Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

Software Carpentry
2025-01-13 09:00 - 2025-01-16 13:00 (America/Chicago) | WI
https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-01-13-uwmadison-swc/

Software Carpentry
2025-01-14 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-15 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-16 09:00 - 13:00 | WI
Learn Skills for Research Software Engineering. Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.
CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu
URL: https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-01-13-uwmadison-swc/

Health Sciences Data Carpentry
2025-01-21 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-22 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-23 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-24 09:00 - 13:00 | 3330 Health Sciences Learning Center
Fundamental Data Skills Workshop. Data Carpentry develops and teaches workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. Its target audience is researchers who have little to no prior computational experience, and its lessons are domain specific, building on learners’ existing knowledge to enable them to quickly apply skills learned to their own research. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.
CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu
URL: https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-01-21-uwmadison-dc/

Research Cyberinfrastructure Community of Practice meeting (FREE and Online)
2025-01-23 13:00 - 14:00 | (Online)
Learn about tools and services to support campus research.. Researchers and IT/support staff are invited to participate in this monthly community of practice, which features presentations and support related to campus research tools/services.
This month: RCI Tools & Services Overview –
Learn about tools available through the Research Cyberinfrastructure, including ResearchDrive, Research Object Storage (S3), Electronic Lab Notebook, Globus, Data Science Platform, and cloud computing.
RCI staff available for consultations during this session!
CONTACT: rci@g-groups.wisc.edu
URL: https://go.wisc.edu/rci
ONLINE: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98069906780?pwd=[REDACTED]

ComBEE Monthly Meeting
2025-01-28 15:00 - 16:00 | Orchard View Room, Discovery Building
Decoding Proteins: Exploring Transformers, AlphaFold, and Hands-On with ColabFold. Join us for an engaging COMBEE talk exploring the fascinating world of protein language models, transformers, and the revolutionary advancements of AlphaFold, presented by Dr. Hannah Wayment-Steele
CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu

Research Bazaar
2025-03-19 09:00 - 16:30, 2025-03-20 09:00 - 16:30 | Discovery Building, 330 North Orchard Street, De Luca Forum, Madison, WI, 53715, United States
Data Science Research Bazaar: AI and ML in Research: Navigating Opportunities and Boundaries. Save the date for the the 6th annual Data Science Research Bazaar, March 19-20, 2025 at the Discovery Building. This year’s theme is AI and ML in Research: Navigating Opportunities and Boundaries.
CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu
URL: https://bazaar.datascience.wisc.edu/

Intermediate Research Software Development with Python
2025-03-24 09:00 - 2025-03-27 13:00 | Discovery Building, 330 North Orchard Street, De Luca Forum, Madison, WI, 53715, United States
https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-03-24-uwmadison-intermedpython/

Intermediate Research Software Development with Python aims to teach a core set of established, intermediate-level software development skills and best practices for working as part of a team in a research environment using Python as an example programming language (see detailed learning objectives). The core set of skills we teach is not a comprehensive set of all-encompassing skills, but a selective set of tried-and-tested collaborative development skills that forms a firm foundation for continuing on your learning journey.

Health Sciences Data Carpentry
2025-03-24 13:00 - 17:00 | Health Sciences Learning Center, Room 1248, 750 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53792, United States
https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-03-24-uwmadison-dc/

Data Carpentry develops and teaches workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. Its target audience is researchers who have little to no prior computational experience, and its lessons are domain specific, building on learners’ existing knowledge to enable them to quickly apply skills learned to their own research. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.

Text Analysis in Python
2025-04-28 09:00 - 12:30 | WI
https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-04-28-uwmadison-textanalysis/

Intro to Deep Learning with Keras
2025-05-19 09:00 - 12:30 | Discovery Building, 330 North Orchard Street, De Luca Forum, Madison, WI, 53715, United States
https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-05-19-uwmadison-DeepLearningKeras/

REU / Undergrad Only - Data Carpentry
2025-06-02 09:00 - 12:30 | Discovery Building, 330 North Orchard Street, De Luca Forum, Madison, WI, 53715, United States
https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-06-02-uwmadison-reudc/

Data Carpentry develops and teaches workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. Its target audience is researchers who have little to no prior computational experience, and its lessons are domain specific, building on learners’ existing knowledge to enable them to quickly apply skills learned to their own research. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.

