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Fall 2021 Capstone adds new dimension to Senior Showcase

The School of Informatics and Computing’s Capstone Senior Showcase on December 10, 2021 felt and looked a little different than in years past but 57 students were on hand for this unique bi-annual event celebrating the culmination of hard work, perseverance, innovation, and creativity. Undergraduate and graduate students from nearly every major presented throughout the […]

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Senior Sheila Hendricks takes the human side of HIM into the boxing ring

(photo courtesy of Sheila Hendricks) When Health Information Management (HIM) student Sheila Hendricks entered the School of Informatics and Computing degree program in 2015, she was looking for a career segue that would allow her to eventually work from home.  She was employed full-time in the orthodontics field after prior employment in radiology and insurance […]

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State jobs initiative adds 3 IUPUI certificate programs

(Original release by Kirk Johannesen, IU Newsroom, published December 17, 2021) Three certificate programs offered by the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI are now part of the state’s jobs initiative to help people gain and improve skills that are needed in the workforce. The certifications added to the Next Level Jobs initiative […]

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Students complete Design Sprint sponsored by School of Informatics and Computing

Nearly 40 students combined their expertise to arrive at solutions to the 2021 Design Sprint challenge. Using design thinking principles and practices, teams were asked to conceptualize the 21st neighborhood from identifying characteristics of success to addressing the difficult problems that some face. The overarching question was how any contributing factors—such as tangible, physical elements, […]

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Students in Artificial Intelligence course can earn a certification from Cocohub.ai

Thanks to a new partnership between Cocohub.ai and the School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI, students in the Artificial Intelligence Bachelor of Arts program will receive a Conversational Bot Developer certification from Cocohub on completion of the new I220 Bots Development course. According to the company, “Cocohub.ai is a no code, frictionless bot-building platform, […]

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Informatics student Keegan Briskey part of winning Tech SOS Challenge team

The pandemic changed summer internship and job plans for many college students, among them Keegan Briskey, a junior majoring in informatics at the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI. The Techpoint S.O.S. (Summer Opportunity for Students) Challenge  was created to support over 500 students across Indiana in summer 2020 and was continued this […]

Award honors cyberinfrastructure work  of team including SoIC professor   

Angela Murillo, assistant professor of library, information and data science at the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI, is part of CI Compass, which this year received an $8 million National Science Foundation grant for 2021 to 2026, as well as the HPCwire Readers’ Choice award for Best HPC Collaboration across Academia, Government, and Industry at the 2021 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC21). She serves as co-principal investigator for the entire grant, and PI for its IU portion. CI Compass is a broad-based team of cyberinfrastructure collaborators that helps major NSF facilities to improve the way they store and maintain large collections of valuable research data, by analyzing the cyberinfrastructure and data life cycle, evaluating data storage options, and designing future-focused data management solutions.

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LIS alumna Nichelle Hayes named 2021 Mover and Shaker by Library Journal

Each year the Library Journal honors a small, select number of library leaders as Movers and Shakers; this year that elite group includes Nichelle M. Hayes, MPA, MLS, ’14. Hayes is currently the founding leader of the Center for Black Literature and Culture (CBLC) at the Indianapolis Public Library and a graduate of the IU […]

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High school teams make connections at Mobile App UX Competition

Seven Indiana area high school teams participated in the Mobile App UX Competition sponsored by the Department of Human-Centered Computing and held at the School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI on November 6, 2021. The theme this year was exploring how an app could help reconnect people after the pandemic or preserve the positive […]

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IUPUI students dominate recent 5G “hackathon” competition

(original blog post by Ryan Piurek, published November 10) Talk about being “dialed in.” Students from Indiana University’s School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI swept up several of the biggest prizes at the recently held AT&T 5G Sports Hackathon, the fifth tech competition that AT&T has hosted in central Indiana in the last six years. This year’s […]

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From automotives to investments: an Applied Data Science alumna’s career journey

Swarnamouli Majumdar has followed a somewhat unique career trajectory that has taken her from the midwest to the northeast United States and from automobile engines to autonomous vehicles to the stock exchange, demonstrating the flexibility and range of applied data science careers across industry verticals. “I have been working in the IT industry across consulting, […]

Faculty receive grant to explore how tech may help older adults with health care

Aqueasha Martin-Hammond, assistant professor of human-computer interaction at the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI, has received a $498,904 National Science Foundation grant to explore how intelligent assistants, such as Siri and Alexa, can help older adults with daily health-care information tasks at home. She serves as principal investigator for the project, “Designing Autonomy Preserving Interactions in Intelligent Assistants for Older Adults.”

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Alumni connect with students to share HCI industry trends and career advice

The Jag Chats series through the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI allows current students earning a master’s degree in human-computer interaction to gain insights and interact with alumni working with interaction design in the field of user experience. These virtual sessions let SoIC students ask graduates of the program questions about careers in the HCI and UX professions.

