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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 4h

OSPO virtual meetup tomorrow (Thurs, Oct 1) @ 10am PT 👇 ucospo.net/events/#all-...

Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 5h

💌 BIDS's monthly newsletter is out! Some highlights: 🐍 History and future of scikit-image 💡 AI Across Domains (AIxD) call for applications 🎟️ OSPO meetup “Open source AI models” on Oct 15 🎬 2 #CulturalAnalytics talks to watch Check it out! eepurl.com/gSugOZ-6-F

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Join us for the #OSPO All-Campus Virtual Meetup, featuring @lightconeresearch.bsky.social ! They'll discuss how their work can help make AI-enabled research across disciplines more transparent, reproducible, and reusable. Thurs, Oct 1 @ 10am PT on Zoom Register ➡️ ucospo.net/events/#all-...

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Valency @valency.io · 22/09/2026

Meet Fernando Perez (@fernandoperez.org), associate professor of statistics at UC Berkeley's College of Computing, Data Science, and Society and faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Read more about him here: blog.valency.io/posts/adviso...

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UC Berkeley School of Information @berkeleyischool.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Join us this Friday, Sept. 18 for a Cultural Analytics Lecture! Duke Prof. @aarthivadde.bsky.social discusses the early adoption of generative AI models in the work of English-language writers. 📅 Sept. 18, 12-1:30 pm 📍 210 South Hall & Online @ucbids.bsky.social shorturl.at/DuM0G

A promotional banner for an event titled "The Writer's Hand-at-a-Distance" hosted by Cultural Analytics. It includes an image of a person with "Aarthi Vadde" and "Duke University" written beside it. The event details are Friday, September 18, from 12 pm to 1:30 pm, at 210 South Hall & Online. The logos for BIDS and UC Berkeley School of Information are displayed at the bottom.

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

For everyone who is interested in #OpenSource, don't miss the OSPO meetup on Thursday this week. All open source experience levels welcome! ➡️ events.berkeley.edu/BIDS/event/3...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Join us for the first #OSPO meetup of the fall semester! @mentat.za.net (co-founder of @scientific-python.org) will join @kirstiejane.bsky.social for a conversation about #scikit-image. 🗓️ Thurs, Sept 17 @ 3pm PT 🎟️ Attend in person or online 🔗 Register events.berkeley.edu/BIDS/event/3...

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Project Jupyter @jupyter.org · 08/09/2026

⏰ Jupyter Community Funding Proposals are due **tomorrow, Sept. 9!** Have an idea that could strengthen the Jupyter ecosystem? Submit your proposal for funding to support contributors, reliability, security & other high-impact work. 👉 blog.jupyter.org/2026-jupyter... #Jupyter #OpenSource

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Valency @valency.io · 02/09/2026

Valency Bond is LLM-agnostic. If it supports Model Context Protocol, it plugs right in, whether that's Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Antigravity, or any open-weight model you're working with. Sign up for Valency Bond: app.valency.io/start (free for Academic Researchers) #AIScience #Berkeley

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Join BIDS & @berkeleyischool.bsky.social for the first #CulturalAnalytics talk of the fall semester with @aarthivadde.bsky.social ! "The Writer’s Hand-at-a-Distance" 🗓️ Friday, September 18 @ 12pm PT 🎟️ Attend in person or online 🔗 Register www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/cultu...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

💌 BIDS's monthly newsletter is out! Some highlights: 💻 Nature commentary - move AI beyond data centers 🪐 Announcing BioJupyter + jobs 🚀 AAI4Science Dev Summit impacts & projects 🎭 Wayang Kulit (Javanese shadow puppet) performances data analysis Check it out! eepurl.com/vfnmHiXoEW

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Fernando Pérez @fernandoperez.org · 13/08/2026

Are you interested in building open tools for biomedical science in the @jupyter.org ecosystem? Infrastructure, front end, AI workflows, product design - we are recruiting for multiple positions at @ucbids.bsky.social and would love to hear from you! bids.berkeley.edu/news/join-us...

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Join us: we're recruiting four positions to build BioJupyter at BIDS | Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS)

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We would love to hear from you. Don't be shy about applying even if you don't seem to tick every single box! Conversely, if you're interested in multiple positions please apply to each of them separately. More details at our blog post: bids.berkeley.edu/news/join-us...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🚨 BIDS is hiring! 🚨 Join us to build #BioJupyter Built on the open architecture and ethos of @jupyter.org, BioJupyter will be a modular, open platform for biomedical discovery, making reproducible, AI-enabled collaboration a natural part of the research process. bids.berkeley.edu/news/announc...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

We officially moved into the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Gateway today, the new home of @berkeleycdss.bsky.social 📦📦❤️ We'll see our college colleagues daily, and welcome collaborators from across campus, the Bay Area, and our global open source community. #UCBerkeley #AI #DataScience #OpenSource

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The BIDS space from the outside, on the first floor and with large windows

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

👋 Today, Aug 6, at 10am PT, everyone is welcome at the virtual OSPO meetup! UCSB hosts - how AI is changing open source workflows: where AI tools are actually showing up across the open source lifecycle, what’s genuinely useful, and where the friction is. Register & join ucospo.net/events/#this...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

BIDS proudly hosted the Lightcone Research team & the AAI4Science summit participants at #AIFuturesLab last week. Throughout the 4 days, the power of collaborative design and the need for open source ecosystems was evident. ➡️ Read their recap and get involved! lightconeresearch.org/blog/first-a...

