News
Seven Faculty Members Appointed to Endowed Bass Connections Professorships
Wednesday, November 14 2018Two of the professorships went to faculty members associated with iiD: Stacy Tantum, Bell-Rhodes Associate Professor of the Practice of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Vahid Tarokh, Rhodes Family Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
iiD Celebrates Fall (and KiiDs!)
Thursday, November 1 2018iiD celebrated Fall this last Thursday, October 25, with an event for faculty, staff, and students in iiD held in the Energy Hub in Gross Hall.
iiD and friends had a great time with kid-friendly Fall activities and games before walking as a group to the French building for the Science Under the Stars event, hosted by the Chemistry Department.
A great time was had by all, as shown in our photos!
Cracking the Code on Credit Cards at Datathon 2018
Wednesday, October 31 2018Duke students spent the weekend using their insight and computer science knowledge to interpret data from Credit Sesame, a free credit score estimator. iiD was a co-sponsor of the event.
Real-Time Fact-Checking: There's (Almost) an App for That
Friday, October 19 2018In a Bass Connections project that combines journalism and computer science, students pursue a first-ever app that provides "pop-up" fact-checking in real time automatically.
Calderbank Reappointed to New Term as Information Initiative Director
Wednesday, October 10 2018Robert Calderbank has been reappointed as director of the information initiative at Duke (iiD) for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2019.
Data+ Wraps Up Fourth Year of Data Projects
Thursday, October 4 2018
Duke Students Create Energy Datasets and Tools with Wide-Ranging Impact
Tuesday, October 2 2018This summer, Data+ teams deployed cutting-edge data analysis techniques to aid the search for solutions to the global challenge of reliable electricity.
Making Sense of Syria's Murky Death Toll
Wednesday, September 19 2018Some researchers are determined to do the best they can to keep Syria’s death count -- which may have reached half a million -- from getting lost in the fog of war. Duke statistician Beka Steorts is one of them.
Alumni Profile: Beka Steorts
Wednesday, September 19 2018The University of Florida's YTORI Magazine profiled iiD faculty member Beka Steorts.
What Happens When Data Scientists Crunch Through Three Centuries of Robinson Crusoe?
Thursday, September 6 2018Grant Glass, a Ph.D. student in English and comparative literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his Data+ team used computer algorithms and machine learning techniques to sift through 1,482 full-text versions of Robinson Crusoe to see how it's changed over the years.