Geospatial Data Carpentry Workshop
2025-06-02 13:00 - 17:00 | Discovery Building, 330 North Orchard Street, De Luca Forum, Madison, WI, 53715, United States
https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-06-02-uwmadison-dc-geospatial/

The goal of this workshop is to provide an introduction to core geospatial data concepts and dive into working with raster/vector data, including how to open, work with, and plot vector and raster-format spatial data in R. Additional topics include working with spatial metadata (extent and coordinate reference systems), reprojecting spatial data, and working with raster time series data. This lesson assumes you have some knowledge of R. If you’ve never used R before, or need a refresher, start with our Introduction to R for Geospatial Data lesson webpage.

REU / Undergrad Only - Software Carpentry
2025-06-09 09:00 - 16:30 | Discovery Building, 330 North Orchard Street, De Luca Forum, Madison, WI, 53715, United States
https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-06-09-uwmadison-reuswc/

Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.

Introduction to Machine Learning
2025-07-30 09:00 - 14:00 | Discovery Building, 330 North Orchard Street, De Luca Forum, Madison, WI, 53715, United States
https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-07-30-uwmadison-IntrotoML/

Genomics Data Carpentry
2025-08-04 09:00 - 2025-08-12 13:00 | WI
Data Carpentry develops and teaches workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research.

Reproducible Software
2025-08-25 09:00 - 2025-08-28 12:30 | Discovery Building, 330 North Orchard Street, De Luca Forum, Madison, WI, 53715, United States
https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-08-25-uwmadison-ReproducibleSoftware/

Fall 2025 Mini Workshop Series
2025-10-01 09:00 - 2025-10-29 13:00 | WI
https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-10-01-uwmadison-mini/

Finding Your Place in Science
2025-10-20 15:00 - 17:00 | Discovery Building, 330 North Orchard Street, De Luca Forum, Madison, WI, 53715, United States
A reflective workshop on belonging, identity, and the paths of science, guided by Madison author, editor, and writing mentor. All Welcome.

Finding Your Place in Science: A Writing Workshop to Explore Scientific Identity
Oct. 20, 3 pm, Location: 1145 Discovery Building
Light snacks provided
Michelle Wildgen is an editor, teacher, and writer of literary fiction and essays, as well as the author of four novels and cofounder of the Madison Writers’ Studio.
A scientific identity – essentially, whether a person feels they belong in the world of science —is associated with longevity and success in STEM-related fields. But what does it mean to belong in science? Does it matter if you identify as a science person?
As part of the Wisconsin Science Festival, the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery is offering a writing workshop focused on scientific identity, aimed at undergrad and graduate students, but also open to the public. We’ll discuss some of the components researchers have identified as part of this sense of belonging in science; consider some of the conscious and unconscious assumptions we might have about who belongs in science; and expand our definitions and explore how varied a scientific identity can be. With a mix of discussion in small and large groups and impromptu writing, we’ll investigate the broad concept of an identity and how it can be useful in the face of obstacles. Finally, we’ll consider the more specific idea of belonging in the scientific realm, what helps you find that sense of belonging and what might prevent it.
This workshop is not solely for people who already feel they belong–plenty of people study and work in science without being certain if they do–but for anyone who is interested in using writing and discussion to consider and clarify what this concept of scientific identity means to you.

ML+Coffee: How Can I Apply ML/AI To My Data?
2025-11-05 09:00 - 11:00 | 1145 Discovery Building
ML+X Networking & Coworking.
CONTACT: endemann@wisc.edu
URL: https://forms.gle/Qrku5Dza6N3ZT3yAA

2026 Data Science Research Bazaar
2026-03-19 09:00 - 16:30, 2026-03-23 09:00 - 10:30, 2026-03-23 14:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-06 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-04-06 13:00 - 16:00 | Discovery Building, 330 North Orchard Street, De Luca Forum, Madison, WI, 53715, United States
The Data Science Research Bazaar brings together researchers from diverse fields who use data, computing, and software in their work.
