Research Impacts

December 22, 2022
Dr. Timothy Cernak seeks to speed discovery of drugs

false

https://record.umich.edu/articles/u-m-researchers-seek-to-speed-discovery-of-drugs/
December 22, 2022
MIDAS affiliates Daniel Forger, Xudong Fan and Srijan Sen leading partnership studying mental fatigue

false

https://record.umich.edu/articles/u-m-researchers-leading-partnership-studying-mental-fatigue/
December 22, 2022
MIDAS Assoc. Director Danai Koutra earns ICDM 10-Year Highest Impact Paper Award for bipartite graph alignment

false

https://cse.engin.umich.edu/stories/prof-danai-koutra-earns-icdm-10-year-highest-impact-paper-award-for-bipartite-graph-alignment
December 21, 2022
MIDAS Data Science Fellow Elyse Thulin awarded Best Poster by a Trainee at the UCSF Promoting Research in Social Media and Health Symposium

false

https://midas.umich.edu/feature/elyse-thulin-poster-award-2022/
October 30, 2022
U-M, Schmidt Futures to partner on new AI research program

false

https://news.umich.edu/u-m-schmidt-futures-to-partner-on-new-ai-research-program/
August 15, 2022
Research Spotlight: U-M receives NSF grant for data-driven drug discovery

false

https://record.umich.edu/articles/u-m-receives-nsf-grant-for-data-driven-drug-discovery/
July 27, 2022
Research Spotlight: Dr. Davis-Kean on open and reproducible science

false

https://midas.umich.edu/impact/research-spotlight-dr-davis-kean-on-open-and-reproducible-science/
June 30, 2022
Research Spotlight: Empowering new research with social media data

false

https://midas.umich.edu/impact/empowering-new-research-with-social-media-data
May 26, 2022
Research Spotlight: Leveraging survey methodology to find the “missing data” in COVID-19 infection rates

false

https://midas.umich.edu/impact/leveraging-survey-methodology-to-find-the-missing-data-in-covid-19-infection-rates
April 29, 2022
MIDAS Future Leaders Summit highlights Responsible Data Science and AI

false

https://midas.umich.edu/impact/midas-future-leaders-summit-highlights-responsible-data-science-and-ai/
April 28, 2022
Research Spotlight: Staff Collective for Data Science Members Contributing to Data-Informed Decision Making

false

https://midas.umich.edu/impact/research-spotlight-staff-collective-for-data-science-members-contributing-to-data-informed-decision-making/
April 28, 2022
Research Spotlight: Data Science Fellows Hackathon Uses Natural Language Processing to Analyze the Past 60 Years of Pop Music

false

https://midas.umich.edu/impact/research-spotlight-midas-data-science-fellows-leverage-natural-language-processing-to-analyze-sentiment-in-the-past-60-years-of-popular-music/
March 31, 2022
Faculty Spotlight: Revolutionizing Solar Observation with Computer Vision

false

https://midas.umich.edu/impact/faculty-spotlight-revolutionizing-solar-observation-with-computer-vision
March 4, 2022
Announcing the winners of the MIDAS Reproducibility Challenge – 2021

false

https://midas.umich.edu/2021-reproducibility-challenge/
February 3, 2022
MIDAS Challenge Grant funding leads to groundbreaking ability to study single cells using Data Science

false

https://midas.umich.edu/midas-challenge-grant-funding-leads-to-groundbreaking-ability-to-study-single-cells-using-data-science/
February 1, 2022
Physician Researcher Brings Passion Home with Data Science Project

false

https://globalhealthequity.umich.edu/news-events/blog/physician-researcher-brings-passion-home-data-science-project
January 20, 2022
“Innovation as a Force for Equity” – Shobita Parthasarathy on centering equity in the health system

false

https://issues.org/health-innovation-system-force-equity-shobita-parthasarathy/
November 19, 2021
“Fair Representation in Arts and in Data” examines the art collection at UMMA with face detection algorithms

false

https://artsinitiative.umich.edu/projects/project2/
October 31, 2021
AKU, U-M Data Science collaboration will establish a cutting-edge data science hub in East Africa

false

https://globalhealthequity.umich.edu/news-events/news/aga-khan-university-u-m-data-science-collaboration-garners-nih-funding
October 26, 2021
U-M Data Science expert volunteers support student learning for Native American tribal nations in Michigan

false

https://midas.umich.edu/impact/supporting-student-learning-for-native-american-tribal-nations-in-michigan
October 4, 2021
Drs. Nahum-Shani and Almirall awarded $13.2M grant to help thwart substance abuse disorders

false

https://news.umich.edu/u-m-lab-awarded-13-2m-grant-to-help-thwart-substance-abuse-disorders/
October 2, 2021
MIDAS leads multi-university collaboration on data equity systems

false

https://record.umich.edu/articles/midas-leads-multi-university-collaboration-on-data-equity-systems/
August 30, 2021
MIDAS Partners with Detroit Police Athletic League and Survey Research Center to assess and improve youth programs

false

https://midas.umich.edu/impact/midas-partners-with-detroit-police-athletic-league-and-survey-research-center-to-assess-and-improve-youth-programs/
August 9, 2021
Dr. Singh and Collaborators Find Private Health Prediction Model Performing Poorly, Despite Widespread Use

false

https://midas.umich.edu/impact/external-validation-of-a-widely-implemented-proprietary-sepsis-prediction-model-in-hospitalized-patients/
July 27, 2021
MIDAS, Microsoft, and Detroit Partner to Expand Digital Inclusion

