The information below is from the 2020 request for proposals. Please see the opportunity website for updated information.
On June 12, 2020, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily A. Carter and Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger M. Wakimoto shared a BruinPost about UCLA's DataX Initiative. As Special Advisors for Strategic Initiatives in Data Science to Vice Chancellor Wakimoto, Jacob G. Foster (assistant professor of sociology) and Mark L. Green (distinguished research professor of mathematics) produced an initial plan for the DataX Initiative following extensive consultation with stakeholders on campus and leaders at peer institutions.
As part of the next phase of the DataX Initiative strategic planning process, EVC Carter and VC Wakimoto invite Schools, Divisions, Departments, Organized Research Units, Interdepartmental Programs, Institutes, Centers, and other relevant campus organizations to engage in the initiative through the preparation of white papers.
Call for DataX White Papers:
- These white papers should provide a brief, high-level description of the ways that your unit can engage in the DataX Initiative — in both research and education.
- EVC Carter and VC Wakimoto also invite the inclusion of an appendix providing further details, and are particularly interested in hearing about educational opportunities DataX units currently offer or plan to offer in the near future.
- These might include: undergraduate and graduate courses; research opportunities for students; tutorials and short courses; workshops and working groups; graduate degree programs (e.g., professional Master’s degrees); and other training opportunities for students (e.g., internships, technical consulting opportunities).
- Although the white papers will come from individual units, be sure to include opportunities you see for interdisciplinary collaboration.
- You do not need to discuss costs or explicitly request funding for particular activities.
- These white papers will be included in Professors Foster and Green’s final report.
Please send white papers to UCLA.DataX.WhitePapers@conet.ucla.edu by July 10, 2020. For more details, please refer to the BruinPost.
To learn more about the DataX Initiative, please visit the initiatives' webpage to view the recordings of several Town Hall meetings held by Professors Foster and Green in May 2020, as well as UCLA’s DataX Strategy: Past, Present, and Future (PDF) presentation describing the overall framework.
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Deadlines and Date Information
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Please send white papers to UCLA.DataX.WhitePapers@conet.ucla.edu by July 10, 2020.
Eligibility Information
White papers may be produced by Schools, Divisions, Departments, Organized Research Units, Interdepartmental Programs, Institutes, Centers, and other relevant campus organizations.
