Kim Grinfeder – IDSC Magazine

Creative Technologies, Fall 2023

August 26, 2023

The analytical side of Ching-Hua Chuan’s brain led her to leave her native Taiwan to study computer science in the U.S. But it was the artistic side of her brain that helped her discover where she would fit into that massive field of study.

Creative Technologies, Fall 2023

August 26, 2023

“Mangrove City“, a VR experience geared towards educating middle schoolers on the crucial role mangrove forests play in protecting coastal communities and mitigating climate change, took home the XR prize for the Educate category at the AWE 2023 Awards. This collaborative project was submitted as part of the “XR Challenge: Fight Climate Change.”

Fall 2023, IDSC Fellows

August 26, 2023

Attention: UM Graduate and Undergraduate Students! Are you interested in applying to be an IDSC Fellow? Are you unsure if your idea or project would benefit from the program? Bring your questions to IDSC Day next Thursday, September 28 [register here (free)]. We’ll be at the Frost Institute for Chemistry and Molecular Science building from 1:00-6:00 PM and […]

Creative Technologies, Spring 2023

January 18, 2023

Ophthalmologist Giselle Ricur, M.D., has been promoting telemedicine for decades, but it wasn’t until COVID hit in early 2020 that she started making major headway.

Creative Technologies, Spring 2023

January 18, 2023

Casey O’Brien is only months (and a capstone project) away from completing her Master of Fine Arts in Game and Interactive Media Design. A week after she graduates, O’Brien will start her dream job at her dream company, working on her favorite game. “I grew up playing games, from elementary school into college,” said O’Brien. […]

Fall 2022, From the Director

August 30, 2022

from the director I am pleased to share with you a look back at a year’s worth of exciting progress at IDSC, as told by writer Alan Gomez, who offers a glimpse at where it might take us . . . A computer science prodigy who started college at age 12 and received his PhD […]

Creative Technologies, Extended Reality, Spring 2022

January 29, 2022

Léa Dorne still vividly remembers visiting a Syrian refugee camp and standing inside a family’s United Nations trailer in Jordan. But she wasn’t actually in the Middle East. Dorne observed the family’s reality through an Oculus Quest headset while watching a film shot in virtual reality (VR).

Spring 2022, Virtual Reality

January 29, 2022

The VR/AR Association (VRARA) in partnership with the University of Miami’s XR Initiative and Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC) will host a Miami Chapter Launch event on February 17, 2022, 5:30-8:00 PM at the University of Miami Cosford Cinema (located on campus at 5030 Brunson Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146), or you may […]

Extended Reality, Fall 2020

September 18, 2020

By combining their creativity with powerful computing tools, University of Miami (UM) graduate students Maria Aguilar and Manouj Govindaraju crafted an extended reality (XR) application to welcome incoming freshman. Now, campus newcomers will be able put on a Magic Leap 1 set and ‘walk’ through the campus, learn about academics, athletics, and other topics, and […]

Meet Ching-Hua Chuan: Artificial Intelligence Advocate with a Human-Centered Approach

“Mangrove City” Wins AWE XR Prize Challenge | Education

Apply Now for the IDSC Fellows Program

Building a Digital Twin for Training in the UMVerse

Game and Interactive Media Design Student Casey O’Brien is Living the Dream

New Recruits Represent a Defining Leap Forward for IDSC

COVER STORY: UM Leaps Into The Metaverse

VR/AR Association Miami Chapter Launch Event 2/17

The U Experience Magic Leap Campus Tour