University of Miami Frost Institute for Data Science & Computing

We see you "Mo"! Congratulations to Dr. Mohamed Iskandarani on his Long Service Award (25 years)!!
https://miami.app.box.com/s/jrw8go9gmfpyapqd1kde8b0oc1x9uhwm

CONGRATULATIONS to Isaiah Wang! 2025-2026 IDSC Fellow :)
https://news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/stories/2026/04/commencement-2026-isaiah-wang.html
( Photo by Joshua Prezant: https://multimedia.miami.edu/spring-2026-commencement )

2025-2026 IDSC Fellow Isaiah Wang is graduating! "From data to deep sea: Isaiah Wang blends computer science and marine research"
Congratulations Isaiah!
Hear Isaiah (and all the other IDSC Fellows) give their final research project presentations TODAY at 3PM at the Newman Alumni Center Executive Conference Room. Light refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public. Please REGISTER if you plan to attend! https://events.miami.edu/event/2025-2026-idsc-fellows-capstone

https://news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/stories/2026/04/commencement-2026-isaiah-wang.html

From data to deep sea: Isaiah Wang blends computer science and marine research Graduate Isaiah Wang pursued dual majors in computer science and marine science at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, motivated by a strong interest in both the ocean and technological innovation.

TODAY 4/30 4PM—Join us at the Newman Alumni Center for a Lecture by Dr. Wanli Xing, followed by a Social Hour. TALK TITLE: "Teaching and Learning at the Human-Technology Frontier: The Power of AI and Data Science"

RSVP if you plan to attend: https://events.miami.edu/event/wanli-xing-spring-2026
Read More: https://idsc.miami.edu/wanli-xing-spring-2026/

Congratulations to 2026 Provost’s Awards Honorees Daniel Messinger, Marybeth Arcodia, and Juan Carlos Villaseñor-Derbez!
https://idsc.miami.edu/provosts-awards-honorees-2026/

IDSC Welcomes Prof. Wanli Xing 4/30 at the Newman Alumni Center Toll Library. Join us at for a lecture followed by a social hour 4:00-5:00 "Teaching and Learning at the Human-Technology Frontier: The Power of AI and Data Science"
5:00-6:00 Social Hour
Please register if you plan to attend: https://events.miami.edu/event/wanli-xing-spring-2026

CALL FOR PROPOSALS for 2026-2027 FACULTY XR AWARDS
We are excited to announce the 2026–2027 Faculty XR Awards and are actively seeking proposals! We encourage researchers interested in AR and VR technology to submit their ideas. This initiative will pair faculty with a team of XR developers to design, develop, or prototype an XR application that enhances teaching, research, or creative scholarship. unding is available for up to 10 applications, each with a maximum budget of $10,000.
Read More: https://idsc.miami.edu/call-for-proposals-2026-2027-faculty-xr-awards/

Former IDSC Fellow Nimay Mahajan has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. Congratulations, Nimay!
Read More: https://idsc.miami.edu/former-idsc-fellow-nimay-mahajan-awarded-prestigious-nsf-graduate-research-fellowship/

eMerge Americas AI + DEEP TECH Stage, Thurs. 4/23 12:30-1:00 PM
PANEL: The Future of Learning: AI, Entrepreneurship, and Reimagining Higher Education
• Yelena Yesha, PhD, UM IDSC
• Hugues Morin, Intel Corporation
• Alvaro Schocair, Link School of Business
• Tra Williams, Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker and Chair of the Florida Commission for Independent Education

https://emergeamericas.com/session/the-future-of-learning-ai-entrepreneurship-and-reimagining-higher-education/

Higher education is undergoing a profound transformation as artificial intelligence, workforce disruption, and entrepreneurial thinking reshape how institutions prepare the next generation of leaders. In this forward-looking conversation, academic and industry innovators explore how technology is redefining curriculum design, skills development, and access to opportunity. From AI-enabled learning environments to startup-driven education models, panelists will examine how universities and alternative institutions are evolving to meet the demands of a rapidly changing economy. This session offers a vision for how education can be reimagined, not just to inform, but to build creators, founders, and future-ready talent at scale.

TODAY 4/22 @ 3:00 PM Milan Curcic speaks on "Wave Action Balance in Strongly Varying Currents" at the Rosenstiel School.
Come early at 2:45 for Cookies and Coffee
Rosenstiel School, Seminar Room SLAB 103
Or attend via Zoom: https://miami.zoom.us/j/95225137082

ABSTRACT: Wave action balance is the fundamental equation behind spectral wave models that are used for global wave forecasting. Originated in Whitham's [1965] variational method and generalized by Bretherton & Garrett [1968] to propagation over slowly-varying currents, wave action conservation has since been taken as accurate within the first order of the relative variation in the current field. Slow variation of currents has been assumed by most wave models to date. In this work, we analyze an expanded form of the wave action balance that includes 1st-order effects of current gradients within the wavetrain (this term was presented by Bretherton & Garrett but neglected as small). First, based on a month-long submesoscale (150-m resolution) simulation of ocean circulation, we demonstrate that the contribution of unresolved current gradients to the wave action tendency, at the 1st order, is ~6 times larger than the wave strain / convergence by wave grid-resolved currents, and ~1.2 times larger than the propagation term itself. Second, we perform numerical simulations of wave propagation over the 150-m resolution surface currents and quantify the adjustment of the wave field to the circulation. Not suprisingly, strong current gradients act to boost wave action gradients such that the propagation term becomes as dominant as the current strain terms. Although there has been increasing evidence in the past decade of strong impacts of the resolved currents on the wave fields, we believe that this is the first quantitative assessment of subgrid-scale current gradients on the wave field. We expect this effect to be important for the accuracy of swell propagation over large basins, as well as for wave amplification when crossing strong boundary currents.