C E N T E R F O R A P P L I E D I N F O R M AT I C S
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
cai.nku.edu
WHAT THE CENTER DOES The Center for Applied Informatics is the outreach arm of the NKU College of Informatics. It draws upon student and faculty expertise from Business Informatics, Computer Science, Communication, and beyond. The CAI runs conferences and symposia on topics like business intelligence and security. The CAI brings together Chief Information Officers from across the region in its CIO Roundtable program. Above all, the CAI features a unique and high-impact virtual co-op program in which students create websites, develop apps, and perform analytics work for organizations around the world.
? WHAT IS INFORMATICS? Informatics is the art, science, business, and technology of information. The NKU College of Informatics brings together all the fields that deal with information front and center, from public relations to cybersecurity. In this transdisciplinary digital age, we integrate and we connect. Talent comes from in-depth knowledge and real-world experience, but narrow specialization closes doors. Our approach to education is silobreaking, cutting-edge, and, above all, experiential. The Center for Applied Informatics brings experiences to students, brings students to businesses, and brings creative projects to the world.
VIRTUAL CO-OPS The virtual co-op program provides solutions for organizations and experiences for students. Since 2007, organizations large and small -- Fortune 500 corporations, startups, charities, schools -- have come to the CAI for first-rate student work developing websites, mobile apps across several platforms, and most recently, analytics projects. Each student gains valuable work experience for multiple clients, and is supervised by a professional staff of software architects. From the earliest iPhone apps to the latest technology in the Internet of Things, CAI virtual co-op projects have won awards and brought recognition to the college.
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The CAI has worked on over
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during the 2013–2014 year.
that graduated over the past several years immediately found positions within their preferred disciplines.
Students work with clients and organizations from the US to SWITZERLAND to AUSTRALIA.
EXAMPLE PROJECTS
SUPPORTING THE ARTS
SAVING LIVES
The CAI collaborated with the “Cincy in NYC” organization to bring nearly all of Cincinnati’s major cultural institutions together for a week-long showcase of performances and exhibitions at prominent venues throughout Manhattan.
In 2011, the CAI made history in its collaboration with the Pulsepoint Foundation to create the award-winning, lifesaving Fire Department mobile application. This innovative application uses GPS locationbased technology to alert CPR-trained citizens if someone in their immediate area is experiencing cardiac arrest. The alerted citizen can then choose to take action, find the victim and begin resuscitation until official emergency responders arrive.
The CAI has created a dynamic, responsive website that evangelizes this event and showcases and promotes Cincinnati’s vibrant array of performing artists and arts. The website, viewable in all mobile and desktop devices, served as a “one-stop shop” for information about this “once in a lifetime” event. Cincy in NYC enjoyed an exciting amount of exposure from over 50,000 impressions and easily over 12,000 in event attendance.
DID YOU KNOW?
This year alone, CAI has provided students with approximately
63,710
experiential, “real world” hours assigned to projects for various clients.
In May of 2014, Scott Brawner was at a Clackamas, OR health club when his smart phone alerted him that someone in his vicinity had suffered sudden cardiac arrest. Brawner, a Tualatin Valley firefighter and paramedic, was motivated into action. Brawner consulted his PulsePoint application and was able to utilize it to navigate his way to the parking lot outside the health club, where a security guard had found a man lying unconscious. Brawner was immediately able to begin CPR. He continued to attempt resuscitation until paramedics arrived to provide advanced care, saving the man’s life. Source: PULSEPOINT.ORG
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