This AI ‘thinks’ like a human — after training on 160 psychology studies
Jul 2, 2025 - The Centaur model goes beyond single tasks and predicts a wide array of human behaviour.
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Signs of AI-generated text found in 14% of biomedical abstracts last year
Jul 2, 2025 - Abstracts included telltale words, such as ‘unparalleled’ and ‘invaluable’, that are common in text generated by large language models.
Appalachian State University Develops AI-Driven Robotic Microscope
Jul 1, 2025 - Researchers used a $2.3 million grant from NCInnovation, which supports commercializing research discoveries, to develop a robotic microscope to help farmers find and count animal parasites.
Chris Kanich earns highest UIC teaching honor
Jun 25, 2025 - Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Chris Kanich received UIC’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2025-2026.
Georgetown's MDI is Hiring: Fall 2025 MDI Scholars
Jul 1, 2025 - A call for applications for the Fall 2025 cohort of the MDI Scholars Program
2024-2025 Digital Accessibility Fellows Champion Access and Inclusion at UC Irvine
Jun 27, 2025 - To enhance the culture of digital accessibility across campus, associate professor of Informatics Stacy Branham partnered with UC Irvine’s Information
Emory | When talking about AI, definitions matter
Jun 25, 2025 - In this Q&A, Joe Sutherland, director of the Center for AI Learning, answers common questions about artificial general intelligence and what it means for our future.
UW eScience Staff Spotlight: Bryna Hazelton
Jun 26, 2025 - Bryna Hazelton is the Director of Research Programs and Senior Research Scientist.
Conversation at UC Berkeley workshop shares perspectives on AI and humanity
Jun 30, 2025 - A recent discussion at the National Workshop on Data Science Education illustrated the value of open conversation about the impact of AI on humanity.
UNC-CH SDSS Faculty Member Alex McAvoy builds bridges between AI and population dynamics in special feature of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Jun 27, 2025 - his special feature presents nine articles that explore the intersection of artificial intelligence, evolutionary dynamics and game theory.
UVA SDS | Courtney Hodge discusses how data science is helping realtors on CBS19's ‘Inside The Numbers’
Jun 27, 2025 - M.S. in Data Science graduate Courtney Hodge discusses data science and its importance in the real estate industry on this month's "Inside the Numbers."
UVA SDS | Jonathan Swap discusses capstone on CBS19 for ‘Inside The Numbers’
Jun 27, 2025 - M.S. in Data Science graduate Jonathan Swap discussed his capstone, "Detecting Temporal Anomalies in Multispectral Satellite Imagery," on "Inside the Numbers."
UChicago's Hank Snowdon Took a Swing at Data Science and Landed in the MLB
Jul 1, 2025 - After graduating from the MS in Applied Data Science program in Dec. 2024, Hank Snowdon packed his bags and headed west, joining the Seattle Mariners as a data scientist.
U-M Ann Arbor | Yeyuan Chen wins Best Student Paper Award at STOC 2025
Jun 25, 2025- His winning paper, coauthored with Zihan Zhang from Ohio State University, is titled “Explicit Folded Reed-Solomon and Multiplicity Codes Achieve Relaxed Generalized Singleton Bounds.”
UPenn Engineering Impact of Research
Jun 30, 2025 - Each day, in every school at Penn, researchers are making strides to cure diseases, improve lives, and better understand our world.
Wake up call for AI: computer-vision research increasingly used for surveillance
Jun 25, 2025 - One analysis suggests that 90% of studies in the field involve data relating to humans.
Bill Gropp Retires, Capping a Legacy in HPC and AI at NCSA
Jun 25, 2025 - After eight impressive years as NCSA’s Director, Bill Gropp is announcing his retirement.
UUtah | Students Use AI to Solve Air Quality Challenges at Inaugural Hackathon
Jun 27, 2025 - The Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute's Breath of Fresh Air AI Hackathon took place after a month of preparation by 15 virtual training sessions or office hours.
The “Secret Sauce” of Silicon Valley: NVIDIA Chief Scientist Bill Dally on Government’s Role in Tech Breakthroughs
Jun 26, 2025 - Bill Dally, Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Research at NVIDIA, said that government research, combined with private sector ingenuity, cultivates a deep pool of talent essential to U.S. industry and it generates the breakthrough technologies.
Mentor Assistance Program Finale Held at San Diego Supercomputer Center
Jun 24, 2025 - The program enabled more than 50 San Diego high school students to participate in year-round research projects with dedicated mentors throughout the UC San Diego campus.
UvA Data Science Centre | AI & Data Science Day on 30 October 2025
Jun 19, 2025 - This year’s theme is ‘Data Science and AI as Teamwork’, and the event will be hosted in the brand-new University Library in Amsterdam.
Lauren Nelson Hyppolite on leading Wharton AI and research initiatives
Jun 24, 2025 - Lauren Nelson Hyppolite oversees numerous AI- and analytics-related initiatives that prepare future business leaders for a rapidly evolving workforce and bridge the connection between academia and industry.
MTSU 2025 Spring End-of-Year Spotlight Data Science Alumni Event
Jun 23, 2025 - Each alumnus is a perfect example of the various career paths one can take with a degree in data science, and they all had unique and insightful perspectives to share.
AI Lab Research Software Engineers Bring Academic Theory into Practice
Jun 20, 2025 - A special team of research software engineers supports the efforts of researchers at the Princeton Laboratory for AI.
UMN Data Science Initiative | The 2025 AI Spring Summit: A Call to Build, Question, and Transform
Jun 26, 2025 - An energizing and impactful event that brought together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and community leaders from across Minnesota and beyond.
UUtah SCI’s Bidone Helps Lead $8.5M Leducq Network for Vascular Breakthroughs
Jun 20, 2025 - Tamara Bidone, who is part of an international team of researchers, was awarded $8.5 million by the Leducq Foundation to develop treatments for peripheral artery disease.
U-M Ann Arbor | Qing Qu Receives 2025 Google Research Scholar Award for Developing Efficient Generative AI Models
Jun 13, 2025 - Prof. Qu’s research aims to reduce the cost and complexity of fine-tuning and training large-scale foundation models, while advancing the accessibility and sustainability of high-performance generative AI.
Workshop on AI and LLMs for the study of folklore highlights collaboration between BIDS and Slovenian Researchers
Jun 24, 2025 - The international workshop brought together researchers from the US, Slovenia and other European countries to explore significant advancements in the application of AI in computational folkloristics.
Jennifer Chayes recognized with 2025 Richard Tapia Award for efforts to diversify computing
Jun 26, 2025 - The Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in IT (CMD-IT) announced that Jennifer Tour Chayes has been awarded the Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award for Scientific Scholarship, Civic Science, and Diversifying Computing
UVA | Starr Hill Pathways program introduces middle school students to data science
Jun 23, 2025 - The School of Data Science, in partnership with Computers4Kids, is again hosting a data science career pathway for college pipeline program Starr Hill Pathways.