Hands-on workshops covering some introductory Machine Learning tools and techniques. Python Tools for Machine Learning – February 10th Classes in Python, Deep Learning Frameworks – February 24th Training and Fine Tuning Models for Downstream Tasks – March 24th Reporting Your Findings in LaTeX – April 14th February 10th, Python Tools for Machine Learning The first […]
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Grace Hopper 2022
This fall, Grace Hopper reopened its conference to in person attendees after two years of only offering a virtual option. Founded in 1994, Anita Borg’s Grace Hopper Celebration is touted as the largest annual gathering of women in computing. Its “programs empower women and under-tapped communities in technical fields, guide the organizations that employ them, […]
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URI is recruiting students to compete in regional and national cybersecurity competitions. Students from all levels novice to expert are encouraged to apply.
Continue reading "Cyber Competition Recruitment"Dr. Enrique ter Horst, “A Bayesian time varying approach to risk neutral density estimation”
Who: Dr. Enrique ter Horst, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia What: “A Bayesian time varying approach to risk neutral density estimation.” When: Friday November 4th, 4PM Where: Beaupre 105 Abstract: We expand the literature of risk neutral density estimation across maturities from implied volatility curves, which are usually estimated and interpolated through cubic smoothing […]
Continue reading "Dr. Enrique ter Horst, “A Bayesian time varying approach to risk neutral density estimation”"Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Computer Science
The University of Rhode Island invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Statistics. We seek candidates who can contribute to both teaching and research in computer science. Of particular interest are candidates with expertise in the broad area of computer systems and its application across multiple disciplines. The […]
Continue reading "Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Computer Science"Dr. Noah M. Daniels announces the MEDFORD metadata description language
A team comprising researchers at URI (Noah Daniels, Hollie Putnam, and Andrew Powers), Tufts University (Lenore Cowen, Alva Couch, Polina Shpilker, and Liam Strand), and Drexel University (Jane Greenberg) has released version 1.0 of the MEDFORD metadata description language and its parser, medford. MEDFORD (MEtaData Format For Open Reef Data) is a lightweight markup language […]
Continue reading "Dr. Noah M. Daniels announces the MEDFORD metadata description language"Congratulations to Anna Fateiger!
Congratulations to URI Statistics MS recent graduate Anna Fateiger, who won one of the Student Poster Awards (Sponsored by Munich Re) at the 35th New England Statistical Symposium (hosted this year by UCONN) alongside competitors from the very best statistics programs in Massachusetts and Connecticut. The poster, titled “A spatio temporal analysis of American Woodcock movement” […]
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The Asteroid Team, under the leadership of Dr Lutz Hamel, has just announced Release 1.0 of the Asteroid programming language developed at the Dept. of Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Rhode. Asteroid is a modern, multi-paradigm programming language supporting first-class patterns and pattern-matching oriented programming. Its expressive syntax is easy to learn […]
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The International Office of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences has published an article regarding Dr. Katenka’s collaboration with HAW Hamburg. Please see the article here.
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The Writing and Rhetoric Program and the Department of Computer Science and Statistics is co-sponsoring a Career Panel to discuss how you can combine your CS skills with your writing skills in a variety of careers. Please see the attached flyer and attend the virtual panel discussion. Monday, Feb 28, 2022 5:00-6:00pm Zoom: Link
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