The 2nd annual Smart Cities Miami Conference presented on April 5-6, 2018 by Hotwire Communications, explored the convergence of technology, design, and development in the shaping of a new urban landscape transformed by design innovation and disruptive technology. Read more “Smart Cities MIAMI 2018 Positioned UM in the Vanguard”
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most malignant primary adult brain tumor. The current standard of care is surgical resection, radiation, and chemotherapy treatment, which extends life in most cases. Unfortunately, tumor recurrence is nearly universal and patients with recurrent glioblastoma typically survive less than one year. Read more “Drug Repositioning in Glioblastoma: A Pathway Perspective”
In this session, we will examine the opportunities for decision making while building a data analysis pipeline and follow the consequences of those decisions for the interpretability of the results. In addition, we will dive into examples of various types of bias, as well as examples of assumptions made in data collection, in implementation and in statistical modeling. Read more “How to Build a Data Analysis Pipeline 3/19/2018”
Checkpoint #1, the “Idea Checkpoint”, will give you the opportunity to get feedback on your project from the Organizing Committee. It’s also an excellent opportunity to meet the other participants! Read more “VizUM Competition Idea Checkpoint 3/9/2018”
In this LUNCH & LEARN session, we will examine the opportunities for decision making while building a data analysis pipeline and follow the consequences of those decisions for the interpretability of the results. In addition, we will dive into examples of various types of bias, as well as examples of assumptions made in data collection, in implementation and in statistical modeling. Read more “How to Build a Data Analysis Pipeline 3/19/2018”
In this session, we will examine the opportunities for decision making while building a data analysis pipeline and follow the consequences of those decisions for the interpretability of the results. In addition, we will dive into examples of various types of bias, as well as examples of assumptions made in data collection, in implementation and in statistical modeling. Read more “Data Science Study Group: South Florida Thursday 2/8/2018”
The BD2K-LINCS Data Coordination and Integration Center (DCIC) and the University of Miami present the third annual BD2K-LINCS Data Science Symposium: Studying Systems Biology by Cellular Perturbations (DSS 2018) on January 31 – February 2, 2018. Read more “BD2K-LINCS Data Science Symposium 1/31-2/2/18”
Your City, Your Neighborhood, and You: Visualization for Civic Engagement Competition. The goal of this Competition is to challenge designers, journalists, data scientists, statisticians, and professionals and scholars to design either a data visualization essay, story, or infographic based on publicly available data about Miami, or an exploratory data visualization. Read more “VizUM Visualization Competition Deadline Extended to 2/4/2018”
The CCS Members interested in Social Systems Informatics (led by Program Director Daniel Messinger) have launched a Speaker Series. As the first guest, the group is pleased to present a trio of events around Brian Uzzi: The main event, a TALK on 2/14 entitled “Knowledge and Social Networks that Predict Breakthroughs and Professional Success in Science and Technology” will be preceded by a JOURNAL CLUB session on 2/12, and a ROUND TABLE with Prof. Uzzi earlier in the day on 2/14. Read more “Social Systems Informatics presents Brian Uzzi 2/14/2018”
This paper investigates the use of linguistic features extracted from the application essay so students enrolled in a university academic program for their retention pattern prediction. Three sets of linguistic features are generated from text analysis: Read more “Student Retention Pattern Prediction Employing Linguistic Features Extracted from Admission Application Essays”