Frost Institute for Data Science & Computing

Solutions Center Office Hours-Gables Campus
2020-01-09 14:00 - 16:30, 2020-01-23 14:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Arthur A. Ungar Building, 1365 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Could you use some help with technical troubleshooting? Are you having trouble installing software? Do you need answers to questions for a grant proposal? The CCS Advanced Computing (AC) Team’s OFFICE HOURS can help! AC holds office hours on all 3 campuses to assist you:
Gables Campus » Thursdays 2:00-4:30 PM (Ungar 330F) • Kalan Dawson, Systems Administrator
RSMAS Campus » Wednesdays 9:00-11:00 AM (MSC 223) • Warner Baringer, Senior Analyst/Systems Engineer
Medical Campus » Wednesdays 10:00 AM-2:00 PM (Soffer CRC 710) • Pedro Davila, Systems Administrator
CCS AC can help with all kinds of technical troubles from how to use the new Triton supercomputer or Pegasus cluster, to queueing instructions, to resolving an error message. Consult with Kalan at the Gables Campus on Thursdays from 2:00-4:30 PM in the Arthur A. Ungar Building, 1365 Memorial Drive, Room 330E, Coral Gables, FL 33146.

Solutions Center Office Hours-Gables Campus
2020-01-16 14:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Arthur A. Ungar Building, 1365 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
NOTE: The regular THURSDAY Office Hours was moved from Thursday January 16, to Tuesday, January 14.
Could you use some help with technical troubleshooting? Are you having trouble installing software? Do you need answers to questions for a grant proposal? The CCS Advanced Computing (AC) Team’s OFFICE HOURS can help! AC holds office hours on all 3 campuses to assist you:
Gables Campus » Thursdays 2:00-4:30 PM (Ungar 330E) • Kalan Dawson, Systems Administrator
RSMAS Campus » Wednesdays 9:00-11:00 AM (MSC 223) • Warner Baringer, Senior Analyst/Systems Engineer
Medical Campus » Wednesdays 10:00 AM-2:00 PM (Soffer CRC 710) • Pedro Davila, Systems Administrator
CCS AC can help with all kinds of technical troubles from how to use the new Triton supercomputer or Pegasus cluster, to queueing instructions, to resolving an error message. Consult with Kalan at the Gables Campus on Thursdays from 2:00-4:30PM in the Arthur A. Ungar Building, 1365 Memorial Drive, Room 330E, Coral Gables, FL 33146.

Solutions Center Office Hours-Gables Campus
2020-01-30 14:00 - 16:30, 2020-02-06 14:00 - 16:30, 2020-02-13 14:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Arthur A. Ungar Building, 1365 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Could you use some help with technical troubleshooting? Are you having trouble installing software? Do you need answers to questions for a grant proposal? The CCS Advanced Computing (AC) Team’s OFFICE HOURS can help! AC holds office hours on all 3 campuses to assist you:
Gables Campus » Thursdays 2:00-4:30 PM (Ungar 330F) • Kalan Dawson, Systems Administrator
RSMAS Campus » Wednesdays 9:00-11:00 AM (MSC 223) • Warner Baringer, Senior Analyst/Systems Engineer
Medical Campus » Wednesdays 10:00 AM-2:00 PM (Soffer CRC 710) • Pedro Davila, Systems Administrator
CCS AC can help with all kinds of technical troubles from how to use the new Triton supercomputer or Pegasus cluster, to queueing instructions, to resolving an error message. Consult with Kalan at the Gables Campus on Thursdays from 2:00-4:30PM in the Arthur A. Ungar Building, 1365 Memorial Drive, Room 330E, Coral Gables, FL 33146.

Data Intersections: Ethics of Data, Technology, + Design 2/13/2020
2020-02-13 14:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Newman Alumni Center, 6200 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Register Now
CCS is pleased to announce the guest speakers for Data Intersections 2020. Join us on Thursday, February 13, 2020 at the Newman Alumni Center 3:00-7:00 PM. This event is free and open to the public. Registration opens at 2:30 PM.
Data Intersections is an annual symposium featuring speakers from the fields of data science, statistics, data journalism, and the digital humanities. The 2020 session theme is “Conversations About the Ethics of Data, Technology, and Design.” Speakers include: Mike Monteiro @monteiro on the design of technologies, and Heather Krause @datassist on the ethics of data analysis and gender.

Speakers

Ken Goodman
Director, Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy
Co-Director, UM Ethics Programs
Kenneth W. Goodman, PhD, FACMI, FACE, is Founder and Director of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy and Co-Director of the University’s Ethics Programs. The Institute has been designated a World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Ethics and Global Health Policy, one of ten in the world. He is a co-founder of the North American Center for Ethics and Health Information Technology, a partnership with the Center for Bioethics at Indiana University.
Dr. Goodman is also a Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami with appointments in the Department of Philosophy, Department of Health Informatics, Department of Public Health Sciences, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Nursing and Health Studies and Department of Anesthesiology.

Otávio Bueno
Professor and Chair, Philosophy Department, University of Miami
Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts and Science
Editor-in-Chief, Synthese
Editor-in-Chief, Synthese Library Book Series
Most of my work focuses on philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of logic. I have been trying to develop an empiricist view about science that is compatible with a nominalist view about mathematics and logic. Not an easy task, but one that has led me to explore also a number of fascinating and interrelated issues in metaphysics, epistemology and logic.
Talk Title: Data: Big and Small
Data need to be obtained, stored, displayed, analyzed, interpreted, and shared. At each stage, ethical and epistemological issues emerge, often in intertwined ways. In some cases, the data that is needed cannot be obtained because it is ethically unacceptable to do so; and what can be obtained does not settle a number of pressing issues. Once obtained, some data contain sensitive information that needs to be safely stored. But how can this be done responsibly and effectively? There are often different ways of displaying and analyzing the same data, which opens up different interpretations. How can the accuracy of such interpretations be assessed and determined? Finally, data need to be shared in responsible ways, but often there are distinct mechanisms of disseminating the data, and misleading ways of doing so. In this talk, I will develop a framework to think about data, whether big or small, and consider these issues.