true

https://midas.umich.edu/impact/midas-microsoft-and-detroit-partner-to-expand-digital-inclusion/
July 20, 2021
MichiGAN: sampling from disentangled representations of single-cell data using generative adversarial networks

false

https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-021-02373-4
June 28, 2021
Spotlighting Stigma and Disparity in Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

true

https://midas.umich.edu/impact/spotlighting-stigma-and-disparity-in-care-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
April 28, 2021
MIDAS Team Awarded an NSF Grant for the Center for Secured Computation for Drug Discovery and Repurposing

false

https://midas.umich.edu/midas-team-awarded-an-nsf-grant-for-the-center-for-secured-computation-for-drug-discovery-and-repurposing/
April 23, 2021
USDOT Appoints Chief Science Officer for the First Time in Over 40 Years, MIDAS Faculty Dr. Robert C. Hampshire

false

https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/usdot-appoints-chief-science-officer-first-time-over-40-years-take-steps-restore
April 15, 2021
Who are our Data Scientists?

false

https://mailchi.mp/umich/data-science-october2020-highlights-777529#article
March 26, 2021
Student winners of the MyVoice Data Challenge reflect on their experience

false

https://www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/news/student-winners-myvoice-data-challenge-reflect-their-experience
February 26, 2021
MIDAS supports researchers to predict cancer drug efficacy across and within cancer types

false

https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/lab-report/new-model-predicts-cancer-drug-efficacy-across-and-within-cancer-types
February 24, 2021
Dr. Nicholson Price and colleagues discuss knowledge transfer for COVID vaccine manufacturing

false

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6506/912
January 26, 2021
MIDAS pilot funds and research working group help Yajuan Si and collaborators improve statistical measures to better predict COVID-19 prevalence

false

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/25/covid-statistics-positivity-rates-improving-predictions/
January 15, 2021
Dr. Jon Zelner’s Research Links Race and Socioeconomic Status with the Disparities in COVID Mortality

false

https://midas.umich.edu/project/high-resolution-spatial-analysis-to-inform-the-response-to-covid-19-in-michigan/
November 3, 2020
Shobita Parthasarathy comments on “Does Michigan Proposal 2 Go Far Enough To Protect Your Digital Data?”

false

https://wdet.org/posts/2020/10/29/90228-does-michigan-proposal-2-go-far-enough-to-protect-your-digital-data/
October 21, 2020
Paramveer Dhillon, Assistant Professor in the School of Information and MIDAS affiliated faculty member, says online news needs a new pay model

false

https://record.umich.edu/articles/u-m-researcher-says-online-news-needs-a-new-pay-model/
October 20, 2020
MIDAS affiliated faculty: Walter Mebane discusses 2020 election security

false

https://news.umich.edu/state-officials-confident-in-election-security-despite-voter-concerns/
October 10, 2020
MIDAS Challenge Award lead Dr. Stephanie Teasley and collaborator Dr. Kelly discuss learning analytics, higher education and employment

true

https://repository.isls.org/bitstream/1/6848/1/Teasley%20et%20al%20RCR%20Oct2020.pdf
September 30, 2020
A MIDAS Challenge Award team, led by Stuart Soroka (Communication and Media & Political Science), works with CNN on a Sentiment Analysis about the 2020 election candidates

true

https://s3mc.org/political-communication/election-2020-project/sentiment-analyses/
September 2, 2020
Data scientists and artists team up to demonstrate “fair representation”

true

https://record.umich.edu/articles/arts-initiative-announces-first-round-of-exploration-pilot-grants/
August 24, 2020
MIDAS Challenge Award team collaborates with CNN and provides polling expertise

false

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/politics/election-2020-polls-the-breakthrough-methodology/index.html
July 30, 2020
MIDAS collaborates with the EPA to reduce the environmental impact of vehicle emissions

true

http://www.lsa.umich.edu/cg/cg_detail.aspx?content=2310EECS498009&termArray=f_20_2310
July 16, 2020
Shu-Fang Shih and team received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study how behaviors and acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine change over time

false

https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2027836&HistoricalAwards=false
July 9, 2020
With support from Microsoft’s AI for Health program, Siqian Shen investigates how big data could optimize COVID-19 testing

false

https://news.engin.umich.edu/2020/07/how-big-data-could-optimize-covid-19-testing/
July 7, 2020
Affiliated faculty, Aradhna Krishna, discusses “How did ‘white’ become a metaphor for all things good?” in The Conversation

false

http://myumi.ch/er83p
June 17, 2020
MIDAS researcher Daniel Forger seeks users for app that monitors biological rhythms during COVID-19 lockdown

true

https://news.umich.edu/new-app-analyzes-how-social-distancing-affects-biological-clocks/
June 15, 2020
MIDAS affiliated faculty, Margit Burmeister and Srijan Sen, assess the mental health of young physicians in China before and during the COVID-19 outbreak

false

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2766578
June 9, 2020
MIDAS affiliated faculty, Tom Valley and Brahmajee Mallamothu, and first author and medical student, Jennie DeBlanc, investigate the availability of statistical code from studies using Medicare data in general medical journals

false

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2763811
June 9, 2020
Research funded in part by a MIDAS Challenge Grant is published in Words That Matter: How the News and Social Media Shaped the 2016 Presidential Campaign

true

https://cpsblog.isr.umich.edu/?p=2661

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