The theme for this year’s International Open Access Week is “Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion.” This is a time to reflect on how “the systems and spaces of the …
Datapoints: the RDS blog
Link Roundup September 2020
Cameron Cook Through the summer, campus has been working to restart research on campus. Biochemistry recently shared their experiences with phase one of the research restart process. DoIT has created a new and thorough FAQ …
An Interview with the Wisconsin Census Research Data Center (WiscRDC)
We spoke with Robert Osley-Thomas, Census Administrator at the WiscRDC, to learn more about the WiscRDC and how they support researchers. Can you tell us a little bit about the WiscRDC? Its history, purpose, and …
Link Roundup August 2020
Cameron Cook LastPass has been selected by UW-Madison Campus IT as its supported password management solution and is available for all staff and students. To learn more about LastPass, you can check out the KnowledgeBase …
Quality Assurance in Research
In research contexts, quality assurance (QA) refers to strategies and policies for ensuring that data integrity, quality, and reliability are maintained at every stage of the project. This includes strategies for preventing errors from entering …
Text-Data Analysis for Digital Humanities Workshop Interest Survey
A cross-campus DH Carpentry working group is collaborating on designing a workshop on text-data analysis and is seeking input from digital humanists about the tools and skills you are most interested in learning about. Please …
Natural Language Processing
Natural language processing, or NLP, refers to computer aided analysis of text data. Because text data is typically generated by humans and intended for human audiences, it poses unique challenges for computational analysis. All the …