Welcome to the thirty sixth ever issue of Monday Morning Data Science from the Fred Hutch Data Science Laboratory. We are excited to show you what we have been working on (Fresh from the Lab), plus links that we think you would be interested in (Our Weekly Bookmarks Bar). Part of the purpose of this newsletter is to start conversations, so if you have a question or there is something you would like to share with us please let us know by responding directly to this email.
Fresh from the Lab
[Event: Cancer Informatics Workshops + Lunch] DaSL and the NIH Informatics for Cancer Research Training Network is hosting a series of workshops August 24th-25th (lunch included) about AI for Cancer Informatics and Multidisciplinary Work in Cancer Informatics. Find out more information about the workshops and register for the event using the link above.
[New R Package: Conrad] Howard Baek released a new package on CRAN called Conrad which allows users to interact with the the Microsoft Cognitive Services Text to Speech REST API. The Text to Speech REST API uses deep learning to generate realistic-sounding spoken audio, with support for specific languages and dialects.
Our Weekly Bookmarks Bar
[Podcast: Inside Cancer Careers] Lately we’ve been listening to the NIH NCI Inside Cancer Careers Podcast which: “explores and illuminates the exciting world of cancer research training to bring a new generation of investigators into the field. Using a human-interest angle, trainees share their personal experiences throughout their journey…“
As always you can contact us by replying directly to this email, you can email Jeff Leek, Amy Paguirigan, and Sean Kross at data@fredhutch.org, or you are welcome to join us on the Fred Hutch Data Slack Workspace. For more information about the Fred Hutch Data Science Lab, visit our website: https://hutchdatascience.org/. See you next week!
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