Events

We are delighted to announce a one-day multidisciplinary sandpit on Data Science Perspectives to be held in Newcastle on 21st September.

The Sandpit will offer participants the opportunity to network and build small teams around ongoing challenges related to data science. Following the Sandpit, individuals and groups will have the opportunity to bid for pilot research support to be undertaken by Newcastle’s Research Software Engineering (RSE) team.

These words, from Michael Gove, date to the time of the Brexit referendum but have continued to resonate in the intervening years. The pandemic response, in particular, has highlighted the wide range of challenges inherent to communication of science and public engagement in the 21st Century. With our third Northern Data Debate, our panellists address fundamental and timely questions around public trust, the nature of “expertise”, and the potential perils—and vital importance—of science and public engagement.

This October, Jumping Rivers will be holding an in-person Shiny in Production conference! Hosted in the centre of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, this conference will delve into the world of {shiny} and other web based R packages.

Whether you’re a seasoned {shiny} user who wants to network and share knowledge, someone who’s just getting started and wants to learn from the experts, or anybody in between, if you’re interested in {shiny}, this conference is for you.

Data-driven healthcare represents a paradigm shift for medicine, with huge potential for personalised, preventive healthcare and for early interventions. This is enabled by the progressive integration of digital health records with multi-omics data and medical imagery, as well as with self-monitoring data coming from personal wellness wearables—and all alongside advances in our capacity to manage, analyse and extract insights from the data at scale.

However, these technologies also bring new and old challenges to the fore, around privacy, ethics, and ownership of personal information. In this Northern Data Debate, a panel of experts unpack the latest developments, and debates the myriad promises and challenges that surround innovations in healthcare and data

A networking and upskill event aimed at equipping North East based businesses with the knowledge & tools they need to recruit top tech talent.

From optimising Formula 1 car performance, to understanding scoring in football and basketball, to predicting outcomes of games, data and data science are everywhere in modern sports.

This final Northern Data Debate offers a tournament of ideas from across the field of the data science of sport. Come join us for our final Northern Data Debate to see some points scored, winning ideas crowned, and sport data innovation championed.