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RENCI strengthens storm surge response capabilities

APSViz provides critical, high-resolution coastal hazards information to expedite decision-making and productivity On September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall along the west coast of Florida as a Category 4 hurricane–the strongest Category 4 hurricane to hit the region since Hurricane Charley in 2004–causing substantial damage from strong winds and the resulting storm surge and […]

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EduHeLx: A Cloud-based Programming Platform for Data Science Education

The EduHeLx pilot experiment informed future thinking about incorporating cloud-based technologies in UNC-CH courses, including courses in the new UNC-CH School of Data Science & Society (SDSS)

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New concept poised to accelerate drug discovery through data mining

RENCI scientists and collaborators have developed and defined a concept called Clinical Outcome Pathways (COPs) that could help scientists harness the vast amounts of clinical and biomedical data available today to accelerate drug discovery and drug repurposing.

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RENCI’s Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Support Team introduces updated research resources

The Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Support (ACIS) team at RENCI works to provide efficient, available resources for our researchers. Over the last several months, the team has introduced several new capabilities and tools that support researchers in successfully producing results from their computing research.

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Use cases show Translator’s potential to expedite clinical research

RENCI investigators are contributing to the development of a platform called Biomedical Data Translator that will allow researchers to easily access and interrelate large amounts of data relevant to advancing biomedical research.

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New streamlined statistical method provides improved pattern detection and risk prediction for disease

The novel regression algorithm, CALF, outperforms the current gold standard, LASSO, in statistical tests

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Biomedical Data Translator Platform moves to the next phase

Although we now have huge amounts of data on everything from genes to the causes of disease, it is stored in an enormous variety of ways and in many different locations. This makes it difficult, if not impossible, to find and use this data to think about biomedical questions in a big picture, holistic way. […]

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RENCI researchers awarded 2021 Best Paper from the Elsevier FGCS Journal

RENCI researchers recently received the 2021 Best Paper Award from the Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS) Journal.

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STAR Program: Investing in the Next Generation of Leaders

We are excited to expand our reach and engage with curious and hard-working young professionals across RENCI’s research groups, collaborations, and operations teams.

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NRIG Director Ilya Baldin inducted into the NC State Computer Science Alumni Hall of Fame

On October 10, 2021, Ilya Baldin was inducted into the North Carolina State University Computer Science Alumni Hall of Fame.

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