Heather Krause
Founder of Datassist and We All Count
Heather Krause, PStat, is a data scientist with over a decade of experience building tools that improve practices and systems. Heather is a statistician with years of experience working on complex data problems and producing real world knowledge. She has a strong love of finding data, analyzing it in creative ways and using cutting edge visualization methods to visualize the results. Her emphasis is on combining strong statistical analysis with clear and meaningful communication. She is currently working on implementing tools for equity and ethics in data. As the founder of two successful data science companies, she attacks the largest questions facing societies today, working with both civic and corporate organizations to improve outcomes and lives. Her relentless pursuit of clarity and realism in these projects pushed her beyond pure analysis to mastering the entire data ecosystem including award winning work in data sourcing, modelling, and data storytelling, each incorporating bleeding edge theory and technologies.
Her work proves that data narratives can be meaningful to any audience from a boardroom to the front page. Heather is the founder of We All Count, a project for equity in data working with teams across the globe to embed a lens of ethics into their data products from funding to data collection to statistical analysis and algorithmic accountability. Her unique set of tools and contributions have been sought across a range of clients from MasterCard and Wells Fargo to the United Nations, the Canadian Government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She is on the Data Advisory Board of the UNHCR.
Talk Title: How not to use data like a racist, sexist, homophobe (etc. . . .) A seven-step framework for ethics and equity in data
Very few people build data products because they want to promote racist or sexist ideas. However, it’s very easy to accidentally fall into these traps, particularly when there’s so much talk about the objectivity of evidence. It’s really easy to make mistakes when using data. A working understanding of how to incorporate ethics and equity into data products is essential for anyone conducting data analysis or making decisions based on data analysis. This talk provides you with several shocking real-world examples and a seven-step framework for identifying inequity and hidden bias in the data product lifecycle. As interest in ethics in data grows, this remains one of the few actionable frameworks for making equitable change in the way you use data as a team. It has been successfully implemented to improve ethics within data, algorithms, dashboards and more at Mastercard, Oxfam, the UN, the Margaret Cargill Foundation, Borealis, and several national governments.

Yeshimabeit Milner
Founder of Data for Black Lives
2017 Black Male Achievement Fellow
Yeshimabeit Milner is the Founder & Executive Director of Data for Black Lives. She has worked since she was 17 behind the scenes as a movement builder, technologist and data scientist on a number of campaigns. She started Data for Black Lives because for too long she straddled the worlds of data and organizing and was determined to break down the silos to harness the power of data to make change in the lives of Black people. In two years, Data for Black Lives has raised over $2 million, hosted two sold out conferences at the MIT Media Lab and has changed the conversation around big data & technology across the US and globally.
As the founder of Data for Black Lives, her work has received much acclaim. Yeshimabeit is an Echoing Green Black Male Achievement Fellow, an Ashoka Fellow and joins the founders of Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street in the distinguished inaugural class of Roddenberry Foundation Fellows. Most recently she was named, along with Data for Black Lives co-founder Lucas Mason-Brown, one of Forbes 30 Under 30. Yeshimabeit has a BA from Brown University and serves on the board of the historic Highlander Center for Research & Education.
Talk Title: Abolish Big Data
Big Data is more than a collection of technologies, more than a revolution in measurement and prediction. It has become a philosophy, an ideological regime, one that determines how decisions are made and who makes them. It has given legitimacy to a new form of social and political control, one that has taken the digital traces of our existence and found ways to use them to sort and manage populations. Big Data is part of a long and pervasive historical legacy of scientific oppression, aggressive public policy, and the most influential political and economic institution that has and continues to shape this country’s economy: chattel slavery. Algorithms and other data technologies are the engines that have facilitated the ongoing evolution of chattel slavery into the Prison Industrial Complex, justified the militarization of schoolyards and borders alike, and continued the expansion of contemporary practices of peonage. This talk serves as a call to action to reject the concentration of Big Data in the hands of a few, to challenge the structures that allow data to be wielded as a weapon of immense political influence. To abolish Big Data would mean to put data in the hands of people who need it the most.

Mike Monteiro
Co-Founder, Design Director | Mule Design
Mike Monteiro is the co-founder and design director of Mule Design. He prefers that designers have strong spines. Mike writes and speaks frequently about the craft, ethics, and business of design. His most recent book is Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It. He is also the author of Design is a Job and You’re My Favorite Client, both from A Book Apart. Mike received the 2014 Net award for Conference Talk of the Year for his inspirational polemic on responsibility, “How Designers Destroyed the World.”
Talk Title: The Smallest Sliver of Hope
We built the engine that broke the world. We built the machines that turned vitriol into profit for bankers and billionaires. And we turned a blind eye because of the crumbs falling from their table. But as the window closes on humanity, and we finally realize the error of our ways, do we have a shot? Can we turn things around? Is there even the smallest sliver of hope? Possibly. But you’re not gonna like it.

Tentative AGENDA
2:30 Registration Opens
3:00 Program Begins | Speakers and Panel Discussion
6:30 Networking Reception

Solutions Center Office Hours-RSMAS Campus
2020-02-19 09:00 - 11:00, 2020-02-26 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Rosensteil School of Marine Atmospheric and Earth Science, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Virginia Key, Florida, 33149, United States
Could you use some help with technical troubleshooting? Are you having trouble installing software? Do you need answers to questions for a grant proposal? The Advanced Computing (AC) Team’s OFFICE HOURS can help! AC holds office hours on all 3 campuses to assist you:
Gables Campus: Thursdays 2-4:30 PM | Ungar 330E | Kalan Dawson, Systems Administrator [NOTE: No Gables Office Hours on 2/27/2020]
RSMAS Campus: Wednesdays 9-11 AM | MSC 223 | Warner Baringer, Senior Analyst/Systems Engineer
Medical Campus: Wednesdays 10 AM-2 PM | Soffer CRC 7th Floor | Pedro Davila, Systems Administrator [NOTE: No Medical Office Hours on 2/26/2020.]
Advanced Computing can help with all kinds of technical troubles from how to use the new Triton supercomputer or Pegasus cluster, to queueing instructions, to resolving an error message. Consult with Warner at the RSMAS Campus on Wednesdays from 9:00-11:00 AM in the Doherty Marine Science Center, Room MSC 223.

Solutions Center Office Hours-Medical Campus
2020-02-19 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York), 2020-03-04 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York), 2020-03-11 10:00 - 14:00 UTC | Don Soffer Clinical Research Center, 1120 NW 14th St, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
Could you use some help with technical troubleshooting? Are you having trouble installing software? Do you need answers to questions for a grant proposal? The Advanced Computing (AC) Team’s OFFICE HOURS can help! AC holds office hours on all 3 campuses to assist you:
Gables Campus: Thursdays 2-4:30 PM | Ungar 330E | Kalan Dawson, Systems Administrator
RSMAS Campus: Wednesdays 9-11 AM | MSC 223 | Warner Baringer, Senior Analyst/Systems Engineer
Medical Campus: Wednesdays 10 AM-2 PM | Soffer CRC 7th Floor | Pedro Davila, Systems Administrator
Advanced Computing can help with all kinds of technical troubles from how to use the new Triton supercomputer or Pegasus cluster, to queueing instructions, to resolving an error message. Consult with Pedro at the Medical Campus on Wednesdays from 10:00 AM-2:00 PM in the Don Soffer Clinical Research Center, 1120 NW 14th St, Room CRC 710, Miami, FL 33136.

