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UChicago | Five DSI Scholars Set to Continue in Academia

Jun 18, 2025 - The Data Science Institute (DSI) is excited to share that several members of its Postdoctoral Scholars program and Preceptor program will be moving on to academic positions this fall.

UChicago | Five DSI Scholars Set to Continue in Academia

HDSI | Newly Funded: Improving Trust in Scientific Research Among Patients

Jun 18, 2025 - Gordon McKay professor of Computer Science Krzystof Gajos received HDSI funding to create a new platform that helps foster trust with individuals with movement disorders.

HDSI | Newly Funded: Improving Trust in Scientific Research Among Patients

Fond Farewell to Two DSI Faculty: Roberta DeVito and Shekhar Pradhan

Jun 16, 2025 - DSI Faculty Roberta De Vito and Shekhar Pradhan will be leaving Brown at the end of the month after years of service to the Data Science Institute and Brown.

Fond Farewell to Two DSI Faculty: Roberta DeVito and Shekhar Pradhan

Here’s the next cohort of the Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI

Jun 9, 2025 - Meet the 20 organizations using generative AI to address tough societal issues.

Here’s the next cohort of the Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI

How you breathe is like a fingerprint that can identify you

Jun 12, 2025 - An algorithm could identify people from their breath patterns with 96.8% accuracy.

How you breathe is like a fingerprint that can identify you

Meet the MIT engineer who invented an AI-powered way to restore art

Jun 11, 2025 - The new method could be 70 times faster than repairing painting by hand.

Meet the MIT engineer who invented an AI-powered way to restore art

Quantum physicists unveil most ‘trustworthy’ random-number generator yet

Jun 11, 2025 - The system produces strings of random bits in a process that is fully traceable.

Quantum physicists unveil most ‘trustworthy’ random-number generator yet

When do girls fall behind in maths? Gigantic study pinpoints the moment

Jun 11, 2025 - Analysis of almost three million children captures when ‘mathematical gender gap’ first emerges and could help focus efforts to stop girls from falling behind.

When do girls fall behind in maths? Gigantic study pinpoints the moment

Utah Opens Public Comment on Math Standards That Put Data Science Front and Center

Jun 9, 2025 - Utah launched a 90-day public comment on new K–12 math standards emphasizing data science, integrated math, and real-world relevance.

Utah Opens Public Comment on Math Standards That Put Data Science Front and Center

Oxford Statistics at the forefront of AI-driven drug discovery

Jun 10, 2025 - Charlotte Deane from the Dept. of Statistics has been announced as a senior principal investigator on a £8 million government-backed consortium that will create the world's largest dataset for AI-driven drug discovery.

Oxford Statistics at the forefront of AI-driven drug discovery

Data competitions provide invaluable opportunities for Virginia Tech undergraduates

Jun 9, 2025 - These competitions provide students the opportunity to work on open-ended real-world problems.

Data competitions provide invaluable opportunities for Virginia Tech undergraduates

Advanced AI suffers ‘complete accuracy collapse’ in face of complex problems, study finds

Jun 9, 2025 - Apple paper raises doubts about race to reach stage of AI at which it matches human intelligence.

Advanced AI suffers ‘complete accuracy collapse’ in face of complex problems, study finds

UC Irvine to lead use of AI in solving grand challenges below Earth's surface

Jun 9, 2025 - UC Office of the President-funded project involves 5 UC campuses and 2 national labs

UC Irvine to lead use of AI in solving grand challenges below Earth's surface

New On-Campus Partnership Between Caltech and Meta Focuses Initially on Smart Wearables

Jun 9, 2025 - The collaboration establishes a new on-campus space where Meta employees can interact with Caltech students and researchers while also providing support for innovative projects related to materials, sensing, and wearable technologies.

New On-Campus Partnership Between Caltech and Meta Focuses Initially on Smart Wearables

Ohio State University is requiring every student to use AI in class to become ‘AI fluent’

Jun 10, 2025 - The university's "AI Fluency" initiative aims to ensure all students graduate equipped to apply AI tools and applications in their fields.

Ohio State University is requiring every student to use AI in class to become ‘AI fluent’

Ilya Sutskever, a leader in AI and its responsible development, receives UToronto honorary degree

Jun 6, 2025 - Few people have been as influential in shaping the artificial intelligence landscape – and conversations around the technology’s responsible use – as Ilya Sutskever.

