Tag Archive for "Erik Linstead" - Schmid College of Science and Technology

Machine Learning & Assistive Technology (MLAT) Lab Opens With Reception After opening in January, Faculty, Staff, Students and Donors join for presentation and celebration

October 1, 2015 by CJ Simonson | News

Chapman University’s Machine Learning & Assistive Technology (MLAT) Lab was only just founded in January of 2015, but the work coming out of it is already proving to be not just useful, but important. The goal, ultimately, of the MLAT Lab has been to provide a formal organization for researchers at Chapman who are dedicated to

Chapman Hosts 3rd Annual Autism App Jam Public Viewing Fri. 4/24

April 21, 2015 by Tyler Newman | News

Over 40 teams from four different universities are competing in this year’s third annual Autism App Jam, which culminates in a Final Judging and Public Viewing event on Friday, April 24 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Chapman University’s Sandhu Conference Center. According to the Autism App Jam website, it is a “two-week competition where

Women In Science and Technology (WIST) at Chapman

November 13, 2014 by Aneesha Prakash | News

Aneesha Prakash is a computer science major, math minor and president of Women in Science and Technology at Chapman. Though the ratios of females to males in science and technology have been improving, the rate of change is not as fast as it could be and women are still not equals in all STEM areas. Part of the

The Future of Big Data Careers

July 10, 2014 by Joe Yogerstl | News

This article, written by Joe Yogerst, originally appeared on the Los Angeles Times website. One of the nation’s leading authorities on big data retrieval, Erik Linstead is an assistant professor of computer science in the School of Computational Sciences at Chapman University’s Schmid College of Science and Technology. We asked him why big data retrieval is so important right now

A New App to Help Autism Is On the Horizon

June 12, 2014 by David Ogul | News

This article, written by David Ogul, originally appeared on the Los Angeles Times website. As researchers at Chapman University break new ground in mining big data, an app developed by a group of its students is poised to take that knowledge to the next level — a practical, Internet-based tool that could help parents and caregivers make the

Big Data Is Changing Healthcare

May 29, 2014 by David Ogul | News

This article, written by David Ogul, originally appeared on the Los Angeles Times website. There’s a lot of information out there about healthcare – an estimated 500 petabytes’ worth of data that could hold the key to better diagnoses and even better treatment of everything from Alzheimer’s disease and cancer to diabetes. The question is,

Apr. 25: Support Chapman’s Autism App Jam teams at public event and awards reception

April 22, 2014 by Schmid College | News

Chapman University has three student teams participating in the 2014 Autism App Jam. This Friday, April 25, 2014, the competition will wrap up with judging, a public viewing and the awards reception from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. the Beckman Center in Irvine. You’re invited to come to the event and support our Chapman teams.

Toward an Autism Management Platform

February 27, 2014 by Ryan Burns, David Tyler, Erik Linstead | News

By Ryan Burns, David Tyler, Erik Linstead School of Computational Sciences Students and faculty in Chapman University’s School of Computational Sciences are building an Autism Management Platform that will provide simple and intuitive communication among doctors, caregivers and parents of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. One of the most common frustrations parents of children with

Experian-Chapman Partnership Yields Student Scholarships and Internships

December 11, 2013 by Schmid College | News

Congratulations to the trio of stellar Computational and Data Science graduate students awarded scholarships through the Experian Scholars Program in High Performance Data Mining! Mr. Andrew Fontenot (Ph.D. program), Mr. Rene German (Master of Science program) and Ms. Chloe Martin (Master of Science program) have been announced as Experian Scholars and awarded full-tuition scholarships through the program. As modern environmental, biological, chemical

Dr. Linstead and Students Introduce Autism Management Tool

December 10, 2013 by Schmid College | News

Tomorrow, Dr. Erik Linstead and his students will introduce AMP (Autism Management Platform), an integrated, web-based tool for creating, managing, and mining data associated with the treatment of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). AMP’s tablet-based mobile app and corresponding web interface allow parents, therapists, and doctors to share and aggregate multi-media data in real-time,