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”
News - Archived
Mapping Informal Cities is a collaboration with the School of Architecture. This Places & Spaces: Mapping Science project provided on-site documentation of informal settlements in 11 Southern Hemisphere cities.
Engagement
To a biologist or biomedical scientist starting out in Data Science, it may seem as if these two languages are interchangeable, and for some functionalities they are. However, there are clear distinctions between them too, and the answer is “it depends on what you’re trying to do”. Read more “Should I Learn R or Python or Both?”
Events - Past
Join the School of Communication for “World Information Architecture Day” a celebration that brings together a diverse community including information architects, user experience designers, content strategists, product managers, developers, scholars, and students. Because of the ubiquitous nature of information, stories of information architecture are practiced by not just specialists, but by people holding all sorts of titles, coming from all walks of life. The event theme is “Information Everywhere, Architects Everywhere”. Read more “World Information Architecture Day, Saturday 2/20/2016”
Events - Past
The University of Miami IEEE is proud to bring you UHack, a 24-hour hackathon. UHack will take place during Engineering Week (2/15-21/16), from Saturday to Sunday, 2/20 & 21. Taking place in the ballrooms of the Student Activity Center at the University of Miami, UHack is open to any student in the area who would like to take a break from their ordinary classes to make something fun and compete for some greatprizes from our amazing sponsors. All for FREE. Read more “UHack Hackathon 2/20-21/2016”