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Julia Tuttle Wins CISSCT Prize
Friday, May 27 2016Julia Tuttle won the Duke Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Science and Cultural Theory's 2016 Best Undergraduate Science Studies Senior Thesis for her project ""Drug Development for Neglected Tropical Diseases: DNDi and the Product Development Partnership (PDP) Model." The thesis resulted from her work with the Bass Connections Innovation & Technology Polic
New Math + X Courses Offered in Spring 2016
Wednesday, May 25 2016In Fiscal Year 2014-2015, the Duke Mathematics Department and iiD solicited proposals for classes to be team taught by faculty members, one from Mathematics and one from a second Department. This RFP has led to new two courses that were this Spring semester.
Data+ Program Continues to Grow
Wednesday, May 25 2016The Information Initiative’s Data+ Program offers exciting opportunities for undergraduates and graduates to use real data to answer real-world questions, and will start its second official summer program on May 23, 2016.
Copies and Originals Project
Wednesday, May 25 2016Undergraduate Bridget Willke in the Department of Statistical Science worked on her senior Statistics honors thesis with Dr. Ingrid Daubechies on how analysis of brushstrokes might be used to distinguish copies from originals.
Film Review: The Man Who Knew Infinity
Monday, May 2 2016We wanted to bring your attention to this film about Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, whom we think you should all be familiar. The film explores a love of mathematics and partnerships in academia. The review was published in the April issue of London Mathematical Society newsletter. Read the review and then see the film!
An Exploration in Ethics with Thomas DeFrantz
Wednesday, April 27 2016Professor DeFrantz, a team leader on the Bass Connections project team Machine Society Interfaces, spoke with the Kenan Institute for Ethics for the Good Question series.
New Collaborative Seed Grant Program Gives Eight Awards (Duke Today)
Friday, April 8 2016iiD is a supporter of a new program aimed at fostering interactions between researchers in the Duke School of Medicine and the campus. The program awarded its first round of seed grants to eight project teams.
Supercomputer Simulates Whole-Body Blood Flow (BBC.com)
Friday, April 8 2016Duke BME and iiD faculty member Amanda Randles talks about her work with a computer simulation of blood moving around the human body, which compares well with real-world flow measurements.
Ways to Exercise, Rain or Shine
Friday, March 18 2016This article from Duke Today highlights a yoga class conducted at Gross Hall, home of iiD.
Lemurs and Big Data: Learning to Use Big Data in Research
Monday, March 14 2016Everybody loves lemurs. Some people love lemurs and data. Thanks to one of Duke’s Information Initiative Data Expeditions projects, a group of Duke evolutionary anthropology students recently learned a lot more about lemurs, and how data can be a powerful research tool.