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Digging Into Durham's Eviction Problem
Monday, September 2 2019Duke students in the summer research program Data+ have created a time-lapse map of the more than 200,000 evictions filed in Durham County since 2000.
A Showcase of Summer of Research: Data+, Code+ and Computer Science Summer Programs
Monday, July 29 2019
Data+/Code+/Computer Science Summer Research Poster Session: August 2, 2019 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Duke Energy Hub 1st Floor, Gross Hall
Flatiron Institute Names Auditorium After Mathematician Ingrid Daubechies
Monday, June 24 2019During a ceremony on June 19, 2019, the Simons Foundation’s Flatiron Institute dedicated its auditorium after Duke mathematician and physicist Ingrid Daubechies.
Kicking Off a Summer of Research With Data+
Thursday, June 13 2019it’s going to be a busy summer for the more than 80 students participating in Duke’s summer research program, Data+.
Building Dictionaries for Machine Learning from Sparse Data
Wednesday, June 12 2019Guillermo Sapiro's paper laying the foundations of modern machine learning earns a "Test of Time" award 10 years after its publication.
Student Stories: Nathan Liang
Tuesday, May 21 2019Nathan Liang, an undergraduate studying psychology and neuroscience, talks about his participation in a Data+ 2018 project that explored portrayals of women in media.
Class of 2019: Using Math to Fight Gerrymandering
Friday, May 3 2019Luke Farrell, a senior majoring in computer science and neuroscience, reflects on his experience with the Bass Connections project team Gerrymandering and the Extent of Democracy in America.
Drone Built by Duke Students Creates 3D Map
Tuesday, April 9 2019Professor Maurizio Forte shared a video created by a drone — built by our Bass students and coordinated by Professor Michael Zavlanos — that shows an example of 3D automatic mapping of indoor and outdoor environments. The drone is part of Dr. Forte's work in cyberarchaeology technologies.
Duke Students Road-trip to DC to Hear Research They Worked on Cited by Supreme Court
Wednesday, March 27 2019Two Duke students, Luke Farrell and Jake Shulman, got to see their research take center stage in the United States Supreme Court. The two seniors were part of a Bass Connections team whose research on the mathematics behind drawing districts was cited in the case's oral arguments and documents.