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UVA SDS faculty share insights on how AI might influence policies, ethics, and governance

Sep 21, 2025 - UVA faculty explored AI’s ethical challenges at “The Future With AI,” discussing governance, policy, and how society can balance innovation with responsibility.

#university of virginia #AI #policy #ethics #ADSA member

UVA SDS faculty share insights on how AI might influence policies, ethics, and governance

UChicago | Weather Forecasting Training Program Bringing the Power of AI to Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Sep 23, 2025 - The University of Chicago, AIM for Scale and the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence have launched a first-of-its-kind weather forecast training program to help governments deliver tailored forecasts to meet local agricultural needs—including those of millions of farmers.

#UChicago #ADSA member #dssg #AI

UChicago | Weather Forecasting Training Program Bringing the Power of AI to Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Harvard Newly Funded: Four Innovation API Awards

Sep 24, 2025 - The Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) in conjunction with Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT) and the Office for the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR) has selected four projects for support through the Innovation API Fund.

#Harvard #RSE #open source #ADSA member #OpenAI

Harvard Newly Funded: Four Innovation API Awards

Carnegie Mellon Named a Top 20 US University

Sep 23, 2025 - Earning a place among the top 20 universities in the United States, Carnegie Mellon ranks No. 1 in seven undergraduate programs.

#AI #cyber #information science #data analytics #CMU #data

Carnegie Mellon Named a Top 20 US University

UC Berkeley receives AI for Math Fund grants for Vellum and LeanTutor projects

Sep 25, 2025 - Two projects proposed by Berkeley EECS professors recently received funding from the AI for Math Fund to develop systems that help advance mathematical discovery and research.

#UC Berkeley #AI #math #funding

UC Berkeley receives AI for Math Fund grants for Vellum and LeanTutor projects

What research might be lost after the NIH’s cuts? Nature trained a bot to find out

Sep 24, 2025 - Researchers used machine-learning tools in an attempt to recreate the method for cutting funding, and then applied it to past US NIH grants to reveal the broad-reaching consequences of such action.

#Trump #NIH #machine learning #innovation #science

What research might be lost after the NIH’s cuts? Nature trained a bot to find out

The Best Undergraduate Artificial Intelligence Programs

Sep 25, 2025 - See the rankings data for the best undergraduate artificial intelligence programs at US News.

#AI #undergrad #higher ed #CMU

The Best Undergraduate Artificial Intelligence Programs

UC Berkeley ranked #1 in data science and #2 in computer science by U.S. News

Sep 23, 2025 - UC Berkeley’s undergraduate data science program retained its No. 1 spot in the 2026 U.S. News and World Report rankings released today.

#data science #undergrad #UC Berkeley #CMU #Stanford

UC Berkeley ranked #1 in data science and #2 in computer science by U.S. News

University launches ethical framework for AI use at summit

Sep 24, 2025 - University leaders, business executives, academics, journalists and others have gathered on campus this week for discussion on the role ethics, especially virtue drawn from Catholicism, might be able to play in society’s adaptation to the rise of generative AI.

#Notre Dame #AI #ethics

University launches ethical framework for AI use at summit

New tool makes generative AI models more likely to create breakthrough materials

Sep 22, 2025 - A new tool called SCIGEN allows researchers to implement design rules that AI models must follow when generating new materials. The advance could speed the development of materials that enable technological breakthroughs.

#MIT #GAI #engineering #quantum computing

New tool makes generative AI models more likely to create breakthrough materials

W&M Dr. Cristiano Fanelli Awarded Prestigious NSF Career Award for AI-Driven Nuclear Physics Research

Sep 17, 2025 - His project, Advancing Precision Nucleon Tomography through Deep Learning and Uncertainty Quantification, aims to unlock new insights into the fundamental building blocks of matter.

#William and Mary #NSF #AI #physics

W&M Dr. Cristiano Fanelli Awarded Prestigious NSF Career Award for AI-Driven Nuclear Physics Research

UVA Welcomes New Class of 125 B.S. in Data Science Students

Sep 22, 2025 - This fall, the University of Virginia School of Data Science welcomed its newest undergraduate class: 125 students pursuing the B.S. in Data Science.

#university of virginia #undergrad #data science #data #ADSA member

UVA Welcomes New Class of 125 B.S. in Data Science Students

World’s first AI-designed viruses a step towards AI-generated life

Sep 19, 2025 - Scientists used AI to write coherent viral genomes, using them to synthesize bacteriophages capable of killing resistant strains of bacteria.

#Stanford #AI

World’s first AI-designed viruses a step towards AI-generated life

UNM professor joins $152 million project to build transparent AI models for science

Sep 20, 2025 - One of the biggest challenges with artificial intelligence today is the quality of data. Many models were trained on the internet, full of falsehoods and lies.

#AI #University of New Mexico #collaboration

UNM professor joins $152 million project to build transparent AI models for science

Building a Hub for Data Justice (feat. Dr. Amy Yeboah Quarkume)

Sep 19, 2025 - Dr. Amy Yeboah Quarkume at Howard University shares how she’s building Howard into a hub for data science, social justice, and environmental justice.

#data science #education #sociotechnical systems #ADSA member #Howard #UC Berkeley #dssg #DEI #ADSA

Building a Hub for Data Justice (feat. Dr. Amy Yeboah Quarkume)

UVA Data Points Podcast: Trustworthy AI

Sep 19, 2025 - What does it really mean for artificial intelligence to be “trustworthy”? And why should it matter to you?