Free Screening of "Data Science Pioneers"
2020-02-25 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Tickets at Eventbrite
What does it mean to be a “Data Scientist”? It’s hard to tell the difference between data-science hype and reality. Learn from leading data scientists what’s real and what they’re excited about at a screening of the documentary film “Data Science Pioneers” at the Cosford Cinema on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | 6:00-8:30 PM Runtime: 61m
Even though the title “Data Scientist” is new, the role has a long lineage in statistics and information sciences. And while the challenges data scientists now face occur on an unprecedented scale today, they stand on the shoulders of technical and ethical quandaries that came before (after all, the question of self-driving cars is the trolley problem made real).
In this film, real data scientists contextualize the role and why they love it, while exploring the concerns and challenges to come. Data Science Pioneers is proof that data scientists aren’t just data-crazy mathematicians that happen to work in a cutting-edge field; they enjoy their work and want to take on difficult ethical questions, too. They want to make a difference.
For the non-data scientist, Data Science Pioneers is still a critical piece of the puzzle that is the future of AI—it’s about getting to know the people that are building systems that affect everyone’s day-to-day lives. Accepting AI as an inevitability is complex and might start with data scientists themselves, but it’s a fundamental change that will affect all, and that cannot happen in isolation. Data Science Pioneers brings the story that will fuel discussions about not only how to construct a solid foundation for AI, but also, how to construct a supportive community of those responsible for building it.
Runtime: 61m | Watch the trailer.
Data Science Pioneers Trailer from Dataiku.com on Vimeo. | Documentary Website: datascience.movie

2-Day Python Workshop 2/27-28/2020 RSMAS
2020-02-27 09:00 - 2020-02-28 16:30 (America/New_York) | Rosensteil School of Marine Atmospheric and Earth Science, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Virginia Key, Florida, 33149, United States
This session is full | Syllabus
This free 2-day workshop provides a foundation of basic concepts that all programming depends on, using Python as an example. A comprehensive, hands-on overview of an introductory data analysis using Python will cover topics like data types, functions, conditional statements, loops, errors and exceptions, debugging, and some key Python libraries and writing Python programs that will work like Linux command-line tools.

The workshop is capped at 35 participants, and is on a first-come/first-served basis.

Instructors: Tim Norris, PhD, Research Data Scientist | Cameron Riopelle, PhD, Head of Data Services
NOTE: Please bring a laptop (any OS) and charging cable.

Thursday and Friday, February 27-28, 2020
9:00 AM – 4:30 PM Course Hours, Both Days
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) | Map and Directions
Science Laboratory and Administration Building (aka SLAB), 2nd floor Library, Map and Chart Room
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Virginia Key, FL 33149
You may park on the first level of the first building as you enter on the left, or, you may park in the lot
outside the fence along the road.

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Solutions Center Office Hours-RSMAS Campus
2020-03-04 09:00 - 11:00, 2020-03-11 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Rosensteil School of Marine Atmospheric and Earth Science, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Virginia Key, Florida, 33149, United States
Could you use some help with technical troubleshooting? Are you having trouble installing software? Do you need answers to questions for a grant proposal? The Advanced Computing (AC) Team’s OFFICE HOURS can help! AC holds office hours on all 3 campuses to assist you:
Gables Campus: Thursdays 2-4:30 PM | Ungar 330E | Kalan Dawson, Systems Administrator
RSMAS Campus: Wednesdays 9-11 AM | MSC 223 | Warner Baringer, Senior Analyst/Systems Engineer
Medical Campus: Wednesdays 10 AM-2 PM | Soffer CRC 7th Floor | Pedro Davila, Systems Administrator
Advanced Computing can help with all kinds of technical troubles from how to use the new Triton supercomputer or Pegasus cluster, to queueing instructions, to resolving an error message. Consult with Warner at the RSMAS Campus on Wednesdays from 9:00-11:00 AM in the Doherty Marine Science Center, Room MSC 223.

Solutions Center Office Hours-Gables Campus
2020-03-05 14:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Arthur A. Ungar Building, 1365 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Could you use some help with technical troubleshooting? Are you having trouble installing software? Do you need answers to questions for a grant proposal? The Advanced Computing (AC) Team’s OFFICE HOURS can help! AC holds office hours on all 3 campuses to assist you:
Gables Campus: Thursdays 2-4:30 PM | Ungar 330E | Kalan Dawson, Systems Administrator
RSMAS Campus: Wednesdays 9-11 AM | MSC 223 | Warner Baringer, Senior Analyst/Systems Engineer
Medical Campus: Wednesdays 10 AM-2 PM | Soffer CRC 7th Floor | Pedro Davila, Systems Administrator
Advanced Computing can help with all kinds of technical troubles from how to use the new Triton supercomputer or Pegasus cluster, to queueing instructions, to resolving an error message. Consult with Kalan at the Gables Campus on Thursdays from 2:00-4:30PM in the Arthur A. Ungar Building, 1365 Memorial Drive, Room 330E, Coral Gables, FL 33146.

Women in Data Science (WiDS) 3/9/2020
2020-03-09 08:30 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Watsco Center, 1245 Dauer Drive, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Register Now | $95.00 pp
Attend the fourth annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) Miami Conference to learn and engage with data science leaders and community members. This one-day technical conference provides an opportunity to hear about the latest data science-related research in a number of domains, learn how leading-edge companies are leveraging data science for success, and connect with potential mentors, collaborators, and others in the field.
WiDS Miami 2020 will be the most empowering and insightful event yet! Featuring women/gender minority in data science looking for a platform to share their rise, transition into, or accomplishments in the field of data science, the Paper Call presenters will educate on topics related to data science, and will empower women to take on roles in this transformative field. All genders are invited to participate in the conference, which features exclusively female speakers.

