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W&M Dr. Cristiano Fanelli Awarded Prestigious NSF Career Award for AI-Driven Nuclear Physics Research

Sep 17, 2025 - His project, Advancing Precision Nucleon Tomography through Deep Learning and Uncertainty Quantification, aims to unlock new insights into the fundamental building blocks of matter.

W&M Dr. Cristiano Fanelli Awarded Prestigious NSF Career Award for AI-Driven Nuclear Physics Research

UVA Welcomes New Class of 125 B.S. in Data Science Students

Sep 22, 2025 - This fall, the University of Virginia School of Data Science welcomed its newest undergraduate class: 125 students pursuing the B.S. in Data Science.

UVA Welcomes New Class of 125 B.S. in Data Science Students

World’s first AI-designed viruses a step towards AI-generated life

Sep 19, 2025 - Scientists used AI to write coherent viral genomes, using them to synthesize bacteriophages capable of killing resistant strains of bacteria.

World’s first AI-designed viruses a step towards AI-generated life

UNM professor joins $152 million project to build transparent AI models for science

Sep 20, 2025 - One of the biggest challenges with artificial intelligence today is the quality of data. Many models were trained on the internet, full of falsehoods and lies.

UNM professor joins $152 million project to build transparent AI models for science

Building a Hub for Data Justice (feat. Dr. Amy Yeboah Quarkume)

Sep 19, 2025 - Dr. Amy Yeboah Quarkume at Howard University shares how she’s building Howard into a hub for data science, social justice, and environmental justice.

Building a Hub for Data Justice (feat. Dr. Amy Yeboah Quarkume)

UVA Data Points Podcast: Trustworthy AI

Sep 19, 2025 - What does it really mean for artificial intelligence to be “trustworthy”? And why should it matter to you?

UVA Data Points Podcast: Trustworthy AI

Governor Hochul Announces $300 Million Investment in SUNY at Stony Brook’s Quantum Research and Innovation Hub

Sep 17, 2025 - Gov. Hochul announced $300 million to establish the Quantum Research and Innovation Hub at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, further catapulting New York’s national leadership in groundbreaking research that saves lives, grows the economy and improves national security.

Governor Hochul Announces $300 Million Investment in SUNY at Stony Brook’s Quantum Research and Innovation Hub

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.

Microsoft to open quantum research center near University of Maryland, College Park

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.

H. Andrew Schwartz joins Vanderbilt's College of Connected 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.

How to build AI scaling laws for efficient LLM training and budget maximization

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.

UIllinois Chicago | Former student Khairi Reda joins CS faculty

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

UNC-C | Mitu Banerjee: Redefining Her Path Through Lifelong Learning

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.

UPenn | Deepfakes, digital doubles, and the law: Jennifer Rothman on protecting identity in the AI era

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.

UCR researchers fortify AI against rogue rewiring

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.

UCSD | UCR Scientists Use NSF Supercomputers to Reveal How “Jumping Genes” can Transform Gene Editing Technologies

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).

WashU | Kannampallil and Wiley named among 24 new ACMI Fellows

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).

Princeton AI Lab Welcomes New Postdocs

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.

JHU Data Science and AI Institute announces 22 new faculty

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.

UW eScience | Software for Community-Driven Enumeration: Needs Assessment of People Experiencing Homelessness

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.

UC San Diego Plays Key Role in National Effort to Build a Fusion Research Data Platform

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.

UNC-Chapel Hill New majors, minors and more begin in fall 2025

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.

UVA Data Science Faculty Awarded Jefferson Trust Grant to Advance AI-Empowered Student Support

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.

U-M Ann Arbor | Simulated humanoid robots learn to hike rugged terrain autonomously

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.

UPenn Pranam Chatterjee Designs Novel AI Frameworks for Biotechnology

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.

Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences Symposium scheduled for Oct. 6

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.

Brown CCMB Junior Faculty Ying Ma receives 3 grants from 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.

UUtah | Second Annual Symposium Recap: Initiative Fuels State Leadership in Responsible AI

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.

4 UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, staff named to NC AI Leadership Council

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.

Photos Capture the Extreme, Beautiful Work of Climate Science

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.

Secrets of DeepSeek AI model revealed in landmark paper