In addition to your research projects, SUDS Scholars across all research opportunities are provided with a full set of data sciences networking, academic, and professional development opportunities. Scholars must attend a minimum of 75% of the weekly speaker seminars, networking, and professional development opportunities and also participate in the DSI Research Day, submitting an abstract of their SUDS research.
The listing of sessions can be found below. We are aiming to offer activities in a hybrid form. Thus, students have the option to participate in person or virtually. Any in-person events will be held at the DSI – see here for location.
For this year’s programming, the DSI is partnering some programming with the University of Toronto’s School of Cities and the Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM).
May | ||
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4-5 pm ET In-person & virtual |
Welcome & Orientation | Welcome to the Data Sciences Institute: Inspiration and opportunities Prof. Laura Rosella, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and Associate Director, Education & Training, Data Sciences Institute, University of Toronto |
10 am to 4 pm ET In-person & virtual |
Data Science Skills Day |
Unix Shell Dr. Kathy Chung |
4-5 pm ET Virtual |
Seminar Series |
Computer Vision in Long-Term Care - Challenges and Opportunities Dr. Babak Taati, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (KITE), University Health Network |
10 am to 4 pm ET In-person & virtual |
Data Science Skills Day |
Introduction to Python Bryan Hong, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto |
4-5 pm ET In-person & virtual |
Professional Development Session |
Moving our research to the web Dr. Conor Klamann, Senior Research Software Developer, Data Sciences Institute |
4-5 pm ET In-person & virtual |
Seminar Series |
Computer-based drug design: are we there yet? Dr. Matthieu Schapira, Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Structural Genomics Consortium |
4-5 pm ET Virtual |
Professional Development Session |
Visualizations Lief Pagalan, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto |
June | ||
4-5 pm ET Virtual |
Seminar Series |
AI in Medicine from Bench to Bedside Prof. Chris McIntosh, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network |
10 am to 4 pm ET Virtual |
Data Science Skills Day |
Introduction to R Dr. Anjali Silva, Department of Cell & Systems Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto |
4-5 pm ET In-person & virtual |
Data Science @ Work |
Non-profit Data Science Daniel Liadsky, Managing Director, Purpose Analytics |
4-5 pm ET Virtual |
Seminar Series |
Data Science and Arctic Climate Change Prof. Kent Moore, Department of Chemical & Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga |
4-5 pm ET In-person & virtual |
Data Science @ Work |
Tom Cardoso, Data Journalist, Globe & Mail |
4-5 pm ET In-person & virtual |
Seminar Series |
Everything you always wanted to know about sex chromosomes, but were afraid to ask Prof. Lei Sun, Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto Prof. Andrew Paterson, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto |
10 am to 4 pm ET In-person & virtual |
Data Science Skills Day |
R for Reproducible Scientific Analysis Johnny Dubois, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto |
4-5 pm ET Virtual |
Data Science @ Work |
Aileen Schultz, Director, Data and Model Policy and Ethics, Thomson Reuters |
4-5 pm ET Virtual |
Seminar Series |
Modelling and Managing Water Systems for Mega Cities Prof. David Meyer, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto |
4-5 pm ET Virtual |
Professional Development Session |
Workshopping your abstract Susan Hopkirk, New College Writing Centre Liz Newbery, New College Writing Centre |
July | ||
4-5 pm ET In-person & Virtual |
Seminar Series |
Removing unwanted variations in multi-site genomic and neuroimaging studies for improving reproducibility Prof. Jun Young Park, Department of Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Science |
4-5 pm ET Virtual |
Professional Development Session |
All you need to know about GitHub Dr. Tim Thomas, Research Training Lead, Berkeley Computational Social Science Training Program and Research Director, Urban Displacement Project at IGS & CCI University of California, Berkeley Offered by the School of Cities |
4-5 pm ET In-person & virtual |
Seminar Series |
Machine learning for materials design and additive manufacturing Prof. Yu Zou, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto |
10 am to 4 pm ET Virtual |
Data Science Skills Day |
Introduction to SQL Ciara Zogheib, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto |
4-5 pm ET Virtual |
Data Science @ Work |
Designing Scalable and Resilient Machine Learning Systems Vik Pant, Partner, Data and Analytics, PwC Canada |
4-5 pm ET Virtual |
Seminar Series |
Evaluating the effects of COVID on research and researchers Prof. Michelle Alexopoulos, Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto |
4-5 pm ET In-person & virtual |
Data Science @ Work |
Data science at BCG GAMMA: Applying AI at a global scale Erik Drysdale, Senior Data Scientist, BCG GAMMA |
Deadline for SUDS Scholar to submit their SUDS project research abstract. Please follow this guideline. | ||
4-5 pm ET Virtual |
Seminar Series |
Exploring Quantum Chemistry using Quantum Computers Dr. Viki Kumar Prasad, Edward S. Rogers Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, University of Toronto |
10 am to 4 pm ET Virtual |
Data Science Skills Day |
Sampling Ciara Zogheib, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto |
4-5 pm ET Virtual |
Data Science @ Work |
Bias and Fairness Considertions for ML Ops Hareem Naveed, Director, Integrated Analytics, Munich Re |
August | ||
4- 5 pm ET In-person & virtual |
Seminar Series |
Cellular, molecular and physical mechanisms of early heart development Prof. Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, University of Toronto |
4- 5 pm ET Virtual |
Professional Development Session |
What’s Next? Your Career Questions Saddiya Rose, Med., Career Educator, UofT Career Centre |
Time TBC In-person & virtually |
SUDS RESEARCH DAY! |