Announcing the afternoon Keynote Speaker
The afternoon Keynote Speaker will be Nooshin Nabizadeh, AI Solutions Architect at Intel Corporation. A successful University of Miami alumna who graduated with a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nooshin brings decade of experience in ML, Computer Vision, and Data Mining. She also teaches ML at San Jose State University. Her fields of expertise include: AI, Image Analysis, Pattern Recognition, and much more.
Monday, March 9, 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM | Watsco Center
Presented by NextEra Energy and hosted by the CCS, the annual WiDS Conference takes place at the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus. The Watsco Center Fieldhouse is located at 1245 Dauer Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146. Map + Directions
Who Should Attend
The Conference is open to everyone, regardless of gender, who is interested in engaging with and learning from the local data science community. Whether you are an experienced data scientist or looking to learn more about the field, WiDS Miami will have great content and opportunities to connect.
What to Expect

Talks from local speakers from academia and the industry
Opportunity to network with the local data science community and leadership, potential partners, employers and employees
Livestream of Stanford Keynote Speakers

About WiDS
The Women in Data Science (WiDS) initiative aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and to support women in the field. ​WiDS started as a conference at Stanford in November 2015. Now, WiDS includes a global conference, with approximately 150+ regional events worldwide; a datathon, encouraging participants to hone their skills using a social impact challenge; and a podcast, featuring leaders in the field talking about their work, their journeys, and lessons learned. ​This conference provides an opportunity to hear about the latest data science-related research in a number of domains, learn how leading-edge companies are leveraging data science for success, and connect with potential mentors, collaborators, and others in the field. All genders are invited to participate in the conference, which features exclusively female speakers.

WiDS Podcast
​Season one of the WiDS podcast is now available on iTunes and Google Play. Hear from women leaders across the data science profession, as they share their advice, career highlights, and lessons learned along the way.

WiDS 2019 Overview
Watch highlights from the Women in Data Science Conference held at Stanford University on March 4, 2019. Attendees share their perspectives, and speakers share their insights.
All 2019 Stanford videos | 2019 Stanford Program

Smart Cities MIAMI Conference 2020—POSTPONED
2020-03-26 09:30 - 18:00 UTC | Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center, 1223 Theo Dickinson Drive, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
After careful consideration, the SMART CITIES MIAMI 2020 Conference + Workshop previously scheduled for March 26-27th at University of Miami, is POSTPONED due to statewide precautions for the COVID-19 Coronavirus, and the State of Florida’s public health emergency declaration.
The planning committee at the Institute for Data Science and Computing and the School of Architecture are committed to the health and welfare of our attendees, sponsors, and speakers, and the community as a whole, and have decided to err on the side of safety.
We thank you for your interest in our program and ask you to stay tuned to our website for future dates. All registration and application links have been disabled. If you have questions or concerns, please call 305-243-4962.

The University of Miami School of Architecture and Institute for Data Science & Computing invite you to attend the 4th annual Smart Cities MIAMI Conference + Workshop, on Thursday and Friday, March 26-27, 2020.

Day 1 Conference 3/26
To aid in the design and development of more sustainable, livable, and resilient cities, the University of Miami brings cutting-edge research in urban planning, architecture, and engineering in alignment with computational resources and analytical methods. The annual Smart Cities Miami Conference is an extension of these efforts, providing a forum for leaders in academia, industry, and government to closely examine evolving theories and practices in the Smart City field. The topics considered vary in scope and nature within a general theme that is particularly relevant for each year.
The theme for the 2020 edition is “Smart City Adoption, Adaptation, and Disruption“ providing opportunities to explore questions such as:

• How does technology enable cities to adapt to a changing environment?
• How do individuals, societies, and cultures adopt and adapt to emerging technologies, such as IoT, self-driving cars, gig economies, etc.?
• How do we transition from sustaining to disruptive practices and technology?
• Do cities become more resilient when they adopt new technology?
The Conference features Panel Discussions and Keynote Presentations. The price is $50 per person and includes complimentary parking, light breakfast, lunch, and the closing reception.
Registration opens at 8:30 AM. Event Times: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Complimentary Parking
All Day 1 or Day 2 attendees are required to register their vehicle with the University to avoid issuance of a parking citation.
Please use this link to enter your license plate number. The link will be live through 3/27/2020 at 8:00 AM. Your parking session will be valid beginning at 7:00 AM on 3/26 and last through 3/27 until 4:00 PM. Signage and parking lots attendants will direct you. Important: Please park head-in only.

Keynote Speakers

Carlo Ratti
Director, MIT SENSEable City LabAn architect and engineer by training, Prof. Ratti teaches at MIT, and is a founding partner of the international design and innovation practice Carlo Ratti Associati. A leading voice in the debate on new technologies’ impact on urban life, his work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, New York’s MoMA, London’s Science Museum, and Barcelona’s Design Museum. Two of his projects—the Digital Water Pavilion and the Copenhagen Wheel—were hailed by Time Magazine as “Best Inventions of the Year”. He has been included in Wired Magazine’s “Smart List: 50 People Who Will Change the World.” He is currently serving as Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization.

Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman Emeritus, MIT Media Lab
Nicholas is the co-founder of the MIT Media Lab, which he directed for 20 years. A graduate of MIT, he was a pioneer in the field of computer-aided design and gave the first TED talk in 1984 (and 13 since). He is the author of Being Digital, which has been translated into 40+ languages. In 2005, he founded the nonprofit One Laptop per Child, which deployed $1B worth of laptops for primary education in the developing world.

Joseph Brancato, FAIA, NCARB, Co-Chairman, Gensler
Managing Principal for Gensler’s NE + Latin American regions, and Co-Chairman of the firm’s Board of Directors, Joe sits on the Executive & Governance Committee and the Global Practices Committee. He provides leadership to the architecture, urban planning, and design studios, and speaks regularly on the impact of driverless cars and ride sharing on urban planning and development, designing future cities, experience-driven design, and the urbanization of suburbia.

Keynote TALK TITLE: “SENSEABLE CITIES” | Carlo Ratti
The way we live, work, and play is very different today than it was just a few decades ago, thanks in large part to a network of connectivity that now encompasses most people on the planet. In a similar way, today we are at the beginning of a new technological revolution: the Internet is entering the physical space—the traditional domain of architecture and design—becoming an “Internet of Things” or IoT. As such, it is opening the door to a variety of applications that—in a similar way to what happened with the first wave of the Internet—can encompass many domains: from energy to mobility, from production to citizen participation. The contribution from Prof. Carlo Ratti will address these issues from a critical point of view through projects by the Senseable City Laboratory, a research initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the design office Carlo Ratti Associati.

