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New risk management minor approved | School of Data Science and Society at UNC Chapel Hill

Oct. 7, 2024 - The College Administrative Board at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill approved a new minor in risk management, developed by the Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation, in partnership with the School of Data Science and Society.

New risk management minor approved | School of Data Science and Society at UNC Chapel Hill

Anhong Guo receives Google funding for live visual description platform for blind people

Anhong Guo, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan, has received a $75,000 grant from the Google Academic Research Awards program for his project titled “WorldScribe: Context-Aware Live Visual Descriptions for Blind People.”

Anhong Guo receives Google funding for live visual description platform for blind people

Campus plans new data science center near Main Quad | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2018)

Aug. 30, 2018 - The data science center will be created by razing and replacing the university’s Illini Hall, which currently consists of primarily classrooms, computer labs, and faculty offices.

Campus plans new data science center near Main Quad | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2018)

University of Rochester | MS in Data Science

Data Science in Two-Year Colleges: From Curriculum Design to Industry Collaboration (feat. Crystal Wiggins)

Brown | New online master’s degree in data science with a focus on policy and governance

Oct. 15, 2024 - In the master of science degree program, students learn how to use data responsibly, giving local and global learners valuable training in responsible AI development and implementation.

Brown | New online master’s degree in data science with a focus on policy and governance

Texas A&M-Corpus Chisti | TAMIDS Appoints Dr. Shuiwang Ji as Research Coordination Fellow to Advance AI Initiatives

Dr. Ji will drive the creation and growth of research communities focused on strategic areas within Data Science, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning.

Texas A&M-Corpus Chisti | TAMIDS Appoints Dr. Shuiwang Ji as Research Coordination Fellow to Advance AI Initiatives

NC State to lead DOE-backed $10M quantum computing research project

The research will investigate the utility of hybrid quantum computing processors, which could completely change how quantum computers are built and used.

NC State to lead DOE-backed $10M quantum computing research project

Supporting Community Engagement with Civic Data: The Civic Switchboard Project

The Civic Switchboard project, spearheaded by SCI faculty is increasing access through its focus on open civic data, community-related data shared by governments and civic organizations.

Supporting Community Engagement with Civic Data: The Civic Switchboard Project

OPINION: Why we need a joint and urgent effort to teach data science and literacy in the U.S. - The Hechinger Report

American K-12 education underemphasizes data science and data literacy skills. With 1 in 4 job postings in the U.S. requiring data science skills, now is the time to emphasize those skills.

OPINION: Why we need a joint and urgent effort to teach data science and literacy in the U.S. - The Hechinger Report

Lu Group Awarded DOE Funding for Artificial Intelligence for Scientific Research | Department of Statistics and Data Science

The Lu Group (Professor Lu Lu, Department of Statistics and Data Science) has been awarded a new $4 Million grant from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Scientific Computing Research Program (DOE ASCR) as the Lead to develop physics-informed and energy-aware federated learning of neural multi-operator learners as scientific foundation models

Lu Group Awarded DOE Funding for Artificial Intelligence for Scientific Research | Department of Statistics and Data Science

Pennsylvania Western to Launch Center for AI and Emerging Tech

A new Center for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies at Pennsylvania Western University will provide tools, knowledge and training for faculty to integrate AI effectively into their teaching.

Pennsylvania Western to Launch Center for AI and Emerging Tech

School of Data Science Completes Disability Awareness Certification, Part of Continued Work to Enhance Accessibility — School of Data Science

Oct. 16, 2024 - The VisitAble training session is the latest effort by the School of Data Science to promote awareness of disability and accessibility issues.

School of Data Science Completes Disability Awareness Certification, Part of Continued Work to Enhance Accessibility — School of Data Science

UVA | SDS Symposium Highlights How Data Science Can Unlock ‘Mysteries of the Brain’

Oct. 15, 2024 - Experts in applying data science to brain research gathered at the School of Data Science, highlighting the wide range of work being done at UVA in this area.

