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Course taught by ISIS faculty featured in MathWorks newsletter

Wed, 11/20/2013 - 7:35am
A recent issue of the newsletter of MathWorks, the makers of MATLAB and Simulink, featured an article about CS 103: Introductory Programming for Engineers and Scientists. CS 103 is a popular course inside and outside of the School of Engineering because it uses MATLAB to introduce students to computer programming.

Make With Moto comes to Vanderbilt!

Tue, 08/06/2013 - 10:15am

Motorola has hit the road this summer on a 5 month tour which includes 12 universities across the country.  During this event, Motorola provides student teams with unlocked hardware/software versions of their latest smartphones for the students to use to create their own device.  The results are nothing short of fascinating!  The Make With Moto van, Sticky, was in Nashville at Vanderbilt University on August 2, 3, and 4.  The event was hosted by ISIS and held on the campus of Vanderbilt University.  Please see the links below to watch the wrap up of what t

National Science Foundation Announces Projects to Expand the Frontiers of Cyber-Physical Systems

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 10:58am

The National Science Foundation (NSF) today announced two grants totaling $13 million to support multi-university projects in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). These projects are key components of NSF's CPS technologies portfolio, for which investments exceeded $150 million during the last four years.

Vanderbilt wins $9.3M DARPA contract to evolve tools for military vehicle design

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 10:57am

Vanderbilt University engineers in the Institute for Software Integrated Systems have been awarded a $9.3 million contract over two years to continue their work to mature META tools that are part of a flagship Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Adaptive Vehicle Make (AVM) program.

Tracking gunfire with a smartphone

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 10:30am

You are walking down the street with a friend. A shot is fired. The two of you duck behind the nearest cover and you pull out your smartphone. A map of the neighborhood pops up on its screen with a large red arrow pointing in the direction the shot came from.

The making of a MOOC: Coursera launches at Vanderbilt March 4

Wed, 03/13/2013 - 8:04am

More than 136,000 people have registered to attend five Vanderbilt courses this spring and summer—attend them virtually, that is. The university’s first foray into massive open online courses—or MOOCs—launches March 4 on the platform Coursera.

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