by U-M MICDE | Jan 6, 2016 | Educational, Events
As part of the MIDAS Seminar Series, U-M Professor of Statistics and Psychiatry Susan Murphy will present a talk titled “Learning Treatment Policies in Mobile Health.” Time/Date: 4 p.m., Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 Location: Forum Hall, Palmer Commons, 100...
by U-M MICDE | Dec 8, 2015 | Educational, Events
The convergence of big data and machine learning is giving rise to a new computational social science. Dr. Sandy Pentland, Director of the MIT Connection Science and Human Dynamics labs, will describe some of the insights gained in the areas of collective action,...
by U-M MICDE | Dec 1, 2015 | Educational, Events
Mesrob Ohannessian, a postdoctoral researcher at UC San Diego, will speak on the U-M campus this week as part of the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) Seminar Series. Ohannessian will speak at 4 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4, at 1200 EECS. The title of his talk is...
by U-M MICDE | Nov 5, 2015 | General Interest, News
A “big data brain trust” has been established by the National Science Foundation to bring together industry, government and academia to accelerate this emerging field and harness it to solve some of society’s toughest problems. The University of Michigan will play a...
by U-M MICDE | Oct 23, 2015 | News
Slides and video are now available from the kickoff symposium for the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) held on Oct. 6, 2015, in the Rackham Auditorium. U-M speakers included Provost Martha Pollack, Interim Vice President for Research S. Jack Hu, MIDAS...
by U-M MICDE | Oct 13, 2015 | General Interest, News
The Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) is pleased to announce the first competition for MIDAS Challenge Thrust awards. These awards are intended to stimulate research in key areas identified at the recent symposium and will lay the foundation for future...
by U-M MICDE | Sep 28, 2015 | Educational, Events
Top data scientists from around the country will gather in the Rackham Building on Oct. 6 for a symposium to launch the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS), the centerpiece of the university’s recently announced $100 million investment in data science....
by U-M MICDE | Sep 14, 2015 | General Interest, News
Progress in a wide spectrum of fields ranging from medicine to transportation relies critically on the ability to gather, store, search, and analyze “big data”—collections of information so vast and complex that they challenge traditional approaches to data processing...
by U-M MICDE | Apr 17, 2015 | Educational, Events
The Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) is organizing a micro Big Data Analytics workshop to openly discuss, share and collaborate on developing the foundation for developing a new Compressive Big Data Analytics (CBDA) theory. The highlights of the workshop...
by U-M MICDE | Mar 18, 2015 | Educational, Events
Shuo Xiang, a data scientist at Pinterest, will deliver a seminar titled “Data Engineering on Spark.” Date: Friday, March 27 Time: 1 p.m. Location: Henderson Room, Michigan League Abstract: We are collecting and processing vast amount of data nowadays and we have...
