Ariel Rokem
July 17, 2024
New faculty books: Traditional Syrian cuisine, Indigenous ecological knowledge, data science for researchers
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Three new faculty books from the University of Washington cover the recipes and culture of the world’s largest Syrian refugee camp, traditional ecological knowledge of Indigenous peoples and data science for neuroimaging researchers. UW News spoke with the authors to learn more. Documenting history and rituals of Syrian cuisine When Karen E. Fisher was invited…
September 22, 2023
Q&A: How new software is changing our understanding of human brain development
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A team including researchers at the University of Washington recently used new software to compare MRIs from 300 babies and discovered that myelin, a part of the brain’s so-called white matter, develops much slower after birth.
December 2, 2019
Grants awarded: Speeding the engineering life cycle with data science; developing literacy interventions for students with intellectual disabilities; preventing depression among young women
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UW faculty members Roxanne Hudson and Magdalena Balazinska have received grants for research to be conducted over the next few years.
August 23, 2018
Hack week: Study supports collaborative, participant-driven approach for researchers to learn data science from their peers
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A team from the University of Washington, New York University and the University of California, Berkeley has developed an interactive workshop in data science for researchers at multiple stages of their careers. The course format, called “hack week,” blends elements from both traditional lecture-style pedagogy with participant-driven projects.
March 15, 2018
Democratizing science: Researchers make neuroscience experiments easier to share, reproduce
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Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a set of tools to make MRI studies of our central nervous system easier to share.