Systems and Data Engineering – Frost Institute for Data Science & Computing

Collaborative Map to Learning 0-5 Initiative Website Launched!

March 20, 2025April 9, 2025

Several years ago, Tiffany Cannava was helping her church figure out ways they could help people living in struggling communities nearby. She was particularly interested in the Northeast Corridor of Miami—a working-class area that includes North Miami, North Miami Beach, and Little Haiti—and what kinds of early learning opportunities were available for families there. Read more “Collaborative Map to Learning 0-5 Initiative Website Launched!” →

Collection Connections Bridges Past + Present Art with AR

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024

Forget the simple audio tour. Imagine walking into an art museum, donning a lightweight headset, and scrutinizing a painting from centuries ago, while modern, related works from other museums appear virtually beside the museum piece. Meanwhile, Renaissance music plays in the background. Read more “Collection Connections Bridges Past + Present Art with AR” →

IDSC Helps Students Document Iconic Coral Gables Congregational Church

February 9, 2024February 9, 2024

University of Miami School of Architecture students surveyed every aspect of the Coral Gables Congregational United Church of Christ to document the architectural design, structure, and distinctive elements of the building. The compiled architectural measured drawings will be preserved at the Library of Congress. Read more “IDSC Helps Students Document Iconic Coral Gables Congregational Church” →

Displacement Vulnerability and Mitigation Tool (DVMT) Unveiled at IDSC…

October 4, 2023July 10, 2024

Closing out the presentations portion of the inaugural IDSC Day held on Thursday, September 28, Abigail Fleming, Esq., Associate Director of the University of Miami School of Law’s Environmental Justice Clinic (EJC), unveiled the new Displacement Vulnerability and Mitigation Tool (DVMT) created in collaboration with IDSC’s Systems and Data Engineering team.

Environmental Justice Clinic Law Fights for Overtown

September 5, 2023October 3, 2023

Overtown opened its arms to Casey Munga nine years ago. That’s when the single mother of one moved to the historic Miami neighborhood after becoming homeless and nearly losing her son to a bout with sepsis that left him in a wheelchair. “We were traumatized because of what happened to us,” she recalled. “When we moved to Overtown, no one knew us, but we were never treated like strangers. Read more “Environmental Justice Clinic Law Fights for Overtown” →

Update on: Mapping Informal Cities Collaborative Project in Barranquilla,…

November 4, 2022November 10, 2022

As part of a School of Architecture studio course, students recently spent a week in Barranquilla, Colombia, visiting residents in some of the city’s informal settlements and oldest neighborhoods. Then, they return to the Coral Gables campus to begin designing structures that could help revitalize those areas and address the impacts of climate change. Read more “Update on: Mapping Informal Cities Collaborative Project in Barranquilla, Colombia” →

Software Engineering Maps The Residency, Harbour Island

August 28, 2017July 31, 2023

“Some of the greatest assets our country holds are our heritage sites and historical buildings and it is up to this generation to take a keen interest in preserving what we have.” This according to Dr. Christopher Curry, Chair of Social Sciences, at the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the University of The Bahamas (UB) and University of Miami’s School of Architecture. Read more “Software Engineering Maps The Residency, Harbour Island” →