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Machine Learning Software Workshop Brings Scientists From Across the US to Campus

Dec 10, 2025 - Forty-four participants from 11 universities, national laboratories, research organizations, and companies across the United States came to UW–Madison to learn new open source tools and technologies.

Machine Learning Software Workshop Brings Scientists From Across the US to Campus

New modeling tool provides United Nations with opportunity to achieve environmental goals

Dec 9, 2025 - The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center for Data Science & Environment (Schmidt DSE) co-designed the tool, dubbed Kigali Sim, in partnership with the UN, as well as numerous countries and supporting organizations.

New modeling tool provides United Nations with opportunity to achieve environmental goals

UVA SDS Pilot Research Award Program Launched with Four Faculty Recipients

Dec 9, 2025 - The School of Data Science has launched a new Pilot Research Award Program designed to accelerate early-stage, high-potential research by providing targeted support for faculty projects in their initial phases.

UVA SDS Pilot Research Award Program Launched with Four Faculty Recipients

How Might AI Shape the Future of Work?

Dec 8, 2025 - Konrad Kording, a computer scientist, and Ioana Marinescu, an economist, have developed an interactive model to generate meaningful predictions about how AI will affect wages, jobs and the overall economy.

How Might AI Shape the Future of Work?

Penn State launches quantum theory center | Penn State University

Dec 9, 2025 - C-TEQ will be managed by the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) and housed under the institute’s Quantum Hub.

Penn State launches quantum theory center | Penn State University

Reflections from the Inaugural AI Summit at Harvard

Dec 10, 2025 - The goal was simple yet ambitious: bring together scholars, technologists, executives, industry leaders, and students to explore the frontiers and future of artificial intelligence.

Reflections from the Inaugural AI Summit at Harvard

Faces of Brown DSI: Brenda Rubenstein

Dec 8, 2025 - DSI’s new Director Brenda Rubenstein is passionate about building bridges between disciplines, from her integrative computational research to her new initiatives to connect researchers at Brown through the Data Science Institute.

Faces of Brown DSI: Brenda Rubenstein

UNC-CH Dr. Francesca Tripodi Co-leads U.K.–U.S. Project on Responsible AI and Wikipedia

Dec 9, 2025 - Dr. Francesca Tripodi, principal investigator with the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP), is co-leading a $225,000 (£171,000) UK-US project.

UNC-CH Dr. Francesca Tripodi Co-leads U.K.–U.S. Project on Responsible AI and Wikipedia

Delta College Unveils $6.7M Renovated Computer Science Wing

Dec 8, 2025 - A new computer science wing at a community college in Michigan strengthens its IT programs and capacity to train students in computer numeric control, programmable logic controllers, data science and mechatronics.

Delta College Unveils $6.7M Renovated Computer Science Wing

2 Years Into NAIRR Pilot, Shared Infrastructure Boosts AI Innovation

Dec 9, 2025 - Providing shared computing power, AI tools and educational support, the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource pilot connects researchers, educators and industry partners pushing boundaries with AI.

2 Years Into NAIRR Pilot, Shared Infrastructure Boosts AI Innovation

Wisconsin public universities could start shedding programs more rapidly

Dec 10, 2025 - A committee developed a new metric based on enrollment that could increase the number of degrees that get flagged for review.

Wisconsin public universities could start shedding programs more rapidly

What will be the first AI-designed drug? These disease-fighting antibodies are top contenders

Dec 9, 2025 - Just a year after the first AI-designed antibody was made, scientists say clinical trials are on the horizon.

What will be the first AI-designed drug? These disease-fighting antibodies are top contenders

Oklahoma regents vote to cut 41 ‘low-producing’ academic programs

Dec 8, 2025 - The state coordinating board also moved to suspend another 21 programs across Oklahoma's public institutions.

Oklahoma regents vote to cut 41 ‘low-producing’ academic programs

AI chatbots can sway voters with remarkable ease — is it time to worry?

Dec 4, 2025 - Experiments involving real-world voters show how talking to a chatbot can shape people’s political opinions.

AI chatbots can sway voters with remarkable ease — is it time to worry?

Updating the Generative AI Product Tracker - Ithaka S+R

Dec 1, 2025 - The list of products on the tracker has more than doubled in length since March 2024 and become more cumbersome for its many users.

Updating the Generative AI Product Tracker - Ithaka S+R

A Rice-Baylor College of Medicine study earns best paper award at the IEEE International Conference on Data Mining

Dec 4, 2025 - The study introduces a new method to reliably identify functional gene clusters associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a genetically inherited degenerative eye disease that causes loss of sharp vision and can lead to complete blindness.

