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 …
Datapoints: the RDS blog
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 …
Link Roundup July 2020
Cameron Cook UW-Madison will be gradually resuming research activities on campus this Fall semester. The process will proceed in phases and include ongoing safety measures. Visit the VCRGE page to read more about these safety …
An Interview with the Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC)
We spoke with Lauren Michael, a Research Computing Facilitator with CHTC, to learn more about the center and how their role supports researchers at UW-Madison. Can you tell us a little bit about the CHTC? …
DMPTool Resource Updates
One of the primary services RDS offers to researchers on campus is guidance for generating Data Management Plans as part of grant applications. RDS experts are available to help you write your DMP at any …
Racial Bias in Data and Algorithms
On June 10, 2020 researchers across campuses and universities around the world, including at UW-Madison, took part in #ShutDownAcademia, #ShutDownSTEM, and #Strike4BlackLives in order to interrupt “business as usual” and take deliberate action necessary to …