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Penn State's AI Week spotlights student, faculty research on artificial intelligence

May 13, 2025 - Penn State’s AI Week showcased the latest research on AI systems and tools, with a specific focus on their applications across K-12 and higher education.

Penn State's AI Week spotlights student, faculty research on artificial intelligence

Harvard Data Science Initiative | The Proposal Pivot Engine

May 8, 2025 - rofessor S. Bryn Austin and team are developing the Proposal Pivot Engine (PPE)

Harvard Data Science Initiative | The Proposal Pivot Engine

University of Utah Supercharges AI Computing Power with New GPUs

May 22, 2025 - The University of Utah Center for High Performance Computing recently installed its single-biggest upgrade to AI cyberinfrastructure.

University of Utah Supercharges AI Computing Power with New GPUs

Should computer science be required to graduate? These CEOs say yes.

May 6, 2025 - As the Trump administration promotes AI in education, advocates say computer science skills must be a bigger priority nationwide.

Should computer science be required to graduate? These CEOs say yes.

A Letter to the Computing Research Community from Greg Hager

May 13, 2025 - Why Greg Hager stepped down as NSF Assistant Director for the CISE Directorate

A Letter to the Computing Research Community from Greg Hager

A Sneak Peek at Doctoral and Bachelor’s Enrollment and Degree Trends from 2024 CRA Taulbee Survey

May 22, 2025 - Trends in student enrollment, degree production, employment of graduates, and faculty salaries in computing.

A Sneak Peek at Doctoral and Bachelor’s Enrollment and Degree Trends from 2024 CRA Taulbee Survey

Walking in two worlds: how an Indigenous computer scientist is using AI to preserve threatened languages

May 2, 2025 - Michael Running Wolf leads artificial-intelligence initiatives to revive lost languages and empower Indigenous people.

Walking in two worlds: how an Indigenous computer scientist is using AI to preserve threatened languages

Texas A&M TAMIDS | 2025 Data Science Course Development Awardees

May 5, 2025 - TAMIDS has announced six faculty awards that will support the creation of new courses and materials to expand AI, Data Science, and Machine Learning literacy at Texas A&M.

Texas A&M TAMIDS | 2025 Data Science Course Development Awardees

NJIT Students Shine at Bank of America Code-a-Thon with Innovative

May 5, 2025 - Four standout students were selected from NJIT’s top talent to represent the university.

NJIT Students Shine at Bank of America Code-a-Thon with Innovative

BU Fall 2025 CDS Course Spotlight

May 5, 2025 - This course offering, DS 574 - Algorithmic Mechanism Design, focuses on algorithm mathematics and strategic investigations.

BU Fall 2025 CDS Course Spotlight

UCSD Expanse System at SDSC Helps Illustrate Way to Control Magnetism for Storage Solution

May 6, 2025 - Controlling magnetism at the atomic level using electric fields may be used to create ultra-efficient electronic devices that perform faster and use less energy.

UCSD Expanse System at SDSC Helps Illustrate Way to Control Magnetism for Storage Solution

UW eScience Institute | How Busy are National Parks and other Public Lands?

May 2, 2025 - The U.S. Department of the Interior partnered with expert researchers at the University of Washington’s Outdoor Recreation and Data Lab and the eScience Institute to inform its approach to improving outdoor recreation data as required by the law.

UW eScience Institute | How Busy are National Parks and other Public Lands?

UPenn DDD Welcomes 2025 Data Science Postdoctoral Fellows

May 5, 2025 - These scholars bring together deep disciplinary knowledge paired with cutting-edge expertise in data science, and will contribute to a growing interdisciplinary community at Penn.

UPenn DDD Welcomes 2025 Data Science Postdoctoral Fellows

Researchers consider innovative, inclusive ways to develop and scale computational health

May 7, 2025 - Researchers from UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco convened a conference to share progress and challenges in connecting disparate healthcare data to improve clinical decision-making and patient outcomes.

Researchers consider innovative, inclusive ways to develop and scale computational health

Making AI models more trustworthy for high-stakes settings

May 1, 2025 - MIT researchers made a technique that improves the trustworthiness of machine-learning models, which could help improve the accuracy and reliability of AI predictions for high-stakes settings such health care.

Making AI models more trustworthy for high-stakes settings

CEOs push AI and CS for high schoolers

May 5, 2025 - More than 200 CEOs signed a letter today urging state leaders to mandate artificial intelligence and computer science classes as a high school graduation requirement.

CEOs push AI and CS for high schoolers

Data-driven ventures earn $100,000 in 2025 UTSA Draper Competition

Apr. 28, 2025 - Four out of eight competing teams from across the U.S., Mexico and Canada took home $100,000 in prize money in the 2025 UTSA Draper Data Science Business Plan Competition.

Data-driven ventures earn $100,000 in 2025 UTSA Draper Competition

UCSD | Expanse Supercomputer Used to Analyze Unprecedented Number of Stars in Other Galaxies

Apr. 29, 2025 - A team of international scientists has embarked on a massive project to map the chemical history of our Milky Way galaxy and its neighbors using a a powerful new instrument called the Prime Focus Spectrograph.

UCSD | Expanse Supercomputer Used to Analyze Unprecedented Number of Stars in Other Galaxies

Cybersecurity Researcher at NJIT Toughens Git Software Repositories

Apr. 29, 2025 - Curtmola and his NYU peers won a Distinguished Paper award at the Internet Society’s Network and Distributed System Security symposium in San Diego.

Cybersecurity Researcher at NJIT Toughens Git Software Repositories

NC State | Data in Bloom

May 1, 2025 - Data Science and AI Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Kelsey Virginia Dufresne, explores the role of flowers, art, and community in data science by participating in and creating a floral installation for the North Carolina Museum of Art’s (NCMA) 2025 Art in Bloom fundraiser.

NC State | Data in Bloom

UNC-CH School of Data Science and Society celebrates its inaugural class of graduates

May 2, 2025 - In January 2024, SDSS first launched the online Master of Applied Data Science (MADS) for working professionals. Since then, enrollment has grown to more than 130 students.

UNC-CH School of Data Science and Society celebrates its inaugural class of graduates

UVA SDS | Brian Wright Receives 2025 All-University Teaching Award

Apr. 30, 2025 - Quantitative Foundation Associate Professor of Data Science Brian Wright has been named a recipient of the UVA 2025 All-University Teaching Award.

UVA SDS | Brian Wright Receives 2025 All-University Teaching Award

UVA SDS | Master’s in Data Science Students Showcase Real-World Solutions in 2025 Capstone Presentations

May 2, 2025 - M.S. in Data Science students presented their capstone research projects in the Rotunda.

UVA SDS | Master’s in Data Science Students Showcase Real-World Solutions in 2025 Capstone Presentations

UToronto | Building a VR Community: DSI Hosts Second Annual Questioning Reality Conference

May 1, 2025 - The conference began with a series of mini-grant lightning talks, featuring research teams that had received DSI grants following the 2024 Questioning Reality conference.

UToronto | Building a VR Community: DSI Hosts Second Annual Questioning Reality Conference

UChicago | Reflections from UPCEA 2025: Exploring Data Science and Ethics in Higher Education

May 1, 2025 - Three members of the University of Chicago’s MS in Applied Data Science (MS-ADS) team led a roundtable at the 2025 UPCEA Conference.

UChicago | Reflections from UPCEA 2025: Exploring Data Science and Ethics in Higher Education

Penn | Empowering Futures: How PRECISE Center’s Mentorship with Google is Transforming Academic Careers and Innovation

May 2, 2025 - “It takes a village to raise a child,” the old saying goes. In the world of academic research, the same principle holds true.

Penn | Empowering Futures: How PRECISE Center’s Mentorship with Google is Transforming Academic Careers and Innovation

HDSI | Newly Funded – Climate Stress, Nutrition, and Chronic Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa

May 2, 2025 - The research aims to identify vulnerable populations affected by climate change and poor nutrition, develop climate-resilient strategies, and demonstrate the effectiveness of digital health tools for research in resource-limited settings.

HDSI | Newly Funded – Climate Stress, Nutrition, and Chronic Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nobel laureate John Jumper returns to UChicago to discuss the AlphaFold protein revolution

May 1, 2025 - Alum John Jumper delivered Bloch Lecture at standing-room-only event.

Nobel laureate John Jumper returns to UChicago to discuss the AlphaFold protein revolution

MIT Working Group on Scholarly Content and Generative AI

Apr. 28, 2025 - MIT announced a Working Group on Scholarly Content and Generative AI that will advise the Institute on best practices for community members and units using scholarly content to train generative AI (GenAI) models.

MIT Working Group on Scholarly Content and Generative AI

The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete

Apr. 25, 2025 - The role is basically obsolete thanks to the breakneck speed of AI development and companies’ own maturity in terms of understanding how to use the technology.

The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete