Numeric and spatial data are raw data as compared to published statistical tables or maps. Computers and software library technology u of i library. These were by far my favorite classes, the most rigorous, and the most beneficial to my career. Below you will find links to each of the samples we have collected and constructed so far. Director, research data service uiuc illinois heartland. Qian joins gslis, ncsa and the rds to continuing working on data and software. The university of illinois maintains an enterprise license for many of the arcgis platform products, which are available at webstore for download. Its master of science in library and information science is currently accredited in full good standing by the american library association. The university of illinois graduate school of library and information science defines data curation as the active and ongoing management of data through its life cycle of interest and usefulness. Using a computer for the first time can be frustrating, but cybernavigators providing free computer technology support at various libraries are easing the transition to computer literacy. The sitebased data curation project sbdc is developing a framework for the. University of illinois at urbanachampaign computer.
Data curation education efforts are most often embedded in standard lis courses for example, as components or modules of metadata and database architecture courses, and efforts to teach data curation as a discrete set of intelligible practices are both recent and few. Goldmine software technology is an automated assertion generation tools to aid with the hardware design verification process. Recently, aaron is engaged with teaching, writing and consulting on topics of data curation and agile workforce development in informationintensive professions. This process involves data analysis, accessibility, and reliable retrieval for research purposes. Uiuc airfoil data site uiuc applied aerodynamics group. Engineering it professionals provide technical support to resolve issues and help make informed decisions. The uiuc airfoil coordinates database includes the airfoils, and they cover a wide range of applications from low reynolds number airfoils for uavs and model aircraft to jet transports and wind turbines. University of illinois at urbanachampaign postdoctoral research associate clirdlf postdoctoral research fellow in data curation summary. The primary goal of the data curation education program dcep is to design a program of graduate study that can serve as a model for training data curators. According to the university of illinois graduate school of library and information science, data curation is the active and ongoing management of data.
According to the university of illinois graduate school of library and information science, data curation is the active and ongoing management of data through its lifecycle and interest and usefulness to scholarship, science, and education. The school of information sciences at illinois is an international leader in graduate education, with toptier faculty, research, and academic programs. Engineering it also manages the electronic door lock. Data curation is a critical step in scientific data digitization, sharing. Materials data facility innovative software and data. Employer name has been removed to protect anonymity. I received my master degree in computer science from uiuc working with jana diesner and marianne winslett in 2015. About the program the data curation spring institute is coorganized by graduate school of library and information science, university of illinois and faculty of education, university of hong kong, and coordinated by julac. Jul 25, 2018 welcome to the main library and scholarly commons library guide for stata data analysis and statistical software at the university of illinois urbanachampaign. Its goal is to extract information from a data set and transform it into an understandable structure for further use. Frankly, some of the other classes were straight up trash. The data curation education program dcep is a data curation specialization within the alaaccredited master of science at the university of illinoiss. Data curation gslis center for informatics research in. The airfoils are listed alphabetically by the airfoil filename which is usually close to the airfoil name.
The primary mission of the imaging technology group itg is to provide stateoftheart imaging facilities for researchers at the beckman institute for advanced science and technology and the university of illinois at urbanachampaign. The uiuc airfoil data site is a collection of airfoil coordinates and airfoil related links. The data curation education program dcep offers a focus on data. Datadriven science gslis center for informatics research in. We have written a variety of tools for automated data capture from our lm and sem, as well as software for blending and stitching this automatically acquired image tile data from the instruments. Qian zhang gslis center for informatics research in science. University of illinois at urbanachampaign professional mcsds degree program requirements student planning worksheet name. School of information sciences the ischool at illinois. Data curation is the active and ongoing management of data through its lifecycle of interest and usefulness to scholarship, science, and education.
Our areas of focus for this framework are data curation services, scholarly publishing services, and digital scholarship services e. Data curation is the organization and integration of data collected from various sources. Research focus application of assetbased principles and community of inquiry coi theory in mixedmethods outcomesbased design and evaluation in formal and informal learning environments. The school of information sciences, also the ischool at illinois, is a graduate school at the university of illinois at urbanachampaign. Qian received her phd from louisiana state university lsu with a major in physical oceanography and minor in electrical and computer engineering.
