Events - Past
“Big Data Day: When Science, Society, Technology, and Business face change” was held at Nice, S.p.a., in Oderzo, Italy, on Friday, May 20, 2016. The event was organized by CCS’s own Lead Bioinformatics Scientist Enrico Capobianco, PhD, who also participated, giving a session on Smart Cities. Read more ““Big Data Day” Oderzo Italy, Friday 5/20/2016″
News - Archived
With the rise of digital biomarkers, its role in precision medicine has become an important area of interest, something which is destined to continue due to Electronic Health Records (EHR). It’s important to keep in mind the limitations and problems that appear on the horizon. Among these problems are geo-differentiation and ethnic balance, generation of protocols for sharing digital information, and transferability of different record types (structured and non-structured). Read more “EHRs, Digital Biomarkers, and Big Data”
Events - Past
The “Current Issues in Data Mining” Symposium was well attended. The cutting-edge talks well received and Dr. Srini Parthasarthy has shared his presentation. Read more ““Current Issues in Data Mining” Offered Insight”
Events - Past
Data Mining is an area of computer science that studies the problem of discovering interesting or meaningful patterns in large data sets, and develops knowledge out of the discovered patterns. With the advancement of computing technologies, the importance of data mining has increased. In this event, three renowned data mining experts will present their cutting-edge research in data mining. The talks will be useful for those who are interested in getting a glimpse of data mining, and those who are interested in using data mining technologies for their research. Read more “Current Issues in Data Mining, Wednesday 5/4/2016”
Events - Past
The Center for Computational Science offered two presentations at the cutting-edge technology and innovation event eMerge Americas held on April 17-19, 2016, at the Miami Beach Convention Center. One on Visualization, and one on Digital Mapping using drones and custom software created by our Software Engineering Team.
News - Archived
Computational Science is widely recognized as a critical means to solving many of today’s most challenging problems. While computer science studies the different components of computers and computer programming, computational science builds the interface of computing within the scientific discipline—the art of computers designed with enough infrastructure to support the science and advancement of science. Read more “Crunching Data at IDSC”
News - Archived
The University of Miami’s CLIMATE CHANGE Special Report has launched. The science, says Ben Kirtman, is absolute. The earth is warming, and this is not a good thing. Polar ice is melting. Sea levels are rising. The world is hotter, and extreme weather patterns are becoming the norm. Read more “UM’s Special Report on Climate Change”
Publications
In what sense is a city smart? There are established entities defining this rich area of cross-disciplinary studies, and they refer to social, technical, economic, and political factors that keep evolving, thus offering opportunities for constant refinement of the concept of smart city. Read more “Smart Cities, Big Data, and Communities: Reasoning from the Viewpoint of Attractors”
Events - Past
The National Organization for Women at UM and UConnect presents Women in STEM: A Speaker’s Panel on Thursday, March 17th, 2016, at 7:00 PM in the Shalala Student Center Complex East Ballroom. Read more “Women in STEM: A Speaker’s Panel, Thursday 3/17/2016”
Events - Past
Hundreds of school children and University of Miami scientists celebrated Brain Awareness Week at the Miami Brain Fair 2016 on Saturday, March 12th from 10 AM to 4 PM at the Fieldhouse of the Bank United Center. This event was hosted by the University of Miami Neuroscience Graduate and Undergraduate Programs, as well as: Read more “School Children Attend 5th Annual Brain Fair”