In this Open Lab, we will explore bias in data science from a variety of angles, including cultural, technical, and philosophical perspectives. Participants will think through various examples and come away with practical steps to mitigate bias in their work.
Zoom link: https://asu.zoom.us/j/82826694471
Learn some of the basics of data science in our hands-on mini workshops. We will show you how to import data, build models, and interpret results using multiple techniques in the Python programming language, except for the Jan. 26 mini-workshop.
Zoom link: https://asu.zoom.us/j/89168159357?from=addon#success
Semester kickoff hosted by the Data Science Team.
We will discuss what the semester will look like from labs to workshops! Join us to learn more!!
Zoom link: https://asu.zoom.us/j/82826694471
Challenges in Jewish Ancestral Research
Jewish genealogy | lecture series
Janette Silverman, Ancestry.com
Join the ASU Alumni Association every second Tuesday of the month as financial guru, Dr. Emily Schwartz of Midfirst Bank, tackles a variety of personal finance topics. The 12-month series will offer workshops on budgeting, managing debt, the psychology of spending, hobbies that won't break the bank and so much more! A full list of topics can be found on the registration site.
Join ASU Family in congratulating the fall 2021 graduating class during ASU's commencement and convocation celebrations! In-person ceremonies are being offered in addition to live-streamed options for guests watching from home. Please visit graduation.asu.edu or click the links below for more details and information on how you can help celebrate the achievements of our incredible Sun Devils this year.
Discover how Jessica Fichot taps her French-Chinese-American upbringing to create an intoxicating multilingual fusion of sounds from the French chanson tradition, vintage jazz, 1940s Chinese swing, international folk and into the wilderness of her imagination. Tastemakers KCRW, LA Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle and audiences across the globe love her vibrant, globetrotting style. She's also an in-demand composer of music for interactive games, apps and more.
For centuries, during the so-called Age of Discovery, the European maritime powers partitioned and asserted ownership over the homelands of Indigenous peoples worldwide according to which among them first sighted or set foot on a land previously unknown to Europe. This practice, known today as the Doctrine of Discovery, enabled Europeans to appropriate vast territories and build colonial empires. The Conquering Columbus webinar will describe the theory and historic process of the Doctrine of Discovery and consider how it instituted long-term negative impacts on Indigenous people.
Sounding Bodies, Sounding Histories: Christi Jay Wells and Rashad Shabazz in conversation about Between Beats: The Jazz Tradition and Black Vernacular Dance
Join us for a discussion of the just published book, Between Beats: The Jazz Tradition and Black Vernacular Dance, by CSRD Race, Arts and Democracy fellow Christi Jay Wells. Professor Wells will be conversation with Rashad Shabazz, ASU Associate Professor of African and African American Studies.
This event brings together 10 multicultural faculty members of the Spanish and Portuguese section of the School of International Letters and Cultures, who from their own native and migrant perspectives – from regions such as the Andes (Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador), Mesoamerica (Mexico and Central America), the Iberic Peninsula (Spain and its regions), the South Cone (Argentina, Chile and Uruguay) and the US Southwest Borderlands) — bring to life poignant ideological, sociocultural, historic and scientific perspectives found in these vast regions.