Academic Data Science

1534 bookmarks

Newest

Oxford | First direct evidence links gene to fat storage, hinting at new obesity therapies

Sep 4, 2025 - A new study, involving researchers at the Big Data Institute, has shown for the first time that a little-known gene, SLTM, plays a direct role in how fat is stored inside human cells.

Oxford | First direct evidence links gene to fat storage, hinting at new obesity therapies

AI and machine learning for engineering design

Sep 7, 2025 - In MIT course 2.155/156 (AI and Machine Learning for Engineering Design), students use tools and techniques from artificial intelligence and machine learning for mechanical engineering design, focusing on the creation of new products and addressing engineering design challenges.

AI and machine learning for engineering design

SDSC's Sherlock Partners with MCNC to Deliver Secure Cloud and Data Services Across North Carolina

Sep 3, 2025 - Groundbreaking model for cross-country collaboration and networking could serve as technology foundation and potential blueprint for future nationwide expansion.

SDSC's Sherlock Partners with MCNC to Deliver Secure Cloud and Data Services Across North Carolina

UM Amherst | AI4CW 2025 Final Presentation Recap

Aug 29, 2025 - This year’s projects showcased creative applications of AI that improved state operations, including streamlining workflows, enhancing customer support, and developing tools for information management and accessibility.

UM Amherst | AI4CW 2025 Final Presentation Recap

U-M Ann Arbor | CSE welcomes new faculty of 2025-26

Sep 4, 2025 - Get to know CSE’s newest faculty members, advancing U-M leadership in responsible AI, machine learning, and computing education.

U-M Ann Arbor | CSE welcomes new faculty of 2025-26

UCSD | Data Science and Engineering Students Rev Up and Win Racing Challenge at 2025 Autonomous Karting Series

Sep 5, 2025 - Several students from the University of California San Diego TritonAI Team participated in the Autonomous Karting Series, taking first place in an autonomous go-kart competition of 10 teams.

UCSD | Data Science and Engineering Students Rev Up and Win Racing Challenge at 2025 Autonomous Karting Series

Columbia | From Data to Intervention: How a Data Science Alum Uses AI to Prevent Harm in NYC’s Child Welfare System

Sep 5, 2025 - Institute alum Shruti Pandey leverages her data science skills for public service, predicting risk and preventing harm for NYC's most vulnerable children and families.

Columbia | From Data to Intervention: How a Data Science Alum Uses AI to Prevent Harm in NYC’s Child Welfare System

TAMIDS Announces New Thematic Labs, GAISE and SPARTA, to Advance AI Research - TAMIDS

Aug 28, 2025 - Co-sponsored by the Texas A&M Global Cyber Research Institute (GCRI), SPARTA will focus on developing capabilities for advanced data-driven cybersecurity and resilience enhancements across disciplines, with a particular emphasis on critical infrastructures, trustworthy human-AI interactions, and cyberinfrastructure for scientific research.

TAMIDS Announces New Thematic Labs, GAISE and SPARTA, to Advance AI Research - TAMIDS

JHU Cancer AI Alliance Named to TIME Magazine’s Top 100 AI

Sep 2, 2025 - The Cancer AI Alliance, a pioneering partnership including Johns Hopkins Engineering and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine has been recognized in TIME.

JHU Cancer AI Alliance Named to TIME Magazine’s Top 100 AI

A Global Database of Seismic Phases: How the Denolle Quake Lab uses Cloud Computing Resources @ UW

Aug 28, 2025 - The eScience Institute and Information Technology at the University of Washington provide cloud computing resources to researchers with the help of cloud credits.

A Global Database of Seismic Phases: How the Denolle Quake Lab uses Cloud Computing Resources @ UW

NC State Data Science and AI Academy Receives Major COMAP Gift to Revolutionize K-12 Data Science and Mathematical Modeling Education

Aug 28, 2025 - The NC State Data Science and AI Academy (DSA) is thrilled to announce a major gift of $130,000 from the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP).

NC State Data Science and AI Academy Receives Major COMAP Gift to Revolutionize K-12 Data Science and Mathematical Modeling Education

Humanoid robots face challenges in gaining real-world skills, says Berkeley expert

Sep 2, 2025 - Berkeley robotics expert Ken Goldberg describes how what he calls the “100,000-year data gap” will prevent robots from gaining real-world skills as quickly as AI chatbots are gaining language fluency.

Humanoid robots face challenges in gaining real-world skills, says Berkeley expert

OSU TDAI Faculty Member, Huan Sun, Attracts Funding from Open Philanthropy

Sep 5, 2025 - These are the first Ohio State projects funded by Open Philanthropy’s Call for Technical AI Safety Research.

