The state-of-the-art of computational modeling and simulation is anything but static. Tremendous progress has been achieved in the ability to model and predict complex behavior in multi-scale, multi-physics systems and…
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The Department of Statistics is sponsoring a data mining competition that will be open to all U-M undergraduates. Cash prizes will be awarded: $500/1st place, $300/2nd place, $200/3rd place. Teams and…
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…
The annual Ann Arbor Data Dive is scheduled for Nov. 14 at North Quad, 105 S. State St. According to its website, the Data Dive is about empowering people to…
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…
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…
The U-M Transportation Research Institute is hosting a day-long symposium on transportation safety research. Panel discussion topics include advanced human modeling and big data. The keynote speaker is Dr. Grant Baldwin,…
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…
Registration is now open for a Hadoop Workshop offered by ARC-TS. Time/Date: 1 – 5 p.m., October 9, 2015 Location: Room B250, East Hall, 530 Church Street Instructors: Brock Palen, Advanced Research Computing – Technology Services…
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…
