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Inviting Applications for CDS-Exchange Curriculum Development Fellows

11/01/2024

The CDS-Exchange Community Fellows program aims to support educators in creating and sharing cutting-edge instructional resources that integrate computational and data science approaches across fields. The focus for this year’s cohort will be data visualization techniques. Selected fellows will receive funding, training, and mentorship to develop open educational materials that can be widely disseminated to fellow instructors in the CDS community. 

Led by CDS-Exchange PI Kate Cahill of New Jersey Institute of Technology and co-PI Linda Akli of the Texas Advanced Computing Center, mentoring and model curriculum materials will be provided by Vetria Byrd. Currently the Department Head and Associate Professor of Computer Science at James Madison University,  Dr. Byrd is a nationally recognized expert in information visualization and Data Visualization Pedagogy. 

Join us in advancing computational and data science education across all disciplines. More information available at CDS-Exchange

Funding: $1,000 stipend and possible travel support to annual symposium

Eligibility: Higher education instructors

Key Activities:

  •   Participate in professional development workshops  
  •   Collaborate with an interdisciplinary cohort of fellows
  •   Develop new CDS teaching modules, focused on data visualization
  •   Incorporate learned data visualization techniques into an existing teaching platform
  •   Share materials through open access repositories

How to Apply: Interested applicants should submit application including resume.

Application Deadline: November 15, 2024

Send questions to Kate Cahill at kjc59 [at] njit.edu (kjc59[at]njit[dot]edu)

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