91ÉçÇø News - Data Science /channels/news_feeds/all/term/data_science/rss en Blog post | Q&A with Conseil SAM: On Using Data to Better Understand Food Insecurity /channels/channels/news/blog-post-qa-conseil-sam-using-data-better-understand-food-insecurity-346144 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Written by the <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/pds-dsh/about/teams">DSH Team</a>*</p> <p><em>Une version française de ce billet se trouve </em><a href="https://medium.com/pds-dsh/le-conseil-sam-mieux-comprendre-lins%C3%A9curit%C3%A9-alimentaire-par-la-donn%C3%A9e-ec398ced9a2e"><em>ici</em></a><em>.</em></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/screenshot_2023-02-16_at_12.32.38_am.png?itok=WDk-QN5l" width="160" height="162" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">16 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 16 Feb 2023 05:34:26 +0000 webfull 187309 at /channels Blog post | All About That Use Case: Back to Basics /channels/channels/news/blog-post-all-about-use-case-back-basics-346143 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Written by <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/pds-dsh/about/teams">the DSH team</a>*</p> <p><em>Une version française de ce billet sera bientôt disponible.</em></p> <p>This fall, the <a href="http://mcgill.ca/pds-dsh">Data for Society Hub</a> (DSH) aims to establish a use case. In this first instalment of our series “All About That Use Caseâ€, the team speaks with project manager Esmaël Mourtaza and solutions architect Luc Véronneau to learn more about what defines a use case and which milestones the DSH is working toward.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/screenshot_2023-02-15_at_11.59.01_pm.png?itok=CNmudoui" width="160" height="144" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">15 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 16 Feb 2023 05:00:42 +0000 webfull 187307 at /channels CDSI announces 2023 Convergent Research Themes awards /channels/channels/news/cdsi-announces-2023-convergent-research-themes-awards-345966 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><i>Five multidisciplinary teams to collaborate on computational approaches to complex problems </i></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/cdsi_logo_442by254.png?itok=J-18wrkB" width="160" height="92" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">8 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 08 Feb 2023 21:01:37 +0000 webfull 187092 at /channels Blog post | CIRM’s Audray Fontaine and Nik Luka on the Project’s Transformative Potential /channels/channels/news/blog-post-cirms-audray-fontaine-and-nik-luka-projects-transformative-potential-342498 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Written by <a href="/centre-montreal/projects/data-society-hub">the DSH team</a>*</p> <p><em>Une version française de ce billet sera bientôt disponible.</em> </p> <p>The <a href="http://mcgill.ca/pds-dsh">Data for Society Hub</a> (DSH) team spoke with <a href="/centre-montreal/">The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal</a> (CIRM)’s knowledge mobilization coordinator, Audray Fontaine, and associate director Nik Luka about the collaboration between CIRM and the DSH.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/screen_shot_2022-09-28_at_10.20.59_pm.png?itok=0ySLUoos" width="160" height="118" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">28 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 29 Sep 2022 02:16:02 +0000 webfull 183193 at /channels Blog post | Mieux comprendre les communautés montréalaises à l’aide de l’analyse de texte assistée par ordinateur /channels/channels/news/blog-post-mieux-comprendre-les-communautes-montrealaises-laide-de-lanalyse-de-texte-assistee-par-340390 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Écrit par Amélie Ducharme et Julien Vallières*, assistante de recherche et coordinateur du <a href="http://mcgill.ca/pds-dsh/">Laboratoire d’analyse des discours et des récits collectifs</a></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/1aqykyo3r_ntsn_mdjeecla.png?itok=a1rhsyNL" width="160" height="80" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">21 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 21 Jul 2022 05:53:10 +0000 webfull 180960 at /channels Blog post | Gouvernance des données: les choix humains derrière les données et les technologies /channels/channels/news/blog-post-gouvernance-des-donnees-les-choix-humains-derriere-les-donnees-et-les-technologies-339662 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Écrit par <a href="/centre-montreal/fr/projets/montreal-en-commun/pole-danalyse-de-donnees-sociales">l’équipe de coordination du PDS</a>* en collaboration avec Samuel Kohn, directeur des programmes chez <a href="https://opennorth.ca/fr/about">Nord Ouvert</a></p> <p><em>An English version of this post will be published shortly.</em></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/cycle-de-vie.png?itok=M0D8z-uZ" width="160" height="109" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">20 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 20 May 2022 22:00:57 +0000 webfull 180259 at /channels Blog post | Jonathan van Geuns on Bridging the Gap Between People and Technology /channels/channels/news/blog-post-jonathan-van-geuns-bridging-gap-between-people-and-technology-339661 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>Q&amp;A with Jonathan van Geuns</h2> <p>Written by <a href="/centre-montreal/projects/montreal-common/data-society-hub">the DSH team</a>*</p> <p><em>Une version française de ce billet sera bientôt disponible.</em></p> <p>The <a href="http://mcgill.ca/pds-dsh">Data for Society Hub</a> (DSH) team spoke with Jonathan van Geuns to learn more about his work with Ana Brandusescu, their involvement in this project, and their objectives for the year.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/jonathan-van-geuns.jpeg?itok=rU565qYf" width="160" height="120" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">20 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 20 May 2022 21:44:32 +0000 webfull 180256 at /channels Blog post | Luc Véronneau on Building Software That Matters /channels/channels/news/blog-post-luc-veronneau-building-software-matters-339660 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>Q&amp;A with Solutions Architect Luc Véronneau</h2> <p>Written by <a href="/centre-montreal/projects/montreal-common/data-society-hub">the DSH team</a>*</p> <p><em>Une version française de ce billet a été publiée <a href="https://medium.com/pds-dsh/luc-v%C3%A9ronneau-et-la-cr%C3%A9ation-de-logiciels-qui-font-sens-d8defb0ac303">ici</a>.</em></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/luc-veronneau.jpeg?itok=KKKAxhzi" width="160" height="140" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">20 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 20 May 2022 21:37:34 +0000 webfull 180254 at /channels Making data science accessible to all /channels/channels/news/making-data-science-accessible-all-339309 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><i>The Faculty of Science’s new </i><a href="/cdsi/"><i>Computational and Data Systems Initiative</i></a><i> will help researchers unlock the power of data-intensive research methods</i></p> <p>If you follow science news, you will almost certainly have encountered the term ‘modelling’. From understanding climate change, to predicting the course of a pandemic, to developing the pharmaceuticals to fight one, scientists seem to have a ‘model’ for everything. But have you ever wondered just what the term means and how scientists go about creating models?</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/christina-wocintechchat-com-ndovgcs_lzm-unsplash_-_web.jpg?itok=JYOOggj5" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 29 Apr 2022 13:36:08 +0000 webfull 179841 at /channels