Keynote TALK TITLE: “The Future of Power-full Ideas” | Nicholas Negroponte
In a word: nuclear. Said in more detail: addressing climate change through conservation, recycling and using less plastic is almost quaint, when world development – just in terms of everybody having energy parity – needs about 5 to 10 times the amount of energy we produce today. That does not even include all the power hungrier things we do not yet do, but ought to do: cities without infrastructure, large scale desalination, CO2 sequestration, and air conditioning everybody.
The long term solution, say 20 or 25 years, is nuclear fusion, the holy grail: more or less unlimited, cost free, carbon neutral power. In between, we need to step up micro, modular, industrialized nuclear fission. And, most importantly, use some of it to start removing CO2 from the air. It is embarrassing to see sentient adults suggest being carbon neutral by 2050. Hello? They must live on a different planet. We need to be carbon negative before this decade is out. And, this is not done by taxing and capping. It is done through power innovation, new science and new technologies. Period.
In the recent past, to be an environmentalist, even to be a Democrat, was to be anti-nuclear. That can no longer be. It is simply unacceptable to be anti-nuclear. Get over it. Solar, wind and so-called sustainable, clean energy, so-called renewables, are fine, but insufficient. At best, renewables are a side show. At worst, they are an opportunity cost. What is needed: large scale, global collaboration, especially with the Russians and Chinese to push fusion and do fission in between. Those are the power-full ideas.

Day 2 Workshop + Competition
Led by the City of Miami, the Workshop investigates how to leverage smart cities technology to foster participatory government in the context of civic engagement. Click here for more details.
9:00 AM-2:00 PM Free | Complimentary parking, breakfast, and lunch provided.
If you are interested in attending Day 2, please register for the Workshop.

Exhibitor Spaces
Apply now to be an exhibitor. Exhibitor spaces are free, but limited.
Exhibitor benefits include:
• Two (2) complimentary passes to the Smart Cities Conference Day 1
• A feature in the Program Booklet (distributed to all Conference attendees) to include photo, logo, exhibit description, website, and contact information .
• Exposure to leading smart cities experts, academics, researchers, local policy makers, inventors, and enthusiasts
Sponsorship Opportunities
Smart Cities MIAMI 2020 also offers Sponsorship Opportunities with varying benefit packages. Benefits are based on sponsorship level and may include:
• Recognition in all collateral, electronic communications, and signage
• Recognition on smartcities.miami.edu, on event signage, and in program booklet
• Free passes to the Smart Cities MIAMI Conference
2020 Sponsorship Packet + Opportunities | Questions may be directed to 305.243.4962, or idsc@miami.edu.

Program Booklet
Program Booklet showcases are full-color, and come in 2 sizes. Complimentary design is available if needed.
• DOUBLE page spread (17.0” x 8.5”) $500
• FULL (single) page (8.5” x 8.5”) $250
Program Booklet Showcase Flyer + Opportunities | See the Smart Cities MIAMI 2019 booklet for samples.
• DOUBLE page spread (17.0” x 8.5”) $500
• FULL (single) page (8.5” x 8.5”) $250
Program Booklet Showcase Flyer + Opportunities | See the Smart Cities MIAMI 2019 booklet for ad samples.
Smart Cities MIAMI 2019 Program Booklet

Sponsors

Special Thanks to Reception Sponsor, Florida Power & Light

and thank you to GlassHouse Systems

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Smart Cities MIAMI 2020 Workshop-POSTPONED
2020-03-27 09:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center, 1223 Theo Dickinson Drive, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
After careful consideration, the SMART CITIES MIAMI 2020 Conference + Workshop previously scheduled for March 26-27th at University of Miami, is POSTPONED due to statewide precautions for the COVID-19 Coronavirus, and the State of Florida’s public health emergency declaration.
The planning committee at the Institute for Data Science and Computing and the School of Architecture are committed to the health and welfare of our attendees, sponsors, and speakers, and the community as a whole, and have decided to err on the side of safety.
We thank you for your interest in our program and ask you to stay tuned to our website for future dates. All registration and application links have been disabled. If you have questions or concerns, please call 305-243-4962.

The University of Miami School of Architecture and Institute for Data Science & Computing invited you to attend the Smart Cities MIAMI 2020 Workshop.
To aid in the design and development of more sustainable, livable, and resilient cities, the University of Miami brings cutting-edge research in urban planning, architecture, and engineering in alignment with computational resources and analytical methods. The annual Smart Cities Miami Conference is an extension of these efforts, providing a forum for leaders in academia, industry, and government to closely examine evolving theories and practices in the Smart City field. The topics considered vary in scope and nature within a general theme that is particularly relevant for each year.
The theme for the 2020 edition is adoption and adaptation, providing opportunities to explore questions such as:
• How does technology enable cities to adapt to a changing environment?
• How do individuals, societies, and cultures adopt and adapt to emerging technologies, such as IoT, self-driving cars, gig economies, etc.?
• How do we transition from sustaining to disruptive practices and technology?
• Do cities become more resilient when they adopt new technology?

Day 2 Workshop + Competition
Led by the City of Miami, the Workshop investigates how to leverage smart cities technology to foster participatory government in the context of civic engagement. Click here for more details.
9:00 AM-2:00 PM Free | Complimentary parking, breakfast, and lunch provided.
If you are interested in attending Day 2, please register for the Workshop.

Exhibitor Spaces
Apply now to be an exhibitor. Exhibitor spaces are free, but limited.
Exhibitor benefits include:
• Two (2) complimentary passes Free tickets to Smart Cities Conference
• Feature in the Program Booklet (distributed to all Conference attendees) to include photo, logo, exhibit description, website, and contact information .
• Exposure to leading smart cities experts, academics, researchers, local policy makers, inventors, and enthusiasts
Sponsorship Opportunities
Smart Cities Miami 2020 also offers Sponsorship Opportunities with varying benefit packages. Benefits are based on sponsorship level and may include:
• Recognition in all collateral, electronic communications, and signage
• Recognition on smartcities.miami.edu, on event signage, and in program booklet
• Free passes to Smart Cities Miami 2020
2020 Sponsorship Packet + Opportunities | Questions may be directed to 305.243.4976.
Program Booklet Ads
Program Booklet ads are full-color, and come in 2 sizes. Complimentary ad design is available if needed.
• FULL (single) page (8.5” x 8.5”) $250
• DOUBLE page spread (17.0” x 8.5”) $500
Program Booklet Showcase Flyer + Opportunities | See the Smart Cities MIAMI 2019 booklet for ad samples.
Sponsors
Special Thanks to Reception Sponsor, Florida Power & Light

and thank you to GlassHouse Systems

2-Day R Workshop 4/1-2/2020 Gables-CANX
2020-04-01 00:00 - 2020-04-02 23:59 (America/New_York) | Richter Library, 1300 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, Florida, 33146, United States
After careful consideration, the 2-day Software Carpentry-R Workshop at the Gables campus previously scheduled for April 1-2, 2020 has been CANCELLED due to statewide precautions for the COVID-19 Coronavirus, and the State of Florida’s public health emergency declaration.
The Institute for Data Science and Computing is committed to the health and welfare of our attendees, sponsors, and speakers, and the community as a whole, and have decided to err on the side of safety.
We thank you for your interest in our program and ask you to stay tuned to our website for future dates. All registration links have been disabled. If you have questions or concerns, please call 305-243-4962.