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Applied Data Science alumna making it rain for Milwaukee Bucks

When the Milwaukee Bucks finished their 2020 season as NBA champs, School of Informatics and Computing graduate Gabriel Wachowski was there courtside to celebrate. Although her “assists” are more behind the scenes—doing data modeling, for example—she is a valuable member of the Bucks organization and contributor to their success. Wachowski is a Research and Innovation […]

Akash Rode, Sarah Nikkhah, and Hinal Kiri pose outside of the School of Informatics

HCI students’ app addresses food insecurity, wins Indy Civic Hack

In Indiana, 1 in 7 Hoosiers is food insecure. This was the premise of the winning concept at the 2021 Indy Civic Hackathon. The challenge to participants this year was to brainstorm and research possible solutions to strengthening neighborhoods, using data and technology. The School of Informatics and Computing (SoIC) at IUPUI team of Akash […]

Participants in a study interacted with 3D globes on a screen, using either a joystick, or controlling data visualization using mid-air gestures and body movements.

Robots, personal safety, and moving to learn: faculty research is far-reaching

In recent publications, human-computer interaction faculty and students from the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI are exploring how technology intersects with artificial intelligence and storytelling robots for children; the role tech plays in managing domestic abuse; and how movement allows us to interpret data using gestures and body movements.

Wilma Gibbs Moore Graduate Endowed Scholarship Highlight

The Wilma Gibbs Moore Graduate Endowed Scholarship, which was established in 2018 to assist Library and Information Science (LIS) students who are underrepresented in the field, celebrated an exciting milestone this year. Less than three years after its establishment, it has reached endowment levels, meaning it will generate income that will fund the scholarship in […]

Women of MAS Spotlight

In April 2021, the ACM SIGGRAPH Student Chapter at IUPUI & MacGuffin Media hosted seven graduates of the IU School of Informatics and Computing (SoIC) Media Arts and Science program for a Women of MAS moderated discussion panel, covering topics such as the MAS program, industry, mentoring, imposter syndrome, and the future and affecting change […]

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Professor helping to preserve Arecibo telescope’s data legacy

There are still discoveries waiting to be made from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Its famous 300-meter radio dish–the world’s largest for decades–sustained damage in 2020, and the telescope shut down. But thanks to an international community of scientists and researchers, including a School of Informatics and Computing faculty member, Arecibo’s thousands of hours […]

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Summer iDEW workshops offer certifications and career preparation

Fifty Indianapolis high school students attended free e-workshops this summer, funded by JP Morgan Chase, led by staff from the School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI and by local organizations Code Black Indy, beLithe, and Speaking College. Workshops included scrum training (beLithe), game design, A+ certification (Code Black Indy), Net+ certification, character design, and public […]

Capstone projects showcase School of Informatics and Computing students’ technology talents

(original story published May 4, 2021, written by Kirk Johannesen) Graduating students in the School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI recently demonstrated their skills, talent and acquired knowledge to a virtual crowd during the Spring 2021 Virtual Capstone Senior Showcase. The popular, free event, which takes place at the close of each semester, was […]

Informatics grad finds path to success in IT at Salesforce, Indianapolis

Bunmi Akintomide (BS, Informatics, 2013; MS, Human-Centered Computing, 2015) is a Systems Specialist Manager at Salesforce, where he manages the marketing team within their Business Technology space. During his time at SoIC, he served as a student mentor for the Informatics Diversity-Enhanced Workforce (iDEW) program. Bunmi was kind enough to share his remembrances of his […]

Jim Sparks to retire as Polis Center Director of Geoinformatics; Marianne Cardwell appointed successor

The Polis Center at IUPUI today announced that Director of Geoinformatics Jim Sparks will retire at the end of June. Marianne Cardwell has been named to the position, effective July 1, 2021. The Polis Center is a unit in the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI. It collaborates with community partners in Indiana and beyond to develop innovative place-based policies and practices for healthier and more resilient communities. It supports disaster mitigation, population health management, community development, and quality-of-life efforts.

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MAS students create 3D animation; bring international awareness to ocean plastics issue

Students in the fall 2020 NEWM-N441 3D Team Production class taught by Media Arts and Science (MAS) faculty Albert William and Zebulun Wood built a 3-minute animation of a sea turtle, Mr. Bubbles, based on Herminia Din’s book, “Our Plastic Ocean, Our Clean Ocean.” Din is an artist/author at the University of Alaska-Anchorage, currently living […]

Flowers outside the ICTC (Informatics) Building, IUPUI, Wednesday, July 17, 2013.

$1.59 million grant funds computer science workshops to train public school teachers

(originally published May 24, 2021 by IUPUI Newsroom, Kirk Johannesen, reporter) The IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI is using a two-year, $1.59 million grant from the Indiana Department of Education to offer a variety of free workshops to train Indiana public high school and middle school teachers who are passionate about expanding […]