May 2Applying Big Data to Restore Nevada’s Walker LakePart of the ancestral home of the Northern Paiute people, Nevada's Walker Basin has provided a source of water for the area's booming...
Apr 4Hawaiʻi Climate Data Portal Serves as Model for West HubKnowledge of climate patterns is critically important for a variety of resource management issues, including groundwater and surface water..
Mar 1West Hub Congratulates Elizabeth Leake on her new role with Boise State UniversityBoise State University's Office of Information Technology recently announced that Elizabeth Leake has joined the team as the director of...
Feb 1NSF HSI National STEM Resource Hub Offers Virtual Workshops in February and MarchHispanic Serving Institutions faculty and staff will have the opportunity to prepare and submit more grant applications for the NSF...
Jan 3West Hub’s Principal Investigator Elected as Secretary General for CODATAChristine Kirkpatrick, West Hub Principal Investigator and Division Director of Research Data Services at the San Diego Supercomputer...
Dec 1, 2021West Hub Member Ilkay Altintas Leads Project to Proactively Fight FiresBy: Cynthia Dillon, SDSC Communications and Kimberly Mann Bruch, West Hub To mitigate the threat of massive wildfires, fire managers and...
Nov 1, 2021West Hub Participates in New NSF Project: Supporting Transboundary Aquifer ResiliencyTransboundary aquifers, which are deep subsurface water sources shared by multiple countries, have long been a critical source of water...
Oct 1, 2021West Hub Supports Workshop Showcasing the Use of the Commercial Cloud for ResearchOrganized by the CloudBank project partners at the University of Washington (UW), UC Berkeley, the University of California San Diego and...
Sep 14, 2021University of Montana’s Dr. Ruth Plenty Sweetgrass-She Kills Shares Insight for Increased IndigenousFor more than 45 years, the Society for Advancement of Advancing Chicano/Hispanic and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) has supported...
Sep 1, 2021Data in Action Spotlight: Advancing the Study of the Body’s Metabolic Systems through Bold AppHave you ever wondered how the “normal” resting heart rate for your age group, used by your doctor, was determined or how the American...
Aug 17, 2021Using Machine Learning to Improve Urban Mobility and TransportationAn Yan, who received her doctorate degree in information science at the University of Washington (UW) earlier this year, and Bill Howe,...
Aug 2, 2021Building Tribal Capacity with Water Research Partnerships Workshop: A ReflectionThis piece was written by: Alice Lei, Research Experience for High School Students, West Hub Intern, San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC...
Jul 27, 2021Big Data Spotlight: Oregon Scientists Publish Novel Watershed FindingsOregon State University Echohydrologist Carlos Ochoas has spent his career examining how watersheds and riparian systems work and ways to...
Jun 25, 2021West Hub Affiliates at Arizona State University Pave Way for FAIR Models with CoMSES.NetAround this time last year, in May 2020, West Hub affiliate Michael Barton and colleagues published an open letter in Science that urged...
May 26, 2021West Hub Community Spotlight: Alaska Projects Focused on Data-Driven Environmental SystemsChris Turner, who has been working on an array of National Science Foundation-funded data science projects in Alaska for many years,...
May 11, 2021Making it COUNT: Celebrating All ParticipantsAs we wrap up the Let’s Make it COUNT initiative, we wanted to take the opportunity to celebrate the winning entries and ALL the...
Apr 13, 2021West Hub Spoke Graduate Student Contributes to LA Tree Canopy ProjectLos Angeles native Cindy Chen grew up in a stereotypical concrete-laden urban community. As a West Big Data Innovation Hub Spoke graduate...
Mar 22, 2021HSI-STEM Hub Announces Grant Writing and Faculty Professional Skills WorkshopsFor several years, the West Big Data Innovation Hub has partnered with the HSI-STEM Hub to encourage underrepresented faculty, staff, and...
Feb 27, 2021Big Data as a Force for EquityA Conversation with Dr. Khadijia Monk and Dr. Theodoric Manley West Big Data Innovation Hub writer Kim Bruch recently sat down with Dr....
Feb 26, 2021COVID-19 Data Challenge Project Continues to Benefit Texas ClassroomsA few months ago, the West Big Data Innovation Hub teamed with the Border Solutions Alliance for the COVID-19 Data Challenge to broaden...