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Princeton Precision Health: An interdisciplinary, AI-driven approach to tackling big questions about health and disease

Mar. 18, 2025 - PPH researchers apply cutting-edge AI and computational models to massive datasets to develop a deep understanding of the factors that shape health and illness.

Princeton Precision Health: An interdisciplinary, AI-driven approach to tackling big questions about health and disease

UC Berkeley | Mapping the return of Indigenous lands using data science

Mar. 19, 2025 - McKalee Steen traces her career in data science to her family's efforts toward environmental justice.

UC Berkeley | Mapping the return of Indigenous lands using data science

UVA | Ken Ono Honored as Cozzarelli Award Finalist for Groundbreaking Work on Prime Numbers

Mar. 19, 2025 - The professor of data science's research reveals a surprising connection between integer partitions and prime numbers, earning him national recognition.

UVA | Ken Ono Honored as Cozzarelli Award Finalist for Groundbreaking Work on Prime Numbers

MIT | AI tool generates high-quality images faster than state-of-the-art approaches

Mar. 21, 2025 - A hybrid AI approach known as hybrid autoregressive transformer can generate realistic images with the same or better quality than state-of-the-art diffusion models, but that runs about nine times faster and uses fewer computational resources.

MIT | AI tool generates high-quality images faster than state-of-the-art approaches

UToronto renews five-year research partnership with Konica Minolta

Mar. 20, 2025 - The University of Toronto and Konica Minolta, Inc. are renewing a research partnership focused on AI and internet-connected devices.

UToronto renews five-year research partnership with Konica Minolta

CCIA Files Comments on AI for OSTP, NSF - CCIA

Mar. 17, 2025 - In response to a request for information on artificial intelligence from the National Science Foundation on behalf of the Office of Science and

CCIA Files Comments on AI for OSTP, NSF - CCIA

MIT | Security scheme could protect sensitive data during cloud computation

Mar. 19, 2025 - A theoretical encryption technique could enable anyone to perform computations on encrypted messages without learning anything about the underlying sensitive data. The method, developed at MIT, could prove to be efficient enough to implement in real-world scenarios.

MIT | Security scheme could protect sensitive data during cloud computation

School of Data Science faculty improve AI reliability in medical field

Mar. 17, 2025 - Researchers at the UTSA School of Data Science are making artificial intelligence (AI) more reliably answer medical questions.

School of Data Science faculty improve AI reliability in medical field

NJIT's Bader, Who Helped Invent Modern Supercomputing, Gets HoF Honor

Mar. 17, 2025 - The museum committee cited Bader for “revolutioniz[ing] the computing industry through groundbreaking innovations that democratized high-performance computing.”

NJIT's Bader, Who Helped Invent Modern Supercomputing, Gets HoF Honor

University of Michigan hosts NLP @ Michigan Day

Mar. 18, 2025 - The event drew over 100 researchers to Ann Arbor to discuss the latest research in natural language processing.

University of Michigan hosts NLP @ Michigan Day

Penn State Artificial Intelligence Week 2025: April 14-17 | Penn State University

Mar. 18, 2025 - Penn State Artificial Intelligence (AI) Week will run from April 14 through April 17 at University Park.

Penn State Artificial Intelligence Week 2025: April 14-17 | Penn State University

Gov. Hochul encourages federal cooperation, support for New York AI development

Mar. 18, 2025 - Gov. Hochul released a statement regarding the CHIPS act and Micron deal following President Trump’s accusations of “wasteful” AI spending.

Gov. Hochul encourages federal cooperation, support for New York AI development

NAE Awards The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Grants for Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research

Mar 17, 2025 - Two Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) Grants of $30,000 have been awarded to attendees of FOE 2024 Symposium.

NAE Awards The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Grants for Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research

Donation from SAP Establishes New UC Irvine Endowed Chair in Artificial Intelligence

Mar. 13, 2025 - With a $2 million gift from SAP SE, a German supplier of enterprise applications and business artificial intelligence.

Donation from SAP Establishes New UC Irvine Endowed Chair in Artificial Intelligence

CMU and MIT Join Forces To Combat Deepfake Threats - News - Carnegie Mellon University

Mar. 12, 2025 - Researchers at CMU and MIT created CHARCHA ( Computer Human Assessment for Recreating Characters with Human Actions).

