[UCR_DataScience] REMINDER: Data Science talk by Dr. Zhiwu Xie, tomorrow Friday March 8th, 12-1pm, MRB Seminar Room

[tsotras at cs.ucr.edu]

Reminder for the Data Science Seminar tomorrow Friday at noon.
Learn about the UCR library's AI initiative and how it may facilitate your
research.
Please register using the link below if you plan to attend.

V. Tsotras

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> We will have a Data Science seminar this Friday, March 8th, 12:00-1:00pm
> at the MRB Seminar Room (1st floor). Come and learn about UCR Library's
> Research Data Initiative!
>
> **** Pizza and refreshments will be provided ****
>
> To keep track of the number of attendees, please *register* at:
> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-science-talk-tickets-855506110807
>
> The talk will be given by Dr. Zhiwu Xie, Assistant University Librarian
> for Research & Technology, UCR
>
> *Title:*
> Using AI to enhance FIB-SEM Image Segmentation For Cell Biology
>
> *Abstract:*
> Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy (FIB-SEM) has been improved
> to the point that nanoscale imaging of whole cell and even larger
> biological samples can now be reliably obtained. The science bottleneck
> now moves to processing these images to extract insights and knowledge.
> Librarians at UCR and Virginia Tech are working with microscopy and biomed
> researchers at Yale School of Medicine to segment cell organelles from
> recently acquired enhanced FIB-SEM images of mouse neurons. While we did
> not develop new machine-learning algorithms, practical AI work still
> requires smart strategies to apply these algorithms to their fullest
> effects. We will discuss these practical considerations, from ground truth
> labeling, training, and post-processing, and highlight the necessity to
> adapt machine-learning pipeline to the needs of the scientific drives.
>
> This project showcases how librarians can be embedded and contribute to
> faculty research. UCR Library's Research Data Initiative is open to
> collaborate with UCR faculty on data intensive and AI assisted methods to
> directly help solve domain research problems. Come and learn about the UCR
> library's vision on this initiative, and solicit potential collaborative
> project ideas.
>
>
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> Sponsored by the UCR Data Science Center, the purpose of the Data Science
> Seminars is to foster collaborations between "core" Data Science faculty
> (from CSE/ECE/Stat Departments) and faculty/visitors from other sciences
> that face Data Science problems in their research. These informal
> gatherings are open to interested faculty and graduate students. Each
> meeting will start with a talk describing research problems and then a
> discussion will follow for questions, open problems, ideas for possible
> collaborations etc.
>
> A full list of previous seminars appears at:
> http://datascience.ucr.edu/seminars
>
> Forward this email to other colleagues or graduate students in your lab
> that may be interested. Moreover, if you are interested in giving a Data
> Science related talk, please contact me (tsotras at cs.ucr.edu).
>
> Sincerely,
> Vassilis Tsotras
> Professor, CSE Department
> co-Director, Data Science Major
> Director, MS in Computational Data Science
>
>
>
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