Upcoming Webinar: Social Media Analytics and the COVID-19 Infodemic May 19, 2020, 12pm Central Time Register:  https://lnkd.in/eUPmyAt. Join  Joseph T. Yun , the PI for the  Social Media Macroscope , for an upcoming webinar about Social Media Analytics and the COVID-19 'Infodemic'. Webinar Description: “We’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health...

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have released a model that provides a daily estimate of fatalities from COVID-19 in the United States for the coming weeks. The model finds that the number of deaths almost certainly has not yet peaked and is not likely to peak in many states until after May 1, a finding that is in contrast to one of the most frequently cited models. The model was developed by several UT Austin researchers along with faculty and staff from the Texas...

XSEDE and the XSEDE Resource Allocations System ( XRAS ) are contributing to the newly-announced COVID-19 HPC Consortium from  The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy , a private/government/academic partnership that seeks to expedite applications for advanced computing research to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.   Researchers who are interested in conducting this timely work are asked to  submit research proposals to the COVID-19 Online...

The Zooniverse citizen science platform could potentially be used as a tool by teams conducting research on COVID-19. The Zooniverse team is ready and eager to help and be useful in this difficult situation.  Zooniverse.org currently hosts over 100 active projects drawing nearly 2 million volunteers worldwide to help analyze data across a wide range of disciplines including cell biology, ecology, text transcription, space science and more. A “DIY” Project Builder makes it...

Globus can help you move and share data with collaborators. Effective immediately, Globus is offering access to all Globus features at no cost to every institution engaged in COVID-19 research. Things are moving fast and every second counts, so the Globus team is also available for 1-on-1 consultation to help users install, configure and use Globus right away.  Sign up for free access:  https://www.globus.org/covid-1 9 Contact the customer team:  outreach@globus.org

                                            The  NSF Cyberinfrastructure Center of Excellence Pilot ,  Trusted CI , and the  Science Gateways Community Institute  are all available to help the science community tackle research to address the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. If your project could benefit from expert...