CMU and MIT Join Forces To Combat Deepfake Threats - News - Carnegie Mellon University

Penn State University | Combination of cosmic processes shapes the size and location of sub-Neptunes

Mar. 17, 2025 - Using a newly developed tool to sift through data from the NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, a team led by a Penn State astronomer has identified young sub-Neptune planets close to their stars.

Penn State University | Combination of cosmic processes shapes the size and location of sub-Neptunes

Building Capacity for One AI, One Harvard – HDSI Celebrates a Gift from OpenAI

Mar. 13, 2025 - The Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) is delighted to announce a gift from OpenAI to support our commitment to pioneering AI research.

Building Capacity for One AI, One Harvard – HDSI Celebrates a Gift from OpenAI

Brown DSI Sends Comp Bio and Data Fluency Students to 2025 WECode Conference

Mar. 13, 2025 - In February, Data Fluency Certificate undergraduate students Sima Raha, Nazifa Qazizada, and Computational Biology undergraduate Hannah Beakley attended the WECode Conference at Harvard University.

Brown DSI Sends Comp Bio and Data Fluency Students to 2025 WECode Conference

Data science is now UC Berkeley’s largest major

Mar. 14, 2025 - Data science has become the most populated major at UC Berkeley, with a total of 1,960 undergraduate students declaring the major in the 2024-25 school year.

Data science is now UC Berkeley’s largest major

AI, Data Science, and the Transformation of Scientific Research: A Primer

Mar. 14, 2025 - AI and data science are two closely related yet distinct fields that are driving research and innovation.

AI, Data Science, and the Transformation of Scientific Research: A Primer

Machine learning model predicts PTSD symptom severity over time

Mar. 10, 2025 - Using functional brain imaging and machine learning, Yale researchers were able to predict PTSD symptoms 14 months after the initial traumatic event.

Machine learning model predicts PTSD symptom severity over time

Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models

Mar. 14, 2025 - NIST has issued new instructions to scientists that partner with the US Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI) to eliminate mention of 'AI safety,' 'responsible AI,' and 'AI fairness' in order to reduce 'ideological bias, to enable human flourishing and economic competitiveness.'

Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models

UC Irvine | Ky-Vinh Mai: Beyond the Data

Mar. 12, 2025- UC Irvine language science and data science double-major Ky-Vinh Mai tackles big questions in ethics and AI.

UC Irvine | Ky-Vinh Mai: Beyond the Data

Pitt | Poster Prizes at Data Science Day 2025 Responsible Data Science

Mar. 10, 2025 - This year, RDS@Pitt is awarding a $250 prize for an outstanding student poster that demonstrates excellence in responsible data science.

Pitt | Poster Prizes at Data Science Day 2025 Responsible Data Science

Texas A&M - Thematic Labs Program, TAMIDS

Thematic Labs Program supports cutting-edge research in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, and Data Science at Texas A&M University.

Texas A&M - Thematic Labs Program, TAMIDS

How AI can achieve human-level intelligence: researchers call for change in tack

Mar. 4, 2025 - A survey finds that most respondents are sceptical that the technology underpinning large-language models is sufficient for artificial general intelligence.

How AI can achieve human-level intelligence: researchers call for change in tack

U-M launches effort to advance AI research, collaboration

Mar. 12, 2025 - A new hub for artificial intelligence research and collaboration will soon launch at the University of Michigan, aiming to strengthen the university’s role in AI and improve coordination among its researchers and external partners.

U-M launches effort to advance AI research, collaboration

Entrepreneur Gifts USF $40M for New College of AI, Cybersecurity at the University of South Florida

Mar. 11, 2025 - The University of South Florida will put its largest-ever donation to use funding scholarships, hiring faculty and developing a new space for the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing.

Entrepreneur Gifts USF $40M for New College of AI, Cybersecurity at the University of South Florida

University of Hawaii to Offer Free AI Training With Google

Mar. 11, 2025 - The university system's students and staff have free access to “AI Essentials,” a five-hour course in the Google Career Certificate program that teaches people to use AI responsibly and effectively.

University of Hawaii to Offer Free AI Training With Google

Andy Konwinski to speak at CDSS undergraduate commencement ceremonies on May 22

Mar. 11, 2025 - Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks, Perplexity, and Laude Ventures, will speak at UC Berkeley’s College of Computing, Data Science, and Society undergraduate commencement ceremonies on May 22.

Andy Konwinski to speak at CDSS undergraduate commencement ceremonies on May 22