Fall 2025 – IDSC Magazine

Cover Story, Digital Health + Life Sciences Informatics, Fall 2025

September 28, 2025

When it comes to the future of precision medicine, SIVOTEC Inc., creator of the GENA™ platform, is leading the charge and its partnership with the University of Miami’s Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC) is a key component of that advancement. By developing and scaling the next-generation GENA Private Language Model, a purpose-built […]

Fall 2025, From the Director

September 28, 2025

from the director The explosion of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) systems being used around the world has been challenging to manage given the moral, ethical, and technological questions that linger. But one theme has become abundantly clear: these systems will be used across all industries and in every corner of our society, which […]

Fall 2025, Partnerships

September 28, 2025

The University of Miami answers the question: Who can help with AI + Machine Learning? The Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC) meets your business development goals with large-scale data analytics, bespoke AI + ML solutions, custom workforce development training, and B2B connections through The U’s hemispheric alliances and global reach.

Earth Systems, Fall 2025

September 28, 2025

It was the year Southern Europe seared, as a vicious heat wave pushed temperatures well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit in several countries across the region. It was the year heavy rains spawned massive floods and landslides throughout southern China, killing scores of people, and the year thousands perished in Bangladesh when powerful Cyclone Sidr battered […]

Digital Health + Life Sciences Informatics, Fall 2025

September 28, 2025

After receiving her master’s degree and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Mairead* Moloney faced a dilemma. She loved the field and excelled at conducting research, but all those years poring through spreadsheets and research articles left her feeling disconnected from the people suffering from the problems she was studying.

Fall 2025, Grants

September 28, 2025

IDSC’s “Expanding the Use of Collaborative Data Science at UM” grants program is designed to increase the use of data science to foster breakthroughs in disciplinary pursuits making the research team more competitive for external funding.

Fall 2025, From the Deputy Director

September 28, 2025

from the deputy director With another exciting academic year underway at the Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing, I’m proud to reflect on how far we’ve come—and more importantly, where we’re headed.

Advanced Computing, Fall 2025

September 28, 2025

At the University of Miami Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC), a quiet revolution is underway—one that’s reshaping the way researchers across disciplines use technology to explore complex questions. At the heart of this effort is Dr. Ravi Vadapalli, Director of Advanced Computing Systems (ACS) at IDSC who, along with his team, is […]

Advanced Computing, Fall 2025

September 28, 2025

The IDSC Advanced Computing Systems (ACS) team consults on storage solutions, hardware, installation, systems administration, storage maintenance, account maintenance, and end-user support. They can also provide design and implementation of high-performance solutions, scientific programming, parallel code profiling, and code optimization.

Earth Systems, Fall 2025

September 28, 2025

When Gabriel Reygondeau joined the University of Miami in a joint appointment at the Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC) and the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, he set out to illuminate how warming ocean temperatures, ocean acidification, and other stressors are reshaping marine ecosystems, so those who depend on them […]

Cybersecurity, Fall 2025

September 28, 2025

In an era where cyber threats are growing more sophisticated and the digital-physical divide is shrinking, cybersecurity has become a matter of national and civic importance. At the forefront of this battle is Dr. Yelena Yesha, a professor and IDSC Knight Foundation Endowed Chair of Data Science and AI at the University of Miami. She […]

AI + Machine Learning, Fall 2025

September 28, 2025

Advancing air mobility through pivotal partnerships and cutting-edge research, the College of Engineering included, in the list of research priorities, the work being done by IDSC Core Faculty Member and Knight Foundation Chair in Data Science and AI Dr. Mingzhe Chen who is working on the navigation and interaction of UAV’s (unmanned aerial vehicles).

Creative Technologies, Fall 2025

September 28, 2025

Throughout her wide-ranging career, every time Anna Queiroz encountered a new field of work or study, she asked herself the same questions: Is there a better way to do this? How do emotions play a role in this? A New Take on Leadership When Anna graduated in psychology and while completing her MBA, she co-founded […]

Fall 2025, People

September 28, 2025

Professors Karen Rose Mathews and Shai Cohen, both creators of interactive experiences, attend Miami XR 2025. School of Communication Interactive Media students put up the “U” to celebrate completion of their demo set-up station at Miami XR 2025. Garfield Allen and Jacqueline Green-Allen at the IDSC Holiday Party Six-foot-tall Rajesh Pasupuleti finds […]

Earth Systems, Fall 2025

September 28, 2025

In a world increasingly shaped by unpredictable forces of nature, few scientists are as dedicated to uncovering the hidden patterns within the chaos as Marybeth Arcodia. In a world increasingly shaped by unpredictable forces of nature, few scientists are as dedicated to uncovering the hidden patterns within the chaos as Marybeth Arcodia. She joins the […]

Fall 2025, Visualization

September 28, 2025

Authoritarian movements are on the rise worldwide. This has led to the degradation or outright destruction of trustworthy data, and to increasingly hostile environments where attacks on knowledge-creation and -dissemination professions and institutions—journalism and academia included—are becoming everyday news. The Computation + Journalism Symposium (C+J) will cast light on this challenge, aiming to become a […]

