Announcing the Awardees for the IDSC “Expanding the Use…
IDSC is pleased to announce six “Expanding the Use of Collaborative Data Science at UM” grants program awardees. Now in its fourth year, this grants program helps increase the use of data science to foster breakthroughs in disciplinary pursuits making the research team more competitive for external funding. In terms of this grant opportunity, data science was defined as utilizing state-of-the-art approaches such as Machine Learning (ML) or Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enable scientific discovery that is data driven.
Projects will include at least one data scientist from IDSC and one researcher from a specific discipline. Typically, the disciplinary researcher initiates and leads the project. The IDSC data scientist acts as a mentor/high-level consultant to ensure the proposal has enough data science.
The awards include $20K in discretionary funds* and 1M Service Units (SUs) to be used for high performance computing (HPC).
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Gauri G. Agarwal, MD FACPAssociate Professor of Clinical Medicine “The HUMANN Project: The Humanities Underpinning Machines and Artificial Neural Networks” Mentor: Thomas Merrick, BS | Senior Project Manager, XR Initiatives, Department of Interactive Media, School of Communication |
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Emily Becker, PhDResearch Associate Professor “Leveraging Deep Learning and the Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System to Improve Predictions of Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification” Mentor: Minghze Chen, PhD | IDSC Core Faculty Member and Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering |
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Christopher Lee Bennett, PhDAssociate Professor “Predicting Knee Injury Risk through Deep Learning of Balance and Kinematic Excursion Data” Mentor: Tim Norris, PhD | Data Scientist, University Libraries and IDSC |
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Or Cohen-Sasson, PhD LLM LLBLecturer |
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Gabriel Scheffler, JDProfessor of Law
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| “Regulating Inequality: A Data-Driven Analysis Through Five Decades of Federal Rulemaking”
Mentor: Andres Sawicki, JD | Director, Business of Innovation, Law, & Technology Concentration, School of Law; Co-Director, IDSC Data Ethics + Society |
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Spencer Evans, PhDAssistant Professor | COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, Department of Psychology “Multimodal Phenotyping of Parent-Child Interactions Surrounding Frustrative Transition Demands and Digital Media Use” Mentor: Mitsunori Ogihara, PhD | Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Computer Science (Secondary appointments: ECE, MMI, CoA, HGG); Director, IDSC Education and Workforce Development; Director of Graduate Studies; Site Co-Director, NSF University of Miami CARTA (Center for Accelerated Real Time Analytics) Mentor: Daniel Messinger, PhD | Professor; Coordinator, Developmental Program, Child Division, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology; Director, Early Play and Development Lab; Research Director, Linda Ray Intervention Center; Director, IDSC Social and Behavioral Data Science |
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Ariana Johnson, PhDAssistant Professor | MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Department of Public Health Sciences “Leveraging Online Data to Monitor Synthetic Drug Trends and Inform HIV Prevention Strategies” Mentor: Rajesh Pasupuleti, PhD | Assistant Scientist, IDSC Advanced Computing |
* Discretionary funds can be used for salary, travel, and other research-related expenditures as outlined in the proposal budget. Equipment purchases are not allowed.