Accelerating High-Dimensional Insights: A Block-Diagonal Approach to Sparse PCA. Discovering simplicity in complex systems at the intersection of digital and natural worlds. Join us to catch the latest from the Del Pia Lab with Dekun Zhou presenting on "Accelerating High-Dimensional Insights: A Block-Diagonal Approach to Sparse PCA." Special introduction by Xiaoya Zhang, Sridharan Lab. Online option available. Light refreshments served. CONTACT: 316-4534, lredeagle@wisc.edu URL: https://wid.wisc.edu/event/wid-faculty-seminar-6/ ONLINE: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96326864622

The Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC) is holding an inaugural Researcher Forum on Wednesday, February 26. We invite CHTC users and the UW-Madison research computing community to join us! * Learn about recent changes at CHTC and what's new and upcoming * Connect with CHTC users and learn from each other at a mini poster session * Engage with CHTC staff - ask questions, provide suggestions, and more! * Meet a computer server CONTACT: chtc@cs.wisc.edu URL: https://chtc.cs.wisc.edu/events/2025/02/researcher-forum

Research generates data of all sizes, from a few megabytes to hundreds of terabytes. And let’s face it, storing all that data can be costly. In this virtual session, we’ll introduce Research Object Storage (S3), a new campus-hosted data storage service offering 50TB of no cost storage to eligible researchers. Discover how this service can significantly reduce storage costs and enable new ways to use and distribute your data. Recommended for researchers, IT, and other support staff. CONTACT: researchdrive@wisc.edu URL: https://it.wisc.edu/research-ci/research-object-storage-s3-an-overview-for-researchers-and-support-staff-virtual-presentation/ ONLINE: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95225402864?pwd=VWWUL0Gw8PoT4vaVsVnKbtZDxpgVdt.1

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: From the Notebook to the Cluster - This presentation details a workflow that takes R markdown/quarto document, strips its R code, encapsulates the code and its dependencies into container, and programmatically creates the necessary files to r 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=WK87lTIKXV1hv2hqQu7QPW0DNiYWA8.1

Join in the fun at the Data Story Slam! Everyone’s life is impacted by data, and everyone has a story to share! Share a story/hear a story of ordinary to extraordinary moments where life intersects with data, and connect with others at this informal social before the 2025 Data Science Research Bazaar. The Data Story Slam is open to all, and refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP (link below) to let us know that you are coming! You can also sign up now or at the event to share a story! CONTACT: contact@datascience.wisc.edu URL: https://bazaar.datascience.wisc.edu/data-story-slam/