Graduates Land Top Financial Tech Jobs Through a Unique Program at the University of Delaware
The rise of ChatGPT and other GenAI platforms has caused a major disruption in the education sector. While GenAI technology offers incredible promise for
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Raymond Ng’s Transformative Leadership Where Passion Meets Progress
Raymond Ng is the Director of the UBC Data Science Institute, is at the forefront of this holding the baton of academic excellence and real-world impact.
2023 ADSA Annual Meeting Encompasses Special Session Hosted by UW's eScience Institute
Last month, the University of Washington’s eScience Institute and the West Hub co-hosted a special session at the 2023 Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) Annual Meeting.
Racing Against Time: Why Scientists May Use AI ‘Research Assembly Lines’
Discover how Artificial Intelligence is revolutionizing the way we approach discovery and innovation.
UTSA welcomes White House Chief Data Scientist Dominique Duval-Diop
An upcoming conference being hosted by UTSA is highlighting an impressive list of keynote speakers. Among them is Dominique Duval-Diop, the chief data scientist of the United States in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Academic Data Science Alliance | UTSA School of Data Science
ADSA will be hosting its first-ever in-person Annual Meeting at San Pedro I in October 2023.
BU | CDS Hosts 2023 ADSA Data Science Leadership Summit
The Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences (CDS) at Boston University (BU) was proud to host the Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) 2023 Data Science Leadership Summit.
Tool helps experts, students assess ethics of data science work in society
Data science has unlocked new potential to help understand and address challenges like human health and climate change. But it can be challenging to know how to work ethically with data, especially when it has major impacts on society.
NJIT | New PhD Program in Data Science
Feb. 17, 2023 - NJIT’s Departments of Data Science and Mathematical Sciences have launched a new Ph.D. in Data Science program, dedicated to growing the field and generating top-notch data scientists.
Academic Data Science Alliance Picks Up Steam
Universities looking for resources to build their data science curriculums and degree programs have a new resource at their disposal.
ICSI is a Founding Member of Academic Data Science Alliance | ICSI
The International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) is a founding member of the Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA), a community network for data science leaders, practitioners, and educators who take responsibility for a just, equitable future where data science approaches are thoughtfully applied in all domains for the benefit of all.
Academic Partnerships – MIDAS
MIDAS is a founding member of the Midwest Big Data Hub and leads a number of its programs. MIDAS works closely with the Academic Data Science Alliance to promote collaboration and data science ethics. MIDAS also works closely with peer data science institutes at academic institutions.
UW-Madison DSI | RABBIT a Leap Forward for Campus Collaboration and Industry Engagement
Jan. 23, 2025 - The Office of Business Engagement (OBE) and Data Science Institute (DSI) have launched a new tool for discovering relevant research, shared interests and potential campus collaborators.
‘Sobering news’: Sonoma State University makes broad cuts to tackle $24M deficit
Jan. 23, 2025 - The California public university plans to reduce staff, faculty and majors, as well as fold its athletics program.
More than 40% of postdocs leave academia, study reveals
Jan. 21, 2025 - Publishing highly cited papers helps postdoctoral researchers to land a faculty job.
Happy New Year from The Carpentries
This post marks a significant milestone: On February 1st, The Carpentries will become an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organisation!
First-year student enrollment spiked 5.5% in fall 2024
Jan. 23, 2025 - The final data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center comes a week after the group retracted preliminary findings showing a decline.
West Big Data Innovation Hub: Key Impacts of a Decade-Long Project
Organized Learning and Doing Data for Good events to showcase student work and enable dialogue and networking among students and professionals. The 2023 event took place at the Academic Data Science Alliance Annual Meeting, where students engaged with leaders in data science and shared their own work focused on broad social impact.
UW-Madison | Computer Sciences Faculty Jerry Zhu Guides RISE-AI Initiative
Jan. 9, 2025 - UW–Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin recently unveiled the Wisconsin Research, Innovation, and Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Initiative, a bold and transformative program designed to position the university as a global leader in research and innovation.
UPenn | Bhuvnesh Jain One of Five Faculty to Lead Penn AI Council
Oct. 22, 2024 - The aim of the new initiative is to enhance visibility and impact of artificial intelligence research across the University.
UTSA takes bold steps to add AI to academic landscape
SDS achieved significant milestones, including hosting the national Academic Data Science Alliance annual meeting in 2023.
University of New Orleans turns to furloughs to plug $10M budget hole
Jan. 21, 2025 - Officials at the public institution blamed falling enrollment, rising costs and a culture of nonpayment among students for ongoing financial woes.
‘A death penalty’: Ph.D. student says U of M expelled him over unfair AI allegation
Jan. 17, 2025 - Haishan Yang, a doctoral student in health economics, filed a lawsuit in federal court last week accusing the University of Minnesota of violating his due process. He is the first Minnesota student to go public about being expelled over AI.
Wanted: More males on college campuses
Jan. 15, 2025 - Years of male enrollment declines at higher education institutions across the country is prompting schools, academics to action.
America is about to face the “enrollment cliff," and the economy could suffer
Jan. 8, 2025 - America is about to go over the ‘demographic cliff’
The Great Connector: Why Data Literacy is Vital to Students’ Future Success
Being literate allows you to live and navigate the world. Being literate in data lets you thrive in it.
2,000th Member Spotlight: Justin Ballenger Helps Bring AI Into the Classroom | Scholars Strategy Network
Justin Ballenger is on a mission to bring the benefits of AI to classrooms everywhere, especially those in underserved communities.
URochester | Goergen Institute’s adds AI to its name
Jan. 7, 2025 - The newly retitled Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence serves as an interdisciplinary hub of experts at Rochester.
Texas A&M Corpus Christi | Recipients of TAMID's 2024 Seed Program for AI, Computing, and Data Science
Jan. 6, 2025 - The Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (TAMIDS) Seed Program received 39 proposals and awarded the top 10, totaling 22 funded researchers.
Gender balance in computer science and engineering is improving at elite universities but getting worse elsewhere
Women in these fields are almost at parity with men at the most selective schools, but the gender gap doubled at many of the least selective universities.