02/14/2019 – Spring Kickoff!

    [RECAP] Thanks for coming tonight! Click here for the presentation slides. Major announcement regarding meeting time + frequency:Meetings will be at 6:30pm every Thursday in Genetics-Biotech room 1441.This frequency shift is due to the increase in interest from presenters + the number of topics we’d like to cover.This time shift (later by 30 minutes) is because of room scheduling +…

  • 11/08/2018 – Guest Speaker on ML and Data Mining in Python

    Interested in Machine Learning & Data Mining (in Python)?  On November 8th, we will be having a postdoctoral researcher coming in to speak about his work and some projects he’s completed. Dr. Kuusisto completed his Computer Science PhD in Machine Learning in 2015 at UW-Madison, and works in the Regenerative Biology lab at the Morgridge Institute to build models…

  • 10/25/2018 – SAS and Genetic Algorithms

    Thank you to everyone who came last week to see the Genetic Algorithms and SAS presentations! I hope you all managed to get some pizza. :^) If you missed the meeting or wanted to see the slides again, here is what we covered. Genetic Algorithms: Prezi Some of you asked about a tutorial Tetris Example: code and live example (type in tetris on this page once it…

  • 10/11/2018 – Getting into Research + Preparing a Résumé for Internships

    Hello dotData! Meeting Tomorrow (10/11/2018) Reminder that we have our meeting tomorrow on Getting into Research + Preparing a Résumé for Internships (7pm in CS1221). View the slides here if you can’t make it! As always, Adithya and I will stick around afterwords to answer any questions you may have regarding classes, as well as discuss…

  • 9/27/2018 – Kickoff Meeting

    Hi Data Science Club, Thanks to everyone for coming to the meeting! For anyone who wasn’t able to make it to the meeting, here is the presentation that was given. Sorry if I went a bit fast—I’d be happy to elaborate on any points I skimmed (email me or Adithya). For the next meeting, the topic will be: Résumé…