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

[tsotras at cs.ucr.edu]

There will be a Data Science seminar this Friday, see info below.
best,
V. Tsotras

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Subject: [UCR_DataScience] Data Science talk by Dr. Zhiwu Xie, Friday
March 8th, 12-1pm, MRB Seminar Room
From:    tsotras at cs.ucr.edu
Date:    Sun, March 3, 2024 1:11 pm
To:      datascience at lists.ucr.edu
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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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