Author: Jajwalya Karajgikar

Applied Data Science Librarian

Jaj engages with researchers across the disciplines interested in employing techniques for data storytelling, natural language processing, computational social sciences, data visualization, network analysis, and text mining. She works with campus partners to establish foundational programming in research computing, data literacy, and data ethics.

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On October 10–11, 2024, the South Asia Studies Digital Humanities Workshop (SASDHW) convened scholars, librarians, and technologists for two days of collaborative learning on multilingual and computational text analysis of South Asian sources.

groups of people wearing colorful clothes around a long white table with old historical documents on it, looking at the objects

Jaj Karajgikar, Applied Data Science Librarian and Eug Xu, RDDS Data Science & Society Research Assistant present their work on AI Literacy Interest Group & Data Science Instruction over the last year. Learn more about how they use loom weaving techniques for teaching computation and curate special collections showcases on the history of technology and digital humanities.

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Eug Xu is the Data Science & Society Research Assistant at Research Data and Digital Scholarship with Jaj Karajgikar, the Applied Data Science Librarian. Eug is also a winner of the 2024 Dean’s Scholar Award.

Eug Xu sitting with a loom in the RDDSx space in Van Pelt Library.

On September 7th 2023, a group of around 20 students, staff, and faculty gathered at the Kelly Writers House (KWH) for a Prompt Battle-Off. Conceived by Jaj Karajgikar, Applied Data Science Librarian from Research Data and Digital Scholarship and Zach Carduner, the Digital Projects Manager at KWH, the evening promised to talk about if and how to use Gen AI tools in creative writing with hands-on exercises.

A mixed group of students and staff seated and standing in a cozy room at Kelly Writers House, engaged in animated small-group discussion. Framed illustrations hang on the wall to the left; a projector screen stands blank in the background. One attendee leans forward, speaking with hand gestures, while another stands pensively with hand on chin, illustrating the collaborative prompt-design process central to the workshop.

Jaj Karajgikar, Applied Data Science Librarian and Rachel Liu, Text and Data Research Asistant presented the multiple faculty-led Data Visualization Projects, Text and Data Mining Workflows, Libguides, Literacy & Research material for consultations that they have built together over the course of almost 2 years of successful, camaraderie-filled collaboration as a mentor-mentee for Penn Libraries Presents series.

Journeying Through Exploration: My Research Portfolio with Research Data and Digital Scholarship Xiner ("Rachel") Liu Research Data and Digital Scholarship Text and Data Graduate Research Assistant 2022-2023 Incoming Ph.D. Student in Learning Sciences and Technologies University of Pennsylvania, Mentor: Jajwalya Karajgikar April 10, 2024

Roundup of the Fall 2023 semester sessions of RPenn Group

A Making of a Workshop summary for Speed Networking themed by Research Data and Digital Projects

Colorful version of a Google map of the area around the Penn Libraries.

Learn to visualize text analysis with Voyant Tools, maps with Storymap.js, and charts with Microsoft Excel alongside students of PROW 2000: Writing with Data

Voyant Tools, Storymap.js, & Excel logos against a backdrop of workers tools

Learn techniques to create compelling graphs and tell better stories.

Environmental Data, import using Tidy package in R, Data Analysis with R, RStudio, Transform, Visualize, Model, Carpentries, Communicate

Author: Jajwalya Karajgikar

Reflections on South Asia Studies Digital Humanities Workshop

Data Science & Society Student Work

Meet Eug Xu, our Data Science & Society Research Assistant

Gen AI Prompt Battle-Off at Kelly Writers House Recap

Data Science Student Projects

RPenn Group Roundup Fall 2023

Speed Networking with RDDS

Visualizing with Voyant Tools, Storymap.js, and Excel

What’s Going On in this Graph? Environmental Data Visualization Literacy Workshop With R

Maps and More

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