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Register Now | Syllabus forthcoming
This workshop is designed to provide a foundation of basic concepts that all programming depends on, using R as an example. Trained instructors lead a comprehensive, hands-on overview of what is possible with R, using an example dataset. Go from reading data into R to data types, functions, conditional statements, loops, how to write in RMarkdown, as well as best practices for writing R code that others can understand and use.

Since the goal of this workshop is to bring you up to speed with data analysis, it would be incomplete without instruction on a shell as well as a version control system. The shell is important in building reproducible data analysis pipelines where your R scripts may be just one component, Git is an incredibly useful tool for version control, collaboration and management of your coding projects. This workshop will provide you with the basic computing skills and best practices needed to be productive in a small research team. The format is a mixture of short seminars and hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged to help one another, and to try applying what they have learned to their own research problems during and between sessions.

This free 2-day workshop is capped at 35 participants, and is on a first-come/first-served basis.
Instructors: Tim Norris, PhD, Research Data Scientist | Cameron Riopelle, PhD, Data Services Librarian
NOTE: Please bring a laptop (any OS) and charging cable.
Wednesday and Thursday, April 1-2, 2020
9:00 AM – 4:30 PM Course Hours, Both Days
Richter Library, Learning Commons Flexible Program Space (1st Floor), Room #102-B, Gables Campus

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SPONSORS

VIRTUAL Open House for new MSDS degree 4/1/2020
2020-04-01 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Abess Center, 1365 Memorial Drive, Suite 230C-D, Coral Gables, Florida, 33146
Dubbed the “sexiest job of the 21st century” by Harvard Business Review, the Data Scientist is “a new key player in organizations. It’s a high-ranking professional with the training and curiosity to make discoveries in the world of big data.
The title has been around for only a few years, but thousands of data scientists are already working at both start-ups and well-established companies. Their sudden appearance on the business scene reflects the fact that companies are now wrestling with information that comes in varieties and volumes never encountered before.”
Data Scientists are in high demand. HBR explains: “Much of the current enthusiasm for big data focuses on technologies that make taming it possible, including Hadoop (the most widely used framework for distributed file system processing) and related open-source tools, cloud computing, and data visualization. While those are important breakthroughs, at least as important are the people with the skill set (and the mind-set) to put them to good use. On this front, demand has raced ahead of supply. Indeed, the shortage of data scientists is becoming a serious constraint in some sectors.”
If data analysis interests you, attend the Virtual Open House on Wed. 4/1/2020, 12:00-1:00 PM via ZOOM. Or, jump right in, and apply. The application is officially open on College Net: https://msdatascience.miami.edu/ . The new Master of Science in Data Science degree launches this fall!
Please RSVP for the Open House by 3/27

Mapping the Vernacular Symposium-POSTPONED
2020-04-17 09:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Watsco Center, 1245 Dauer Drive, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
After careful consideration, the Mapping the Vernacular Symposium previously scheduled for April 17, 2020, at University of Miami, is POSTPONED due to statewide precautions for the COVID-19 Coronavirus, and the State of Florida’s public health emergency declaration.
The Institute for Data Science and Computing is committed to the health and welfare of our attendees, sponsors, and speakers, and the community as a whole, and have decided to err on the side of safety.
We thank you for your interest in our program and ask you to stay tuned to our website for future dates. All registration and application links have been disabled. If you have questions or concerns, please call 305-243-4962.

“Mapping the Vernacular” Symposium
Friday, April 17, 2020 | 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM | POSTPONED
Mapping the Vernacular: IDSC Symposium in new approaches for community driven sustainable development in urban informal environments.
In collaboration with the UM School of Architecture, the University of Miami Institute for Data Science & Computing (IDSC) will host a half-day symposium on the application of new technologies to facilitate community driven sustainable development in urban informal environments.
Through a recent pilot project—located in the community of Las Flores, an informal settlement in Barranquilla Colombia, and funded by the National Geographic Society, with additional support from Fundación Tecnoglass ESWindows, and IDSC—the Symposium explores how new drone survey technologies can be used in conjunction with established participatory data gathering methods to rapidly gather and produce community prioritized information. The combined methodology encourages storytelling from both physical—the built and natural environment—and cultural perspectives in the communities. Products include digital 3D models, high-resolution scaled aerial imagery, maps, oral histories, a census style survey, a public participatory GIS system (P/PGIS), a novel urban design concept, and a model document for data sharing agreements and a data governance board. The project is based on the assumption that the cooperative collection, review and discussion of data combined with dissemination through stories and maps leads to opportunities for a more just and sustainable society.
The Symposium will be held on Friday, April 17, 2020, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Watsco Center, Hurricane 100 Room, 1245 Dauer Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146. Light breakfast, lunch, and complimentary parking will be provided. Directions
Who Should Attend
Anyone interested in sustainable development, urban design, drone survey technologies, photogrammetry, geographic information systems (GIS), and community engagement with mapping and data collection projects.