A Rice-Baylor College of Medicine study earns best paper award at the IEEE International Conference on Data Mining

A Trustworthy AI Assistant for Investigative Journalists

Dec 1, 2025 - Gathering and analyzing data require time and expertise — two resources that cash-strapped newspapers often don’t have. Can AI help?

A Trustworthy AI Assistant for Investigative Journalists

Pitt AI Ecosystem Mapping

Dec 3, 2025 - As a senior undergraduate student nearing graduation, it can be jarring to think back to the state of AI, and more specifically Generative AI, my first semester of college.

Pitt AI Ecosystem Mapping

MTSU | A Simulation Characterizing Out-of-the-Box Stock Trading Behavior of Various LLMs

Dec 2, 2025 - Dr. Sal Barbosa, from MTSU’s Department of Computer Science, discusses the behavior of LLM in the analysis of financial markets.

MTSU | A Simulation Characterizing Out-of-the-Box Stock Trading Behavior of Various LLMs

UC San Diego Team Takes Third Place at SC25 Student Cluster Competition in St. Louis

Dec 5, 2025 - UC San Diego Team Sea++ was awarded third place at this year’s Student Cluster Competition, which took place at the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, held this year in St. Louis, Missouri.

UC San Diego Team Takes Third Place at SC25 Student Cluster Competition in St. Louis

UVA School of Data Science Ph.D. Student Profile: Siwan Kim

Dec 3, 2025 - UVA Ph.D. student Siwan Kim reflects on her path from UX to data science and how research connects people, systems, and insight across disciplines worldwide.

UVA School of Data Science Ph.D. Student Profile: Siwan Kim

UToronto DSI Launches Unique Microcredential in Genetic Data Analysis

Dec 1, 2025 - This 6-week microcredential provides focused, hands-on training in tools and methods to analyze and interpret data generated by modern genomics technology.

UToronto DSI Launches Unique Microcredential in Genetic Data Analysis

UChicago MS in Applied Data Science Students Present AI-Powered Clinical Decision Support System at SIIM 2025

Dec 5, 2025 - Three University of Chicago Master’s in Applied Data Science (MS-ADS) students presented their capstone research at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) 2025 Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging in Irvine, California.

UChicago MS in Applied Data Science Students Present AI-Powered Clinical Decision Support System at SIIM 2025

Penn State University ICDS Quantum Hub awards Quantum SuperSEED grants

Dec 5, 2025 - The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences' Quantum Hub has announced Quantum SuperSEED grants to three Penn State collaborative research teams.

Penn State University ICDS Quantum Hub awards Quantum SuperSEED grants

Faces of Brown DSI: Ahsan Ashraf

Dec 4, 2025 - Assistant Professor of the Practice of Data Science & Director of Industry and Research Engagement at DSI, Ahsan Ashraf, has spent his career bridging the gap between data science in academia and industry.

Faces of Brown DSI: Ahsan Ashraf

AI Transparency – How the Stony Brook University Libraries Use Artificial Intelligence

Dec 5, 2025 - Stony Brook University (SBU) Libraries adheres to the fundamental values of libraries as outlined by the American Library Association, including equity, privacy, and access.

AI Transparency – How the Stony Brook University Libraries Use Artificial Intelligence

The Math Legend Who Just Left Academia—for an AI Startup Run by a 24-Year-Old

Dec 4, 2025 - Ken Ono had an epiphany. Now the UVA professor is moving to Silicon Valley to chase mathematical superintelligence.

The Math Legend Who Just Left Academia—for an AI Startup Run by a 24-Year-Old

As the job market tightens, workers without degrees could hit a ‘paper ceiling’

Dec 2, 2025 - States and companies have shed degree requirements for jobs, but evidence of actual hires of those without a bachelor’s is scant.

As the job market tightens, workers without degrees could hit a ‘paper ceiling’

Harvard Departments Brace for Teaching Fellow Shortage After Ph.D. Cuts

Dec 4, 2025 - Harvard’s deep cuts to PhD admissions are on track to leave undergraduate courses short of teaching fellows within two years, a looming squeeze already pushing departments to prepare contingency plans.

Harvard Departments Brace for Teaching Fellow Shortage After Ph.D. Cuts

Yale expects layoffs as leaders brace for $300M in endowment taxes

Dec 5, 2025 - The Ivy League institution’s tax bill starting next year will be higher than what it spends on student aid, university officials said.

Yale expects layoffs as leaders brace for $300M in endowment taxes