May 2021 - Sanghani-faculty - mailman.cs.vt.edu

FW: Statistics Research Funding Opportunity
by Shalaby, Wanawsha 10 May '21

10 May '21

FYI. Wanawsha Shalaby Manager of Operations UrbComp Program Coordinator Sanghani Center for AI and Data Analytics - Virginia Tech 900 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22203 Phone: (571) 858-3361 E-Mail: wanah92(a)vt.edu<mailto:wanah92@vt.edu> From: Academic Relations <update(a)go.facebookmail.com<mailto:update@go.facebookmail.com>> Sent: Thursday, May 6, 2021 3:26 PM Subject: Statistics Research Funding Opportunity Apply by June 30th [Facebook Research] [document icon] Request for Proposals 2021 Statistics for Improving Insights, Models, and Decisions Apply Now [Rectangle: Rounded Corners: Apply Now]Apply Now<https://content.facebookinc.com/n/MjY3LVBWQi05NDEAAAF84h13_xcsq54AflBAPYqMl…> Application deadline: June 30, 2021 At Facebook, our research teams strive to improve decision making for a business that touches the lives of billions of people across the globe. Making advances in data science methodologies helps us make the best decisions for our community, products, and infrastructure. To foster further innovation in statistics, and to deepen our collaboration with academia, Facebook is pleased to invite faculty to respond to this call for research proposals. Key Focus Areas: * Learning and evaluation under uncertainty * Statistical models of complex social processes * Casual inference with observational data * Algorithmic Auditing * Performance Regression Detection and Attribution * Forecasting for Aggregated Time Series * Privacy-aware statistics for noisy, distributed data sets We anticipate awarding up to five winners, each in the $50,000 range. Payment will be made to the proposer's host university as an unrestricted gift. For full details and to apply, please visit the 2021 Statistics for Improving Insights, Models, and Decisions RFP page.<https://content.facebookinc.com/n/MjY3LVBWQi05NDEAAAF84h13_8Im5RAQ7Ya1riXQX…> <https://content.facebookinc.com/n/MjY3LVBWQi05NDEAAAF84h13_xP5NM_XewKAcKa4G…> Apply Now [Rectangle: Rounded Corners: Apply Now]Apply Now<https://content.facebookinc.com/n/MjY3LVBWQi05NDEAAAF84h13_2FlRxce3aGWdgPMo…> Announcing the winners of the 2020 request for proposals in applied statistics Read the Blog<https://content.facebookinc.com/n/MjY3LVBWQi05NDEAAAF84h13_1Xegyh8z6y1nbZc_…> If you would like to unsubscribe to emails related to RFP announcements and upcoming deadlines, please click here. <https://content.facebookinc.com/MjY3LVBWQi05NDEAAAF84h13_9SVwj0LfeMYCtUdS8w…> -- Brian Mayer bmayer(a)cs.vt.edu<mailto:bmayer@cs.vt.edu> 540-231-5907 Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics<https://sanghani.cs.vt.edu/> - Virginia Tech<https://vt.edu/>

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Followup to May 7 Sanghani Faculty Mtg -- Link to Tech on Tap (April 21)
by Barbara Micale 10 May '21

10 May '21

Good morning, As requested at Friday's faculty meeting -- The email below contains a link to the video recording of the Tech on Tap event on April 21. Patrick Butler and Ph.D. student Nikhil Muralidhar from the Sanghani Center participated in the discussion, "Ending the Pandemic: Covid-19 Vaccines and Preparing for the Next One." Best, blm Barbara L. Micale Public Relations Specialist <https://sanghani.cs.vt.edu/> Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data <https://sanghani.cs.vt.edu/> Virginia Tech blmicale(a)vt.edu ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: VT in DC . <vtindc(a)vt.edu> Date: Fri, May 7, 2021 at 5:05 PM Subject: Thank you for joining us for Tech on Tap (April 21) To: Thank you Thank you for attending Tech on Tap: *Ending the pandemic: COVID-19 vaccines and preparing for the next one* on April 21. Below is a link to the recording. Keep up to date on everything happening with the Innovation Campus by visiting our website <https://vt.edu/innovationcampus/index.html>. [image: https://video.vt.edu/media/1_gbj2hjq5] <https://video.vt.edu/media/1_gbj2hjq5> Wednesday, April 21, 2021 4:00 PM Tech on Tap: Ending the pandemic: COVID-19 vaccines and preparing for the next one View the Recording <https://video.vt.edu/media/1_gbj2hjq5> Discover More Events <https://vt.edu/innovationcampus/events.html> <https://twitter.com/VTmetroDC> <https://www.facebook.com/VTmetroDC/> Virginia Tech in the D.C. metro area

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Last call for Sanghani Center Spring graduates to include in web story
by Barbara Micale 07 May '21

07 May '21

Dear Sanghani Center faculty, We will be posting a story on our Sanghani Center graduates on Friday, May 14. If you are advising any Spring graduates who you have not already alerted me to, please send me their names and email addresses by the end of the day on Monday, May 10 so we can make sure they are included in the story. Many thanks for your help! blm Barbara L. Micale Public Relations Specialist <https://sanghani.cs.vt.edu/> Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data <https://sanghani.cs.vt.edu/> Virginia Tech blmicale(a)vt.edu

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Sanghani Center Faculty Meeting - Friday, May 7 at 1:30 PM
by Shalaby, Wanawsha 07 May '21

07 May '21

Hi All, Please note that our next Sanghani Center Faculty Meeting is scheduled for Friday, May 7 at 1:30 - 3:00 pm. This will be our last faculty meeting for the semester. Please let me know if you have any updates, you'd like to share in the meeting slides including any proposals, grants, awards, conferences, upcoming events, etc. Please send all updates by Wednesday, May 5th. Below is the Zoom information for the meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/82603412395 Meeting ID: 826 0341 2395 One tap mobile +19294362866,,82603412395# US (New York) +13017158592,,82603412395# US (Washington DC) Dial by your location +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) Thanks, Wanawsha Wanawsha Shalaby Manager of Operations UrbComp Program Coordinator Sanghani Center for AI and Data Analytics - Virginia Tech 900 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22203 Phone: (571) 858-3361 E-Mail: wanah92(a)vt.edu<mailto:wanah92@vt.edu>

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