RDS@Pitt 2024-2025 Annual Report
Aug 21, 2025 - By empowering a positive digital future, RDS@Pitt will enhance success, engagement, safety, accountability, and trust throughout society.
ADSA Member News
Notre Dame and Johns Hopkins team up to bring digital privacy and AI literacy education to the Smithsonian
Aug 19, 2025 - The exhibit featured an interactive tool designed for children ages 6+ and was developed by researchers from the University of Notre Dame and Johns Hopkins University, as part of a multi-year NSF–funded project aimed at transforming how users and developers understand and engage with privacy.
Computer Modeling Using SDSC Software Illustrates Plastic-Degrading Fungus
Aug 18, 2025 - Koji mold, has been used to produce foods like soy sauce and miso for thousands of years, but it may also be key to solving a modern problem: plastic pollution.
UC Berkeley BIDS | Branching out in Open Source: My Summer Experience
Aug 18, 2025 - Kyle Cheng had the unique opportunity to intern at the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS). It was an eye-opening experience that taught me much about open source software.
Brown leads the charge in tech & AI policy education with new summer program
Aug 18, 2025 - The Center for Technological Responsibility, Re-imagination, and Redesign (CNTR)’s Tech & Policy Summer School brings together a new generation of technology policymakers to bridge the gap between technical experts and lawmakers.
Penn State University | Q&A: Boosting research with supercomputing
Aug 18, 2025 - Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences co-hires Ed O'Brien and Romit Maulik use Penn State's Roar supercomputer to super charge their research across different scientific domains.
Notre Dame | Four faculty teams awarded 2025 Poverty Research Packages
Aug 15, 2025 - The Notre Dame Poverty Initiative has announced a new round of multi-year investments that will support high-impact, poverty-related research projects led by Notre Dame faculty in multiple disciplines.
UNC-CH SSDS | The summer I turned data scientist
Aug 15, 2025 - For many students, summer internships are an opportunity to connect what they have learned in the classroom into the workplace.
UBC Master of Data Science | Office of the Provincial Health Officer, BC
Aug 15, 2025 - Working with a group of UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Vancouver students, the Office of the BC Provincial Health Officer aims to examine the impacts of extreme temperatures on death risk and forecast the estimated excess deaths in BC communities.
UW eScience | Staff Spotlight: Niki Burggraf
Aug 15, 2024 - This week’s featured staff member is SSEC Senior Research Software Engineer Niki Burggraf.
UToronto | Data Sciences Institute Celebrates SUDS Cohort of 2025 with Showcase
Aug 15, 2024 - The Data Sciences Institute’s (DSI) Summer Undergraduate Data Science (SUDS) Opportunities Program celebrated the achievements of its 2025 cohort with the annual SUDS Showcase.
UCSD | Visualizing Code: Web-Based Tools Illuminate Data Science Topics for Beginners
Aug 14, 2025 - Researchers with the University of California San Diego and the Fred Hutch Cancer Center have been working on web-based tools that help individuals visualize how specific coding libraries and data science concepts work in real time.
UChicago | MS in Applied Data Science Students Put Data Science Skills to Work Over the Summer
Aug 14, 2025 - Students in the University of Chicago’s Master’s in Applied Data Science (MS-ADS) program spent this summer applying classroom knowledge to real-world impact.
Insights from the 2nd Annual Vine to Mind Symposium
Aug 13, 2025 - This series uses the wine industry as a lens to examine how data and AI operate in environments shaped by cultural, environmental, and regulatory complexity.
8 UC San Diego Breakthroughs Powering a Safer, Stronger Nation
Aug 12, 2025 - A patient survives a high-risk surgery. A wildfire is stopped before it reaches a neighborhood. A fighter pilot safely returns home. Discover the UC San Diego breakthroughs making these moments possible.
UNC Charlotte Appoints Abbey Thomas to Co-Direct Sports Analytics Program
Aug 12, 2025 - Associate Professor Abbey Thomas, is a certified athletic trainer with a passion for studying knee injuries, a background in biomechanics, and a devotion to creating new opportunities for Charlotte’s students.
OSU TDAI Catalyst Grant Fuels Breakthrough in Explainable Machine Learning for Agricultural Water Management
Aug 12, 2025 - A new study published in Agricultural Water Management demonstrates how explainable machine learning can improve the accuracy and interpretability of latent energy flux estimation.
UVA SDS | MSDS researchers aim for improved X-ray diagnostics via neural networks
Aug 8, 2025 - With lecturer Sodiq Adewole, MSDS student researchers Timothy Rodriguez, Alanna Hazlett, and Naomi Ohashi published a paper on X-ray disease detection.
UPittsburgh | A Responsible Data Science project will explore extreme human altruism
Aug 7, 2025 - The Pitt initiative will collaborate with the Carnegie Hero Fund to make its 121 years of data on heroes available to researchers.
Opinion: Utah's innovation ensures U.S. AI dominance
Aug 6, 2025 - Utah's public-private partnerships set a new standard for AI innovation — and the nation is following suit.
UVA | Meet the School of Data Science Student Affairs Team
Aug 5, 2025 - Meet the people who will support you during your time in the School of Data Science as a BSDS student.
UW eScience | Creating a code base for on- and offline analysis of ultrafast X-rayspectroscopy data recorded at the chemRIXS instrument
Aug 5, 2025 - The goal of this project is to create a code base that will be made available for future users of the chemRIXS instrument.
UChicago DSI | Moderation at the Crossroads: How Generative AI Platforms Manage Creativity and Content Safety
Aug 4, 2025 - A new study explores how content moderation policies in generative AI tools both protect and sometimes hinder users—offering insights on the path to safer, more creative, and user-friendly platforms.
UC Berkeley | New database on police use of force and misconduct in California makes records public
Aug 4, 2025 - Public records about use of force and misconduct by California law enforcement officers will now be searchable by the public for the first time thanks to a new database built by UC Berkeley and Stanford University
Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences awards 56 research projects
Aug 4, 2025 - The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) has announced that they will support 56 projects to support as part of the Rising Researcher Collaborations Funding Opportunity.
UTSA School of Data Science to transition into new research center
Aug 1, 2025 - A planned new UTSA Center for Data Science is set to continue building on the school’s legacy, with the official transition taking effect on Sept. 1.
Fifth Annual UC Irvine ICS Project Expo Continues to Grow ‘Bigger and Better’
Aug 1 ,2025 - What made the UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences ICS Project Expo unique in 2025?
MTSU | 2025-26 Data Science Student Steve and Kathy Anderson Scholarship Winners
Aug 1, 2025 - This highly competitive scholarship recognizes outstanding students in the MTSU Data Science program who have demonstrated exceptional academic achievement, passion for data science, and a commitment to making a meaningful impact here at MTSU.
UBC Master of Data Science | FinlyWealth
Aug 1, 2025 - FinlyWealth teamed up with a group of UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Vancouver students to build a smarter product search experience.
UChicago | Introducing a New 2-Year Thesis Track for the MS in Applied Data Science Program
Aug 1, 2025 - Starting in Autumn 2026, students interested in the in-person MS in Applied Data Science program at the University of Chicago will have the option to pursue a new 2-Year Thesis Track.