Background
By 2050 the United Nations estimates that 66 percent of the world population will be urban, and a large part of this urban population will join, or create new, informal communities in conditions of poverty. Nearly one billion people within this urban population currently live in such communities which are generally undocumented, lack land tenure, are comprised of non-durable or overcrowded housing, and are beyond the reach of government services and infrastructure. Challenges faced by residents include; lack of personal security, insufficient public health measures, and limited access to potable water sources. Additionally, residents of informal communities also face increased exposure to environmental hazards resulting in a greater risk for adverse health effects, particularly in children, as well as being in locations that are “highly vulnerable to natural disasters and are expected to experience the greatest impact of climate change” (UN 2014). Addressing such unplanned urban expansion is a principle challenge for sustainable development for the foreseeable future.
During an approximate ten-month period from October 2018 to July 2019, the team worked to facilitate participatory data collection and mapping in Las Flores, Barranquilla Colombia. This informal settlement located at the mouth of the Magdalena River, and adjacent to the Ciénaga de Mallorquin (a lagoon on the Caribbean Sea), was established approximately 70 years ago. Initially founded as a worker’s camp and fishing community, it is largely built on landfill that continually extends further into the Ciénaga. Two-thirds surrounded by water, and otherwise adjacent to factories and industrial spaces, Las Flores is a residential island, separate by kilometers from other residential areas of Barranquilla. Las Flores consists of approximately 2500 dwellings (~10,000 people) with varying degrees of access to government and commercial services such as sanitation, water and power.
While the discussion will be specific to the project in Las Flores, a principal goal of the symposium will be to collect perspectives from a variety of viewpoints regarding the applicability (and potential value) of the highlighted approach to other types of participatory community documentation projects.
Agenda
8:30 AM Registration Opens (light breakfast)
9:00 AM Welcome Address
9:15 AM Project Overview: Activities and Outcomes
During this segment, expect to hear about:
• Social Cartography
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Drones
• Photogrammetry and 3D models
• Data and Data Governance
• Geospatial Data Visualization
• Public Participatory GIS (P/PGIS)
10:30 AM Exhibition Hall Demonstrations
Self-directed, more in depth experience with the opportunity to explore the project through five different exhibits focused on:
• The Community of Las Flores (past, present, future)
• Technology (drones, GIS, P/PGIS)
• Survey and Data (GIS and data governance)
• Social Cartography (draw some maps of South Florida)
• Urban Design (a novel urban design project informed by the community survey)
Light Lunch
12:00 PM Panel Discussion
Invited guests and project members discuss the project and outcomes with audience interaction via a Q+A session to include topics like:
• Challenges to Sustainable Development in Self-Organizing Urban Environments
• Participatory Democracy
• Things Happening in Barranquilla and Las Flores
• Applying These Methods to Other Types of Projects
2:00 PM Event Closes

Solutions Center Office Hours-RSMAS-CANX
2020-04-22 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York), 2020-04-29 09:00 - 11:00 UTC | Rosensteil School of Marine Atmospheric and Earth Science, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Virginia Key, Florida, 33149, United States
Office Hours sessions previously scheduled on all 3 campuses have been CANCELLED until further notice due to statewide precautions for the COVID-19 Coronavirus, and the State of Florida’s public health emergency declaration.

The Institute for Data Science and Computing is committed to the health and welfare of the University students, Staff, and Faculty, and the community as a whole, and have decided to err on the side of safety.
If you need computational help, the answer may be found in the documentation or frequently asked questions, or contact us via email at hpc@ccs.miami.edu
When composing your email, please provide a detailed description of the problem, paths to your job file and any outputs, the software modules you have loaded, and your job ID when appropriate.
Suggestions:

computer and operating system you are using
your CCS account ID
complete path to your job script file, program, or job submission
complete path to output files (if any)
error message(s) received
module(s) loaded ($ module list)
whether this job ran previously and what has changed since it last worked
steps you may have already taken to address your issues

For questions or concerns, please call 305-243-4962.

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Could you use some help with technical troubleshooting? Are you having trouble installing software? Do you need answers to questions for a grant proposal? The Advanced Computing (AC) Team’s OFFICE HOURS can help! AC holds office hours on all 3 campuses to assist you:
Gables Campus: Thursdays 2-4:30 PM | Ungar 330E | Kalan Dawson, Systems Administrator
RSMAS Campus: Wednesdays 9-11 AM | MSC 223 | Warner Baringer, Senior Analyst/Systems Engineer
Medical Campus: Wednesdays 10 AM-2 PM | Soffer CRC 7th Floor | Pedro Davila, Systems Administrator
Advanced Computing can help with all kinds of technical troubles from how to use the new Triton supercomputer or Pegasus cluster, to queueing instructions, to resolving an error message. Consult with Warner at the RSMAS Campus on Wednesdays from 9:00-11:00 AM in the Doherty Marine Science Center, Room MSC 223.

Solutions Center Office Hours-Medical-CANX
2020-04-22 10:00 - 14:00, 2020-04-29 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Don Soffer Clinical Research Center, 1120 NW 14th St, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
Office Hours sessions previously scheduled on all 3 campuses have been CANCELLED until further notice due to statewide precautions for the COVID-19 Coronavirus, and the State of Florida’s public health emergency declaration.

The Institute for Data Science and Computing is committed to the health and welfare of the University students, Staff, and Faculty, and the community as a whole, and have decided to err on the side of safety.
If you need computational help, the answer may be found in the documentation or frequently asked questions, or contact us via email at hpc@ccs.miami.edu
When composing your email, please provide a detailed description of the problem, paths to your job file and any outputs, the software modules you have loaded, and your job ID when appropriate.
Suggestions:

computer and operating system you are using
your CCS account ID
complete path to your job script file, program, or job submission
complete path to output files (if any)
error message(s) received
module(s) loaded ($ module list)
whether this job ran previously and what has changed since it last worked
steps you may have already taken to address your issues

For questions or concerns, please call 305-243-4962.

_______________________________________________________________
Could you use some help with technical troubleshooting? Are you having trouble installing software? Do you need answers to questions for a grant proposal? The Advanced Computing (AC) Team’s OFFICE HOURS can help! AC holds office hours on all 3 campuses to assist you:
Gables Campus: Thursdays 2-4:30 PM | Ungar 330E | Kalan Dawson, Systems Administrator
RSMAS Campus: Wednesdays 9-11 AM | MSC 223 | Warner Baringer, Senior Analyst/Systems Engineer
Medical Campus: Wednesdays 10 AM-2 PM | Soffer CRC 7th Floor | Pedro Davila, Systems Administrator
Advanced Computing can help with all kinds of technical troubles from how to use the new Triton supercomputer or Pegasus cluster, to queueing instructions, to resolving an error message. Consult with Pedro at the Medical Campus on Wednesdays from 10:00 AM-2:00 PM in the Don Soffer Clinical Research Center, 1120 NW 14th St, Room CRC 710, Miami, FL 33136.

PyData Miami Conference—POSTPONED
2020-04-23 00:00 - 2020-04-24 23:59 (America/New_York) | Watsco Center, 1245 Dauer Drive, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
#PyDataMiami2020 has been postponed. PyData is a 2-day conference on tools and techniques for machine learning, data analysis, visualization, and large-scale data infrastructure. We are an accessible, community-driven conference with talks and tutorials for all skill levels: students, practitioners, and researchers. PyData focuses on open-source computational tools for the Python programming language (such as NumPy, Pandas, and scikit-learn), as well as implementation-agnostic techniques, and other high level numerical languages, such as R and Julia.

Tickets

Diversity Scholarships
One of PyData’s goals is to increase awareness and excitement around opportunities for underrepresented groups in software engineering and data analytics. To increase diversity in scientific computing, our outreach program ranges from hosting workshops that introduce programming to young women to encouraging diversity in speakers at PyData.
For PyData Miami 2020, we are offering scholarship opportunities to those from underrepresented groups who may otherwise be unable to attend the conference.
Please note scholarships do not cover travel and lodging costs. Click HERE to submit an application.

