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Interdisciplinary research: Friend or foe to ethical AI?

Feb 16, 2026 - This culture of interdisciplinarity might reinforce a problematic disciplinary isolation of applied AI underlying the very ethical issues it seeks to mitigate – fighting symptoms while playing into their cause.

#interdisciplinary #AI #ethics #humanities #social science #research

Interdisciplinary research: Friend or foe to ethical AI?

UUtah SCI - How a Scientific Visualization PhD Student Became an Award-Winning Sports Journalist

Feb 20, 2026 - The New York Times graphics team published an intricate visualization of an event, powered in part by the work of University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute PhD student Kalina Borkiewicz.

#ADSA member #University of Utah #data viz

UUtah SCI - How a Scientific Visualization PhD Student Became an Award-Winning Sports Journalist

NSF-funded ELEVATE Academy for AI in Math Education at UT San Antonio

Feb 19, 2026 - The University of Texas at San Antonio is offering an open-access eight-session summer workshop plus one prerequisite session on integrating AI tools with instruction, from July 9 through August 11, 2026.

#NSF #math #education #training #UTSA

NSF-funded ELEVATE Academy for AI in Math Education at UT San Antonio

UAlabama Crawford Awarded NSF Grant to Advance Hands-On Data Science Education

Feb 20, 2026 - Dr. Chris Crawford was awarded a grant from the NSF to support the design and development of an educational platform that introduces high school students to data science through interactive cyber-physical human systems.

#University of Alabama #NSF #data science #education #K12

UAlabama Crawford Awarded NSF Grant to Advance Hands-On Data Science Education

UNC-CH | Here’s how Carolina’s new school got its name

Feb 19, 2026 - Stan Ahalt and Diane Kelly detail the collaboration and thoughtfulness that went into naming the School of Data and Information Sciences.

#ADSA member #UNC Chapel Hill

UNC-CH | Here’s how Carolina’s new school got its name

Selected Readings on Indigenous Data Governance: 2026 Update

Feb 18, 2026 - Curated writings from the last two years on Indigenous data sovereignty and Indigenous data governance.

#governance #data #DEI

Selected Readings on Indigenous Data Governance: 2026 Update

When AI and Humans Produce Partial Truths: Examining Acceptability of Perceived Error and Perceived Associated Harms

Feb 20, 2026 - The study moves beyond traditional misinformation research by focusing on messages that contain both accurate and inaccurate information, instead of entirely false messages.

#communication #University of Utah #DEI #sociotechnical systems #AI

When AI and Humans Produce Partial Truths: Examining Acceptability of Perceived Error and Perceived Associated Harms

What’s New in Digital Equity: Fed Framework for AI Literacy

Feb 19, 2026 - Plus, New Mexico is increasing access to affordable Internet, federal legislation has advanced in Congress to better track funding, Indiana residents have expanded access to fiber broadband, and more.

#AI literacy #framework #policy #New Mexico State University #Department of Labor

What’s New in Digital Equity: Fed Framework for AI Literacy

Spain to Investigate X, Meta and TikTok over AI child abuse content

Feb 17, 2026 - Spain orders criminal probe into X, Meta and TikTok over AI-generated child sexual abuse material

#GAI #policy #ethics

Spain to Investigate X, Meta and TikTok over AI child abuse content

Measuring More and Learning Less (SSIR)

Feb 11, 2026 - How an excessive focus on methods has distracted attention from the more fundamental challenge of building rigor and learning overall.

#sociotechnical systems #research #data #funding

Measuring More and Learning Less (SSIR)

The Journal for AI Generated Papers

Feb 20, 2026 - At the heart of JAIGP lies a commitment to learning through collaborative exploration.

#GAI #research #sociotechnical systems

The Journal for AI Generated Papers

Digital Government Index and Open, Useful and Re-usable Data Index

Feb 16, 2026 - This paper presents the 2025 results of the Digital Government Index (DGI), which benchmarks the efforts made by governments to establish the foundations necessary to achieve a coherent, human-centred digital transformation of the public sector; and of the Open, Useful and Re-usable Data Index (OURdata), which measures governments' efforts to design and implement national open government data policies.

#data management #governance #sociotechnical systems #open science #open source #policy

Digital Government Index and Open, Useful and Re-usable Data Index

Caring for data: ethnographic study of data care work in Finland

Feb 9, 2026 - This article examines its mundane practices within a wellbeing services county in Finland, with a focus on the sticking points that constitute the dark side of data care work.

#sociotechnical systems #policy #ethics

Caring for data: ethnographic study of data care work in Finland

The agentic AI landscape and its conceptual foundations

Feb 13, 2026 - This paper identifies the most frequently cited features in existing definitions of agentic AI and AI agents, examines how these features are described across sources, and maps them to the key elements of the OECD definition of an AI system.

