In the 24 hours preceding landfall in Jamaica, an already Category 5 Hurricane Melissa intensified even more, as seen in this radar image. [Long-wave infrared imagery of Hurricane Melissa at Jamaica landfall (SOURCE: GOES-East mesoscale floater, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons).] Read more “Michael Fischer Weighs in on How Hurricane Melissa Exploded into a Monster”
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. Read more “VizUM 2025: Critical Cartography Explores Geospatial Visualization 11/10”
Hosted by Joseph Johnson and Mitsunori Ogihara, this new webinar series promotes the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) among University of Miami faculty, staff, and students, and the surrounding community. Read more “Virtual AI Lecture Series Exploring Practical Applications 11/14”
The deadline to submit proposals for talks, workshops, panels, and papers for C+J 2025 was Friday, September 12. The review committee is reading all submissions, and a full conference schedule will be released at the end of September. Read more “Computation + Journalism Symposium 2025 12/11+12”
A first-of-its-kind European project “The Housing Games” investigated whether the people essential to keep their cities running could still afford to live in them. From nurses and cleaners to teachers, drivers and first responders, they analyzed the cities’ key staff with the help of IDSC Visualization Director Dr. Alberto Cairo. Read more “The Housing Games: Alberto Cairo Helps Map Europe’s Housing Affordability”
Modern scientific progress is often driven by numerical computations and simulations to represent large numbers of complex and interrelated physical processes. In recent years, machine learning (ML) applications in earth system simulation and prediction have promised to accelerate the accuracy and computational processing power of Earth system models including physics-constrained approaches, super ultra-high resolution, large language models for earth systems, and uncertainty quantification.
Read more “Mathematics and Machine Learning for Earth System Simulation 2/2-6/26”
Miami XR is back! Join us in Miami for two unforgettable days of discovery, connection, and creativity. Reconnect with the XR community while exploring groundbreaking research, inspiring talks, hands-on demos, interactive session, keynote speakers, and lively after-hours events. Read more “Miami XR 2026: Where Innovation Meets Imagination 2/12+13”
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth announced grants awarded to those studying how AI and “new technology can support workers and promote competition across the U.S. economy.” Read more “Andres Sawicki Awarded Funding for Research on the Impact of Generative AI”
