Tiffany Timbers
@tiffanytimbers.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Teaching in Statistics, Master of Data Science program Instructor, UBC, Vancouver, Canada | she/her
Posit has joined the Jupyter Foundation! ๐ @jupyter.org has powered interactive computing across our tools for years, from Notebooks to the kernels behind Positron. Now we're helping fund the infrastructure and community that keep it thriving. Read the blog: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-06...
In case you missed it last week, @minecr.bsky.social any my paper on "Ten simple rules for teaching data science" is now out in @plos.org Computational Biology: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Ten simple rules for teaching data science
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BREAKING The R Core Team just awarded the prestigious Rousseuw Prize in statistics, stats equivalent of Nobel Prize ๐ ๐๐๐ #rstats A team effort over many years suitably recognized
In case you missed it last week, @minecr.bsky.social any my paper on "Ten simple rules for teaching data science" is now out in @plos.org Computational Biology: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Ten simple rules for teaching data science
journals.plos.org
Our open introductory data science textbooks are reaching further across the globe each year! Exciting to see the data! Links to books: - datasciencebook.ca - python.datasciencebook.ca
Thrilled to share that @minecr.bsky.social and my paper on Ten simple rules for teaching data science is now available from @plos.org Computational Biology! journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Ten simple rules for teaching data science
journals.plos.org
Thrilled to share that @minecr.bsky.social and my paper on Ten simple rules for teaching data science is now available from @plos.org Computational Biology! journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Ten simple rules for teaching data science
journals.plos.org
From @tiffanytimbers.bsky.social & @minecr.bsky.social in @plos.org #Computational #Biology | Ten simple rules for teaching data science | #Education #Bioinformatics #DataScience #PLOSCBTSR CC/ @carpentries.carpentries.org | ๐งฌ๐ฅ๏ธ๐งช๐ โฌ๏ธ journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Ten simple rules for teaching data science
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The Carpentries in collaboration with AI Carpentry will host the first set of discussions in a series of ๐๐๐ง๐๐ + ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ on 18 June, at 12:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC. Register below: Session 1: pretix.carpentries.org/community-ev... Session 2: pretix.carpentries.org/community-ev...
Link to slides from my talk at the 2026 SSC annual meeting yesterday. Talk title: "OERs in action: practical strategies for inclusive and recognized teaching innovation." docs.google.com/presentation...
ssc-OERs-in-Action-Practical-Strategies-for-Inclusive-and-Recognized-Teaching-Innovation
OERs in action: practical strategies for inclusive and recognized teaching innovation. Tiffany Timbers, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Teaching, Dept. of Statistics
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Link to slides from my talk at the 2026 SSC annual meeting yesterday. Talk title: "OERs in action: practical strategies for inclusive and recognized teaching innovation." docs.google.com/presentation...
ssc-OERs-in-Action-Practical-Strategies-for-Inclusive-and-Recognized-Teaching-Innovation
OERs in action: practical strategies for inclusive and recognized teaching innovation. Tiffany Timbers, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Teaching, Dept. of Statistics
docs.google.com
Less than one week before the survey closes!!!
Tiffany Timbers@tiffanytimbers.bsky.social ยท 4mo agoOur survey closes in just 2 weeks!!! ๐ Calling folks working in a #DataScience (or related) role ๐ฃ โ we want you to fill out our survey aiming to understand if and how practicing data scientists use and integrate #LLMs ๐ค into their data science tasks. www.linkedin.com/posts/tiffan...
Our survey closes in just 2 weeks!!! ๐ Calling folks working in a #DataScience (or related) role ๐ฃ โ we want you to fill out our survey aiming to understand if and how practicing data scientists use and integrate #LLMs ๐ค into their data science tasks. www.linkedin.com/posts/tiffan...
Only 37 days until the survey closes! Data scientists, we need your help! #LLM #DataScience
Tiffany Timbers@tiffanytimbers.bsky.social ยท 6mo agoCalling folks working in a #DataScience (or related) role ๐ฃ โ we want you to fill out our survey aiming to understand if and how practicing data scientists use and integrate #LLMs ๐ค into their data science tasks. www.linkedin.com/posts/tiffan...
Only 37 days until the survey closes! Data scientists, we need your help! #LLM #DataScience
Tiffany Timbers@tiffanytimbers.bsky.social ยท 6mo agoCalling folks working in a #DataScience (or related) role ๐ฃ โ we want you to fill out our survey aiming to understand if and how practicing data scientists use and integrate #LLMs ๐ค into their data science tasks. www.linkedin.com/posts/tiffan...
