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Tackling COVID-19 Using Data Analytics

Highlights from 112 Undergraduate Research Experiences in the Rensselaer Data INCITE Lab During COVID-19 Pandemic

One Year In, Rensselaer Experts Keep Addressing COVID-19 Challenges in Inventive Ways

Posted March 4, 2021

The Rensselaer Plan 2024, the strategic plan that guides Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, dedicated the university to innovative teaching and research “that addresses the most compelling global challenges.” In the last year, no challenge has consumed the globe more than the COVID-19 pandemic — and the Rensselaer community has stayed true to its mission.

RPIrates & Data INCITE Tutorial: Welcome to the tidyverse!

Data transformation and management are key to success with R, so we'll talk about Hadley Wickham's 'tidyverse', a collection of R packages that reinforce the principles of his "Tidy Tools Manifesto": * Reuse existing data structures. * Compose simple functions with the pipe operator. * Embrace functional programming. * Design for humans.

RPIrates Tutorial: Rock your Dataviz World with ggplot2!

RPIrates: The RPI R Users Group and the Rensselaer Data INCITE program present this version of the famous ggplot2 tutorial, re-constructing a famous figure from The Economist step-by-step. Demonstrates current R methodology including tidyverse and many aspects of ggplot2.

RPI SafeCampus

RPI SafeCampus reveals WiFi access point usage and aggregations of wireless users on the campus network at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

RPI StudySafe

RPI StudySafe reveals the anonymous usage of Wi-Fi access points and aggregations of wireless users on the campus network at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

FOCI Computing Resources

The Rensselaer Future of Computing Institute (FOCI) provides a set of resources for campus users needing dedicated computation for applications ranging from data analytics to deep learning systems. Key facilities include:

COVID WarRoom

COVID WarRoom has been designed to aid in the development of re-opening strategies as we begin the re-opening process. Presently, COVID WarRoom allows the user to select a location for analysis, and then define the parameters by using one of our four predefined Social Distancing models: Linear Auto-SD, Linear Default-SD, Quadratic Auto-SD, and Quadratic Default-SD.

RPI StudySafe

A Web application designed for RPI students to navigate campus safely in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. It is built on the R Shiny application framework, written primarily in R, with some UI functionality written in Javascript and HTML. The app informs students on how many people are in a given building on campus and gives recommendations based on past data.

Data INCITE

The Rensselaer Data INCITE pipeline for undergraduate data science education consists of an early data analytics course followed by applied data science research experiences on real-world problems. Data INCITE results in data science skills and prompts students to pursue further coursework and careers in data science.

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