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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Join us for the next #OSPO Meetup “Open source AI models” cohosted by @d-lab-uc-berkeley.bsky.social, featuring @fernandoperez.org & Cathryn Carson! They'll discuss open source AI, sovereign implementations, data privacy, & more. Thurs, Oct 15 @ 3pm PT in person & online Register ➡️ bit.ly/4hQ1Al9

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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

Recent Cultural Analytics talk “I am Troubled” by Bob Sturm @bobltsturm.bsky.social about AI-generated music🎶 sparked discussion and gave us a lot to chew on! Read the recap & watch the @berkeleyischool.bsky.social recording ⬇️ bids.berkeley.edu/news/bob-stu...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

🎦 Dive into "Telegnomics, Ousiometrics, and Archetypometrics" by reading the highlights & then watching @peterdodds.bsky.social 's recorded talk! bids.berkeley.edu/news/peter-d... #CulturalAnalytics research talks are cohosted by BIDS and @berkeleyischool.bsky.social

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

⭐ Whether you’re looking for research partners, hiring talent, solving technical problems, or contributing expertise back to the academic open source community, UC Open 2026 connects university innovation with real-world application. Join us on April 22-23 in Berkeley! ucospo.net/events/uc-op...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This Friday, April 10 - BIDS and @berkeleyischool.bsky.social welcome Kyle Booten to campus for his Cultural Analytics talk "Writing With and Beyond AI: Fieldnotes from Computer-Mediated Poetry" 👉 Join us online or in person! www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/2026/...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

⭐ Join BIDS, UC technologists, researchers, staff, and open source maintainers at the UC Open Summit in Berkeley, April 22-23 -- with MANY opportunities to learn and share! Get details about guest speakers, panels, & breakout sessions, and register free ➡️ ucospo.net/events/uc-op... #UCOSPO

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

🚨 Recap "The Wandering Officer: New Databases for Police Accountability" event, hosted by the California Law Enforcement Accountability Network (CLEAN) and Human Rights Data Analysis Group, @hrdag.org. bids.berkeley.edu/news/wanderi...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

📖 Read our 2025 BIDS #AnnualReport and how open collaboration and our AI Futures Lab are benefiting science and society. bids.berkeley.edu/annual-repor...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

💌 BIDS's monthly newsletter is out! Read and subscribe at: mailchi.mp/berkeley/thi...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

🎊 We are proud to share our 2025 Annual Report, a celebration of our collaborators, alumni, and supporters + BIDS impact: bids.berkeley.edu/annual-repor... @fernandoperez.org #OpenSource

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

🎟️ March 17-20: BIDS is co-hosting a week talks and discussions on multimodal models for the study of culture with the @berkeleyischool.bsky.social and UCB Dept of Scandinavian. Join us either in person or at the online talks! www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/cultu... #CulturalAnalytics

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The Wandering Officer: New Databases for Police Accountability Discussions around the CLEAN database - how data and storytelling can drive social impact and systemic change. ➡️ Special thanks to @hrdag.org for recording the event! bids.berkeley.edu/news/wanderi...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

📣 This week at the #OSPO Knowledge Exchange on Zoom: Roadmap Workshop for #JupyterHub and Binder Share Out Learn how the JupyterHub team’s reflections can be applied in your projects with guest @arielleb.bsky.social ! events.berkeley.edu/BIDS/event/3... #UCOSPO #OpenSource #OpenScience

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

🌱 AGU25: Open source geospatial workflows in the cloud ☁ Sessions at #AGU25 created space for sharing practical tools, learning together, and building community around reproducible and open geospatial science. Read the recap! bids.berkeley.edu/news/bids-ag... #GeoJupyter @schmidtdse.bsky.social

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Inspiring talk and deep-dive discussion "AI Fiction in the Wild" with @mellymeldubs.bsky.social, which explored how authors writing fiction-based stories are responding to AI through creativity, critique, and experimentation. 📚💡 Recap + recording here! bids.berkeley.edu/news/melanie...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

🎟️ OSPO monthly meetup THIS THURSDAY: Open science as a process, not a product Our guest Tasha Snow will share insights from the CryoCloud JupyterHub community and broader cross-agency collaborations. Join us for the fireside chat and community gathering time! 🍿 🥤 bit.ly/3MKuDuN #UCOSPO

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

🌟 We are thrilled to have six new Berkeley students joining BIDS as interns! We look forward to their collaboration with our community and support at monthly events. Hear what they're interested in and meet them at our events: bids.berkeley.edu/news/welcomi...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

BIDS in 2025: Gathering at JupyterCon 2025 to build community and contribute to the future ➡️ Impacts on health & geoscience research, data science education, Jupyter infrastructure 💡 Thoughts on the Jupyter Ecosystem as the platform for a future of scientific computing More here: bit.ly/4j3lbye

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

🌟 BIDS in 2025: Bringing people together to share open source knowledge at the Berkeley OSPO events Monica Bobra (CA Office of Data & Innovation) joined us for an engaging discussion focused on open source data & the impact it has on real people. Learn more about her work: bit.ly/4oXrwN3

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

🤝 BIDS in 2025: AI Futures Lab: Forging a new direction for collaborative innovation A hub for groundbreaking research and collaboration at the intersection of AI, science and society. 🎟️ Event plans for 2026 are heating up! Join the announcement list: bids-aifutureslab+subscribe@lists.berkeley.edu

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

⭐ BIDS in 2025: CLEAN: Creating tools to increase data transparency and accessibility We celebrate the CLEAN initiative team and their groundbreaking California Police Records Access Project! 🔎 Learn more and access the database on news sites: journalism.berkeley.edu/berkeley-and...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

✨ BIDS in 2025: Cultural Analytics: Data-driven analysis of cultural phenomena 🎦 Read the highlights and then watch the entire talk from @manvir.bsky.social “Universality and Diversity in Story and Song”! bit.ly/48CyIYG

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

🌟 BIDS in 2025: Making geospatial data analysis and exploration free, open source, & accessible to everyone @geojupyter.bsky.social led by the teams at BIDS, @schmidtdse.bsky.social, @quantstack.bsky.social, @2i2c.org and @developmentseed.org ➡️ Hackathon highlights - geojupyter.org/blog/2025090...

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