Gslis graduates are well prepared for these roles, as coursework for many students now includes study of data literacy. Data curation education program the ischool at illinois. As of august 2018, the scholarly commons hosts statase version 12. My research focuses on data management, data curation, linked data and text mining.
University of illinois at urbanachampaign professional mcs. Jacob is received his certificate of advanced studies in digital libraries from the graduate school of library and information. Students, faculty and staff on all three u of i campuses urbanachampaign, chicago, and springfield are eligible to receive significant discounts on over 350 software applications and software training courses offered by the u of i webstore. Image data is the core component for the virtual microscope. We can provide assistance with setting up secure accounts, guest accounts and with enterprise data access through your unit security contact. Many online degree programs such as the school of information sciences leep program, have received national awards for excellence. Applicants whose undergraduate degree is a threeyear program may not be eligible for. The research data service rds and the graduate school of library and information science gslis at the university of illinois. Qian zhang gslis center for informatics research in science and. He received his mlis with data analytics specialization from university of illinois at urbana. Nov 25, 2014 the service provides the uiuc research community with the expertise, tools, and infrastructure necessary to manage and steward research data. Data management and curation education and training digital. Determining which of these data sets are the most useful or relevant is the job of the data curator. Minhao jiang is the software development librarian at wayne state university, detroit, michigan.
Handson workshops will be held on the evening of friday, february 27th at the main library, and will feature leading digital humanities practitioners from uiuc teaching on topics such as text analysis, geographical information systems, and data visualization. Numeric data can be analyzed using statistical software like spss, sas and stata. Data curation activities enable data discovery and retrieval, maintain its quality, add value, and provide. These software tools in aggregate have tens of thousands users of various domain sciences, and collectively meet the basic requirements for the scientific focus of cybergis communities that share geospatial foci. Despite the wide use and increasing importance of computer simulation methods such a monte carlo and molecular dynamics in many fields of science, robust software tools for data analysis are still not available. This is our short way of saying that context supports a the construction of network data from natural language text data, a process also known as relation extraction and b the joint analysis of text data and network data. Another example is data mining, which involves the computational process of discovering patterns in large data sets. One way to address both issues is to employ workflow software to automate and streamline data curation processes. Software development is guided by the principles of agile development.
Uiuc graduate school of library and information science. Gslis center for informatics research in science and. Spatial data is raw geographic information that can be loaded into gis software like arcgis, mapinfo, or grass for analysis. In order to view these specimens, you will need to download the virtual microscope if you havent already. Jacob jett, graduate school of library and information science gslis, university of illinois at urbanachampaign. Students pursuing studies at gslis have diverse experience and interests. Data curation is a means of managing data that makes it more useful for users engaging in data discovery and analysis. The uiuc airfoil data site gives some background on the database. Ms programs in library and information science and information management. Ews windows lab software engineering it shared services. Qian zhang is a new 2015 clir postdoc fellow in data curation working with cirss at gslis and the research data service rds at the library. Login to see the products you are eligible to purchase. Our activities are driven by realworld complex problems across basic science, engineering, the humanities and social sciences, where we partner with researchers at illinois and across the nation to provide custom software development and data management solutions with the aim of advancing discovery and insight with simple interfaces to.
Illinois online courses are taught by the same faculty as oncampus course sections. Working to create data literate citizenry center for. Carole palmer, uiuc gslis curation includes selection, appraisal, maintenance, preservation. As per nhtsa, three out of four vehicle seats arent introduced and utilized accurately. Naitung ting departmental scholar wiu english department 20062007. Data curation, as defined by the university of illinois graduate school of library and information science. The director of the research data service provides leadership and direction for the newlyestablished campuswide research data service rds at the university of illinois at urbanachampaign. The librarys repository development team responds to changes in repository technology, evolving user needs, and shifts in scope. Research and creative institute tuition scholarship wiu college of arts and science 2007. School of library and information science gslis at the university of illinois at. The considerable resources allocated to digitization of natural science collections in the u. Data curators often present the data in a visual format such as a chart, dashboard or report. Uis students, uiuc extramural students, uiuc faculty and staff, uiuc students and webstore administrators.
