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Open Science Data Summit - Last Day
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Published November 12, 2025
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Day 2: Open Science Data Summit
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Day 2 of the Wyoming Open Science Data Summit closes out the summit re-conveneing researchers, educators, data professionals, and policymakers to advance an open, AI-ready future for Wyoming’s research data ecosystem. The summit seeks to build a sustained community of practice—and a center of influence—for open science standards, governance, and capacity across the state and come up with goals, plans, solutions, and recommendations for a collaborative path forward.
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***PLEASE NOTE: AGENDA IS TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
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| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Working Breakfast |
A working breakfast to network, independently discuss issues, and prepare for the
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| 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM | Last Day - Opening Discussion |
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Associate Director of the School of Computing, UW
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Nicholas Case President of Wyoming Geospatial Organization (WYGEO) Assistant Lecturer UW School of Computing | Geospatial Information Sciences & Technology |
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| 9:20 AM - 10:15 AM | WYADAPT & WYACT |  |
Dr. Shannon Albeke Research Scientist, Sr Wyoming Geographical Information Science Center, UW |
WyACT is an interdisciplinary 5-year NSF funded project at UW that pushes boundaries on how science is use-inspired and co-produced through the lens of climate impacts on the water cycle. Over 100 researchers, students and staff from 16 University departments have connected with Wyoming communities, practitioners, and decision-makers. Learn how the WYADAPT Project helps Wyoming Communities, The State of Wyoming as a whole, and you as an individual. |
Associate Director of the School of Computing, UW
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| 10:15 AM - 10:30AM | Break | ||||||||
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | Datahub Awardees Panel |
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Datahub Awardees: Pending Dr. Ben Kern Assoc Professor, Kinesiology & Health, UW |
A panel of Datahub awardees providing context on their projects and how each has made an impact and brought value to the State of Wyoming | |||||
| 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | UW Resources: Going over services available to help with Open Science & Research Data |
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Dylan Perkins Research Computing Facilitator Advanced Research Computing Center, UW Chad Hutchens Chair of Digital & Distinctive Collections Libraries, UW |
UW and collaborators are granted access to a number of resources including high capacity computing resources (UW's locally hosted cluster resources, NWSC, ANL, AI4WY). Storage (services from ARCC, IT, Libraries) and Data Literacy Assistance (Libraries). Speakers will go over how researchers qualify for these resources, how they can share their data, and how they can determine which resource(s) best fit their needs. | Dr. Shannon Albeke Research Scientist, Sr Wyoming Geographical Information Science Center, UW |
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| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch | ||||||||
| 1:00PM - 1:30 PM | Data for Artificial Intelligence |  |
Dr. Dishka Shukla Assistant Professor Computer Science, UW |
Experiences associated with data and how that relates to large datasets used for AI and Machine Learning - with a social science focus. |
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| 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM | NAIRR - Level Up AI |
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Dr. Gabrielle Allen Professor School of Computing, UW Dr. Rya Hegeman-Davis Director of Engagement School of Computing, UW |
NAIRR stands for the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot. NSF Level UP AI is the (Launching an Educational Vision to Expand Leadership, Understanding, and Progress in Artificial Intelligence). This is an initiative to bring together educators, researchers, and professional across the computing community to build a shared vision for expanding the capacity and access to undergraduate AI education. |
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| 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | "Unconference" Breakout Sessions |  |
Summit Attendees | The top 3 topics from our poll here https://forms.office.com/r/Va4JBE0Kub will be selected and breakout sessions will occur concurrently during this session. Vote for your top 3, attend your favorite! | |||||
| 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM | Break | ||||||||
| 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | "Unconference" Full Group Discussion & Conclusions |
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Associate Director of the School of Computing, UW
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We will discuss the takeaways from the 3 breakout sessions, including what we've learned, and how we use our collaborative efforts to move forward. |
Nicholas Case
President of Wyoming Geospatial Organization (WYGEO) Assistant Lecturer School of Computing | Geospatial Information Sciences & Technology, UW |
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| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Closing Remarks: Summary & Recommendations |
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Associate Director of the School of Computing, UW
Cass Kvenild Dean Libraries, UW Dr. Beth McMillan Interim Director | Institutional Professor UW School of Computing Lauren Schoenfeld Executive Director Wyoming Innovation Partnership Director Workforce Development, WBA |
After 3 days of discussion and collaboration, what are the takeaways? What can we recommend? How can we improve the current landscape? | Nicholas Case President of Wyoming Geospatial Organization (WYGEO) Assistant Lecturer School of Computing | Geospatial Information Sciences & Technology, UW |
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