Good morning!
Welcome to the twenty ninth 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
[Research Paper: Data Science Education] The Data Science Lab’s own Candace Savonen, Carrie Wright, Ava Hoffman, Elizabeth Humphries, and Jeff Leek released a new preprint titled: Motivation, inclusivity, and realism should drive data science education. Read to discover how our group's experience in diverse educational settings has shaped our teaching philosophy, focusing on motivation, inclusivity, and realism, and learn practical strategies for implementing these ideals in your own classroom.
[New Data House Calls] DaSL and the DaSL network of friends is expanding, so we’ve launched two new data house calls. Join us at the Clinical Data Access house call to learn about how to access clinical data and about DaSL’s ongoing work supporting the clinical data program at FHCC. Or join us at the Analysis and Visualization house call if you’re looking for a sounding board about strategies for visualizing your data, consultations about data and statistical analysis, and technologies that could help you implement any of the above.
[Beta-Testers Wanted: New R Package] DaSL’s Howard Baek has written a new R interface to Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services Text-to-Speech REST API, and we looking for folks to kick the tires on this new R package.
Our Weekly Bookmarks Bar
[Article: Where my ladies at?] Daniella Witten kicks off a conversation on the underrepresentation of women in Institute of Mathematical Statistics fellowships, systemic challenges, and concrete suggestions for creating a more inclusive professional society.
[Video: Gil Strang's Final 18.06 Linear Algebra Lecture] Gilbert Strang, renowned linear algebra educator, delivers his final captivating lecture at MIT. Don't miss this historic event as Strang bids farewell to his beloved subject and imparts his wisdom one last time.
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!
- The Fred Hutch Data Science Laboratory