Hkust library provides the venue and logistics support. Data curation includes all the processes needed for principled and controlled data creation, maintenance, and management, together with the capacity to add value to data. Technology services provides networking, email, courseware, phone and other services to the university of illinois at urbanachampaign campus. As a child passenger safety technician at stans automotive in lafayette, i work with guardians consistently helping them pick the correct seat for their youngster, and introduce it appropriately. The college of education is ranked as one of the top ten best online graduate education programs by u. Lis 545 fundamentals of data curation 4 imt 561 visualization design 4. Before she joined uiuc, qian spent the summer as a visiting scholar at ncar. Center for informatics research in science and scholarship the gslis center for informatics research in science and scholarship cirss studies the information lifecycle in the contexts of science and scholarship. My bachelors degree is in computer engineering from sharif university of technology in 2009. If you can avoid data curation and data cleaning, do so. Data curation activities enable data discovery and retrieval, maintain data quality, add value, and provide for reuse over time. Postdoctoral research associate, clirdlf postdoctoral. Gslis is collaborating with the national center for atmospheric research and the university of tennessees school of information sciences on data curation education in research centers, a new educational initiative to establish and implement graduate research and education programs in scientific data curation.
It uses data mining and static analysis to generate propositional and temporal assertions in verilog rtl. A major functionality for video or image sequences is the ability to track moving objects in a scene and derive a range of statistical information. It involves annotation, publication and presentation of the data such that the value of the data is maintained over time, and the data remains available for reuse and preservation. Data curation is the active and ongoing management of data through its lifecycle of interest and usefulness to scholarly and educational activities across the sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. The school is a charter member of the ischool initiative. The institute aims to meet the increasing need of academic librarians in hong kong. Current research and development areas include data curation and data. Certificate in data science statistics at illinois. Nov 15, 2001 the software is capable of handling a range of image data for numerical analysis, including microscopy images, photographs, and video files. This guide provides users with an introduction and resources to become familiar with stata. Data management and curation education and training if you manage research data or are interested in developing a career as a data librarian or data scientist, the table below will help identify opportunities for you. The cirss research activities and other data conservancy efforts will feed directly into two professional training programs at gslis, the data curation specialization in the masters of library and information science, and the biological information specialists masters in the campuswide bioinformatics program.
Instate tuition and health coverage for the duration of the 4year award. Her scholarly interests are focused on digital libraries, information representation and access, metadata, linked data, data documentation, and curation. Gslis phd student andrea thomer presents sitebased data curation at yellowstone national park as a member of the project team. Sitebased data curation at yellowstone national park cirss. The certificate in data science option allows undergraduate students to receive recognition for completing coursework that provides an understanding of the discipline of data science including exposure to data structures and data sources, statistical principles, computing and analytics, data management, and data science applications. The cybergis software framework assures the openness to integrate other software elements based on communitydriven requirement analysis. Below are the most recent data curation salary reports. The graduate school of library and information science gslis at the university of illinois at urbanachampaign expanded its data curation education program dcep 1, a specialization within the alaaccredited masters program, to include humanities data.
Contributing editors digital humanities data curation. Dcerc program involves a partnership between the gslis, the national. The scholarly commons computers have the following gis software installed for researcher use. Included below are coordinates for nearly 1,600 airfoils version 2.
January 2011 commons knowledge university of illinois. Courses are the basic building blocks used by students to develop competencies for the ms and cas. Filter by location to see data curator salaries in your area. Data curation enables data discovery and retrieval, maintains data quality, adds value, and provides for reuse over time through activities including authentication, archiving, management, preservation, and representation. The ischool advances a humancentered, interdisciplinary approach to the design and management of information systems and services. Salary estimates are based on 10 salaries submitted anonymously to glassdoor by data curator employees. Through pcs we are setting up a framework that helps researchers put into practice a lifecycle management approach to the enterprise of scholarly inquiry. Graduate fellow uiuc gslis data curation education program 20092010.
