Microsoft to open quantum research center near University of Maryland, College Park
Sep 17, 2025 - Microsoft is opening a new quantum research center near the University of Maryland, part of a push to make the state a hub for quantum science.
Academic Data Science
H. Andrew Schwartz joins Vanderbilt's College of Connected Computing
Sep 13, 2025 - H. Andrew Schwartz, whose “HLAB” research includes improvements to state of the art in artificial intelligence, has moved to the new College of Connecting Computing.
How to build AI scaling laws for efficient LLM training and budget maximization
Sep 16, 2025 - MIT and MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab researchers have developed a universal guide for estimating how large language models (LLMs) will perform based on smaller models in the same family.
UIllinois Chicago | Former student Khairi Reda joins CS faculty
Sep 16, 2025 - Reda earned both of his graduate degrees from UIC; he completed his MS in 2009 and his PhD in 2014. He works primarily in data visualization and computer graphics.
UNC-C | Mitu Banerjee: Redefining Her Path Through Lifelong Learning
Sep 17, 2025 - After nearly three decades away from the classroom, Mitu Banerjee made the bold decision to return to higher education
UPenn | Deepfakes, digital doubles, and the law: Jennifer Rothman on protecting identity in the AI era
Sep 15, 2025 - The evolution of AI technology may require more robust copyright laws and guardrails that protect people’s control of their own identities, says the Penn Carey Law professor.
UCR researchers fortify AI against rogue rewiring
Sep 4, 2025 - As generative AI models move from massive cloud servers to phones and cars, they’re stripped down to save power. But what gets trimmed can include the technology that stops them from spewing hate speech or offering roadmaps for criminal activity.
UCSD | UCR Scientists Use NSF Supercomputers to Reveal How “Jumping Genes” can Transform Gene Editing Technologies
Sep 18, 2025 - UC Riverside (UCR) researchers recently utilized U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) ACCESS allocations to uncover how a bacterial protein can steer the “jumping” of genes to specific spots in the genome.
WashU | Kannampallil and Wiley named among 24 new ACMI Fellows
Sep 18, 2025 - Thomas Kannampallil, PhD, FAMIA, and Laura Wiley, PhD, FAMIA, have been named among 24 new Fellows to be inducted into the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI).
Princeton AI Lab Welcomes New Postdocs
Sep 9, 2025 - The incoming postdocs will contribute to the research coming from the AI Lab’s three initiatives, AI for Accelerating Invention (AI2), Natural and Artificial Minds (NAM), and Princeton Language and Intelligence (PLI).
JHU Data Science and AI Institute announces 22 new faculty
Aug 25, 2025 - These newly appointed faculty members join more than 150 Data Science and AI Institute faculty members across Johns Hopkins.
UW eScience | Software for Community-Driven Enumeration: Needs Assessment of People Experiencing Homelessness
Sep 8, 2025 - To better understand and support people living without shelter, Dr. Zack Almquist, and his team are partnering with the King County Regional Homelessness Authority to develop a new way of counting and learning about this population.
UC San Diego Plays Key Role in National Effort to Build a Fusion Research Data Platform
Sep 16, 2025 - The data platform will unite scattered research data and workflows into a single U.S. resource.
UNC-Chapel Hill New majors, minors and more begin in fall 2025
Sep 8, 2025 - Carolina’s latest academic options include a minor in risk management and a graduate program in Africana studies.
UVA Data Science Faculty Awarded Jefferson Trust Grant to Advance AI-Empowered Student Support
Sep 17, 2025 - UVA Data Science faculty win $154K Jefferson Trust grant to build scalable AI tools that personalize student support and transform teaching assistants’ roles.
U-M Ann Arbor | Simulated humanoid robots learn to hike rugged terrain autonomously
Sep 16, 2025 - Now able to learn locomotion and navigation together, robots develop balanced gaits and safe routes.
UPenn Pranam Chatterjee Designs Novel AI Frameworks for Biotechnology
Sep 18, 2025 - Chatterjee turned to artificial intelligence (AI) as his tool of choice in the engineering world.
Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences Symposium scheduled for Oct. 6
Sep 15, 2025 - The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) annual symposium event will be held Monday, Oct. 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Brown CCMB Junior Faculty Ying Ma receives 3 grants from NSF and NIH
Sep 15, 2025 - Ying Ma, the Edens Family Assistant Professor of Healthcare Communications and Technology and Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, will address genomic challenges using computational methods in her upcoming research supported by three recent grants from the NSF and NIH.
UUtah | Second Annual Symposium Recap: Initiative Fuels State Leadership in Responsible AI
Sep 18, 2025 - The University of Utah One-U Responsible AI Initiative (One-U RAI) showcased how it’s raising the state’s profile in ethical innovation by forging cross-sector partnerships, boosting regional infrastructure, and supporting researchers using AI to improve lives—to diagnose rare diseases in children, restore water to the Great Salt Lake, help middle schoolers learn math, and more.
4 UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, staff named to NC AI Leadership Council
Sep 11, 2025 - The 24-member group will advise and support Gov. Josh Stein and state agencies on artificial intelligence strategy, policy and training.
Photos Capture the Extreme, Beautiful Work of Climate Science
Sep 15, 2025 - Building an accurate model of Earth’s climate requires a lot of data. Photography reveals the extreme efforts scientists have undertaken to measure gases, glaciers, clouds and more.
Secrets of DeepSeek AI model revealed in landmark paper
Sep 17, 2025 - First peer-reviewed study shows how a Chinese start-up firm made the market-shaking LLM for US$300,000.
Which diseases will you have in 20 years? This AI accurately predicts your risks
Sep 17, 2025 - A modified large language model called Delphi-2M analyses a person’s medical records and lifestyle to provide risk estimates for more than 1,000 diseases.
Explore the Future: Three New MTSU Data Science Courses
Sep 17, 2025 - Data Science at Middle Tennessee State University is thrilled to announce three new courses, each offering unique topics in one of today’s most important and fast-evolving fields.
Thrilling progress in brain-computer interfaces from UC labs
Sep 17, 2025 - UC researchers and the patients they work with are showing the world what's possible when the human mind and advanced computers meet.
Connecticut Professors Fear Dependence, Cognitive Decline Over AI Use
Sep 15, 2025 - Professors at Central Connecticut State University worry that reliance on artificial intelligence tools is already changing student behavior — less thinking abstractly, less engagement and potential cognitive decline.
UW-Madison RISE AI Collaboration HQ to build connections and advance research, teaching and engagement
Sep 16, 2025 - The group will catalyze research communities centered on innovative focus areas and build connections among UW–Madison’s AI community, which includes the more than 35 new RISE-AI hires and current faculty, staff and students.
UNebraska-Lincoln proposing to eliminate six academic programs
Sp 12, 2025 - Six academic programs would be discontinued: community and regional planning, earth and atmospheric sciences, educational administration, landscape architecture, statistics, and textile, merchandising and fashion design.
Establishing and implementing a responsible artificial intelligence framework: a 1-year review
Sep 13, 2025 - This work highlights successes and challenges of implementing a novel responsible artificial intelligence (RAI) framework for UNC Health