The fall 2022 issue of the IDSC DATA SCIENCE and COMPUTING magazine is now online. Start reading with our cover story on Dr. Azizi Seixas, IDSC Director of Population Health Informatics, who was recently honored as one of the inaugural Amazon Web Services “Education Champions” for accelerating the future of personalized wellness.
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Over the years, new technology has helped Radiologists diagnose illness, but it has also changed their jobs. To diagnose illness in the past, physicians spent time speaking with patients. Today, they spend more time scrutinizing images, patient electronic medical records, and other data sources. Read more “Using Advanced Computing to Create AI-ML Diagnosis Toolbox”
When German Aldana Zuniga was 16 years old, doctors told him he would never be able to walk or use his arms properly again. But Zuniga never gave up on the idea. Today, nine years after a car accident left him paralyzed, Zuniga is making significant strides. Read more “Implanted Device Turns Thoughts Into Motions”
Expanding with the pace of innovations in health care, the IDSC Digital Health and Life Sciences Informatics program encompasses research in Digital Drug Discovery, Population Health Informatics, and Social and Behavioral Data Science. IDSC is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephan Schürer, Azizi Seixas, and Daniel Messinger as Program Directors, respectively, for these initiatives. Read more “IDSC is Pleased to Announce 3 New Digital Health and Life Sciences Directors”
Leaders in academia, government, and industry shared ideas on how cities can use new technologies, from cloud computing and connected devices to smart materials and sustainable construction, to maximize opportunities for data-driven growth, in person, at the fifth annual Smart Cities MIAMI Conference, May 19 and 20, 2022. Read more “Catch the Replay: Smart Cities Miami 2022 Explored Digitally Connected Cities”
In conjunction with Google Trends, AXOIS is tracking the issues people care about in your district. This newly launched dashboard will be updated regularly through midterms. The project participants included: Read more “Midterm Elections 2022: Issues that Matter to Americans”
The IDSC “Expanding the Use of Collaborative Data Science at UM” grants 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. Applications are required to include at least one data scientist (from IDSC) and one researcher from a specific discipline. Read more “Information Session for IDSC Grants Program CALL for PROPOSALS 9/1”
The AI for Health Equity Virtual Symposium is a 2-day virtual conference and a startup competition followed by a 4-week workshop series intended to unite students, professionals, and practitioners to discuss cutting-edge technologies and the impact of utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in biomedicine and beyond. Read more “AI for Health Equity Symposium 6/28-29, Startup Competition 6/30, Workshop 7/1”
Dr. Shane Elipot’s “An Ocean of Data” Meet a Data Scientist talk was held on April 5, 2022 via Zoom. Read more “Catch the Replay: Meet a Data Scientist with Shane Elipot”
This talk with Dr. Amanda Myers—the Principal Investigator of the Laboratory for Functional Neurogenomics, with co-appointments in the Division of Neuroscience, the Department of Human Genetics and Genomics, and the Center on Aging—offered a glimpse of how her career developed and some valuable practical advice on crafting your own career as a data scientist. Read more “Catch the Replay: Meet a Data Scientist Amanda Myers”