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How Do Scientists Help AI Cope with a Messy Physical World?
By Qining Wang When we see a stop sign at an intersection, we won’t mistake it for a yield sign. Our eyes recognize the white “STOP” letters printed on the…
Teaching During a Pandemic
By Raleigh Butler This story is part of a series on coronavirus research in the Midwest region. To explore other NSF-funded research addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, please visit the COVID…
Community Engagement through Open Watersheds
By Qining Wang Many living in and outside of the USA presume clean water to be universally accessible in the USA. In reality, many people are living in a water…
Midwest researchers address food insecurity and transportation access during the pandemic
By Raleigh Butler and Qining Wang This story is part of a series on coronavirus research in the Midwest region. To explore other NSF-funded research addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, please…
Big Data Neuroscience Workshop Brings Together a Transdisciplinary Research Community
By Erica Joo Researchers working at the interface of computational neuroscience, big data science, and health analytics held the latest in a series of workshops designed to virtually bring together…
Building a Midwest Carpentries Community
By Raleigh Butler The Midwest Big Data Innovation Hub is committed to building data science instructional capacity in the Midwest region, particularly at smaller colleges and universities, such as predominantly…
Meet the MBDH Fall 2021 science writing and coordination interns
For Fall 2021, the Midwest Big Data Innovation Hub has four new interns joining the team to work on a variety of projects. One intern, Sushma Mahadevaswamy, will be working…
Researcher Profile: Aditya Kulkarni
By Raleigh Butler On May 19, 2021, five researchers joined the COVID Information Commons (CIC) “Lightning Talks” webinar hosted by the National Science Foundation-funded Big Data Innovation Hubs. Each speaker…
Integrating Regional Water Quality Data with the Upper Mississippi Information System (UMIS) Project
By KJ Naum As the Mississippi River flows from its source in northern Minnesota to its mouth on the Louisiana coast, its waters cross the boundaries of ten states, picking…
Big data aids PPE research
By Barbara Jewett This story is part of a series on coronavirus research in the Midwest region Many researchers in the Midwest received awards from the National Science Foundation last…
MBDH Learning Innovation Fellows program – first cohort projects
The Midwest Big Data Innovation Hub Learning Innovation Fellows Program, housed at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, enables teams to form for work toward better understanding…
Profile: Crystal Lu
Nitrogen reduction in the Upper Mississippi River Basin By Katie Naum As extreme climate events become more frequent, some of their impact is visible—like the derecho that tore through Iowa…
Midwest water researchers explore COVID-19 in wastewater
This story is part of a series on coronavirus research in the Midwest region Researchers in the Midwest are looking in a surprising place for clues about the COVID-19 pandemic:…
Guest post – Diverse programs from ISU address sustainable cities challenges
By Iowa State University’s Sustainable Cities team Researchers with the Sustainable Cities team at Iowa State University recognize the difficulty that public officials face in transforming vast amounts of climate…
Guest post – Data Science Education at Two-Year Colleges
By Matt Fall Executive Director, Center for Data Science, Lansing Community College Recently, the American Statistical Association (ASA), with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), hosted a two-day summit…
Guest post – URSSI: Conceptualizing a US Research Software Sustainability Institute
First URSSI workshop attendees (Credit: Mike Hucka) Contributed by Daniel S. Katz, Jeff Carver, Sandra Gesing, Karthik Ram, Nic Weber The NSF-funded conceptualization of a US Research Software Sustainability Institute (URSSI) is making the case for…
Welcome to the new MBDH Community Blog
Greetings! Today we are launching a new MBDH Community Blog, which is intended to extend information sharing around events and projects, as well as expand our channels for Community conversation….