A Reflection Piece: Debating the ACA

Written by Alexandra Blair, Vanderbilt University Graduate Student (Medicine, Health & Society) What better way to learn about the current landscape of the ACA, including the repeal and replace legislation on the table and the various stakeholders involved, than through a healthy, competitive debate? In “The Nation’s Health” we did just that as our class of…

Posted by anderc8 on January 30, 2017 in News, The Nation's Health

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Resolve to Use Games in the Classroom in 2017

Written by Melanie Forehand, Vanderbilt University Graduate Student Lynn Ramey received a Research Scholar Grant of $10,500 to organize a colloquium with Todd Hughes (Center for Second Language Studies) and David Neville (Grinnell College) about creating or modifying immersive environments using video game engines. Participants were invited from both academia and the video game industry…

Posted by anderc8 on January 30, 2017 in News, Research Scholar Grants

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One-on-one with the faculty behind Tackling Big Questions with Mobile Cloud Computing (Part 3 of 3)

Vanderbilt University Computer Science professors Douglas C. Schmidt and Jules White recently sat down to answer a few questions about their University Course, Tackling Big Questions with Mobile Cloud Computing, which they co-taught during the Fall 2016 semester and are co-teaching again this spring. In the third and final installment of a three-part series, Profs….

Posted by anderc8 on January 26, 2017 in Mobile Cloud Computing, News

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Putting NetsBlox in the Classroom at Vanderbilt

Written by Vanderbilt Professor Akos Ledeczi Computer Science education is receiving increased attention today. Introductory programming classes are popping up everywhere. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is no programming environment or curriculum that introduces distributed programming to young learners. On the one hand, this is understandable because teaching computer programming in K12…

Posted by anderc8 on January 25, 2017 in News, TIPs 2015

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One-on-one with the faculty behind Tackling Big Questions with Mobile Cloud Computing (Part 2 of 3)

Vanderbilt University Computer Science professors Douglas C. Schmidt and Jules White recently sat down to answer a few questions about their University Course, Tackling Big Questions with Mobile Cloud Computing, which they co-taught during the Fall 2016 semester and are co-teaching again this spring. In the second installment of a three-part series, Profs. Schmidt and…

Posted by anderc8 on January 25, 2017 in Mobile Cloud Computing, News

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The Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering (VISE): Bringing Engineers and Surgeons Together to Improve Patient Care

Written by Dr. Benoit M. Dawant Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Engineering VISE Steering Committee Chair and Center Director Watch a short video that features Dr. Dawant providing an overview of VISE Innovation in processes, devices, and systems is at the center of recent advances that are transforming medical interventional procedures. The conception, development, realization, and evaluation of novel…

Posted by anderc8 on January 24, 2017 in News, TIPs 2015

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Update on “A Trans-Institutional Big Data Infrastructure at Vanderbilt”

Written by Will French, ACCRE’s Manager of Research Computing Operations The world is drowning in data. This is the reality that has become increasingly apparent across virtually all areas of industry, medicine, business, higher education, and research, among other sectors, over the last several years. In 2012, IBM stated that 2.5 exabytes (i.e. 2.5 billion gigabytes)…

Posted by anderc8 on January 19, 2017 in News, TIPs 2015

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One-on-one with the faculty behind Tackling Big Questions with Mobile Cloud Computing (Part 1 of 3)

Vanderbilt University Computer Science professors Douglas C. Schmidt and Jules White recently sat down to answer a few questions about their University Course, Tackling Big Questions with Mobile Cloud Computing, which they co-taught during the Fall 2016 semester and are co-teaching again this spring. In the first installment of a three-part series, Profs. Schmidt and…

Posted by anderc8 on January 19, 2017 in Mobile Cloud Computing, News

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Welcome to Hub, a mobile application designed for idea-sharing and collaboration

Written by Vanderbilt senior Meredith Mattlin, who is a double major in Medicine, Health & Society and Sociology This video is a quick demo and walkthrough of Hub, an in-progress app designed for idea-sharing and collaboration. Hub is responding to the need for a digital meeting place that fosters academic and project-based idea creation and collaboration…

Posted by anderc8 on January 17, 2017 in Mobile Cloud Computing, News

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Methane Rising: A brief description of how we measured escaped methane at hydraulically fractured gas wells

Written by Vanderbilt Ph.D. student Moyo Ajayi During the beginning of the 21st century, oil and gas producers have tapped into previously uneconomical sources of natural gas using the controversial method of high volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF).  HVHF involves injecting highly-pressurized fluid into impermeable rocks to fracture them and release natural gas.  Use of HVHF…

Posted by anderc8 on January 11, 2017 in Discovery Grants, News

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