2016 Publications
2016 publications from our faculty and fellows during their time at WID are listed below. Please see each publication for additional information. View Additional Publications:
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Seminars Showcase the Best of WID’s Collaborative Environment
The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery’s SILO and Qbio Seminars pull researchers from across campus for engaging interdisciplinary talks in mathematics and quantitative biology.
Tools for Discovery: Srikanth Pilla
Tools for Discovery is a monthly profile series that inspects the computer programs, gadgets and methods behind WID’s ideas and discoveries.
And the Winner Is…
From undergraduate Hilldale Fellows to national and international scholar awards, WID students and faculty gained significant recognition for their efforts and contributions.
Professor Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng: Advancing Microcellular Polymers
Thanks to the research of Professor Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng, plastics can have applications in products ranging from eyeglass lenses to engineered tissues.
2015 Publications
2015 publications from our faculty and fellows during their time at WID are listed below. Please see each publication for additional information. View Additional Publications:
Tools for Discovery: Laura Albert
With the holiday bowl games and College Football Playoff upon us, we profile Laura Albert, who successfully did the math on predicting the finalists.
The Algebraic Revolution: Solving for Chocolate
UW-Madison and WID are on the front lines of the applied algebra movement, changing the way scientists in a wide range of disciplines solve problems.
RPRG Rollout Connecting the Dots in the Research Project Roadmap
The Research Project Resource Guide is an elegant new roadmap for researchers on the UW-Madison campus, connecting them to the materials, information, contacts, and assets available for every stage of the research process.
Tools for Discovery: Max Salick
Tools for Discovery is a monthly profile series that inspects the computer programs, gadgets and methods behind WID’s ideas and discoveries.
The Natural Order and Divine Law of Optimization
Michael Ferris and Stephen Wright, principal investigators in the WID Optimization Theme comment on New York Times Magazine article “A Sucker is Optimized Every Minute”.
2014 Publications
2014 publications from our faculty and fellows during their time at WID are listed below. Please see each publication for additional information. View Additional Publications:
New Theory Suggests Alternate Path Led to Rise of the Eukaryotic Cell
A bold new idea of how the eukaryotic cell and, by extension, all complex life came to be is giving scientists an opportunity to reexamine some of biology’s key dogma.
WID Researcher Receives NSF CAREER Award to Improve the Genetic Engineering of Stem Cells
Kris Saha has received the NSF CAREER Award for developing methods to more easily produce stem cells to model human disease.
WID and UW-Madison Partner in National Effort to Retool U.S. Manufacturing
WID and UW-Madison are national partners for the newly formed Digital Lab for Manufacturing, a White House initiative to develop digital tools to enhance manufactured products, from conception to production.
Mining the Mind: High Throughput Computing and the Future of Brain Research
WID and Morgridge Institute for Research’s high throughput computing allows scientists to look at brain data in new ways.
Printing without Boundaries: Transdisciplinary Partnerships Expand Uses for 3D Printers
Four different disciplines, four different uses of 3D printers. WID collaborators provide a glimpse into the revolutionary, unusual and downright cool ways 3D printing is influencing all types of research.
WID Researcher Locates “Virtual Eyes” to Enhance 3D Experience
Are your “virtual eyes” and real eyes located in the same spot? Probably not, says WID researcher Kevin Ponto, who’s focusing on how to make 3D visualization more intuitive and realistic.
2012 Publications
2012 publications from our faculty and fellows during their time at WID are listed below. Please see each publication for additional information. View Additional Publications: