Welcome to the sixty second 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
[New Coursera Course: Avoiding AI Harm] This course is designed for those in roles with decision making power, to help them understand major topics to consider for using and developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) responsibly, including popular Generative AI tools like ChatGPT and others. It covers real-world examples of situations where AI was used in variety of fields and situations in ways hat revealed ethical concerns. Strategies are suggested to avoid doing harm working with AI, including a framework for working responsibly with AI.
[Event: Fred Hutch R User Group] The Fred Hutch R User Group is restarting this year to bring R users in the Fred Hutch community to learn and solve problems together! Every two weeks on Tuesday Noon PT, we will meet to discuss specific topics about R programming or data analysis. R users at all experiences are welcome to attend and share! Winter and Spring 2024 dates:: Jan 30, Feb 13, Feb 27, March 12, March 26, April 9, April 23, May 7, May 21. To join in for any of these dates, please fill out the following interest form!
As always you can contact us by replying directly to this email, you can contact the Data Science Lab 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!
- The Fred Hutch Data Science Laboratory