What do you do when your motor melts? The solution lies in data
A burned-out motor was a wake up call last year for the Solar Splash student team at the University of Rochester. While the students were preparing for the annual Solar Splash World Championship of...
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Using machine learning to understand climate change
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that is being added to the atmosphere through both natural processes and human activities, such as energy production and agriculture. To predict the impacts of human...
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From intern to data scientist, in a new University role
Harrison Frank, data scientist and design researcher (University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster) “Everything has patterns,” observes Harrison Frank ’19. And once you recognize that, “the kinds of...
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Rochester cosmology group has all eyes on dark energy
On October 22, a new instrument mounted atop a telescope in Arizona aimed 5,000 fiber-optic eyes at the night sky and captured images showing a unique view of the universe. This milestone marked the...
View ArticleEhsan Hoque named an ‘emerging leader’ by National Academy of Medicine
Ehsan Hoque, a University of Rochester expert in human-computer interaction, is one of 10 new emerging leaders selected by the National Academy of Medicine to collaborate with the organization on...
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Social distancing has stabilized, but failed to reverse, the spread of COVID-19
As policymakers try to restart the economy but also control COVID-19, data scientists are studying the impacts of social distancing. There’s good news and bad news about the impact social distancing is...
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DESI’s quest to map the expanding universe begins
Rochester researchers are key members of an international collaboration to create a 3D map of the universe, which will help unravel the mysteries of dark energy. A five-year quest to map the universe...
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A ‘cautionary tale’ about location tracking
New research out of the University of Rochester shows that data collected from your acquaintances and even strangers can predict your location. Data about our habits and movements are constantly...
View ArticleUsing data science to estimate fetal weight
Estimates of fetal weight in the third trimester of pregnancy are often inaccurate, so School of Nursing researchers are turning to data science for better assessments. The post Using data science to...
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Seed funding reflects how data science, AR/VR transform research at Rochester
The University’s Goergen Institute for Data Science supports collaborative projects across all disciplines. Ten projects supported with seed funding from the Goergen Institute for Data Science this...
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