#agentic ai #AI #OECD #resource

The agentic AI landscape and its conceptual foundations

Buy versus Build an LLM: A Decision Framework for Governments

Feb 13, 2026 - This paper provides a strategic framework for making this decision by evaluating these options across dimensions including sovereignty, safety, cost, resource capability, cultural fit, and sustainability.

#LLM #governance #resource #government

Buy versus Build an LLM: A Decision Framework for Governments

Data Governance Without the Jargon: 30 Questions and Answers to Clarify Terms and Trends

Feb 17, 2026 - A practical reference for policy, institutional, and operational design.

#data management #governance #resource #policy

Data Governance Without the Jargon: 30 Questions and Answers to Clarify Terms and Trends

Notre Dame | The essential bridge between data science and human impact

Feb 19, 2026 - Ethics for AI and Data Science, isn't just about theory; it’s about giving students the toolkit to tackle real-world dilemmas head-on.

#Notre Dame #ethics #AI #ADSA member

Notre Dame | The essential bridge between data science and human impact

Why artificial intelligence detectors could penalize academic writing

Feb 19, 2026 - Writing produced using artificial intelligence is becoming more common in academia, which has prompted institutions to look for ways to detect it.

#GAI #higher ed #research

Why artificial intelligence detectors could penalize academic writing

Microsoft team creates 'revolutionary' data storage system that lasts for millennia

Feb 18, 2026 - Researchers use mini plasma explosions to encode the equivalent of two million books into a coaster-sized device

#Microsoft #computing #data #data management

Microsoft team creates 'revolutionary' data storage system that lasts for millennia

Why sky-high pay for AI researchers is bad for the future of science

Feb 17, 2026 - To ensure that AI advances benefit everyone, scientific institutions must prioritize collaborative, mission-driven structures instead of chasing top talent with astronomical compensation.

#AI #google #Meta #higher ed #science

Why sky-high pay for AI researchers is bad for the future of science

Nanoscience is latest discipline to embrace large-scale replication efforts

Feb 17, 2026 - A European project calls for help to verify whether carbon quantum dots are really able to sense chemicals in cells.

#quantum computing #research

Nanoscience is latest discipline to embrace large-scale replication efforts

Automation in the Workforce | : Loyola University Chicago

Feb 19, 2026 - This workshop will address how AI impacts labor, from job exposure and the augmentation of human capabilities to biases in AI engineering.

#Loyola University Chicago #events #AI #economy #sociotechnical systems

Automation in the Workforce | : Loyola University Chicago

Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Science

Feb 19, 2026 - The Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Science is a $30M global initiative to accelerate scientific breakthroughs that improve human health and build climate resilience.

#google #funding #AI

Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Science

UToronto Schmidt AI Fellows bring foundation models to the forefront of

Feb 18, 2026 - Participants started with an introduction to foundation models and their use cases, then dove into hands-on tutorials, and concluded with a hackathon of solving scientific problems using foundation models.

#University of Toronto #AI #Schmidt #ADSA member #foundation models

UToronto Schmidt AI Fellows bring foundation models to the forefront of

Prize Competitions and the Genesis Mission | Center for Security and Emerging Technology

Feb 18, 2026 - This blog examines how federal prize competitions—recognized in the Genesis Mission, the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and recommendations from the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology—can serve as effective implementation tools.

#NSF #policy #funding #AI #science

Prize Competitions and the Genesis Mission | Center for Security and Emerging Technology

AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking

Feb 17, 2026 - ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are reinforcing users' delusions about other people — fueling fixations linked to stalking and abuse.

#sociotechnical systems #ChatGPT #GAI

AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking

Simulated Flies: How Behavior Models Become Scientific Instruments

Feb 18, 2026 - “If the model appears to ‘care’ about a particular cue, can that cue be manipulated in a real fly and the predicted shift observed?”

#AI #research

Simulated Flies: How Behavior Models Become Scientific Instruments

Transitioning NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center operations

Feb 12, 2026 - Management and operations of the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center are expected to transition to a third-party operator consistent with the terms of NSF's cooperative agreement with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.

#NCAR #NSF #Wyoming #UCAR #computing

Transitioning NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center operations

Infographic: A Glimpse into Departmental Capacity for AI/ML Teaching and Research

Feb 18, 2026 - Only 56 percent of respondents reported that “Several” or more faculty within their department were equipped to teach advanced AI/ML, leaving nearly half with limited reported capacity to provide high-level instruction.

#CRA #data #higher ed #AI #education

Infographic: A Glimpse into Departmental Capacity for AI/ML Teaching and Research

ACM Education Board Report Examines the Ethical and Societal Impacts of Generative AI in Computing Education

Feb 18, 2026 - The report asks a more foundational question: how should computing educators and institutions reason through the ethical and societal consequences of integrating generative AI into teaching and learning?

#ACM #ethics #GAI #education #sociotechnical systems #CRA #framework #resource

ACM Education Board Report Examines the Ethical and Societal Impacts of Generative AI in Computing Education