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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

Free community college in Massachusetts expected to draw 45,000 students within a year

The new free community college policy is proving to be popular in Massachusetts.

Free community college in Massachusetts expected to draw 45,000 students within a year

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

Program: Data Science, B.S. - University of Virginia - Modern Campus Catalog 2024-25

Data Science Major, B.A. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Data Science Major, B.S. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

NSF invests $2.8M to strengthen technical AI education at two-year institutions | NSF - National Science Foundation

UMichigan-Ann Arbor | MIDAS Expands its AI in Science and Engineering Training Effort to Africa

Nov. 4, 2024 - MIDAS has announced the launch of a new global initiative: the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science African Faculty Fellows Program.

UMichigan-Ann Arbor | MIDAS Expands its AI in Science and Engineering Training Effort to Africa

CCDS Featured in the Smithsonian Channel Series “How Did They Build That?” | Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

Oct. 7, 2024 - Program host Jay Ellis takes an exclusive look at Boston University’s Duan Family Center for Computing and Data Sciences.

CCDS Featured in the Smithsonian Channel Series “How Did They Build That?” | Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

Geoffrey Hinton wins Nobel Prize in Physics

Geoffrey Hinton, a University Professor Emeritus of computer science at the University of Toronto, has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Geoffrey Hinton wins Nobel Prize in Physics

Virginia becomes first state to require computer science education (2017) | EdScoop

Virginia's State Board of Education unanimously adopted mandatory standards for computer science education — a first nationally.

Virginia becomes first state to require computer science education (2017) | EdScoop

Utah launches statewide guaranteed admissions initiative

All 16 of the state's public colleges and universities are participating in the program.

Utah launches statewide guaranteed admissions initiative

Futurizing Academia: Four Visionary Leaders Redefine Higher Education

Four trailblazing academic leaders discuss how their institutions are each boldly taking on the future. (9/13/2024)

Futurizing Academia: Four Visionary Leaders Redefine Higher Education

The next wave of college cuts is already here

Institutions continue to ax majors and lay off employees to cope with rising costs and constrained enrollment.

The next wave of college cuts is already here

Data Science Designated as STEM (1/21/2022) | Department of Homeland Security STEM Designated Degree Program List

Brown University | Data 1030 | Data Science Initiative

From Software to Academia: Langdon White’s Mission for Inclusive Data Science

Langdon White from Boston University discusses his journey from software consulting to becoming a key figure in BU's growing data science program, starting off with BU Spark!

From Software to Academia: Langdon White’s Mission for Inclusive Data Science

KPMB: CTBUH selects the Center for Computing & Data Sciences as America’s Best Tall Building | Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

Sep. 26, 2024 - The Center for Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University was named the overall winner in the Best Tall Building by Region – Americas category at this week’s Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat international conference in London, England.

KPMB: CTBUH selects the Center for Computing & Data Sciences as America’s Best Tall Building | Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

Initiative aims to make Princeton a leader in AI accelerated engineering

As a part of a broad set of investments around artificial intelligence, Princeton University has launched AI for Accelerating Invention, an initiative to achieve faster breakthroughs across engineering disciplines, including biomedicine, robotics and nuclear fusion.

Initiative aims to make Princeton a leader in AI accelerated engineering

MTSU Data Science Blog - Using AI as a Data Science Research: Changes, Capabilities, and Ethics

Oct. 2, 2024 - Dr. John Wallin talks about the capabilities and impact of the most recent models – particularly OpenAI-o1 Preview, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and ChatGPT 4o with advanced voice features.

MTSU Data Science Blog - Using AI as a Data Science Research: Changes, Capabilities, and Ethics

ICDS Day seeks to amplify synergy for interdisciplinary research opportunities | Penn State University

The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) aims to bring together faculty, students and industry professionals to foster innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration through its annual symposium.

ICDS Day seeks to amplify synergy for interdisciplinary research opportunities | Penn State University

From Software to Academia: Langdon White’s Mission for Inclusive Data Science

Oct. 4, 2024 - Langdon White from Boston University discusses his journey from software consulting to becoming a key figure in BU's growing data science program, starting off with BU Spark

From Software to Academia: Langdon White’s Mission for Inclusive Data Science

Ohio State | 2024 Interdisciplinary Research Fall Forum at the Translational Data Analytics Institute

Nov. 4, 2024 - The Interdisciplinary Research Fall Forum is a gathering of faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and Ohio State centers and institutes to discuss interdisciplinary, data-enabled research around a leading-edge topics each year.

Ohio State | 2024 Interdisciplinary Research Fall Forum at the Translational Data Analytics Institute

What's behind Colorado’s surge in college enrollment? The pandemic, some strategic programs and Deion Sanders

Colorado colleges and universities have seen a boost in enrollment this year. At CU Boulder, for example, enrollment grew by 3.5 percent this school year – that's more than the 0.5 percent increase the school’s officials had expected.

What's behind Colorado’s surge in college enrollment? The pandemic, some strategic programs and Deion Sanders

PhD in Data Science | DSI University of Chicago 2024-25