Donation from SAP Establishes New UC Irvine Endowed Chair in Artificial Intelligence
Mar. 13, 2025 - With a $2 million gift from SAP SE, a German supplier of enterprise applications and business artificial intelligence.
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CMU and MIT Join Forces To Combat Deepfake Threats
Mar. 12, 2025 - Researchers at CMU and MIT created CHARCHA ( Computer Human Assessment for Recreating Characters with Human Actions).
Penn State University | Combination of cosmic processes shapes the size and location of sub-Neptunes
Mar. 17, 2025 - Using a newly developed tool to sift through data from the NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, a team led by a Penn State astronomer has identified young sub-Neptune planets close to their stars.
Building Capacity for One AI, One Harvard – HDSI Celebrates a Gift from OpenAI
Mar. 13, 2025 - The Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) is delighted to announce a gift from OpenAI to support our commitment to pioneering AI research.
Brown DSI Sends Comp Bio and Data Fluency Students to 2025 WECode Conference
Mar. 13, 2025 - In February, Data Fluency Certificate undergraduate students Sima Raha, Nazifa Qazizada, and Computational Biology undergraduate Hannah Beakley attended the WECode Conference at Harvard University.
Data science is now UC Berkeley’s largest major
Mar. 14, 2025 - Data science has become the most populated major at UC Berkeley, with a total of 1,960 undergraduate students declaring the major in the 2024-25 school year.
AI, Data Science, and the Transformation of Scientific Research: A Primer
Mar. 14, 2025 - AI and data science are two closely related yet distinct fields that are driving research and innovation.
Machine learning model predicts PTSD symptom severity over time
Mar. 10, 2025 - Using functional brain imaging and machine learning, Yale researchers were able to predict PTSD symptoms 14 months after the initial traumatic event.
Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models
Mar. 14, 2025 - NIST has issued new instructions to scientists that partner with the US Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI) to eliminate mention of 'AI safety,' 'responsible AI,' and 'AI fairness' in order to reduce 'ideological bias, to enable human flourishing and economic competitiveness.'
UC Irvine | Ky-Vinh Mai: Beyond the Data
Mar. 12, 2025- UC Irvine language science and data science double-major Ky-Vinh Mai tackles big questions in ethics and AI.
Pitt | Poster Prizes at Data Science Day 2025 Responsible Data Science
Mar. 10, 2025 - This year, RDS@Pitt is awarding a $250 prize for an outstanding student poster that demonstrates excellence in responsible data science.
Texas A&M - Thematic Labs Program, TAMIDS
Thematic Labs Program supports cutting-edge research in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, and Data Science at Texas A&M University.
How AI can achieve human-level intelligence: researchers call for change in tack
Mar. 4, 2025 - A survey finds that most respondents are sceptical that the technology underpinning large-language models is sufficient for artificial general intelligence.
U-M launches effort to advance AI research, collaboration
Mar. 12, 2025 - A new hub for artificial intelligence research and collaboration will soon launch at the University of Michigan, aiming to strengthen the university’s role in AI and improve coordination among its researchers and external partners.
Entrepreneur Gifts USF $40M for New College of AI, Cybersecurity at the University of South Florida
Mar. 11, 2025 - The University of South Florida will put its largest-ever donation to use funding scholarships, hiring faculty and developing a new space for the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing.
University of Hawaii to Offer Free AI Training With Google
Mar. 11, 2025 - The university system's students and staff have free access to “AI Essentials,” a five-hour course in the Google Career Certificate program that teaches people to use AI responsibly and effectively.
Andy Konwinski to speak at CDSS undergraduate commencement ceremonies on May 22
Mar. 11, 2025 - Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks, Perplexity, and Laude Ventures, will speak at UC Berkeley’s College of Computing, Data Science, and Society undergraduate commencement ceremonies on May 22.
Introducing openRxiv: a new independent home for preprint sharing in the life sciences - openRxiv
Mar. 11, 2025 - openRxiv as an independent nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.
Robotic helper making mistakes? Just nudge it in the right direction
Mar. 7, 2025 - MIT researchers developed a framework that lets a user correct a robot’s behavior during deployment using simple interactions, such as by pointing to an item, tracing a trajectory, or nudging the robot’s arm.
Columbia Holds Campus-Wide Summit on Artificial Intelligence
Mar. 7, 2025 - The day-long series of events showcased the unparalleled depth of the University’s AI expertise.
The Data Science Boom: How UC San Diego is Preparing Professionals for the Future
Mar. 7, 2025 - As data-driven decision-making and AI become essential across virtually all industries to stay competitive, the demand for skilled data science professionals is skyrocketing.
Dean’s Blog: Data Availability – A Call to Action — UVA School of Data Science
Mar. 10, 2025 - Recent developments in the U.S. have brought into question the availability and sustainability of public data which is the lifeblood of data science.
Search underway for next Penn State ICDS director | Penn State University
Mar. 10, 2025 - Penn State is currently seeking nominations and candidates for the position of director of the Institute for Computational and Data Science (ICDS), housed within the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research.
Connecticut Forms 'AI Alliance' of 16 Universities
Mar. 7, 2025 - In addition to almost every four-year college in the state, the Connecticut AI Alliance will also include six community organizations and nonprofit agencies working together to drive innovation and create jobs.
The AI Revolution in Data Science (feat. Paul Groth)
Feb. 21, 2025 - This episode features Paul Groth, Professor of Algorithmic Data Science at the University of Amsterdam.
Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social)
Mar. 8, 2025 - The National Cancer Institute (part of NIH) released new guidelines for "controversial, high-profile or sensitive" keywords that require "review prior to publication" if included in a product or materials.
UT researchers discuss advancements at artificial intelligence, robotics symposium
Mar. 6, 2025 - UT’s Texas Robotics and Machine Learning Lab collaborated with UT’s Amazon Science Hub to host the AI and Robotics Research Symposium from March 4-6.
UWashington | What is computer science?
Mar. 7, 2025 - At its core, CS is about building useful technology that solves real-world challenges and makes a meaningful impact on society.
NIH centralizes peer review to improve efficiency and strengthen
Mar. 6, 2025 - The proposed approach is expected to save more than $65 million annually.
AI-driven, autonomous lab at Argonne transforms materials discovery | University of Chicago News
Mar. 5, 2025 - Argonne, UChicago researchers harness artificial intelligence and automation for electronic polymer processing