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[SI Data Science @SIDataScience]

Our many thanks to our Smithsonian colleagues for collaborating on this latest DSL publication! "Developing responsible AI practices at the Smithsonian Institution"

[RIO Journal @RIOJournal]

👍Promise & perils👎 of applying #ArtificialInteligence and #MachineLearning for #digitization.

@Smithsonian staff, fellows & interns teamed up to develop an #AI Values Statement and implementation plan.
👉Find more in their research article: https://t.co/pm7KrLjKRb #FAIRdata

[SI Data Science @SIDataScience]

Our fearless colleague @rdikow is moving on. She leaves behind some very big shoes to fill! We are sad to see her leave and @yalelibrary is lucky to have her leadership. But don't sleep on our lab! Many exciting projects on the horizon. Rebecca is leaving us in fighting shape.

[rebecca dikow @rdikow]

Today is my last day in my position at the Smithsonian Institution @SIDataScience. I am endlessly grateful for the brilliance and care of the colleagues with whom I have worked. 1/3

[SI Data Science @SIDataScience]

Excited to see this preprint out! https://t.co/kdMYJTEHU6 Grateful for the contributions from so many @smithsonian staff.

[rebecca dikow @rdikow]

I wasn’t able to make it to #Botany2023 in person but thankful @Bryophyter will deliver our talk, “Let the records show: attribution of scientific credit in natural history collections” in the #SIRIS session today at 10:30am. 🌻 Paper here: https://t.co/etVA983Uln @IJPSJournal

[rebecca dikow @rdikow]

We are excited that our new paper, Let the Records Show: Attribution of Scientific Credit in Natural History Collections, is now online https://t.co/etVA984saV. This work is in a special issue of @IJPSJournal dedicated to Vicki Funk.

[Jessie Deichmann @jessieldk]

Very excited to see this one published! A great collaboration bringing together talented fish biologists and data scientists to produce a tool to support #Amazonianfish #biodiversitymonitoring #deeplearning #conservationtech #bmap

[rebecca dikow @rdikow]

Applications open for the Paid 2023 Because of Her Story Internship Program! https://t.co/kBKjSw4S0v @SIDataScience will host one intern but all the projects look amazing!

[SI Data Science @SIDataScience]

@paulbfrandsen @maddyygraceb @rdikow @henriquevf @thednazoo Yeah! Big congrats to @maddyygraceb and the whole team.

[paul frandsen @paulbfrandsen]

Clouded leopard genomes! Congrats to frandlab/@SIDataScience wundergrad, @maddyygraceb on her first, first author pub! Great working with @rdikow @henriquevf @thednazoo and others on this project.

[SI Data Science @SIDataScience]

Excited to participate in this discussion about Mary Vaux Walcott’s life and work and highlight how women shaped @smithsonian collections. Join us on 10/28!

[SI Data Science @SIDataScience]

We recently attributed specimens to Dr. Pérez Farfante: https://t.co/bJ0WYSWbmu. Amazing to read more about her life and career. #SmithsonianHHM

[rebecca dikow @rdikow]

Great to see this work out, led by @AJRobillard with colleagues including @miketrizna @jessieldk @Davidefishes @aewhite100. A collaboration across @SIDataScience @NMNH @NationalZoo @IiapPeru @SmithsonianWLS Try out the app and let us know how it works on your fish images!

[Sherri Berger @sherribee]

Come work with me! We are hiring for 2 Collections Information Specialist positions (1 permanent, 1 term) on our fantastic digital collections team. More info and links to apply: https://t.co/duNAqbJ578

[rebecca dikow @rdikow]

I really enjoyed teaching this course in 2018 and 2019 and we’re excited to be able to offer it again in 2023! Please feel free to reach out with any questions: https://t.co/OjAaE22Gxn

[Botanical Society of America @Botanical_]

Check out Taxa, Traits & Text, a new #AppsPlantSci collection highlighting innovative methods to extract taxonomic names & traits from text, automate species identification & generate descriptions https://t.co/2YZKHdf1lx @briana_gross #iamabotanist #phenotype #MachineLearning

[SI Data Science @SIDataScience]

So proud of all the great work they have done this summer. Sadly, we don’t have a group photo because all our interns are remote but we hope to welcome everyone to visit us in DC soon!

[SI Data Science @SIDataScience]

Really excited our interns had the chance to present their projects to the @smithsonian CIO and Director of Research Computing today! Here is some of what they have worked on:

[SI Data Science @SIDataScience]

Matt Bollinger, grad student at Georgia Tech, is piloting the use of AI methods to generate alt-text for @smithsonian collections images. Mike Trizna, @SIDataScience Data Scientist, is his mentor.