@pwhlgoldeneyes.bsky.social how do I get my child's birthday announced at the game tomorrow?
Calling folks working in a #DataScience (or related) role ๐ฃ โ we want you to fill out our survey aiming to understand if and how practicing data scientists use and integrate #LLMs ๐ค into their data science tasks. www.linkedin.com/posts/tiffan...
Calling folks working in a #DataScience (or related) role ๐ฃ โ we want you to fill out our survey aiming to understand if and how practicing data scientists use and integrate #LLMs ๐ค into their data science tasks. www.linkedin.com/posts/tiffan...
"Ten simple rules for teaching data science": arxiv.org/abs/2602.02874 A new preprint by @minecr.bsky.social and myself. We'd love any feedback!
Ten simple rules for teaching data science
Teaching data science presents unique challenges and opportunities that cannot be fully addressed by simply borrowing pedagogical strategies from its parent disciplines of statistics and computer scie...
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Calling folks working in a #DataScience (or related) role ๐ฃ โ we want you to fill out our survey aiming to understand if and how practicing data scientists use and integrate #LLMs ๐ค into their data science tasks. www.linkedin.com/posts/tiffan...
Ana Elisa Lopez, @rohanalexander.bsky.social and my paper, "Prompting the Professoriate: A Qualitative Study of Instructor Perspectives on LLMs in Data Science Education" is now available (the "Just Accepted" version) from Harvard Data Science Review: hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/xv4hxs7u...
Prompting the Professoriate: A Qualitative Study of Instructor Perspectives on LLMs in Data Science Education
Forthcoming. Now Available: Just Accepted Version.
hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu
Ana Elisa Lopez, @rohanalexander.bsky.social and my paper, "Prompting the Professoriate: A Qualitative Study of Instructor Perspectives on LLMs in Data Science Education" is now available (the "Just Accepted" version) from Harvard Data Science Review: hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/xv4hxs7u...
Prompting the Professoriate: A Qualitative Study of Instructor Perspectives on LLMs in Data Science Education
Forthcoming. Now Available: Just Accepted Version.
hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu
Join us on Oct 15 for an education leadership seminar featuring guest speaker Chelsea Uggenti, Assistant Prof. of teaching at the University of Waterloo. ๐ฃ๏ธTalk title: Discipline-Specific TA Training: A Scalable Model for Departments ๐ 1 - 2 PM ๐ ESB 4192 & Online Learn more ๐ tinyurl.com/ydutyeub
What are kids books that introduce statistical thinking? I'm thinking ones aimed at > 5-6 year olds. So not Bayesian Stats for babies type books.
What are kids books that introduce statistical thinking? I'm thinking ones aimed at > 5-6 year olds. So not Bayesian Stats for babies type books.
@vancouverrisefc.bsky.social - the UBC Master of Data Science program has opened its called for data science capstone project proposals, we'd love to support women's sports here in Vancouver and work with you! We've worked with the @whitecapsfc.bsky.social in the past and its been fantastic.
The call for UBC Master of Data Science capstone project proposals is open ๐ข - Soft deadline is Oct 15th (you get feedback) - Hard deadline is Nov 30 Checkout our about link for more info and links to submit: ubc-mds.github.io/capstone/abo...
#LLM #GenAI #Education #DataScience #DataScienceEducation #rstats #pydata
Tiffany Timbers@tiffanytimbers.bsky.social ยท 11mo agoPreprint of โPrompting the Professoriate: A Qualitative Study of Instructor Perspectives on LLMs in Data Science Educationโ available: arxiv.org/abs/2509.12283 By Ana Elisa Lopez-Miranda (an exceptional undergrad!), myself and @rohanalexander.bsky.social Comments and feedback welcome!
![Screenshot of a quote from a professor about how they are reflecting on their role in an LLM world:
"I love this question because it made me both very happy and very sad to think about. So, on some level, what is the actual mission and purpose? Like, why am I a teacher? What am I here for? For these students? That hasnโt changed at all. And I can send you the link to it, but I also looked up, we have, at the [names institution], this graduate profile, our kind of aspirational statement, of what we think all students who have left us with a degree should have. And it includes things like being scholars, theyโre knowledgeable and curious, excited by ideas, and conscientious in their efforts to understand the complexities of their communities and the world. And I love that."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qgrllpa37ptdi6y6wx7o2oj3/bafkreiemktyyvd4xcmvsgvgvuxcsjp7h7qwp6dabfowos4qjt7vghg4w2a)