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Durham Traffic Data Reveal Clues to Safer Streets
Monday, September 11 2017This summer, a team of Duke students partnered with Durham’s Department of Transportation to analyze and map pedestrian, bicycle and motor vehicle crash data.
Bass Connections Seeks Proposals for New 2018-2019 Projects
Thursday, September 7 2017Bass Connections, a university-wide initiative that facilitates interdisciplinary teams in exploring societal challenges, is calling for proposals from Duke faculty, graduate and professional students, post-docs, trainees and fellows for new project teams starting in summer 2018 or the 2018-2019 academic year. The application process began September 5 and closes November 3, 2017.
Data+ 2017 Wraps Up 3rd Year
Thursday, August 24 2017This summer, 70 undergraduates and 27 graduate student mentors participated in a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary data projects as part of the Data+ Summer Program at Duke, which is run by the Information Initiative @Duke in partnership with SSRI, MedX, and other Duke departments, Initiatives, and industry sponsors.
Amanda Randles Recognized by MIT’s 35 Innovators Under 35
Wednesday, August 16 2017Dr. Amanda Randles of Duke University Biomedical Engineering was recently recognized by MIT Technology Review’s “35 Innovators Under 35” for her outstanding work creating a simulation of blood flow through the human body based on a particular person’s unique medical images.
Pinpointing Where Durham’s Nicotine Addicts Get Their Fix
Thursday, August 10 2017New maps created by Data+ students this summer suggest that tobacco retailers are disproportionately located in low-income neighborhoods and living in a neighborhood with easy access to stores that sell tobacco makes it easier to start young and harder to quit.
Rejuvenating Art With Data
Tuesday, August 8 2017A Data+ team led by Ingrid Daubechies explored the feasibility of building an app that museum visitors could use to virtually restore paintings in museums.
Sizing Up Hollywood’s Gender Gap
Tuesday, August 8 2017Analyzing data on women’s roles in American film, a Data+ team showed that 40 percent of female roles in movies still fail the Bechdel test.
Mapping Electricity Access for a Sixth of the World’s People
Tuesday, August 8 2017For ten weeks from May through July, a team of Duke students in the Data+ summer research program worked on developing ways to assess electricity access automatically, using satellite imagery.
Dig@IT Project Update: Discoveries in Turkey
Thursday, July 20 2017Dr. Maurizio Forte sent along these great photos of their archaeological discovery in Vulci. The discoveries stem from the work on the iiD project Dig@IT: Virtual Reality in Archaeology.
Room 351: Data+ Collaboration and Friendship
Wednesday, July 19 2017Students participating in Data+ work in various project rooms in Gross Hall, sharing space with 1-5 other project teams that have something in common (project theme, programming language, etc.) On occasion, these project teams develop a great appreciation for each other. Watch our video on the unique environment in Gross Hall 351.