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  • Prof. Alenka Poplin will present a paper at the 2nd International Conference on Smart Data and Smart Cities in Puebla, Mexico

    "The 2nd International Conference on Smart Data and Smart Cities will present novel research concerning the use of information and communication technologies in Smart Cities, and will also provide a forum for senior researchers to establish collaborations on new research projects in this domain. A smart city cannot be defined without a better involvement of citizens (smart people)." Read More

    October 3, 2017

  • MBDH All-Hands Meeting

    The Midwest Big Data Hub annual meeting will be held on October 2 - 3, 2017 in Omaha, NE. The event will hold poster presentations featuring Wanyu Huang, Prof. Ulrike Passe, Jacklin Stonewall, and Linjiang Wu. Read More

    October 1, 2017

  • Hiatt Garden Party

    Iowa State's Sustainable Research group, in collaboration with Eat Greater Des Moines and Boys and Girls Club of Central Iowa, are proud to host the Hiatt Garden Party this Saturday, September 9th at the Hiatt Middle School Garden. The event will showcase the cultivation efforts of the youth leaders from the Boys and Girls Club, and will also host free activities and snacks. For more information about the event, please visit Read More

    September 8, 2017

  • Community Growers Program

    n March 9th, we began our 8-week Community Growers program with a leadership-minded group of 22 youth in the Baker Chapter of the Boys & Girls Club at Hiatt Middle School in Des Moines. (Project lead is Linda Shenk with team members Alenka Poplin and Caroline Krejci, ISU Extension Caitlin Szymanski, and team of undergraduate researchers Branden Cervetti, Kate Fjelstad, Kara Harmet, and Carlee Tope.) Using a methodology of spatial, socio-technical storytelling, this group will be using primarily GIS and gaining some familiarity with agent-based modeling to create and tell the story of the assets of their neighborhood and then devise and conduct an action project in their school’s community garden. Read More

    April 27, 2017

  • A Community Event at Hiatt Middle School

    On December 15th, PIIR team members Linda Shenk, Caroline Krejci, Jacklin Stonewall, and Kate Fjelstad participated in the neighborhood Holiday Party at Hiatt Middle School in Des Moines, IA. At this fun event with robust community attendance, team members met neighborhood residents, conducted data collection through a brief questionnaire, and shared some of the team’s research through a weatherization-oriented mini-action project. Read More

    December 21, 2016

  • PIIR (Presidential Initiative for Interdisciplinary Research) Award

    The third round of funding from a 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. Read More

    November 17, 2016

  • A unique integration

    The goal for this year is to refine data collection about human energy behavior through action projects and novel game-based surveys. This will serve as input into quantitative, agent-based models and refined, urban-energy models regarding urban microclimate and vegetation. Read More

    November 17, 2016

  • Tree Inventory and Weather data

    Janette Thompson, Morrill Professor and professor of natural resource ecology and management, is coordinating a tree inventory in the Capitol East neighborhood. Read More

    November 17, 2016

  • Iowa State University and city of Des Moines partner on big data research project

    AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University and the city of Des Moines have teamed up on a big data research project that could transform the… Read More

    October 26, 2016