OSU TDAI Faculty Member, Huan Sun, Attracts Funding from Open Philanthropy

UChicago | A Bet Worth Placing: Computing and Data Science at UChicago

Sep 3, 2025 - DSI Faculty Co-Directors Mike Franklin and Dan Nicolae, with Liew Family Chair of Computer Science Henry Hoffmann, outline the value of computing and data to our educational and research communities in a new op-ed for The Chicago Maroon.

UChicago | A Bet Worth Placing: Computing and Data Science at UChicago

UToronto | AI in Genomics: Building a Collaborative Future for Health Innovation

Sep 3, 2025 - AI in Genomics is a community-building day of presentations and discussions designed to explore how AI can accelerate discoveries in genomics and improve patient outcomes

UToronto | AI in Genomics: Building a Collaborative Future for Health Innovation

UVA | Ph.D. students showcase data science research across disciplines

Sep 5, 2025 - UVA’s Ph.D. in Data Science Showcase featured student research in AI, health, climate, and equity, highlighting data science for the common good.

UVA | Ph.D. students showcase data science research across disciplines

UVA | Joy Qiu discusses data science and health research on CBS19 for ‘Inside The Numbers’

Sep 3, 2025 - Ph.D. candidate Joy Qui shares how data science is advancing the health field on "Inside the Numbers."

UVA | Joy Qiu discusses data science and health research on CBS19 for ‘Inside The Numbers’

Interdisciplinary Teams Win Three Data Storage Awards from Western Digital

Sep 5, 2025 - Researchers from UC San Diego received three Western Digital Petabyte Innovation Quest (Peak) awards for pursuing innovative data storage projects.

Interdisciplinary Teams Win Three Data Storage Awards from Western Digital

U-M Ann Arbor | $3 million DARPA funding for research on emergent capabilities in language models

Sep 5, 2025 - Wei Hu will advance the mathematical understanding of skill composition in large language models with collaborators at Princeton and TTIC.

U-M Ann Arbor | $3 million DARPA funding for research on emergent capabilities in language models

HDSI | Newly Funded: Six Faculty Special Projects

Sep 4, 2025 - The Harvard Data Science Initiative is pleased to announce support for six new faculty research projects.

HDSI | Newly Funded: Six Faculty Special Projects

Brown | 2025 Incoming CCMB and CNTR PhD students

Sep 5, 2025 - Welcoming new PhD students starting at the Center for Computational Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the Center for Technological Responsibility, Re-imagination, and Redesign (CNTR) this fall!

Brown | 2025 Incoming CCMB and CNTR PhD students

UC Berkeley | Building Together: Two Days of GeoJupyter Community Innovation

Sep 4, 2025 - Over the course of two lively days, 25 developers, researchers, and enthusiasts from a range of backgrounds came together in Berkeley for the GeoJupyter Hackathon

UC Berkeley | Building Together: Two Days of GeoJupyter Community Innovation

Library Studies, the Informational Disciplines, and the iSchool: Some Remarks Prompted by LIS Forward

Sep 4, 2025 - A discussion of libraries and library studies in the context of library education. It is the introduction to, and summary of, my response to the LIS Forward position paper.

Library Studies, the Informational Disciplines, and the iSchool: Some Remarks Prompted by LIS Forward

How academics and ‘big tech’ can learn from one another

Sep 3, 2025 - Foreseeing clashes of cultures is the key to making industry-academic collaborations mutually beneficial.

How academics and ‘big tech’ can learn from one another

When Social Studies Takes the Mic on AI

Sep 3, 2025 - Highlights and insights from the NCSS–DS4E AI Ethics & Tech Conference

When Social Studies Takes the Mic on AI

Notre Dame | Faculty directors appointed to lead strategic initiatives on Data, AI, and Computing and Global Catholic Research Initiative

Sep 3, 2025 - Nitesh Chawla will lead a University-wide strategic initiative focused on data, artificial intelligence, and computing.

Notre Dame | Faculty directors appointed to lead strategic initiatives on Data, AI, and Computing and Global Catholic Research Initiative

The Future of Artificial Intelligence and the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (AI+MPS)

Sep 2, 2025 - This community paper developed out of the NSF Workshop on the Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Mathematical and Physics Sciences (MPS)

The Future of Artificial Intelligence and the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (AI+MPS)

U-M Ann Arbor | Elle O'Brien named new faculty director for MIDAS's Graduate Data Science Certificate

Aug 29, 2025 - O'Brien will be working to make training opportunities for grad students in any scholarly field easy to discover and practice computational methods that are relevant for their research questions.

U-M Ann Arbor | Elle O'Brien named new faculty director for MIDAS's Graduate Data Science Certificate

Hundreds of suspicious journals flagged by AI screening tool

Aug 29, 2025 - A system that searches for signs of bad practice Shelp to weed out questionable titles.

Hundreds of suspicious journals flagged by AI screening tool

Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement

Aug 29, 2025 - Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.

Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement