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WATCH: Princeton AI Lab Distinguished Lecture Series Continues with Exploration of How Humans Communicate with Machines

Apr. 3, 2025 - As AI becomes increasingly complex, new language is needed to help improve communication between humans and machines, Google DeepMind senior staff research scientist Been Kim told a standing-room-only crowd in Robertson Hall’s Arthur Lewis Auditorium.

WATCH: Princeton AI Lab Distinguished Lecture Series Continues with Exploration of How Humans Communicate with Machines

BU CDS Assistant Professor Kira Goldner Receives NSF CAREER Award

Apr. 3, 2025 - Kira Goldner’s research on Multidimensional Utility Maximization when Ordeals are Payments rethinks existing systems by developing rigorous, data-driven methods to handle incentives and allocate resources efficiently.

BU CDS Assistant Professor Kira Goldner Receives NSF CAREER Award

NJIT Computing Student Earns Spot in One of the World's Most Competitive

Mar. 31, 2025 - Haley Patel, an undergraduate computer science student in the Ying Wu College of Computing, recently represented NJIT at Stanford University's TreeHacks 2025.

NJIT Computing Student Earns Spot in One of the World's Most Competitive

Texas A&M | Dr. Sabit Ekin Joins TAMIDS as Research Coordination Fellow

Apr. 1, 2025 - TAMIDS is excited to share that Dr. Sabit Ekin has joined our team as a Research Coordination Fellow. Dr. Ekin is an Associate Professor in the Texas A&M Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution.

Texas A&M | Dr. Sabit Ekin Joins TAMIDS as Research Coordination Fellow

UMichigan-Ann Arbor | MIDAS Faculty Affiliates Named as 2024 AAAS Fellows

Apr. 2, 2025 - MIDAS congratulates Mark S. Daskin, Margaret C. Levenstein, Sally Oey, Arvind Rao, and Stephen Smith who have earned election to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2024.

UMichigan-Ann Arbor | MIDAS Faculty Affiliates Named as 2024 AAAS Fellows

UC Berkeley | Steering AI for the good of humanity

Apr. 2, 2025 - As an undergraduate mathematics student 14 years ago, Jacob Steinhardt began to consider a future where artificial intelligence would automate most cognitive work, which he thought could have an even bigger impact than the Industrial Revolution.

UC Berkeley | Steering AI for the good of humanity

UVA SDS Professors Baek and Gates Win $900K Award from NNSA to Advance Physics-Informed Machine Learning

Apr. 2, 2025 - Under the grant award, the team will use data science theories and methods to contribute to the safe storage, monitoring, and handling of energetic materials.

UVA SDS Professors Baek and Gates Win $900K Award from NNSA to Advance Physics-Informed Machine Learning

How AI Is Transforming Climate Change Prediction And Mitigation

Apr. 1, 2025 - During a recent event hosted by the University of Virginia, a panel of experts discussed how AI is transforming climate change prediction, risk modeling, and mitigation - while balancing energy use, equity, and transparency in deployment.

How AI Is Transforming Climate Change Prediction And Mitigation

Brown Computational Biology Undergrad Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Apr. 2, 2025 - Skylar Walters, an undergraduate concentrator at CCMB, has a bright future ahead of her in computational biology research.

Brown Computational Biology Undergrad Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Wayne State University Receives $50M for New Engineering College

Apr. 4, 2025 - A record-breaking alumni donation will be used to drive research in mobility, energy storage, AI and other growing fields by supporting doctoral fellowships, undergraduate student experiences and recruitment efforts.

Wayne State University Receives $50M for New Engineering College

Exclusive: American University's business school launches new "applied AI" institute

Apr. 3, 2025 - The goal is to weave AI into every aspect of business education.

Exclusive: American University's business school launches new "applied AI" institute

Vana is letting users own a piece of the AI models trained on their data

Apr. 3, 2025 - The firm created a user-owned network that allows individuals to upload their data and govern how they are used to train AI models.

Vana is letting users own a piece of the AI models trained on their data

UPenn Wharton announces new major, concentration in artificial intelligence

Apr. 3, 2025 - The new AI program will be jointly administered by the Statistics and Data Science Department and the Operations, Information and Decisions Department with support from the Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative.

UPenn Wharton announces new major, concentration in artificial intelligence

Duke researchers provide building data contributing to clearest picture of global greenhouse emissions

Mar. 31, 2025 - Dubbed Climate TRACE, the database maps human-produced emissions around the world to help policymakers craft more effective strategies for reducing global emissions.