Take your masters degree in digital curation or graduate certificate in digital curation, combine it with your bachelors degree, and it could make you an attractive applicant to. Data curation is the active and ongoing management of research data through its lifecycle of interest and usefulness to scholarship, science, and education. Cs 598 foundations of data curation foundations of data curation 4 capstone courses. According to the university of illinois graduate school of library and information science, data curation is the active and ongoing management of data through its lifecycle of interest and usefulness to scholarship, science, and education. Gslis is a world leader in library and information science education, research, and practice. Nicholas weber university of illinois, urbanachampaign. The other desktop gis software is free and open source.
Data curation information school university of washington. Graduate school of library and information science, university of illinois at urbana champaign. All data will be deleted at the end of your computer session, so please save any files youd like to keep to your email, cloud storage, usb drive, etc. Qian zhang is a new 2015 clir postdoc fellow in data curation working with. Data curation is a critical step in scientific data digitization, sharing, integration and use. Data curation standards and best practices part 1 5. Data curation research and education initiatives focused on challenges associated with the curation and federation of digital collections for longterm distributed use. The rds is a campuswide service headquartered in the university library that provides support to researchers to manage, preserve, and. Innovative software and data analysis building tools. Materials data facility the materials data facility mdf is a collaboration between globus at the university of chicago, the national center for supercomputing applications ncsa uiuc, and the center for hierarchical materials design chimad a nistfunded center of excellence. These classes didnt feel like a glorified udemy class, i felt like an actual uiuc cs student, and i have the gray hairs prove it. Data curation is the active, ongoing management of data throughout its life cycle from creation to archiving or deletion. Data curation education program dcep gslis center for.
Dataspork is an analysis toolkit for performing statistical analysis of computer simulation data. Sayeed choudhury, associate dean for research data management at johns hopkins university jhu and leader of the data conservancy, further breaks down data curation iterative. In fact, research in data literacy falls at the intersection of three gslis specializations. The illinois internet computer science i2cs program offers the oncampus masters of computer science mcs degree completely online 36 credit hours of course work and no thesis required. Corrected data according to theory type data characteristics crystallography complexities of data collections big science data small science data data needs assessment of uiuc faculty of the environment. In practice, data curation is more concerned with maintaining and managing the metadata rather than the database itself and, to that end, a large part of the process of data curation revolves around ingesting metadata such as schema, table. Since digital or data curation programs are often within library science and information science schools, you may be able to land jobs within those fields as well. Students, uiuc faculty and staff, uiuc students and webstore. University of illinois at urbanachampaign professional. Research programmer, university of illinois at urbana. To specialize in big data analytics and systems, youll want to take.
This lifecycle comprises steps of conceptualizing, creating, accessing, using, appraising. Computers and software library technology the library offers quickuse kiosk machines as well as computers with additional software, listed below. Uiuc gslis hku data curation spring institute, 2527 february 2015, coordinated by julac 23 november 2014 the institute is coorganized by the graduate school of library and information science, university of illinois at urbanachampaign and, the division of information and technology studies, faculty of education, university of hong kong. University of illinois at urbanachampaign data curation specialist salaries 2 salaries reported. Twoyear research position with stipend at the center for informatics research in science and scholarship working with a team on established data curation research projects cirss is a diverse gslis center conducting research on information problems that impact. A figure of merit evaluation feature for evaluating and ranking assertions. Amirhossein aleyasen homepage university of illinois. Work in this area relates to all parts of data lifecycle, including data cleaning, metadata standards and tools, enduser tool development, knowledge representation, and conceptual foundations. Click here to learn how to find the products youre interested in. Inform risk assessment methodology project, one of four uiuc. S in library and information science from the university of illinois in 2010 with a specialization in the data curation education program.
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