This council was built by Naomi Hamm, Marcello Nesca and Yixiu Liu with support from the CHI leadership since May 2020. Our role is to be a connection between CHI leadership and trainees (graduate students & postdocs) to help them better adapt to graduate life, develop professional skills and get prepared before entering the workforce, as well as improve trainees’ experience working/studying at CHI through organizing events and workshops.

Workshops/Events held while Yixiu was working there

Workshops/Seminars:

• Beyond the Numbers: Working as a Data Scientist in a Group Setting, October 29, 2020
• Keeping Current While Working: Perspectives Across Academia, Industry, and Government, June 18, 2021
• Experience Sharing Seminar: Job Hunting and Transitions into the Workforce, December 02, 2021
• A Panel Discussion on Workplace Communication Essentials in Data Science Part I – from Data Analysts/Data Scientists/Statisticians’ Perspective, July 08, 2022
• A Panel Discussion on Workplace Communication Essentials in Data Science Part II – from Managers/Supervisors’ Perspective, July 21, 2022

Events/Activities:

• Recurrent events
  • Happy Hours, once a month
  • Virtual Office Day, once a week
  • Welcome Package, every fall, or when new students started

Journal Clubs

To endorse the journal club in CHI at University of Manitoba, which further support the Canadian Statistics Sciences Institute (CANSSI) national seminar series, Sep 2020 - Apr 2021 Co-organizers: Yixiu Liu & Naomi Hamm