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Blue Hen Stars
The latest issue of the University of Delaware Magazine features an in-depth look at UD’s data science prowess. The Magazine profiles leaders like DSI Founding Director, Cathy Wu (a pioneer in using Big Data to uncover the secrets of living organisms) and many of the DSI Resident Faculty.
Antarctic telescope provides students with findings for analysis
This summer, the data gathered by the massive neutrino observatory in Antarctica, known as IceCube, provided a group of 16 undergraduate and graduate students from UD and five other institutions with the opportunity to contribute to the research. The students used supercomputers to analyze the data as they developed their own research and computer skills. The program was supported through an NSF grant, with Dr. Frank Schroeder (DSI Affiliated Faculty) a co-PI.
A ‘Hat Trick’ of Honors for Arthi Jayaraman
With a passion for polymer research and teaching, Arthi Jayaraman, DSI Faculty Council Member, often finds herself wearing a lot of hats. In the past year, three professional societies recognize her contributions to physics, chemistry, chemical engineering.
Digital Boot Camp Helps Researchers Expand Coding Skills
DSI Affiliated Faculty, Sunita Chandrasekaran and DSI Infrastructure Working Group member, Anita Schwartz were key organizers of the two-day digital boot camp hosted by the University of Delaware. The event helped 87 participating scientists ramp up their data analysis skills.
Coastal Cities of the Future
University of Delaware disaster researcher and DSI affiliated faculty, A.R. Siders, said it’s time to put all the options on the table when it comes to discussing climate change adaptation.
Double-Cropping
DSI Resident Faculty member, Jing Gao was a co-author on the study published in Nature Food that quantifies for the first time the impact that double-cropping had on helping Brazil achieve its national grain boom. Gao contributed to the team efforts by examining agriculture census-related data and identifying spatial patterns and changes that occurred over time in three key agricultural regions with regards to food production.
Technology Metals at Home
DSI’s Affiliated Faculty, Saleem Ali discusses how technology metals play a pivotal role in allowing remote work during the pandemic.
Getting to the Core of HIV Replication
DSI Affiliated Faculty, Juan Perilla uncovers the nucleotide entry mechanism, a key step in its replication, using HIV-1 viral capsid simulations on XSEDE-allocated Stampede2, Bridges, Darwin systems. This computational biophysics research, challenges the prevailing view of the viral capsid. The Darwin supercomputer, a new XSEDE-allocated resource was launched by DSI on December 2020. Dr. Perilla, received an immense amount of help from UD’s XSEDE Campus Champion, Anita Schwartz, a member of the DSI Infrastructure Working Group that maintains the DARWIN Compute and Storage System.
Environmental Monitoring
DSI Director Cathy Wu along with DSI Faculty Council member Xiao-Hai Yan serve as the science principal investigators on a project funded by NASA EPSCoR where researchers at the UD are developing a remote sensing big data center in Delaware for cutting-edge coastal and environmental change research. Interdisciplinary co-investigators include: DSI Faculty Council members Dan Leathers and Rodrigo Vargas, DSI Resident Faculty Pinki Mondal, DSI Affiliated Faculty Tracy DeLiberty and UD Faculty A.R. Siders.
Illicit Mineral Trade
