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BioHealth Informatics participants explore evolving health information challenges

BioHealth Informatics graduate students Gopala Krishna Ganta and Vini Khanuja and professor of practice Gary Schwebach spoke about the dark side of biometric data; transforming the evolving field of precision medicine; and telemedicine during the virtual spring regional conference April 14-15, 2021, for the Kentucky and Indiana chapters of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.

Virtual workplace panel explores how to succeed in an evolving work environment

SoIC students can get practical insight in how to succeed in the virtual workplace through “The New Work Environment: How to Prepare for Remote Employment,” a free Zoom panel discussion from noon to 1 p.m., April 23, sponsored by the school’s BioHealth Informatics Research Center.

LIS alumna accepts Indiana Library Federation “Everyone Counts” Award

Tara Foor, MLS 2015, recently accepted the Indiana Library Federation “Everyone Counts” Award on behalf of the Southport High School Media Center (IMC), where she works as the Media Specialist. The award focuses on the efforts of promoting diversity and inclusion in an Indiana library. “I’m proud to accept the award on behalf of the […]

Andrew Miller receives National Science Foundation award

Andrew D. Miller, Ph.D., has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. The assistant professor in the Human-Centered Computing department at the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI is working to design breakthrough technologies that will help families to collaborate during a health crisis.

Students can earn Rasa AI Assistant Developer Certificate

Students studying artificial intelligence at the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI now will earn a Rasa AI Assistant Developer Certificate when they successfully complete a course in AI Bots and Cognitive Automation. Plans are in the works that will allow students to earn additional professional AI certificates as part of SoIC’s Bachelor of Arts in AI degree.

Abhinav Sikharam continues to demonstrate talent for pitching innovative ideas

Abhinav Sikharam, a master’s student in the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) program at the School of Informatics and Computing, has a talent for cultivating new ideas and sharing them with others. In April of last year, he won the 2020 Jagstart Pitch Competition at IUPUI and then in fall 2020 he was runner up in the […]

Creativity on display during Informatics’ virtual capstone event

(original story by Kevin Fryling, published January 12, 2021) (feature image created by student Nathan Ekema) Although things looked a bit different from past years’ capstone events, students at the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI recently closed out 2020 with a traditional end-of-semester celebration—despite the challenges of physical distancing due to the […]

Lyndsey Blair is newest Moore Scholar

Lyndsey Blair had studied history at both the undergraduate and graduate level, so it made sense to continue down that path as she expanded her career as an information professional. After earning a BA in History from Ball State University in 2013 and an MA in Public History with a Museum Studies certificate from IUPUI […]

Liu receives NIH R01 grant to develop new computational methods for proteoform identification

Xiaowen Liu, associate professor of bioinformatics at SoIC, has received a $1.26M award from the National Institutes of Health to develop new computational methods for proteoform identification. Proteomics is critical to developing new targeted therapies and treatments for cancer, Alzheimer’s and other diseases.

Chakraborty awarded NSF grant to develop AI approaches for identifying dynamic clinical data patterns, causal links in text

Sunandan Chakraborty, assistant professor of data science at SoIC, received a $174, National Science Foundation grant for his project to use artificial intelligence to mine text, aiming to identify dynamic clinic data patterns. Chakraborty’s research will seek to discover little known symptoms and signals of the rare disease Sjögren’s Syndrome by mining research articles and clinical notes.

iDEW Summer Youth Employment Program returns with support from JPMorgan Chase

Youth workforce initiative helps prepare Indianapolis high school students for technology jobs of the future JPMorgan Chase today announced a $100,000 philanthropic investment to the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI in support of the iDEW Summer Youth Employment Program. This investment builds on the firm’s previous support, nearing $500,000, to expand IT […]

One hundred twelve Indiana teachers attend virtual Computing by Design (CxD) Fellows workshop

The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE)-funded CxD program kicked off on June 1, 2020 with an online orientation, welcoming teachers from across the state who had signed up to learn how to deliver computer science education for their students. In 2019, the State of Indiana announced that elementary, middle, and high schools throughout Indiana would […]

School creates Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group

Two years ago, the DEIWG embarked on a mission to create a more inclusive environment for SoIC students. In fall 2018, the School of Informatics and Computing (SoIC) organized the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Working Group (DEIWG), led by Department of Library and Information Science chair, Andrea Copeland, at the request of Senior Executive Associate […]

Virtual summer program provides IT training to Indianapolis youth

(Originally published July 8, in News at IUPUI. Photo by Tina Rice, School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI) IUPUI’s Informatics Diversity-Enhanced Workforce program has launched summer program providing educational opportunities during pandemic Although many summer activities are canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a newly launched initiative from IUPUI’s award-winning IT workforce development program […]

iDEW virtual summer program receives $10K grant from Donaldson Foundation

The Donaldson Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Donaldson Filtration Solutions, recently awarded a $10K grant to the IU School of Informatics and Computing (SoIC) at IUPUI’s Informatics Diversity-Enhanced Workforce (iDEW) program. The iDEW Summer Program will support students’ participation in the school’s summer technology workshops and trainings, which are being held virtually due to the […]

MAS alumnus crosses the finish line with Resilience Racing

When Clark Knittle was ready to take his video career to another level he said he chose the master’s program in Media Arts and Science because it was not only top-notch, but also convenient for adult students. For his thesis project, the motor racing fan shot and edited video, created a short documentary, and developed social media content for Resilience Racing. The program is designed for and by a team of disabled veterans, who train to drive specially equipped cars.

Isabel Lopez, IUPUI LiFT Scholar, takes part in highly selective i3 program

Isabel Lopez, an Informatics student and LiFT Scholar at SoIC, was chosen from a nationwide pool of applicants for the iSchool Inclusion Institute. She has attended special classes and worked on a team research project about the impact of abandonment in social media, which was presented online to the iConference 2020 in Sweden.

Two School of Informatics and Computing researchers receive prestigious NSF CAREER grants

Two SoIC faculty members were awarded 5-year CAREER grants by the National Science Foundation. Khairi Reda, assistant professor of data science and human-computer interaction, and his team will develop tools to aid in assessing the reliability of data patterns. His $538,140 grant project aims to help broaden the adoption of visual analysis tools. Jingwen Yan, assistant professor of bioinformatics, and her team will provide new perspectives on handling multi-omic data, which can be used discover disease biomarkers, through her $549,909 grant project.

New, real-time COVID-19 diagnostic tests in development by IU research collaboration

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana University researchers from the School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI and the School of Medicine, in collaboration with Indiana University Health, are developing new diagnostic tests that combine speed and sensitivity for rapid detection of the viral strain. IU and IU Health researchers are working on a test that can eventually […]