News
The Innovators
Monday, February 22 2016Duke Today features Guillermo Sapiro and the team's work on the "Autism & Beyond" app that resulted from iiD's Information, Child Mental Health, and Society project.
Central Appalachia Flatter Due to Mountaintop Mining
Thursday, February 11 2016A Duke study shows 40 years of mountaintop coal mining have made parts of Central Appalachia 40 percent flatter than they were before excavation. The researchers collaborated with a Data+ project team to develop web-based app to help people visualize the change.
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Extra Effort: Finishing the Job on Data+
Monday, January 25 2016Some of our Data+ projects don’t end at after summer—the students keep the work alive out of a passion for the subject they worked on.
From the Deputy Director: The Importance of Where the (Big) Data Came From
Monday, January 4 2016A few weeks ago I participated in an expert meeting hosted by the National Academy of Sciences and sponsored by the U.S.
Big Data’s Mathematical Mysteries
Friday, December 4 2015In Quanta Magazine, iiD's Ingrid Daubechies writes that machine learning works spectacularly well, but mathematicians aren’t quite sure why.
Creating Artists Who Understand Technology, and Engineers Who Understand Art
Thursday, November 12 2015iiD's Martin Brooke has teamed with Tommy DeFrantz from the Department of African and African American Studies and Tyler Walters—a former lead dancer of the Joffrey Ballet who teaches in the Dance program at Duke—for a grant from the Center for Instructional Technology. Together they taught an engineering class called Performance and Technology.
Faculty Perspectives: Martin Brooke
Thursday, November 12 2015Martin Brooke talks about his work the theoretical and historical implications of using technology in performance and how data-intensive live processing be used to create live art works that transform our awareness of the space around us.
Learning to Party: Celebrating iiD
Monday, November 9 2015In early November, iiD got together with the Duke Social Science Reseach Initiative and the Duke Energy Initiative to celebrate recent achievements and give thanks for support.
We wanted to thank the Ahmadieh family for their support of programs and partnerships across Duke.
Autism Group Receives Duke Teamwork Award
Wednesday, November 4 2015Our autism app received more praise—this time for the collaborative effort that made it happen. Each year, Duke recognizes university and health system employees as Teamwork award winners for contributions to Duke and Durham. Bringing together 25 faculty and staff from across 11 schools and departments, the iiD-led app project is the epitome of interdisciplinary teamwork.