NSF invests over $74 million in 6 mathematical sciences research institutes
Aug 4, 2025 - From improving medical care to detecting planets in other solar systems, the institutes will explore mathematical sciences with a broad range of applications.
Brown University to lead national institute focused on intuitive, trustworthy AI assistants
Jul 29, 2025 - A new institute, based at Brown and supported by a $20 million National Science Foundation grant, will convene researchers to guide development of a new generation of AI assistants for use in mental and behavioral health.
July 2025 - We believe that taking a long view that is intentional about translation and realizing impacts is appropriate as our field continues to mature.
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.
Jul 30, 2025 - With more than $2 billion in annual research volume across 19 schools and colleges, U-M Dearborn and U-M Flint, U-M is one of the largest and most comprehensive research universities in the world.
UT Austin Expands Research on AI Accuracy and Reliability to Support Breakthroughs in Science, Technology and the Workforce
Jul 29, 2025 - An AI institute based at UT Austin will receive continued funding for research that will improve the accuracy and reliability of AI models and lead to new drug development and improvements in clinical diagnoses.
A.I.-Driven Education: Founded in Texas and Coming to a School Near You
Jul 27, 2025 - At Austin’s Alpha School, students spend just two hours a day on academics, led by artificial intelligence tools. New Alpha schools are set to open in about a dozen cities this fall.
University of Oxford | Charlotte Deane joins UK government AI for Science expert panel
Jul 22, 2025 - Professor Charlotte Deane from the Department of Statistics will help shape the UK government's new AI for Science strategy as one of five experts appointed to advise on the initiative.
AI-Powered Vision System Helps Drones Navigate Safely
Jul 23, 2025 - Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute (RI) have developed an AI-powered vision system that helps drones safely detect and avoid other aircraft in crowded skies, without relying on bulky, expensive sensors.
UPenn | AI finds hundreds of potential antibiotics in snake and spider venom
Jul 21, 2025 - Research from the lab of César de la Fuente on an AI-powered screen of global venom libraries uncovers dozens of promising drug candidates.
Keck Foundation grant to support Princeton AI tool for exoplanet detection
Jul 22, 2025 - Researchers from Princeton University’s Department of Astrophysical Sciences and the Center for Statistics and Machine Learning have received a $900,000 grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to build an artificial intelligence system that will aid in the search for Earth-like planets.
NJIT David Bader Selected Among '35 Legends in the Class of 2025' by HPCwire
Jul 16, 2025 - The honorees are selected annually based on contributions to the HPC community over the past 35 years that have been instrumental in improving the quality of life on our planet through technology.
UCSD HDSI Postdoc Neha Sangwan Receives Award for Making Digital Networks Safer
Jul 22, 2025 - Neha Sangwan, a postdoctoral scholar at UC San Diego’s Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI), has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious 2025 IEEE Information Theory Society Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award.
UBC Master of Data Science | BC Ministry of Environment and Parks
Jul 25, 2025 - The site remediation program with BC Ministry of Environment and Parks has worked with a group of UBC Master of Data Science Computational Linguistics students to research, implement and compare the best data science approach to add meta data tags to thousands of site remediation documents.
UW Professor Magdalena Balazinska elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences
Jul 23, 2025 - Magdalena Balazinska has been elected a member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences in recognition of her “contributions in data management for data science, big data systems, cloud computing, and image/video analytics and leadership in data science education.”
UMN DSI | AI Explorers Summer Camp Wraps Up Two Weeks of Innovation, Fun, and Surprise Visitors
Jul 25, 2025 - Hosted by the Data Science and AI Hub at the University of Minnesota, this immersive experience brought high school students to campus to dive into the world of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science.
UW eScience Institute | Staff Spotlight: Anissa Tanweer
Jul 23, 2025 - Something that was important to her when she took on the role of directing the Data Science for Social Good program was that “we are not just presuming that we are doing social good because we say we are, but that this is really about figuring out can we and how do we try to have some sort of good impact on society while doing data science.”
UC Berkeley BIDS | Digital Dunhuang Caves: Preserving a World Heritage Site Through Data and Technology
Jul 23, 2025- In April, BIDS welcomed Dr. Tianxiu Yu and Dr. Yanpeng Song for a special seminar exploring how large-scale digitization is preserving one of the world’s most significant cultural sites.
Jul 21, 2025 - Returning to UVA, Stephen Turner is blending data science, biology, and ethics to drive interdisciplinary research and education at the School of Data Science.
Ph.D. Student Profile: Medhasweta Sen — School of Data Science
Jul 25, 2025 - Medhasweta Sen brings global perspective and AI research passion to UVA’s Ph.D. in Data Science program, focusing on LLMs, ethics, and real-world impact.
Penn State University Libraries to host August speakers on AI, the Data Rescue Project
Jul 23, 2025 - Penn State University Libraries will sponsor two speakers on open scholarship topics in conjunction with the second Penn State Open Scholarship Boot Camp, set for Aug. 13-15 on the University Park campus.
U-M Ann Arbor | Improving AI models: Automated tool detects silent errors in deep learning training
Jul 24, 2025 - TrainCheck uses training invariants to find the root cause of hard-to-detect errors before they cause downstream problems, saving time and resources.