{"id":1146,"date":"2021-02-01T12:01:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T12:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2021-09-01T20:12:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T20:12:32","slug":"data-science-and-computing-magazine-issue-no-2-spring-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/data-science-and-computing-magazine-issue-no-2-spring-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Science and Computing Magazine Issue No. 2 Spring 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IDSC Staff largely worked from home during the COVID-19 crisis. Despite the physical distance, we remained close and productive. We look forward to the time when we can resume our in-person events, but hope that you will join us virtually in the meantime.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/subscribe-to-idsc-magazine\/\"><strong>Subscribe to IDSC Magazine<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/events\/\">View Upcoming IDSC Events<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">2020-2021 Fun + Farewells<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Virtual Halloween via Zoom!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1154\" src=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/HAPPY-HALLOWEEN.jpg\" alt=\"IDSC Halloween Zoom Call\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/HAPPY-HALLOWEEN.jpg 850w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/HAPPY-HALLOWEEN-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/HAPPY-HALLOWEEN-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The masked person it was hardest to guess won a prize . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1153\" src=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/REVEAL.jpg\" alt=\"IDSC Halloween Zoom Call Reveal\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/REVEAL.jpg 850w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/REVEAL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/REVEAL-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">. . . that turned out to be Shijia Geng, from the Advanced Computing team,<br \/>\nwho ended up returning home to China because of Covid.<br \/>\nWe bid her a fond farewell and decorated her cubicle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1155\" src=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Farewell-to-Shijia-Geng.jpg\" alt=\"Farewell to Shijia Geng\" width=\"850\" height=\"1133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Farewell-to-Shijia-Geng.jpg 850w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Farewell-to-Shijia-Geng-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Farewell-to-Shijia-Geng-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And the IDSC Software Engineering gathered to say goodbye to some &#8216;old&#8217; faces like<br \/>\nAmar Koleti (not pictured) and Shivani Dhabe (center) \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1160\" src=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shivani-Dhabe-farewell-IDSC-Software-Engineering-Group.jpg\" alt=\"IDSC Software Engineering Team bids farewell to Shivani Dhabe\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shivani-Dhabe-farewell-IDSC-Software-Engineering-Group.jpg 850w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shivani-Dhabe-farewell-IDSC-Software-Engineering-Group-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shivani-Dhabe-farewell-IDSC-Software-Engineering-Group-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Staff Meetings went to Zoom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1161\" src=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IDSC-Staff-Meeting-via-Zoom.jpg\" alt=\"IDSC Staff Meeting via Zoom\" width=\"850\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IDSC-Staff-Meeting-via-Zoom.jpg 850w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IDSC-Staff-Meeting-via-Zoom-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IDSC-Staff-Meeting-via-Zoom-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And we adapted . . .<br \/>\nDr. Ben Kirtman, masked up, before filming a video for IDSC<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1152\" src=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Ben-Kirtman-filming-2021-05-04-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Ben Kirtman filming a video segment for IDSC\" width=\"850\" height=\"1133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Ben-Kirtman-filming-2021-05-04-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Ben-Kirtman-filming-2021-05-04-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Ben-Kirtman-filming-2021-05-04-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IDSC Staff largely worked from home during the COVID-19 crisis. Despite the physical distance, we remained close and productive. We look forward to the time when we can resume our in-person events, but hope that you will join us virtually in the meantime. 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