Texas A&M University to Buy $45M Supercomputer
Feb. 27, 2025 - The Texas A&M University System has an agreement to purchase an AI supercomputer to support research in AI, graphics rendering and scientific simulations.
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Chinese universities launch DeepSeek courses to capitalise on AI boom
Feb. 21, 2025 - Universities across China have launched AI courses based on DeepSeek.
UC Irvine | Workshop Brings Together SoCal Leaders in Causal Reasoning
Feb. 24, 2025 - Around 80 researchers gathered at UC Irvine for the SoCal Workshop on Causal Reasoning.
UMichigan-Ann Arbor | Six papers by CSE researchers at SIGCSE TS 2025
Feb. 25, 2025 - Six papers authored by researchers affiliated with CSE are being presented at the 2025 Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE TS).
Penn State University | Making machine learning models more fair focus of Tan lab
Feb. 20, 2025 - Professor Tan is helping researchers customize fair models by mitigating biases in existing machine learning models in open-source libraries such as Tensorflow or Scikit-Learn.
UC San Diego | SDSC Leads Effort to Enhance National Research Data Management Ecosystem Infrastructure
Feb. 21, 2025 - Following international standards, the system provides a transparent and reliable way to centralize and preserve vital project information—even after a project ends.
University joins Empire AI Consortium to advance research and collaboration
Feb. 21, 2025 - The University of Rochester is joining other public and private research institutions in New York State in the Empire AI Consortium, as announced by New York State Governor Kathy Hochul.
Sam Houston State University to Open New College for AI, IT
Feb. 21, 2025 - A public research university in Huntsville, TX, will open a new college this fall offering certificates in practical AI and intelligent automation and computer support and security.
UW research partnership yields first-of-its-kind soil data algorithm
Feb. 16, 2025 - University of Wisconsin professor of soil science Jingyi Huang and data scientist Maria Oros worked over the summer on a new modeling tool for soil scientists.
Manish Parashar appointed inaugural Chief AI Officer for U - @theU
Feb. 13, 2025 - Manish Parashar is the new director of the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute, chair in Computational Science and Engineering, and Presidential Professor in the Kalhert School of Computing, as its inaugural Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer.
Six UChicago scientists awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowships in 2025
Feb. 18, 2025 - The two-year Sloan Fellowships are one of the most competitive and prestigious awards available to early-career researchers.
NJIT | Tech Can Help People Living with Dementia to Help Themselves
Feb. 18, 2025 - People with mild dementia might live more independently if assistive technology could evolve in parallel with their progressing conditions
UC San Diego’s Machine Learning Initiative Aims to Advance AI Systems
Feb. 11, 2025 - Data scientists and computer scientists at the University of California San Diego are launching a new initiative to advance next-generation machine learning systems and develop innovative algorithms.
Devesh Ranjan named dean of UW College of Engineering
Feb. 18, 2025 - Devesh Ranjan, a mechanical engineer and a leader at one of the country’s largest and highest-ranked engineering programs, will be the tenth dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
San Jose State University Creates 'AI Librarian' Position
Feb. 18, 2025 - One of the first such positions in the US, SJSU's AI librarian will manage digital assets, develop technology resources and promote services related to AI at the university's academic library.
Columbia’s Data Science Institute Awards Seed Funding to Pioneering Research
Feb. 17, 2025 - The DSI announces the latest recipients of its 2025 Seed Fund Program.
Texas A&M | TAMIDS MSDS Students Win TAMU Hackathon
Feb. 18, 2025 - A team of graduate students from the TAMIDS Master of Science in Data Science (MSDS) Program competed at TAMUHack 2025 and took home awards for Best Devpost and the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Challenge.
UWisconsin-Madison | Data Science Institute Welcomes 2025 Affiliates Cohort
Feb. 17, 2025 - The Data Science Institute recently welcomed 13 new DSI Affiliates who are actively engaged in foundational or use-inspired research, aligned with the DSI mission and vision, that is relevant to data science.
Vanderbilt | Graduate student admissions temporarily paused as university monitors federal funding
Updated on Feb. 18, 2025 - Vanderbilt lifted its pause on graduate admissions. Decisions will be made at the school-level to balance program admissions with current student needs.
Opinion: Utah is working toward responsible AI leadership
Feb 12, 2025 - As the U.S. hustles to maintain its leadership in AI, Utah is building partnerships to elevate responsible AI initiatives.
Hillsborough Community College Launches AI Open Educational Resources (OER) Creation Program
Hillsborough Community College (HCC) is officially launching its pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI) Open Educational Resources (OER) Creation program
Which colleges gained R1 status under the revamped Carnegie Classifications?
Howard University, a historically Black college, gained the coveted designation, as did about three dozen other institutions.
UMichigan-Ann Arbor | Dhruv Jain and Devin McCaslin receive William Demant Foundation grant for AI-driven dizziness diagnosis
The grant will support their pioneering research to improve diagnostics and management of dizziness, a symptom associated with hearing loss, using AI technology.
UMinnesota | DSI Leaders Brief Minnesota Senate on AI’s Economic Impact
Jan. 22, 2025 - The Data Science Initiative (DSI) had the distinct honor of presenting to the Minnesota Senate’s Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
UMichigan-Ann Arbor | U-M researcher examines cost-effective AI innovations and raises ethical concerns
Professor Tewari addresses serious allegations from OpenAI claiming that DeepSeek might have used OpenAI’s proprietary tech without authorization through a technique called model distillation.
UC Berkeley | Meet Kirstie Whitaker, new executive director at BIDS
Feb. 5, 2025 - The Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) welcomed Kirstie Whitaker as its executive director.
UVA SDS | Peter Alonzi Receives Jefferson Trust Award to Launch Criminal Justice Data Training Initiative
Feb. 6, 2025 - Assistant Professor Peter Alonzi receives a $78,594 grant from the Jefferson Trust to support the launch of the Criminal Data Justice Training Initiative.
UToronto | Upskill Canada Boosts Investment and Propels Growth for the Data Sciences Institute’s In-Demand Skills Certificates
Feb. 6, 2025 - Upskill Canada has invested a second wave of funding for the University of Toronto’s DSI Data Science and Machine Learning Software Foundations certificates, bringing the overall investment to $3.9M by 2026.
Brown DSI | “How to Govern the Future: Artificial Intelligence and the Road Ahead,” with Dr. Alondra Nelson
Feb. 7, 2025 - Brown DSI & CSREA welcome AI policy expert Dr. Alondra Nelson to speak on governing the future of artificial intelligence.
UChicago | Illinois Makes History: How DSI’s Collaboration and Innovation Brought Broadband to 175,000 Underserved Locations
Jan. 29, 2025 - “This collaboration exemplifies what makes the University of Chicago unique,” said Dr. Nick Ross, Clinic Director at the DSI, “Our ability to not just analyze data, but to shepherd a complex technical project through its entire lifecycle, from initial conception to live deployment and iteration.”