News
Miami Machine Learning & AI Meetup Week will kick off Florida Hacks with IBM, organized by the University of Florida in partnership with IBM. Calling on the country’s brightest minds to join a virtual innovation challenge (see list of Challenges below) aimed at addressing the Sunshine State’s most pressing conservation issues. Read more “Florida Hacks with IBM Hackathon: Ideation 8/25-9/10”
Events
South Big Data Innovation Hub is hosting their 2021 All-Hands Meeting from July 28 – 30, where big data influencers from industry, academia, nonprofits, and government will discuss the most important topics in data science today. Read more “South Big Data Innovation Hub All-Hands Meeting 7/28-30”
Events
Several hundred pain clinicians, neurosurgeons, and neuromodulation industry professionals assembled in Orlando, Florida, July 15-17 for the 2021 Mid-Year meeting of NANS, the North American Neuromodulation Society. The event, which augmented the society’s January 2021 web conference, was the first in-person neuromodulation meeting for many attendees since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more “Dr. Yesha speaks at NANS Neuromodulation Society Meeting 7/15-17”
Grants
IDSC is pleased to announce our second call for proposals for the Expanding the Use of Collaborative Data Science at UM grant program. This program is designed to increase the use of data science to foster breakthroughs in disciplinary pursuits making the research team more competitive for external funding. Read more “CALL for PROPOSALS: Expanding the Use of Collaborative Data Science at UM”
Awards & Honors
As an expert in blockchain technology, personalized health care, and electronic commerce, Yelena Yesha has always been drawn to challenges. When the teenage math and physics whiz won second place in Ukraine’s Physics Olympics, she was offered an accelerated path to college—but only if her parents agreed to stay in the oppressive homeland where they were forced out of their jobs. Read more “Dr. Yelena Yesha Named First Knight Foundation Chair of Data Science and AI”
News
The City of Coral Gables has come 1st place for 2 consecutive years in the Open Cities Index (which looks at how cities are using online transparency and open data to better the lives of residents). Senior Sustainability Analyst Matt Anderson says “The City likes to lead by example.” Read more “UM IDSC part of Coral Gables Magazine “City of the Future” Innovation Issue”
Publications
Read more “Ethics in Biomedical and Health Informatics: Users, Standards, and Outcomes”
Lectures & Seminars
On Thursday, May 20 (1:00-2:00 PM), 2021, we welcomed Marjorie McShane, Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cognitive Science Department, and Co-Director of the Language-Endowed Intelligent Agents (LEIA) Lab for a talk on artificial intelligence and language processing. Read more “Data Citizens: A Distinguished Lecture Series presented Marjorie McShane 5/20”
News
To advance data-driven smart cities initiatives, the University of Miami Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF). Read more “IDSC Partners with World Business Angels Investment Forum to Advance Smart Cities Initiatives”
News
By joining the National Science Foundation Center for Accelerated Real Time Analytics (CARTA), the University of Miami Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC) is opening the door to deeper levels of academic and industry collaboration. Read more “UM Joins NSF Center for Accelerated Real Time Analytics (CARTA)”