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MIDAS adds Associate Directors to boost campus engagement

The Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) has added two Associate Directors who will help increase outreach to all academic units at the University of Michigan. Pamela Davis-Kean, Professor of Psychology and Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research, will be the new MIDAS Associate Director for Humanities and Social Sciences. Kayvan Najarian, Professor ...

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H.V. Jagadish appointed director of MIDAS

H.V. Jagadish has been appointed director of the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS), effective February 15, 2019. Jagadish, the Bernard A. Galler Collegiate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan, was one of the initiators of an earlier concept of a data science initiative on campus. With support from ...

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U-M, MIDAS researchers supported by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Several University of Michigan researchers, including faculty affiliated with MIDAS, recently received support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative under its Human Cell Atlas project. The project seeks to create a shared, open reference atlas of all cells in the healthy human body as a resource for studies of health and disease. The project is funding ...

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Winning posters from 3rd Annual MIDAS Symposium

More than 50 students took part in the Student Poster Competition during the 3rd Annual MIDAS Symposium. The winning entries can be viewed at http://midas.umich.edu/2017-symposium/winning-posters/

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Call for Proposals: Amazon Research Awards, deadline 9/15/17

The Amazon Research Awards (ARA) program offers awards of up to $80,000 in cash and $20,000 in AWS promotional credits to faculty members at academic institutions in North America and Europe for research in these areas: Computer vision General AI Knowledge management and data quality Machine learning Machine translation Natural language understanding Personalization Robotics Search ...

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SAVE THE DATE: MIDAS Annual Symposium, Oct. 11

Please join us for the 2017 Michigan Institute for Data Science Symposium. The keynote speaker will be Cathy O’Neil, mathematician and best-selling author of “Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy.” Other speakers include: Nadya Bliss, Director of the Global Security Initiative, Arizona State University Francesca Dominici, Co-Director of the Data Science ...

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MIDAS starting research group on mobile sensor analytics

The Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) is convening a research working group on mobile sensor analytics. Mobile sensors are taking on an increasing presence in our lives. Wearable devices allow for physiological and cognitive monitoring, and behavior modeling for health maintenance, exercise, sports, and entertainment. Sensors in vehicles measure vehicle kinematics, record driver behavior, ...

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Graduate programs in computational and data science — informational sessions Sept. 19 & 21

Students interested in computational and data science are invited to learn about graduate programs that will prepare them for success in computationally intensive fields. Pizza and pop will be provided. Two sessions are scheduled: Monday, Sept. 19, 5 – 6 p.m. Johnson Rooms, Lurie Engineering Center (North Campus) Wednesday, Sept. 21, 5 – 6 p.m. ...

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MIDAS Challenge Initiative Awards featured on Xconomy news website

The Xconomy.com website has featured transportation data science projects awarded funding under the first round of the MIDAS Challenge Initiatives. College of Engineering Prof. Pascal Van Hentenryck and Carol Flannagan of the U-M Transportation Research Institute were awarded $1.25 million each for projects that will apply data science methodologies to transportation. U-M Dearborn is contributing another ...