Earth Systems, Fall 2025

September 28, 2025

IDSC is pleased to welcome Michael S. Fischer, IDSC Core Faculty Member and Earth Systems Science Assistant Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the Rosenstiel School of Marine Atmospheric, and Earth Science. Michael Fischer was too young to remember Hurricane Andrew tearing apart his family’s home south of Miami in 1992, but he remembers the destruction […]

Creative Technologies, Fall 2025

September 28, 2025

The inaugural Meta Educators Community Summit—held in Palo Alto, California on October 17-18, 2024—gathered approximately 70 college and university educators who are at the forefront of using immersive technologies. This gathering marked a significant milestone for Meta’s commitment to immersive technologies in education. Meta for Education Beta Back “[i]n April 2024, Meta announced its development […]

Fall 2025, Social and Behavioral Data Science

September 28, 2025

The world has entered a new era of research, one defined by powerful digital tools, interdisciplinary thinking, and data that can tell a thousand human stories in milliseconds. Dr. Daniel Messinger has landed right at the forefront through groundbreaking work connecting the ethical use of research technology with the evolving science of human behavior. Dr. […]

Fall 2025, Systems and Data Engineering

September 28, 2025

In today’s data-driven world, where everything from climate change to traffic congestion can be mapped and measured, understanding where something happens is often just as important as what is happening. That’s where tools like GLIDE and HARMONI come in, two innovative platforms developed by the team at UM’s Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing […]

Earth Systems, Fall 2025

September 28, 2025

When Juan Carlos Villaseñor-Derbez was a kid, his family moved from Mexico City to a new housing development on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Far enough from the spring breakers in Cancun and long before the coastline was bulldozed to create miles of all-inclusive resorts, Villaseñor-Derbez soaked up every bit of the wilderness that surrounded […]

Events, Fall 2025

September 28, 2025

VizUM 2025: Critical Cartography will deconstruct and reconstruct the maps we encounter in our daily lives to seek ways to understand geospatial visualizations as sophisticated storytelling devices that speak to the human experience. VizUM is a free annual data visualization symposium featuring speakers who are pioneers in the field, whose vision drive products and styles we […]

Fall 2025, IDSC Fellows

September 28, 2025

As a PhD student in atmospheric sciences at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, Cait Martinez wants to unravel how much of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) evolution and predictability is driven by deterministic ocean dynamics versus chaotic atmospheric processes.

Fall 2025

September 28, 2025

The University of Miami Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC) enables discovery through data by providing intellectual leadership and resources to support the development and deployment of pioneering computational methods. Membership is open to UM or outside faculty with an interest in interdisciplinary research.

Awards and Honors, Fall 2025

September 27, 2025

IDSC takes pride in acknowledging awards and honors over the previous year that highlight exceptional achievements and contributions by our diverse team of researchers. 2025 Awards and Honors Highlights May Four UM projects were nominated for Augmented World Expo® Auggie Awards, the most globally recognized award in the industry: BPEIverse: Immersive Vision Suite (FINALIST Education […]

Fall 2025, Visualization

September 27, 2025

All countries within the European Union (EU) are required to generate special “high-value data sets” and to make them publicly available under the official portal for European data: data.europa.eu. These data sets include things like level of risk, such as poverty, inequality, unemployment, etc.

Fall 2025, IDSC Fellows

September 27, 2025

Attn: University of Miami Undergraduate Students (sophomore level or above) and Graduate Students—Apply Now for the prestigious IDSC Fellows Program. Applications are being accepted through Tuesday, October 14, by 5:00 PM.

Transforming Healthcare: Rewriting the Blueprint of Medicine

Readying The U for New AI Discoveries

Who can help with AI + Machine Learning?

Ben Kirtman Named Dean of the Rosenstiel School

Mairead Moloney Advances Medical Education with Innovative Digital Solutions

Apply Now! IDSC Grants Program

Driving Innovation and Engagement

HPC Tools and Training are Supercharging Research at The U

IDSC Advanced Computing Systems Services

Gabriel Reygondeau is Redrawing the Map of Marine Life

Enhancing Resilience in State and National Level Cybersecurity

College of Engineering Drives Miami’s Mobility Transformation

Anna Queiroz Explores Media, Relationship, and Identity

IDSC Out and About

Marybeth Arcodia Applies XAI to Extreme Weather Systems

Computation + Journalism 2025 Symposium 12/11+12

Michael S. Fischer Tackles Predicting Rapid Intensification in Hurricanes

Meta XR Higher Education Touts UM First Year Directions

GLIDE and HARMONI: Make Complex Maps Work for Everyone

Bridging Quantitative Data About Environmental Change and Human Behavior

Save the Date 11/10 for VizUM 2025: Critical Cartography

IDSC Fellow Cait Martinez Finds Confidence and Community

IDSC Membership

Accolades: Awards + Honors

EU High-Value Data Project Helps to Educate Readers on the Power of Visualization

Apply for the IDSC Fellows Program—Deadline 10/14