UVA | SDS Symposium Highlights How Data Science Can Unlock ‘Mysteries of the Brain’

UCI | Generating the Future with AI

Oct. 17, 2024 - UCI Magazine Cultural anthropologist Mizuko “Mimi” Ito credits her chosen field to her youth spent toggling between the cultures of her

UCI | Generating the Future with AI

Google partners with HBCU to advance AI sports reporting

Thanks to a $100,000 contribution from Google, Morgan State University's School of Global Journalism and Communication (SGJC) has partnered with JRSportBrief Productions to advance sports coverage and news reporting through the use of artificial intelligence (AI).

Google partners with HBCU to advance AI sports reporting

Vanderbilt | Accelerate your AI an “Un-Hackathon”

Vanderbilt University Data Science, AUC Data Science Initiative, and the Morehouse Center for Broadening Participation in Computing are collaborating with leading companies to foster innovation and explore ethical AI practices. This ‘un-hackathon’ welcomes all students, regardless of their proficiency in data science

Vanderbilt | Accelerate your AI an “Un-Hackathon”

Pioneering Causal AI for Precision Medicine and Beyond

Professor Cai was awarded an NSF grant to design cutting-edge algorithms that automate the analysis of large-scale and heterogeneous text data and develop novel methodologies with solid theoretical properties and efficient algorithms for impactful applications in precision medicine and personalized recommendations.

Pioneering Causal AI for Precision Medicine and Beyond

Local Innovation, Global Impact: Insights from a Visit to the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Getting to know Stanford’s first data science faculty

Two researchers are named as inaugural faculty of Stanford Data Science. Their work spans multiple disciplines but is united by the desire to explore and leverage large volumes of real-world data.

Getting to know Stanford’s first data science faculty

UM-Ann Arbor | Institutional Efforts to Help Academic Researchers Implement Generative AI in Research

May 31, 2024 - Academic institutions and their research organizations must develop new mechanisms to help researchers adopt new technologies, especially those that cause major seismic shifts such as generative AI.

UM-Ann Arbor | Institutional Efforts to Help Academic Researchers Implement Generative AI in Research

UTSA | Enabling Widespread Engagement in DS and AI: The Generation AI Curriculum Initiative for Community Colleges

Mar. 15, 2024 - Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.

UTSA | Enabling Widespread Engagement in DS and AI: The Generation AI Curriculum Initiative for Community Colleges

University of North Dakota Opens Lab to Build Satellites

The university's new facility includes dedicated lab space for designing and building satellites, a digital engineering lab, and a nanofoundry to develop new materials for satellite construction and quantum computing.

University of North Dakota Opens Lab to Build Satellites

Nvidia Partners With Pitt, Carnegie Mellon for AI Community

Nvidia will work with Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh to make Pittsburgh the company's first "AI Tech Community," with joint technology centers focusing on robotics and health sciences.

Nvidia Partners With Pitt, Carnegie Mellon for AI Community

Stanford Researchers Use AI to Simulate Clinical Reasoning

Researchers at Stanford University are designing Clinical Mind AI to be a customizable chatbot that can function as a virtual patient with which medical students can interact and practice forming diagnoses.

Stanford Researchers Use AI to Simulate Clinical Reasoning

Brown | Tech policy fellowship co-led by Brown undergraduate awarded a PIT-UN 2024 Network Challenge grant

Oct. 10, 2024 - The Paragon Policy Fellowship, co-led by Brown senior Jenn Wang and advised by CNTR Director Suresh Venkatasubramanian, connects students to local governments to work on tech policy issues and plans to develop a playbook for building lasting talent pipelines.

Brown | Tech policy fellowship co-led by Brown undergraduate awarded a PIT-UN 2024 Network Challenge grant

UPitt RDS | Introducing Our Advisory Board

RDS@Pitt’s mission to foster responsible data science is significantly bolstered by its Advisory Board.

UPitt RDS | Introducing Our Advisory Board

Computational Sciences Pioneer Mary Wheeler Retires

Wheeler's career spanned more than five decades in applied mathematics, computational science and petroleum engineering.

Computational Sciences Pioneer Mary Wheeler Retires

Erickson steps down, Arpaci-Dusseau to lead School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences

University of Pittsburg Data Science, BS | Dietrich Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Studies 2024-25