Events - Past
The VizUM 3rd Annual Symposium was held on Thursday, November 10, 2016, at the University of Miami Newman Alumni Center, 6200 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146. Our guests speakers were Colin Ware and Martin Krzywinski. Read more “VizUM 2016 featured Colin Ware & Martin Krzywinski”
News - Archived
Remember your earliest friends from preschool? Researchers from the University of Miami want to know how those friendships formed, and they plan to do just that through a $200,000+ grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF Award Abstract #1052736 https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1052736), and a nifty device that will track the movements of children at two UM centers in real time for four years. Read more “Researchers Go High-Tech to Explore the Social World of Children”
Lectures & Seminars - Archived
Dr. Tsinoremas will provide an overview of the University of Miami Institute for Data Science and Computing entitled “Big Data Approaches and Applications for Biomedical Data “, along with a brief description of its seven scientific programs and two technology platforms. Read more “IDSC Director Nick Tsinoremas speaks at UF Informatics Institute”
Events - Past
On December 4, 2016, IDSC Training & Outreach had the pleasure of welcoming 38 Girl Scouts to the second annual “Girl Scouts Can” Tech Event. The girls were eager and enthusiastic to meet computer scientists and graduate students in computational fields who led them through activities designed to create a scaffold of computational thinking and inquiry. Read more “3rd annual Girl Scouts Can draws 38 Participants”
Events - Past
“She Innovates Tech”—a collaboration between IDSC and CODeLLA—aims to inspire girls in Miami-Dade County between the ages of 9 and 17 to become next-generation innovators, problem solvers, and digital creators. This event is intended to build their skill sets and their confidence, while inspiring and encouraging them to pursue STEM education and careers. According to code.org, Florida had only 2,114 computer science graduates in 2014, of which, only 19% were women. Also, the percentage of female computer science majors in the US decreased 19% in 2016. Read more “She Innovates Tech Event Saturday 10/29/2016”
News - Archived
The National Science Foundation has awarded a consortium of 28 collaborating institutions, led by Clemson University, a $750,000 grant to fund a Research Coordination Network to set up a national forum for the exchange and dissemination of best practices, expertise, and technologies to enable the advancement of campus-based research computing activities. The project, entitled “RCN: Advancing Research and Education Through a National Network of Campus Research Computing Infrastructures – The CaRCC Consortium,” is designed to bring together a wide range of campuses and community stakeholders to form a novel, yet complementary, element of an evolving and expanding national cyberinfrastructure ecosystem. Read more “IDSC joins NSF-funded CaRCC Consortium”