Dsg 2015-02-26

Announcements

• Given that Julia and Syd will be out of town next week, the 3/5 DSG meeting will be replaced with a writing session.
• We have invited Ben Schmidt (History) to attend our 3/12 meeting to discuss Bookworm and grants.
• Graduate students (particularly those attending the NULab's weekly practicum) have expressed an interest in learning more about topic modeling. Jim will talk to Mike Foley (grad student in Network Science) about planning a potential informal event / will keep an eye out for opportunities to discuss topic modeling in a more formal capacity.

Discussion of Grants

Julia led a discussion of grants and how the DSG might keep an eye on grant cycles and grant-related DSG project needs. Additional info and a link to the DSG's grant calendar can be found here This discussion covered:

• the larger grant-writing schedule that the DSG should be aware of
• planning mechanisms (where documentation lives, potential uses of Podio, etc.)
• communication with DSG project leads / faculty members (the general desire to avoid situations where people at NU are competing for the same grants)