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UH grad students train with national experts to tackle clean energy issues
Nearly 20 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa graduate students across several disciplines participated in a one-week intensive training program on computational modeling to solve complex problems related to Earth and energy. The workshop, hosted at UH Mānoa, is supported by a $5 million grant through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Earthshots Initiative to advance clean energy technologies within the next decade. […]
NSF Game Maker Awards
A video game design competition for K-12 students with the theme ‘Life in 2100’ The U.S. National Science Foundation Game Maker Awards is an exciting opportunity for students in grades K-12 to showcase their creativity, technical skills and passion for game design. Entries for the NSF Game Maker Awards are due by Jan. 31, 2025, […]
Deep learning illuminates atmospheric blocking events of past, future
By Marcie Grabowski Atmospheric blocking events are persistent, high-impact weather patterns that occur when large-scale high-pressure systems become stationary and divert the jet stream and storm tracks for days to weeks, and can be associated with record-breaking flooding or heat waves, such as in Europe in 2023. In a new study, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa […]
Students showcase projects melding Indigenous, contemporary sciences
Student-developed Indigenous data visualization projects took center stage at the University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu on September 27. The Indigenous Data Hub Fellows Hōʻike, hosted by the UH Office of Indigenous Knowledge and Innovation (OIKI), showcased innovative works blending ancestral knowledge with modern data visualization. Five students from Leeward Community College and UH Mānoa participated in the inaugural “Indigenous Data Hub Fellows” program, where they learned an equitable […]
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HIDSI x Industry: Guest Speaker Stason at Amazon
Guest Speaker, Stason Rodrigues is an AWS Solutions Architect, and he has helped Hawaiʻi’s State, Local, and Higher-Education customers on their AWS cloud journeys for the past 4 years. Born and raised in Hawaiʻi, he has over 25 years of experience in various IT roles (Desktop, Developer, Analyst, Administrator, Consultant, Management, Solutions Architect), with most of […]
Generative AI: Practical Prompt Engineering and Applications
Workshop Description This workshop will provide a concise overview of generative AI and its current capabilities. Prerequisites Attendees should have access to a working installation of JupyterNotebook. Learning objectives Learn and practice essential prompt engineering techniques such as, zero-shot and few-shot prompting. Chain-of-thought and instruction-following prompts Prompt fine tuning, Benchmarking and prompt evaluation. Tools Used […]
Science Communication
Workshop Description This workshop will provide an overview of why science communication is important today. Workshop presenters are from the UH Office of Communications. Prerequisites None Learning objectives This workshop is intended to provide an overview of how to communicate effectively with broader audiences. Tools Used for this workshop Zoom browser
AI @ HIDSI Junior Data Scientist- Now Accepting Applications
The AI @ HIDSI Junior Data Scientist is an opportunity through the Hawaiʻi Data Science Institute (HIDSI) for graduate students with a research mentor in any department to complement their research and learning experience. Learn More and Apply Here
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