TWU Informatics

We're happy to announce that the TWU Master of Informatics program has new Application area in Cybersecurity starting this fall! Here's a list of the cybersecurity courses we offer:

Master of Science in Informatics < CourseLeaf The degree program consists of a minimum of 36 semester credit hours (SCH) of graduate coursework comprised of 15 SCH of foundations in computer science, 15 SCH of discipline-specific coursework in one of the application areas below, and 3 SCH in software/statistical tools. The program is completed....

Largest Real-World Database for Pro Bono COVID-19 Research Goes Live | AcademyHealth A coalition of organizations is offering free access to the largest real-world data sets in the U.S. to support rapid COVID-19 research.

I'm not sure we need more examples of real-world data use, but there are multiple examples of data gathering and visualization, tracking COVID-19 - and in the case of several pieces in the Lancet (a medical journal), crowdsourcing data to track and model spread. These are both available as open-access publications:

Leung, G. M., & Leung, K. (2020). Crowdsourcing data to mitigate epidemics. The Lancet Digital Health. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landig/article/PIIS2589-7500(20)30055-8/fulltext

Sun, K., Chen, J., & Viboud, C. (2020). Early epidemiological analysis of the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak based on crowdsourced data: a population-level observational study. The Lancet Digital Health. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589750020300261?fbclid=IwAR2aeCOpxxuflhY8rETu4q9q5CZBKmRKZzEmtJugCGDiaz3_j_fO-8pX8rI

Crowdsourcing data to mitigate epidemics Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread with unprecedented speed and scale since the first zoonotic event that introduced the causative virus—severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)—into humans, probably during November, 2019, according to phylogenetic analyses sugges...

Applications Open for RDM 102: Beyond Research Data Management for Biomedical and Health Sciences Librarians – Apply today, January 10, 2020 to participate in a rigorous, 9-week, online training course with the NNLM Training Office (NTO). This course goes beyond the basics of research data management, providing an introduction to the support of data science and open science with the goal of developing and implementing or enhancing data science training and services at participants’ institutions. Participants who complete all components are eligible to receive 36 hours of Continuing Education credit from the Medical Library Association.

Applications Open for RDM 102: Beyond Research Data Management for Biomedical and Health Sciences Librarians (Spring 2020) Course Description Biomedical and health sciences librarians are invited to participate in a rigorous online training course going beyond the basics of research data management, sponsored by the Na…

"Collectively, one of the great opportunities for what is being called the Digital Transformation is for the creation of a new generation of socio-technical systems."

Being Human in the Days/Daze of Big Data - IEEE Technology and Society Technology for Big Data, and its brother-in-arms Machine Learning, is at the root of, and is the facilitator of, deliberate string-pulling design choices. These design choices are made by people, and so the question actually becomes, do the design choices enabled by Big Data and Machine Learning hav...

Informatics in health - a big, big deal!

Taking Flight: NLM’s Data Science Journey Guest post by the Data Science Training Program team. Data science at NLM is ready to soar! In 2018, we embarked on a journey to build a workforce ready to take on the challenges of data-drive…

National Transportation Library (NTL) Collection Analysis and Digital Preservation Fellow



Join the National Transportation Library (NTL) and be offered an opportunity to gain hands-on learning and skills in collection analysis and digital preservation, relating to transportation. The Fellow will learn to use Tableau to create and analyze NTL Collections and create bibliometric dashboards. The Fellow will learn how to identify, evaluate, and process legacy content of historical significance for long term digital preservation. Content may include audio files, research datasets, reports, still images, and memos. The Fellow will learn to migrate formats as needed to preserve usefulness, apply metadata, and add to transportation collections in NTL’s digital repository.

The Fellow will also have the opportunity to collaborate with NTL staff on new projects and initiatives as they arise.
Under the guidance of a mentor, opportunities to gain skills and experience may include:

· Operating a digital repository;

· Assessing records for duplication, metadata quality and adherence to NTL metadata policy;

· Creating finding aids;

· Collaborating with NTL Metadata Librarians on authority control projects, such as improving the integration of digital object identifiers into NTL systems;

· Participating in workflow assessment for web-archiving;

· Collaborating with NTL Digital Librarian and NTL Data Curator to develop a policy for transportation web content and identify best practices using Internet Archive’s Archive-IT service;

· Assisting in furthering NTL’s social media efforts to promote library resources and services;

· Cloud computing;

· Data dictionary and mediated submission application development.

The selected candidate will receive a stipend as support for living and other expenses during this appointment. Stipend rates are determined by DOT officials and are based on the candidate’s academic and professional background. The candidate may also be eligible to receive a health insurance allowance and reimbursement for travel expenses. This appointment is full-time (40 hours per week) for one year and may be extended in increments of one year, up to three years total, contingent upon project needs and funding availability.



This program, administered by ORAU through its contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to manage the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), was established through an interagency agreement between DOE and DOT. The initial appointment is for 12 months but may be renewed upon recommendation of DOT and is contingent on the availability of funds. The participant will receive an annual stipend of approximately $65,000 commensurate with educational level and experience, in additional to a health insurance supplement of $4,800; professional development allowance of $2,500, and a relocation allowance of $2,000. Proof of health insurance is required for participation in this program. The appointment is full-time in the Washington, DC area. Participants do not become employees of DOT, DOE or the program administrator, and there are no employment-related benefits.

Desired Appointment Start Date: June 1, 2019.



For more information or to apply, please visit: https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/USDOT-2019-0004.

Zintellect - Climb Higher If you have questions, send an email to [email protected]. Please include the reference code for this opportunity in your email.

It's big news when the entire editorial board of one of the top publications quits - and starts their own journal.

Elsevier journal editors resign, start rival open-access journal Following in the footsteps of linguistics journal Lingua, the editorial board of the Elsevier-owned Journal of Informetrics has resigned and launched a rival journal that will be free for all to read.

Attention graduate students!

CHRISTUS Health is offering a summer internship for informatics Master’s students – this is a great opportunity for anyone wanting to gain experience in supply chain management/ data management.

This job is located in Irving, TX and you can view the internship posting here:

https://careers.christushealth.org/job-details/student-intern-international-supply-chain-bilingual-required-5000442999206-external/.

You can also go to CHRISTUS Health careers website and type in “international supply chain.”

Apply now!

https://twitter.com/txwomans/status/1046878891078496256

TXWoman's University on Twitter “ informatics students have joined a groundbreaking nationwide project that hopes to answer groundbreaking precision medical questions that could one day lead to new treatments and cures. https://t.co/UJTW7pv0X1”