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The First AAI4Science Developer Summit

35 scientists, builders, and AI researchers gathered in Berkeley for the Agentic AI for Science (AAI4Science) Developer Summit: four days of focused hacking, collaborative design, and participant-led ...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🚀 Day 3 of #AAI4Science Summit at #AIFuturesLab! Teams focused on prototyping demonstrations for versioning analyses conducted by teams of humans and agents, actor attribution in the #ASTRA standard, and reproducing multiverse analyses. Exciting to watch these creative projects take shape!

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

💻 Day 2 AAI4Science summit has been full of activity! Participants dug deep in to design discussions, coding blocks, and a participant-led unconference. The questions taking shape go right to the heart of what #OpenSource is all about, and it's exciting to watch them develop. 👀 #AIFuturesLab

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

☀️ We had a GREAT kickoff with the Lightcone Research team today, hosting the #AAI4Science Developer Summit at the #AIFuturesLab in Berkeley! 🤝 Teams formed around the themes of trust & verification, research infrastructure, and more. Tomorrow, they dig into their projects and start coding!

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

💌 BIDS's monthly newsletter is out! Some highlights: ⚡ Discover Lightcone Research, a new initiative from BIDS and CNRS 🪐 Read about BCBI with funding for #BioJupyter 🖼️ Starting Sept 3, visit the “Hidden Layers: AI Infrastructures and Hallucinations” exhibition Check it out! eepurl.com/tl7ESxsFWK

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Get highlights from the First All-Campus OSPO Virtual Meetup where we talked about demystifying the NSF PESOSE grant. bids.berkeley.edu/news/new-cha... 👉 And be sure to JOIN US for a discussion about how AI is changing open source workflows on Thursday, August 6 ! ucospo.net/events/#all-...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🌟 📚 How can open source tools unlock students’ potential in education? Read our recap of the BIDS panel at the National Workshop on Data Science Education, hosted by @berkeleycdss.bsky.social bids.berkeley.edu/news/bids-na...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Can AI watch a complex television series and understand its artistic choices? 🤔 #CulturalAnalytics talk: Peter Leonard tests the limits of modern multimodal models using The Kingdom, showing where advanced and old AI technologies excel and fail. Recap & recording: bids.berkeley.edu/news/testing...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Another great #CulturalAnalytics talk with @nolauren.bsky.social – hear about the intersection of film, television, and computational methods! Read the recap and watch the @berkeleyischool.bsky.social recording: bids.berkeley.edu/news/lauren-...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Can AI actually watch and understand recordings of performances? 🎭 #CulturalAnalytics talk: @peterbroadwell.bsky.social explores how multimodal models can help search across various media forms, and why human expertise still matters. Recap & recording ⬇️ bids.berkeley.edu/news/peter-b...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🚨 Announcement: #BioJupyter is a new open source computational platform - part of the BCBI initiative! 👀 Stay tuned: Next month, the fellowship application process for postdoctoral researchers will be launched.

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

💌 BIDS's monthly newsletter is out! Some highlights: 🎟️ All-campus virtual #OSPO meetup on July 2 🎬 #UCOpen Summit recap & recordings 🗺️ jupyter-tiler announcement Check it out! mailchi.mp/berkeley/thi...

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 27/06/2026

An AI that builds coherent, rule-governed conlangs is now public—raising new ways to probe language structure and model behavior.

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AI Model ConlangCrafter Dreams up Entire New Languages

The model can even create languages based things like color changes

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

🌟 📚 Join BIDS at the annual National Workshop for Data Science Education, June 22-24! Our panel on June 23 will feature #Jupyter ecosystem topics #JupyterBook, #GeoJupyter, #JupyterAI It's free to attend in person or on Zoom! Hope to see you there ➡️ cdss.berkeley.edu/dsus/nwdse

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

UC Open Summit 2026 ➡️ 150 researchers from across UC gathered in Berkeley! Keynotes: open entrepreneurship, AI's future, open source paradoxes 25+ talks: open source research, including emerging projects Get inspired! 💡 Read more and watch the recordings: bids.berkeley.edu/news/highlig...

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Fernando Pérez @fernandoperez.org · 15/06/2026

Congrats to @serenabonaretti.bsky.social or the physical publication of her awesome "Learn Python with Jupyter" 📙 👏 🎉 , and thanks for sending me a physical copy to Berkeley! The weaving of Python+Jupyter and how to use them to think is wonderful. We're fortunate to have Serena in our community!

