Engage with Big Data at Duke
Rhodes Information Initiative at Duke brings disciplines together to unlock the potential of big data.
Rhodes iiD Mission
Unprecedented access to data and to computing is transforming our world and iiD aims to equip Duke to play a leading role.
We work with Departments and Schools to transform data science education at Duke, to develop a large and vibrant data science community with Duke at the center, and to develop a broader base of high visibility interdisciplinary research.
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Data+ by the Numbers
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Featured Projects
News
Tablet-based AI App Measures Multiple Behavioral Indicators to Screen for Autism
A 10-minute app can accurately screen for autism in children by automatically detecting a wide range of behavioral characteristics, going beyond one indicator of autism.
2023 Plus Programs Wraps Up an Immersive Summer of Research
Duke Plus Programs 2023 wrapped up on August 4 th with a large poster session featuring projects from Data+,...
Climate+: Duke Education at the Nexus of Climate Research and Data Science
Last summer, the Rhodes Information Initiative at Duke partnered with the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability to expand the existing Data+ program and launch Climate+, a full-time summer research experience for Duke students of all class years and majors.
iiD in Action
Data+ 2023: Assessing Germline Variations among Black Patients with Early-Onset Prostate Cancer
Data+ 2023: Mental Health and the Justice System in Durham County
Data+Final/Climate+ 2023: Measuring urban heat islands and their causes in Durham
Data+/Climate+ 2023: Responses of parking lot usage to the Covid 19 pandemic
Data+/Climate+ 2023: Identifying and determining hypoxia in rivers across North America
Data+ 2023: Visualizing Data to Increase Access to Diapers
Data+ /Climate+ 2023: Understanding the ocean biological carbon pump with big data
Data+/Applied Ethics+ 2023: Creating Emerging Technology Foresight Strategies for Synthetic Biology
Sexual Harassment Has No Place in Statistics & Data Science
We join our colleagues in the Department of Statistical Science inĀ condemning all acts of sexual misconduct and harassment in statistics and data science, and in working to eliminate them from our professions.
Robert Calderbank, Director
Lisa Kiester, Deputy Director
James Moody, Deputy Director