Limited Funding Opportunity Spring 2024

Nico Cappelluti, PhD, Assistant Professor | Physics • College of Arts & Sciences
“Integrating Generative AI into Big-Data Astrophysics Analysis”

Milan Curcic, PhD, Assistant Professor | Ocean Sciences • Rosenstiel School • IDSC Core Faculty
“Can Generative AI Produce Useful Tropical Cyclone Advisories? Toward AI Assistants for Earth Science Researchers”

Richard Lee, MD PhD, Associate Professor | Ophthalmology • Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Health System
“VesselGAN: Synthetic Retinal Vascular Image Generation for Digital Reconstruction”

Andres Sawicki, JD, Professor of Law •  School of Law
“The Terms and Conditions of Generative AI”

 

Fall 2023

Francisco J. Beron-Vera, ScD, Research Associate Professor in the Atmospheric Sciences at the Rosenstiel School, will explore the movements of sargassum, the reddish-brown seaweed that seems to be clumping on Florida’s shores more and more these days.

Charles Downs, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of the Biobehavioral Laboratory at UM’s School of Nursing and Health Studies, will dive deep into databases to find commonalities between people who develop sepsis.

Richard Epstein, MD, Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at the Miller School of Medicine, is trying to develop an automated early-warning system to identify when patients under anesthesia are showing signs of trouble.

Youngmee Kim, PhD, Professor of Psychology and a member of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, will use IDSC’s computing power to explore why relatives of cancer victims also die earlier than expected.

Vivek Nagendra Prakash, PhD, Assistant Professor whose lab brings together experts and research from physics, biology, and the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, will use his award to better understand how microorganisms propel themselves through liquids.

 

Fall 2022

Soyeon Ahn, PhD, Professor in the Department of Educational and Psychological Studies in the School of Education and Human Development. Her project is “Automated Computational Tools for Estimating Effectiveness (ACTEE) of Intervention.”

Lynn Perry, PhD, Associate Professor in the Child Division of the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts & Sciences. Her project is “Novel Social Network Approaches to Understand Transmission of Language in Preschool Classrooms.”

Mei-Ling Shyu, PhD, Associate Chair and Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering. Her project is “Multimodal Computational Approach to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Assessment and Diagnosis.”

Rebecca J. Bulotsky-Shearer, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology in the College of Arts & Sciences. Her project is “Co-Creating Big Data Tools for Equitable Access to Community Early Learning Resources.”

Andrew Dykstra, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering. His project is “Top-Down Influences on (Speech) Perception in Humans and Machines.”

 

Fall 2021

Natalia Andrade Rodriguez, Postdoctoral Associate, Rosenstiel School Department of Marine Biology and Ecology | Project that will use explainable artificial intelligence to study gene expression patterns in heart-stressed corals.

Vanessa Aguiar-Pulido, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Computer Science | Project using deep learning and explainable artificial intelligence to improve race bias in the treatment of breast cancer.

Eric C. Brown, PhD, Associate Professor, Miller School of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences | Project designed to better disseminate data science and machine learning techniques throughout Latin America.

Samantha Ballard, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Rosenstiel School Department of Ocean Sciences | Project using satellite imagery and deep learning detection to study atmospheric gravity waves caused by giant clouds that develop inside of hurricanes.

Abigail L. Fleming, JD, Mysun Foundation Practitioner-in-Residence, School of Law Environmental Justice Clinic | Project titled “Displacement Vulnerability and Mitigation Tool.”

Yasamin Rezaei, Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures | Project studying social media posts to better understand the ongoing revolution in Iran and the impact of the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the country’s morality police.

Esber Andiroglu, PhD, Associate Professor, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering and School of Architecture | Project using artificial intelligence to study heritage equity in Florida.

 

Fall 2020

Midhat H. Abdulreda, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Diabetes Research Institute, received a grant for “Very-Large-Scale Predictive Integration of Multi-Omics Datasets and High-Dimensional Pattern Discoveries of Integrated Biomarker Signatures of Type 1 Diabetes.”  This project focuses on biomarker discovery by extracting meaningful information from  large datasets obtained from multiple sources.

Shane Elipot, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Ocean Sciences, will focus on “Applying Machine Learning Tools to Investigate Oceanic Heat Transport and Ocean Currents and Temperatures Predictions.” He will study the relationships between sea surface currents and the sea surface temperatures for a better understanding of oceanic heat transport.

Amanda Myers, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science uses large multi-layered molecular datasets to study issues related to Alzheimer’s disease, genetics and other topics. Her project, “BNOmics (Bayesian network reconstruction algorithms and software) Cloud,” aims to developing a user-friendly platform for  biology ’omics analysis.

Luis Ruiz-Pestana, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering will focus on, “Learning How Colloidal Glasses Age: A Step Towards the Rational Design of Ultra-Durable Concrete.” The project could help lower cement consumption by extending the lifetime of infrastructure with positive environmental results.

Cynthia Silveira, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, will study the interactions of marine microbial communities in her project, “Global Oceanographic Patterns of Viruses Infecting Marine Bacteria.” Her goal is to better understand the molecular mechanisms as well as their ecosystem outcomes in coral-associated microbiomes.

Swarup Swaminathan, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, and Cataract and Glaucoma Specialist, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, will advance his imaging research in glaucoma through his project, “Bayesian Linear Mixed Modeling in Predicting Glaucomatous Disease Progression.” He will use data from electronic health records and high-performance computing-dependent statistical methodologies to develop improved personalized estimates of glaucomatous progression.