Presidential research initiative promotes big thinking in data-driven science

The third round of funding from an Iowa State University presidential initiative will build four research teams that will use big data to benefit human and animal health, improve cities and build new tools for researchers. Iowa State President Steven Leath launched the Presidential Initiative for Interdisciplinary Research in 2012. The program provides seed funding to establish research teams from across campus to tackle emerging societal challenges. The goal is to help the teams grow into well-funded, cross-disciplinary research groups... Read More...

Iowa State University hosts data-driven research summer school

Iowa State University hosted the Midwest Big Data Summer School in June, attracting nearly 150 participants from universities and organizations around the Midwest. The week-long course introduced early-career researchers to data-driven research... Read More...