#university of virginia #ADSA member #AI #policy

UVA Data Points Podcast: Trustworthy AI

Governor Hochul Announces $300 Million Investment in SUNY at Stony Brook’s Quantum Research and Innovation Hub

Sep 17, 2025 - Gov. Hochul announced $300 million to establish the Quantum Research and Innovation Hub at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, further catapulting New York’s national leadership in groundbreaking research that saves lives, grows the economy and improves national security.

#SUNY #quantum computing

Governor Hochul Announces $300 Million Investment in SUNY at Stony Brook’s Quantum Research and Innovation Hub

Microsoft to open quantum research center near University of Maryland, College Park

Sep 17, 2025 - Microsoft is opening a new quantum research center near the University of Maryland, part of a push to make the state a hub for quantum science.

#Microsoft #University of Maryland #quantum computing

Microsoft to open quantum research center near University of Maryland, College Park

H. Andrew Schwartz joins Vanderbilt's College of Connected Computing

Sep 13, 2025 - H. Andrew Schwartz, whose “HLAB” research includes improvements to state of the art in artificial intelligence, has moved to the new College of Connecting Computing.

#Vanderbilt #AI

H. Andrew Schwartz joins Vanderbilt's College of Connected Computing

How to build AI scaling laws for efficient LLM training and budget maximization

Sep 16, 2025 - MIT and MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab researchers have developed a universal guide for estimating how large language models (LLMs) will perform based on smaller models in the same family.

#MIT #LLM #IBM

How to build AI scaling laws for efficient LLM training and budget maximization

UIllinois Chicago | Former student Khairi Reda joins CS faculty

Sep 16, 2025 - Reda earned both of his graduate degrees from UIC; he completed his MS in 2009 and his PhD in 2014. He works primarily in data visualization and computer graphics.

#University of Illinois Chicago #computer science

UIllinois Chicago | Former student Khairi Reda joins CS faculty

UNC-C | Mitu Banerjee: Redefining Her Path Through Lifelong Learning

Sep 17, 2025 - After nearly three decades away from the classroom, Mitu Banerjee made the bold decision to return to higher education

#UNC Charlotte #ADSA member

UNC-C | Mitu Banerjee: Redefining Her Path Through Lifelong Learning

UPenn | Deepfakes, digital doubles, and the law: Jennifer Rothman on protecting identity in the AI era

Sep 15, 2025 - The evolution of AI technology may require more robust copyright laws and guardrails that protect people’s control of their own identities, says the Penn Carey Law professor.

#UPenn #GAI #policy

UPenn | Deepfakes, digital doubles, and the law: Jennifer Rothman on protecting identity in the AI era

UCR researchers fortify AI against rogue rewiring

Sep 4, 2025 - As generative AI models move from massive cloud servers to phones and cars, they’re stripped down to save power. But what gets trimmed can include the technology that stops them from spewing hate speech or offering roadmaps for criminal activity.

#GAI #dssg #UC Riverside

UCR researchers fortify AI against rogue rewiring

UCSD | UCR Scientists Use NSF Supercomputers to Reveal How “Jumping Genes” can Transform Gene Editing Technologies

Sep 18, 2025 - UC Riverside (UCR) researchers recently utilized U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) ACCESS allocations to uncover how a bacterial protein can steer the “jumping” of genes to specific spots in the genome.

#UC San Diego #bioinformatics #ADSA member #NSF #UC Riverside

UCSD | UCR Scientists Use NSF Supercomputers to Reveal How “Jumping Genes” can Transform Gene Editing Technologies

WashU | Kannampallil and Wiley named among 24 new ACMI Fellows

Sep 18, 2025 - Thomas Kannampallil, PhD, FAMIA, and Laura Wiley, PhD, FAMIA, have been named among 24 new Fellows to be inducted into the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI).

#AI #bioinformatics #WUSTL #biomedical

WashU | Kannampallil and Wiley named among 24 new ACMI Fellows

Princeton AI Lab Welcomes New Postdocs

Sep 9, 2025 - The incoming postdocs will contribute to the research coming from the AI Lab’s three initiatives, AI for Accelerating Invention (AI2), Natural and Artificial Minds (NAM), and Princeton Language and Intelligence (PLI).

#Princeton #AI

Princeton AI Lab Welcomes New Postdocs

JHU Data Science and AI Institute announces 22 new faculty

Aug 25, 2025 - These newly appointed faculty members join more than 150 Data Science and AI Institute faculty members across Johns Hopkins.

#JHU

JHU Data Science and AI Institute announces 22 new faculty

UW eScience | Software for Community-Driven Enumeration: Needs Assessment of People Experiencing Homelessness

Sep 8, 2025 - To better understand and support people living without shelter, Dr. Zack Almquist, and his team are partnering with the King County Regional Homelessness Authority to develop a new way of counting and learning about this population.

#University of Washington #dssg #ADSA member

UW eScience | Software for Community-Driven Enumeration: Needs Assessment of People Experiencing Homelessness

UC San Diego Plays Key Role in National Effort to Build a Fusion Research Data Platform

Sep 16, 2025 - The data platform will unite scattered research data and workflows into a single U.S. resource.

#UC San Diego #ADSA member #DoE

UC San Diego Plays Key Role in National Effort to Build a Fusion Research Data Platform