Duke researchers provide building data contributing to clearest picture of global greenhouse emissions

A Bit (or Qubit) About Quantum Computing: Q&A with Mark Horowitz

Mar. 27, 2025 - Mark Horowitz, who chaired a 2019 National Academies report on the subject, answered questions about quantum computing and progress in the field since the report’s release.

A Bit (or Qubit) About Quantum Computing: Q&A with Mark Horowitz

In the mind of the machine: U of T researcher explores AI’s most existential questions

Mar. 31, 2025 - When Karina Vold began her postdoctoral research in 2017, the idea of focusing on philosophy and the still emerging field of AI drew quizzical looks.

In the mind of the machine: U of T researcher explores AI’s most existential questions

Elevating the Quantum@MIT Initiative

Mar. 31, 2025 - An initiative is now taking shape, thanks to her support and the vision and input of faculty and researchers across the School of Science, School of Engineering, and Schwarzman College of Computing.

Elevating the Quantum@MIT Initiative

Vanderbilt receives $25 million gift for new College of Connected Computing

Mar. 28, 2025 - John (B.A. ‘95) and Laura Arnold recently donated $25 million to the newfound College of Connected Computing.

Vanderbilt receives $25 million gift for new College of Connected Computing

UAmsterdam DSC Member Spotlight: Annika Rausch

Mar. 27, 2025 - Annika Rausch is a data scientist and project leader at the EvA Service Centre of the Amsterdam UMC.

UAmsterdam DSC Member Spotlight: Annika Rausch

Carnegie Mellon University and Google Public Sector Partner to Accelerate AI Research with Extensive GPU Cloud Deployment

Mar. 28, 2025 - This collaboration will enable CMU's world-class research to reach a new level of impact in AI for scientific discovery and commercial applications.

Carnegie Mellon University and Google Public Sector Partner to Accelerate AI Research with Extensive GPU Cloud Deployment

UCSD Expanse Supercomputer Used for Breakthrough Immunotherapy Study

Mar. 26, 2025 - A groundbreaking discovery published in Nature Immunology has shed light on why the immune system is less aggressive toward self-antigens, offering new opportunities to enhance cancer immunotherapy.

UCSD Expanse Supercomputer Used for Breakthrough Immunotherapy Study

Researchers test latest technology at ‘AI Jam’

Mar. 26, 2025 - More than 80 researchers from the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Princeton University gathered together in the Lewis Science Library to test some of the latest AI tools.

Researchers test latest technology at ‘AI Jam’

Brain-to-voice neuroprosthesis restores naturalistic speech

Mar. 31, 2025 - Ateam of researchers from UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco has unlocked a way to restore naturalistic speech for people with severe paralysis.

Brain-to-voice neuroprosthesis restores naturalistic speech

UChicago DSI Spring 2025 Immersion Weekend

Mar. 28, 2025 - Immersion Weekend brings online students together for an unforgettable in-person experience filled with connection, collaboration, and real-world data science.

UChicago DSI Spring 2025 Immersion Weekend

Penn State Researchers’ approach aims to make AI-powered systems more efficient

Mar. 31, 2025 - A team of researchers at Penn State are following a “selective learning” approach to make AI-powered systems like unmanned autonomous vehicles more efficient.

Penn State Researchers’ approach aims to make AI-powered systems more efficient

Study of Lyft rideshare data confirms minorities get more tickets

Mar. 27, 2025 - Researchers found no detectable differences in speeding or traffic violations but minority drivers were 33% more likely to be cited for speeding and paid 34% more money in fines.

Study of Lyft rideshare data confirms minorities get more tickets

How Knowledge Graph Helps Developers Build Better AI Tools

Mar. 27, 2025 - Learn how CZI’s Knowledge Graph is helping developers and educators build AI tools that are aligned with high-quality instructional material, state academic standards and learning science.

How Knowledge Graph Helps Developers Build Better AI Tools

‘Extraordinary moment for our state’: Ribbon cut on the New Jersey AI Hub at Princeton

Mar. 28, 2025 - Eighteen months after it was initially announced, the AI Hub in West Windsor hosted its ribbon-cutting ceremony.

‘Extraordinary moment for our state’: Ribbon cut on the New Jersey AI Hub at Princeton

Columbia College, SEAS see slight increase in acceptance rate for class of 2029

Mar. 27, 2025 - Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science admitted 4.29 percent of applicants for the class of 2029, accepting 2,557 students from a pool of 59,616 applications.

Columbia College, SEAS see slight increase in acceptance rate for class of 2029

Harvard | Understanding AI Vulnerabilities

Mar. 21, 2025 - As artificial intelligence capabilities evolve, so too will the tactics used to exploit them.

Harvard | Understanding AI Vulnerabilities