Ilya Sutskever, a leader in AI and its responsible development, receives UToronto honorary degree

Duke | Pratt announces software engineering minor open to all undergraduates, ECE-specific major concentration

Jun 6, 2025 - Both students in Pratt and the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences can complete the new software engineering minor beginning in the fall.

Duke | Pratt announces software engineering minor open to all undergraduates, ECE-specific major concentration

Helping machines understand visual content with AI

Jun 9, 2025 - Coactive, founded by MIT alumni, has built an AI-powered platform to help companies understand their visual content without relying on manual sorting and tagging.

Helping machines understand visual content with AI

UPenn Dental announces world’s first AI-based living oral health guidelines

Jun 9, 2025 - The initiative uses artificial intelligence to create and update new oral health guidelines based on published scientific findings.

UPenn Dental announces world’s first AI-based living oral health guidelines

NC State's Data Science and AI Academy Upskills the Wolfpack with Practical AI

Jun 9, 2025 - Explore how the DSA's hands-on, project-based training empowers professionals from all fields to apply AI directly to their work, driving real-world change and tangible outcomes.

NC State's Data Science and AI Academy Upskills the Wolfpack with Practical AI

US RAiD Pilot: Initial Stakeholders Set the Stage

Jun 4, 2025 - Organizers from Lyrasis, the San Diego Supercomputer Center, GO FAIR US, and the Australian Research Data Commons, hosted the first call for initial stakeholders interested in participating in the US RAiD Pilot.

US RAiD Pilot: Initial Stakeholders Set the Stage

Ohio State launches bold AI Fluency initiative to redefine learning and innovation

Jun 4, 2025 - The Ohio State University announced an ambitious new initiative to ensure that every student will graduate with the AI proficiencies necessary to compete and lead now

Ohio State launches bold AI Fluency initiative to redefine learning and innovation

Princeton Engineering - Princeton will lead U.S. effort to design better chips for wireless communication

Jun 2, 2025 - A grant of nearly $10 million to design advanced microchips for wireless communications and sensing was announced May 28 by the National Center for the Advancement of Semiconductor Technology

Princeton Engineering - Princeton will lead U.S. effort to design better chips for wireless communication

The University of Minnesota Data Science and AI Hub has responded to the White House

Jun 4, 2025 - The Data Science and AI Hub has responded to the White House Request for Information on the Development of a 2025 National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research and Development (R&D) Strategic Plan.

The University of Minnesota Data Science and AI Hub has responded to the White House

UVA | Final Thoughts, New Beginnings: Reflections from the MSDS Class of 2025

Jun 4, 2025 - Class of 2025 graduates share what they learned, their advice for incoming students, and their plans after having completed the UVA M.S in Data Science program.

UVA | Final Thoughts, New Beginnings: Reflections from the MSDS Class of 2025

UChicago | Congratulations to the First Graduates of the Masters in Data Science Program

May 29, 2025 - Launched this past fall, the MSDS program welcomed 27 students into its inaugural cohort.

UChicago | Congratulations to the First Graduates of the Masters in Data Science Program

Nishil Talati receives U-M Research Faculty Recognition Award

Jun 3, 2025 - The award recognizes his excellence in research, particularly in the areas of computer architecture, compilers, and systems software.

Nishil Talati receives U-M Research Faculty Recognition Award

AI’s role in health, unanswered ethical questions take center stage at Triangle AI Summit

Jun 3, 2025 - The symposium took place a week after he announced a new initiative that aims to increase conversation about the technology and make the University a leader in the field.

AI’s role in health, unanswered ethical questions take center stage at Triangle AI Summit

"Learn to Code" Backfires Spectacularly as Comp-Sci Majors Suddenly Have Sky-High Unemployment

May 31, 2025 - It looks like the "learn to code" push is backfiring spectacularly for those who majored in computer science in college.

"Learn to Code" Backfires Spectacularly as Comp-Sci Majors Suddenly Have Sky-High Unemployment

Penn students innovate in the time of AI

May 27, 2025 - Students from schools across the University are putting knowledge into practice, asking deep questions and finding innovative uses for AI tools.

Penn students innovate in the time of AI