Teaching Professor Faculty Positions in Data Science and Analytics
Description: The University of Missouri (MU) Institute for Data Science and Informatics (IDSI) is accepting applications for multiple positions of Teaching Professor (Assistant and Associate levels) of Data Science and Analytics. In today’s information-centric world, data are becoming increasingly important…
Dr. DeSouza Appointed to Associate Editor Position for IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Gui DeSouza, MUIDSI core faculty member and co-leader of the Data-Driven Ag Initiative, has been appointed as an associate editor to the new journal IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers plans to launch the journal…
MUIDSI and MUIDSI Graduate Student Organization to Host Virtual Symposium August 20th-21st
Join us on August 20th-21st as we host our annual Data Science and Informatics Symposium online via Zoom. This year we welcome four keynote speakers, a keynote panel, six faculty research talks, four student presentations, a start-up panel, and a…
Three NSF RAPID grants led by MUIDSI Core Faculty to Tackle COVID-19 Pandemic
MUIDSI core faculty are leading the following ongoing NSF RAPID projects for COVID-19: Dr. Steven Van Doren is the sole PI for “RAPID: Structure of Membrane-Bound Fusion Peptide of SARS-CoV-2 Required for Infection.” Dr. Praveen Rao is the PI for “RAPID: Democratizing…
MUIDSI Core Faculty Member, Dr. Laura Schopp, PIs Grant Helping Rural Areas
Dr. Laura Schopp, professor and chair of health psychology, received a $1.2 million grant from the US Health Resources and Services Administration to help fight the opioid epidemic. Read more……
MUIDSI Core Faculty Member Blake Meyers Named Editor-in-Chief of “The Plant Cell”
Rockville, Maryland, October 21, 2019 – The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Blake C. Meyers to serve as editor-in-chief of The Plant Cell beginning January 1, 2020. Read More… …
Graduate Research Assistantship in Biomedical Imaging Informatics (available Aug. 2019):
Many heart patients have not benefitted from MR scans due to technical limitations. A Ph.D. student is sought to further develop the new TRENDimaging software package to analyze complex and irregular heart motions. This will support wider application of ultrafast…
Dr. Eileen Avery takes the helm as the new Executive Director of the University of Missouri Research Data Center (MU RDC) and Population, Education, and Health Center (PEHC).
Dr. J. Chris Pires led a multi-institutional team to study vegetable family tree for better food and published in Nature Communications
Dr. Chris Pires led a multi-institutional team to study vegetable family tree for better food and published in Nature Communications. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190708154106.htm…