The Department for Computer Science, in partnership with IDSC and other UM units, is accepting applications for the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF REU) summer research experience. This 10-week program runs from May 22 – July 28 and focuses on the discovery and visualization of structure in large datasets. Read more “Apply now for NSF Summer Research Experience”
Congratulations to Dr. Wangda Zuo! An Assistant Professor in the Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Miami College of Engineering, Dr. Zuo runs the Sustainable Building Systems Laboratory (SBS Lab), which focuses on developing cutting edge modeling and simulation technology and applying them to reduce building energy and water consumption while improving indoor environment quality. The SBS Lab is funded by various agencies, including National Science Foundation (NSF); U.S. Department of Energy ( DOE); U.S. Department of Defense; U.S. Department of Homeland Security; American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE); and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Dr. Zuo is currently working on three important grant projects. Read more “2 NSF Grants for Wangda Zuo’s Smart Cities Research”
While viruses cause significant proportion of cancers, their real impact in cancer etiology and complications is still unknown. Indeed, viruses may be implicated in cancer more frequently than previously considered, which may lead to rethinking cancer treatment and prevention strategies. Little effort so far has been exerted to screen for infectious agents associated with cancer. Our long-term goal is to determine how cancer treatment and prevention can be improved in virus-associated cancers. Read more “Identification of Novel Viruses Associated with Malignant Diseases”
The University of Miami Libraries has received a two-year $260,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support software development that will expand the functionality of the Cuban Theater Digital Archives. Dr. Mitsunori Oghihara, Associate Dean for Digital Library Innovation and Center for Computational Science Director of Data Mining will oversee the development of various software components that will add metadata extraction from the digital media (videos and graphics), add community tags and a search mechanism, and make a publication tool available that allows scholars to more easily access archived materials for research. Read more “Mellon Foundation Grant to Expand UM Libraries’ Cuban Theater Digital Archive”
At least one CCS Member is doing fieldwork for three weeks this summer in the Gulf of Mexico as part of a multi-institution research project to study ocean flow. Funded by BP through the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, Dr. Tamay Ozgokmen is the project director of the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE) looking at how the Gulf waters transport things like oil or other pollutants. Read more “Field Work: Ground-Truthing Gulf Surface Water Movement”
This presentation was addressed to a specialized audience of people in Data Mining and Machine Learning. The talk provided a theory that showed how clustering stability can be used to choose the correct number of clusters, as well as demonstrate the importance of cluster stability and discussed the use of stability for clustering evaluation. Read more “Clustering Stability: Impossibility and Possibility”