News - Archived
The University of Miami’s CLIMATE CHANGE Special Report has launched. The science, says Ben Kirtman, is absolute. The earth is warming, and this is not a good thing. Polar ice is melting. Sea levels are rising. The world is hotter, and extreme weather patterns are becoming the norm. Read more “UM’s Special Report on Climate Change”
Research
In what sense is a city smart? There are established entities defining this rich area of cross-disciplinary studies, and they refer to social, technical, economic, and political factors that keep evolving, thus offering opportunities for constant refinement of the concept of smart city. Read more “Smart Cities, Big Data, and Communities”
Publications
In what sense is a city smart? There are established entities defining this rich area of cross-disciplinary studies, and they refer to social, technical, economic, and political factors that keep evolving, thus offering opportunities for constant refinement of the concept of smart city. Read more “Smart Cities, Big Data, and Communities: Reasoning from the Viewpoint of Attractors”
Events - Past
The National Organization for Women at UM and UConnect presents Women in STEM: A Speaker’s Panel on Thursday, March 17th, 2016, at 7:00 PM in the Shalala Student Center Complex East Ballroom. Read more “Women in STEM: A Speaker’s Panel, Thursday 3/17/2016”
Events - Past
Hundreds of school children and University of Miami scientists celebrated Brain Awareness Week at the Miami Brain Fair 2016 on Saturday, March 12th from 10 AM to 4 PM at the Fieldhouse of the Bank United Center. This event was hosted by the University of Miami Neuroscience Graduate and Undergraduate Programs, as well as: Read more “School Children Attend 5th Annual Brain Fair”
News - Archived
Mapping Informal Cities is a collaboration with the School of Architecture. This Places & Spaces: Mapping Science project provided on-site documentation of informal settlements in 11 Southern Hemisphere cities.
Engagement
To a biologist or biomedical scientist starting out in Data Science, it may seem as if these two languages are interchangeable, and for some functionalities they are. However, there are clear distinctions between them too, and the answer is “it depends on what you’re trying to do”. Read more “Should I Learn R or Python or Both?”
Events - Past
Join the School of Communication for “World Information Architecture Day” a celebration that brings together a diverse community including information architects, user experience designers, content strategists, product managers, developers, scholars, and students. Because of the ubiquitous nature of information, stories of information architecture are practiced by not just specialists, but by people holding all sorts of titles, coming from all walks of life. The event theme is “Information Everywhere, Architects Everywhere”. Read more “World Information Architecture Day, Saturday 2/20/2016”
Events - Past
The University of Miami IEEE is proud to bring you UHack, a 24-hour hackathon. UHack will take place during Engineering Week (2/15-21/16), from Saturday to Sunday, 2/20 & 21. Taking place in the ballrooms of the Student Activity Center at the University of Miami, UHack is open to any student in the area who would like to take a break from their ordinary classes to make something fun and compete for some greatprizes from our amazing sponsors. All for FREE. Read more “UHack Hackathon 2/20-21/2016”
Events - Past
This two-day workshop, jointly hosted by the Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and the Center for Computational Science (CCS), will help scientists who are currently using tools like spreadsheets to start writing small programs to analyze their data in traceable, reproducible ways. The format is a mix of short seminars and hands-on practical exercises, participants are encouraged to help one another, and to try applying what they have learned to their own research problems during and between sessions. Read more “Data Carpentry Genomics 2/22-23/2016”