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

🌟 The Gateway is a place to make new connections & develop deeper ones. This matters, because BIDS initiatives are designed in collaboration with domain experts across campus, our global open source communities, & BIDS data scientists & software engineers. We are thrilled to be part of this future!

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Fernando Pérez @fernandoperez.org · 08/06/2026

📣 A great postdoc opportunity to work with @tsnow03.bsky.social at the intersection of statistics, earth science and open science! book.cryointhecloud.com/postdoc

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Postdoctoral Researcher or Research Specialist Opportunity - CryoCloud Website

Welcome to CryoCloud: Empowering collaborative Earth science in the cloud

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Another workshop success story at #AIFuturesLab! Englacial (funded by @asterainstitute.bsky.social ) & BIDS co-hosted a workshop with 30 scientists & engineers that focused on open, connected scientific data products in the #cryosphere. 🤝💡 Recap with GitHub links: englacial.org/posts/202404...

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Recapping the first Connected Data Products Hackdays – englacial

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UC Berkeley CDSS @berkeleycdss.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Congrats to CDSS Dean Jennifer Chayes on being recognized as a 100 Women in AI honoree! 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4ec4Y8a ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social #WomenInAI #WomenInTech #Innovation #AI #PeopleOfCDSS

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

🎶 What influences a person’s creativity? Noah Askin seeks to answer this question by examining different social & cultural influences that impact musical artists -- a #CulturalAnalytics topic for everyone! Recap + @berkeleyischool.bsky.social recording: bids.berkeley.edu/news/noah-as...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

This excellent video is worth much more 101 seconds of your time, but that's all it takes to understand why #CulturalAnalytics is so important (and fun)! 👀 Keep an eye out for details about the fall cultural analytics event series from BIDS and our co-hosts @berkeleyischool.bsky.social!

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

#CulturalAnalytics research applied to 1,000-year-old Javanese shadow puppet performances! Miguel Escobar Varela analyzed 7-hr-long performances on YouTube -- a fusion of data science + humanities preserving heritage. 📈💪 Recap + @berkeleyischool.bsky.social recording: bit.ly/43A8rbt

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

💌 BIDS's monthly newsletter is out! Some highlights: 🎟️ AAI4Science Developer Summit 🎧 #VeridicalDataScience (VDS) panel discussion 🤝 Publication co-authored by CSS trainee 🎬 @bobltsturm.bsky.social 's #CulturalAnalytics talk Check it out! eepurl.com/gV0iccZNgb

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Saul Perlmutter, BIDS Founding Faculty Director, was part of the team that started the @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social course "Sense and Sensibility and Science" 13 years ago -- giving "students the tools to combat misinformation and improve their communication skills..."

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

OSPO meetups: Shaping the future of #OpenSource at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Read a recap of “Open Science as a Process, Not a Product” with Tasha Snow & get insights from the #CryoCloud #JupyterHub community. 👉 bids.berkeley.edu/news/insight... (img: A group discussion.)

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Fernando Pérez @fernandoperez.org · 15/05/2026

The @lightconeresearch.bsky.social team, a Berkeley Physics/ @ucbids.bsky.social @cnrs.fr collaboration to build open source standards and infrastructure to support better transparency, inspectability, reproducibility and human insight into AI assisted research. Delighted to advise this great team!

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

We're delighted to host @lightconeresearch.bsky.social at BIDS. They're advancing our shared goal of leveraging #AIForScience to benefit society. Join us at their #DeveloperSummit 28-31 July 2026 at our #AIFuturesLab. Apply today: lightconeresearch.org/developer-su... Reviews start on 15 June

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AAI4Science Developer Summit — Lightcone Research

The first Agentic AI for Science (AAI4Science) Developer Summit — July 28–31, 2026, Berkeley, CA.

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

#CulturalAnalytics talks at the @berkeleyischool.bsky.social! @taylor-arnold.bsky.social presented computational approaches to pacing and style in TV comedy, showing how visual and audio features can distinguish genres and series in unexpected ways. Hear more: bids.berkeley.edu/news/cultura...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

So much light and beautiful lines! Congrats to all who have worked so diligently to create this new home for @berkeleycdss.bsky.social. 🤝 BIDS will be on the ground level, a great location to connect with people at CDSS and across campus. See you there!

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

OSPO Knowledge Exchange Recap: Collaboration across time zones at the #JupyterHub roadmapping workshop, working toward a sustainable process for the future. Get reflections from the workshop, including managing an asynchronous team: bids.berkeley.edu/news/march-o... #UCOSPO

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Fernando Pérez @fernandoperez.org · 04/05/2026

📣 New #OpenSource fund for #science! Building on the impact of EOSS led by @dartar.bsky.social , this new @renphil21.bsky.social program will help scientific communities continue building our computational foundations as an open, public good. os4science.org/news/os4scie...

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Open Source for Science Fund Launches to Power AI-Driven Discovery

A new multi-donor fund by Renaissance Philanthropy seeded by Biohub and Wellcome opens its first call for proposals.

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