About PyData
PyData provides a forum for the international community of users and developers of data analysis tools to share ideas and learn from each other. The global PyData network promotes discussion of best practices, new approaches, and emerging technologies for data management, processing, analytics, and visualization. PyData communities approach data science using many languages, including (but not limited to) Python, Julia, and R. We aim to be an accessible, community-driven conference, with novice to advanced level presentations. PyData tutorials and talks bring attendees the latest project features along with cutting-edge use cases.

April 23-24, 2020

WATSCO CENTER
University of Miami Coral Gables Campus
Fieldhouse / Multipurpose Room
1245 Dauer Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146
Map & Directions

Solutions Center Office Hours-Gables-CANX
2020-04-23 14:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Arthur A. Ungar Building, 1365 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Office Hours sessions previously scheduled on all 3 campuses have been CANCELLED until further notice due to statewide precautions for the COVID-19 Coronavirus, and the State of Florida’s public health emergency declaration.

The Institute for Data Science and Computing is committed to the health and welfare of the University students, Staff, and Faculty, and the community as a whole, and have decided to err on the side of safety.
If you need computational help, the answer may be found in the documentation or frequently asked questions, or contact us via email at hpc@ccs.miami.edu
When composing your email, please provide a detailed description of the problem, paths to your job file and any outputs, the software modules you have loaded, and your job ID when appropriate.
Suggestions:

computer and operating system you are using
your CCS account ID
complete path to your job script file, program, or job submission
complete path to output files (if any)
error message(s) received
module(s) loaded ($ module list)
whether this job ran previously and what has changed since it last worked
steps you may have already taken to address your issues

For questions or concerns, please call 305-243-4962.

_______________________________________________________________
Could you use some help with technical troubleshooting? Are you having trouble installing software? Do you need answers to questions for a grant proposal? The Advanced Computing (AC) Team’s OFFICE HOURS can help! AC holds office hours on all 3 campuses to assist you:
Gables Campus: Thursdays 2-4:30 PM | Ungar 330E | Kalan Dawson, Systems Administrator
RSMAS Campus: Wednesdays 9-11 AM | MSC 223 | Warner Baringer, Senior Analyst/Systems Engineer
Medical Campus: Wednesdays 10 AM-2 PM | Soffer CRC 7th Floor | Pedro Davila, Systems Administrator
Advanced Computing can help with all kinds of technical troubles from how to use the new Triton supercomputer or Pegasus cluster, to queueing instructions, to resolving an error message. Consult with Kalan at the Gables Campus on Thursdays from 2:00-4:30PM in the Arthur A. Ungar Building, 1365 Memorial Drive, Room 330E, Coral Gables, FL 33146.

On Zoom: IDSC Fellows Final Presentations
2020-04-30 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Newman Alumni Center, 6200 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Join us on Thursday, April 30, at 2:00 PM via Zoom, for the 2019-2020 IDSC Fellows’ final project presentations. This event is open to interested UM Faculty/Staff/Students.
The vision of the IDSC Fellows Program is to inspire a new generation of leaders in computational science to cross the traditional boundaries between disciplines, by equipping them with new cross-disciplinary skills and experience. The Program does this by offering mentorship outside the students’ area of expertise. “IDSC Fellow” is a prestigious designation awarded to two undergraduate students and two graduate students per year.
https://miami.zoom.us/j/8099371251?pwd=[REDACTED] Link includes password.

Meet the 2019-2020 IDSC Fellows:

Chitra Banarjee
Project: Movement and Social Approach in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Mentors:
Gang Ren, PhD | IDSC AI + Machine Learning
Daniel S. Messinger, PhD | Professor of Psychology
Chitra is an undergraduate at UM studying Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Mathematics (Applied Analysis) with a minor in Chemistry. She’s currently working under Dr. Daniel Messinger in the Interactive Behavior in Schools (IBIS) project to understand social movement and approach in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) through objective, continuous measurements. As an IDSC Fellow, she hopes to explore the potential of automated behavioral measurement for objectively describing the ASD phenotype through quantification of the social movement deficits characteristic of children with ASD in their interactions with their peers.

Anthony Mario Bonacolta
Project: Single-cell Transcriptomic Sequencing of a Coral during the Bleaching Process
Mentors:
Ben Kirtman, PhD | Deputy Director, Institute for Data Science and Computing
Director, IDSC Atmosphere, Ocean, and Earth Science
Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, RSMAS
Javier del Campo, PhD | Assistant Professor, Department of Marine Biology and Ecology, RSMAS
Anthony is a first year PhD student in Dr. Javier del Campo’s Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Laboratory in the Marine Biology and Ecology Department at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS). His research focuses on the role of micro-eukaryotes and bacteria in marine organisms.

Jia Geng
Project: Developing Deep Learning Models for Rotifer (Bachionus spp.) Detection and Classification
Mentors:
Amin Sarafraz, PhD | IDSC Software Engineering
Research Assistant Professor, College of Engineering
Daniel Benetti, PhD | Director of Aquaculture and Professor, Department of Marine Ecosystems and Society
Jia is currently a PhD student in Marine Ecosystem and Society under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Benetti. He received his BS in Aquaculture from the Ocean University of China in 2015 and Graduate Certification in Data Science Foundations from North Carolina State University in 2019. His doctoral research centers on developing AI systems to automated live feed cultivation for fish hatcheries. During the IDSC Fellows program, he hopes to apply deep learning models to achieve high accuracy rotifer detection and classification. His project website can be reached via GitHub: gengjia0214/AIRoti.
Jia was recently awarded an AI for Earth Microsoft Azure sponsored grant. Microsoft’s AI for Earth program awards support projects that change the way people and organizations monitor, model, and ultimately manage Earth’s natural systems.

Karna Nagalla
Project: Computational Approaches to Microbiome Alterations and Disease States
Mentors:
Sylvia Daunert, PhD Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Lucille P. Markey Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Director, Dr. J. T. MacDonald Biomedical Nanotechnology Institute
Director of Research, Center for Integrative and Complementary Medicine
Gregory O’Connor, PhD | Post Doctoral Associate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Karna is an undergraduate at the University of Miami studying Microbiology/Immunology and Applied Math with a minor in Chemistry and Electrical Engineering. He will be working under Dr. Sylvia Daunert and Dr. Gregory O’Connor to analyze human microbiome changes caused by various diseases and their progression. Through the IDSC Fellowship, he hopes to continue learning different analyses programs to analyze massive amounts of data as well as gain a further understanding of the human microbiome and its potential role in disease treatments.
