Welcome
The Multimodal Information Access and Synthesis Center (MIAS) is concerned with researching technologies for extracting and tracking interesting events and entities from multimodal information sources. A further goal is to support intelligence analysis by facilitating the formulation and evaluation of hypotheses regarding these events and entities. Research directions include:
- Developing fundamental theories, computational models, algorithms, and tools for information access and synthesis.
- Enabling intelligence analysts to access a variety of data formats, transforming raw data into useful and understandable information.
- Integrating these technologies with existing resources.
Another mission of the MIAS Center is to develop diverse human resources for the scientific research, educational, and governmental workforce communities through education and outreach. This goal is exemplified by the Data Science Summer Institute which develops lecture materials, tutorials, and research projects for information sciences.
More information about the MIAS center and its faculty can be found in this presentation. You may also refer to this one-page summary of the center.
News
5/21/2008
DSSI 2008 Projects
2008 Summer Research Projects Wiki
2/15/2008
Data Science Summer Institute Applications Open
The 2008 Data Science Summer Institute (DSSI) is accepting applications! The DSSI is a component of the MIAS program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Computer Science.
Acceptance into the DSSI may include a monthly stipend of $1,200 for undergraduate students and $1,800 for graduate students. In addition, free room-and-board will be provided to selected students. Apply here!
DSSI students will be heavily immersed in a Foundations component, a Tutorials component, and a Research project.
The DSSI is scheduled to begin on Monday, May 19 and end on Friday, July 11, 2008. More details will be posted on the Education page in the near future.
All qualified students with a strong interest in data science are encouraged to apply. Click here to go to the application form.
