Home » Hawai‘i Data Science Institute

HAWAIʻI DATA SCIENCE INSTITUTE

The Hawaiʻi Data Science Institute (HI-DSI) is a University of Hawaiʻi System-wide effort to support data science education, collaborative research and partnerships with industry.

Follow us on social!

NEWS

With an Infusion of Funds, UH Hilo’s Data Science Lab is Transforming Into a Acientist-Centered AI Lab
Posted on March 11, 2026by Staff With a $5K grant from the Office of the Chancellor, computer scientist Travis Mandel is rebranding and upgrading the current Data Science Lab to its new identity: Scientist-Centered Artificial Intelligence Laboratory or SCAIL. By Samantha Dane/UH Hilo Stories. The Data Science Laboratory at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is transforming this semester into […]
Fall Undergraduate Student Program: SCIPE CI-REO 2026
Fall Undergraduate Student Program: SCIPE CI-REO 2026The SCIPE CyberInfrastructure Research Experience Opportunity (CI-REO) is a semester-long, mentored research program that supports undergraduate students in learning and applying CI skills. Students engage in cyberinfrastructure projects with researchers and cyberinfrastructure professionals during the academic year at 10 hours per week on a stipend. Apply Here by April […]
Explore NASA STEM Opportunities
https://stemgateway.nasa.gov/s/explore-opportunities?opportunitytype=internships
UH Hilo to lead $1.2M NASA grant to advance coastal resilience and student workforce development across Hawaiʻi
The project, led by marine scientists John Burns (UH Hilo) with co-principal investigator Haunani Kane (UH Mānoa), will expand hands-on research and workforce development opportunities for students across the 10-campus UH System. By Susan Enright/UH Hilo Stories. The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo has been awarded a new three-year, $1.2 million NASA-funded research grant to advance […]

EVENTS

Using Unity for Data Visualization
Workshop Description This workshop focuses on using the Unity game engine as a real-time spatial computing platform for developing an interactive climate data visualization. Attendees will learn how to create a Scene, add and manipulate Game Objects, import and parse climate data, map quantitative values to spatial properties, and implement temporal animation. Prerequisites Install Unity […]
Accelerating Research in the Age of AI: A Synergistic Workshop with Google
Accelerating Research and Collaboration in the Age of AI: A Synergistic Workshop with Google Hosted by the University of Hawaii & Google Cloud Description of event Accelerating Research in the Age of AI brings together University of Hawai‘i researchers and Google to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming research across disciplines. Designed with UH’s unique […]
HIDSI Spring 2026 Student Research Showcase
Join the Hawaiʻi Data Science Institute’s Student Research Showcase featuring student presentations on research projects in artificial intelligence, data analysis, data visualization and more. Light refreshments will be available.
SCIPE Spring 2026 CI-REO Student Research Showcase
Celebrate the achievements of participating students from the SCIPE CI-REO mentored research opportunity! This spring, undergraduate students engaged in a semester-long research experience, collaborating with mentors from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, and the University of Guam. Their projects leveraged cyberinfrastructure tools to tackle a diverse range of […]
Docker Introduction
Workshop Description This workshop focuses on Docker, a type of Virtual Machine, for the purpose of running, sharing, and maintaining a project. Attendees will get to learn about all the available resources and software that Docker has to offer, finding out their functionality and how they can use them for a project. Attendees will be […]
AI-Powered Image Analysis for Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB) Detection
Workshop Description This workshop focuses on the full workflow of training a YOLOv8 deep learning model for detecting Coconut Rhinoceros Beetles and building a simple Flask web application for running model inference. Attendees will learn how to prepare data, train and evaluate an object detection model, and deploy the model in a lightweight web interface. […]
Mapping Plantation Area as an Indicator of Forest Degradation using Remote Sensing and AI/ML
Workshop Description This workshop focuses on the use of Google Earth Engine (GEE), a cloud-based platform for planetary-scale satellite remote sensing and geospatial analysis. Participants will learn how to use GEE to search for and select satellite imagery, perform data pre-processing, and conduct land cover analysis using machine learning (ML) techniques. During the workshop, attendees […]
Data-Driven Decision Making: Reinforcement Learning, Optimal Control, and Mathematical Modeling
Workshop Description This workshop will focus on optimal control, reinforcement learning: frameworks for modeling and solving problems which require decisions to be made over time to land at a desired goal. Attendees can expect to think about how to model decision making problems and solve them computationally. Prerequisites There are no specific prerequisites for this […]
🌐 FABRIC KNIT12 2026 🏝️
Join us for KNIT12, the next FABRIC Community Workshop, happening April 14–17, 2026, in beautiful Hawaiʻi! This four-day event is the premier opportunity to immerse yourself in the FABRIC ecosystem, connect with leading researchers, and contribute to the next generation of programmable cyberinfrastructure. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced user, KNIT12 offers engaging, […]
HPC 101 – Onboarding
Description This workshop is an introduction to using high-performance computing (HPC) systems, specifically the Koa HPC. We can’t cover every case or give an exhaustive course on parallel programming in just two hours of teaching time. Instead, this workshop is intended to give students a good introduction and overview of the tools available and how […]