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Cultivating industry partnerships in agriculture: Plant breeding, Beck’s Hybrids and The Data Mine

Oct 24, 2025 - Beck's Hybrids recently partnered with 8 Purdue professors, several graduate students and The Data Mine to build a genetic-informed prediction service for their plant breeders and farmers.

#Purdue #partnership #collaboration #data science

Cultivating industry partnerships in agriculture: Plant breeding, Beck’s Hybrids and The Data Mine

TACC Celebrates 3rd Cohort of US National Science Foundation LCCF Interns

Oct 24, 2025 - Meet the third cohort of the U.S. National Science Foundation Leadership-Class Computing Facility (NSF LCCF) Internship.

#NSF #computing #internship

TACC Celebrates 3rd Cohort of US National Science Foundation LCCF Interns

UTSA Studies Digital Models, AI to Combat Urban 'Heat Islands'

Oct 22, 25025 - Researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio are using AI and digital twin technology, or digital replicas of physical homes, to study potential renovation options that could lessen heat's effects on residents.

#UTSA #dssg #environment

UTSA Studies Digital Models, AI to Combat Urban 'Heat Islands'

Wayne State to Launch Institute for AI and Data Science

Oct 23, 2025 - A new research center at Wayne State University in Michigan will focus on ethical and safe artificial intelligence deployment, regulatory compliance and mitigating unintended consequences of AI systems.

#Wayne State University #AI #data science

Wayne State to Launch Institute for AI and Data Science

Teaching machines to doubt

Oct 21, 2025 - We must build safeguards against AI’s most dangerous feature: its ability to stop us thinking critically.

#GAI #sociotechnical systems

Teaching machines to doubt

UW-Madison Data Science Institute Welcomes New AI Faculty to Campus

Oct 22, 2025 - DSI recently hosted a reception welcoming new RISE-AI faculty to UW–Madison, providing them with an opportunity to meet and identify shared research interests with DSI’s faculty and staff affiliates.

#University of Wisconsin-Madison #AI #ADSA member

UW-Madison Data Science Institute Welcomes New AI Faculty to Campus

Emma Briant 'Exposing the Propaganda Machine'

Oct 22, 2025 - This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Dr Emma Louise Briant, an internationally recognised expert and professor of information warfare & propaganda.

#Notre Dame #ADSA member #policy #sociotechnical systems

Emma Briant 'Exposing the Propaganda Machine'

The informational disciplines

Oct 22, 2025 - The history and contours of the informational disciplines - information science, LIS, library studies. It notes the ongoing blurriness of identity, nomenclature and boundaries.

#library #information science #history

The informational disciplines

Lucy Family Institute Graduate Scholar Austin Wyman Receives Best Paper Award at International Data Science Conference

Oct 20, 2025 - Emotion detection AI is an emerging tool with applications across the fields of advertising, the automotive industry, education, human resources, and mental

#Notre Dame #ADSA member

Lucy Family Institute Graduate Scholar Austin Wyman Receives Best Paper Award at International Data Science Conference

Berkeley Institute for Data Science partners with 2i2c on open source infrastructure

Oct 22, 2025 - BIDS is the first premier member of 2i2c’s new community network, recognizing Berkeley’s longstanding contributions and commitment to the development of open source tools and infrastructure.

#2i2c #UC Berkeley #ADSA member #open source #open science

Berkeley Institute for Data Science partners with 2i2c on open source infrastructure

US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold

Oct 21, 2025 - Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.

#graduate #higher ed #Trump #Harvard #University of Southern California #Brown #biology #UC San Diego

US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold

Welcoming Four New Members to the CS&S Board of Directors

Oct 15, 2025 - The new class of board members brings financial expertise, human resources leadership, legal and policy perspective, and experience as part of the fiscally sponsored project program to the CS&S Board of Directors.

#CS&S #program management #communication

Welcoming Four New Members to the CS&S Board of Directors

It’s Here! Check Out the 2025 CRA Academic Member Book

Oct 21, 2025 - The Computing Research Association (CRA) is thrilled to celebrate the release of the 2025 Academic Member Book!

#CRA #higher ed

It’s Here! Check Out the 2025 CRA Academic Member Book

CERP Pulse Survey: A Snapshot of 2025 Undergraduate Computing Enrollment Patterns

Oct 21, 2025 - This article explores current enrollment trends across computing subdisciplines and considers the unique changes within computing relative to institutional enrollment patterns.

#CRA #data #undergrad #computing

CERP Pulse Survey: A Snapshot of 2025 Undergraduate Computing Enrollment Patterns

CRA Update: Navigating the Changing Landscape of Computing Education — Together

Oct 21, 2025 - Many academic units are feeling the ripple effects of the recent headlines through declines in undergraduate enrollments.

#computing #education #CRA #computer science #engineering #AI #data #higher ed #employment

CRA Update: Navigating the Changing Landscape of Computing Education — Together

‘Who’s Afraid of AI?’: UToronto event asks what kind of AI future we want

Oct 17, 2025 - The rapid advance of artificial intelligence has so far been met with a mix of optimism and fear – but relatively little insight into what this potentially smarter-than-us technology actually means for our lives.

#University of Toronto #AI

‘Who’s Afraid of AI?’: UToronto event asks what kind of AI future we want

National Institutes of Health awards $19.5 million to Ohio State ARTEMIS Suicidal Prediction and Prevention Study

Oct 20, 2025 - The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine are launching a study funded by a $19.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

#Ohio State University #NIH #health #data

National Institutes of Health awards $19.5 million to Ohio State ARTEMIS Suicidal Prediction and Prevention Study

Bucknell Professor Jude Okolie Harnesses AI to Assess Sources of Biodiesel Fuel

Oct 15, 2025 - Bucknell chemical engineering professor explores how deep learning can revolutionize biodiesel production.

#Bucknell #AI #chemistry

Bucknell Professor Jude Okolie Harnesses AI to Assess Sources of Biodiesel Fuel

Pitt’s “Forging the Future: The Intersection of Health, AI and Tech” global summit kicks off

Oct 20, 2025 - Pitt kicked off its first-of-a-kind global summit, “Forging the Future: The Intersection of Health, AI and Tech,” on Monday, Oct. 20, a day after the annual Global Federation of Competitiveness Council conference on Sunday, Oct. 19.

#University of Pittsburgh #AI #health #technology

Pitt’s “Forging the Future: The Intersection of Health, AI and Tech” global summit kicks off

University to launch campus climate survey, fulfilling agreement with federal government

Oct 20, 2025 - The survey will be sent to students next week and will inform the future of diversity and inclusion at Brown.

#Brown #environment #data

University to launch campus climate survey, fulfilling agreement with federal government

Amazon and Carnegie Mellon University Launch Strategic AI Innovation Hub

Oct 15, 2025 - The collaboration between CMU and Amazon will advance research in generative AI, robotics, natural language processing and cloud computing while fostering innovation in foundational and emerging technologies.

#CMU #Amazon #GAI #LLM #robotics #collaboration #partnership #computing

Amazon and Carnegie Mellon University Launch Strategic AI Innovation Hub

Be Careful What You Tell Your AI Chatbot

Oct 15, 2025 - A Stanford study reveals that leading AI companies are pulling user conversations for training, highlighting privacy risks and a need for clearer policies.

#Stanford #GAI #policy #sociotechnical systems

Be Careful What You Tell Your AI Chatbot

Making Machine Learning Safer in High-Stakes Settings

Oct 20, 2025 - A recent report and webinar explored how to improve the performance and safety of machine learning in these settings.

#machine learning #policy #UPenn

Making Machine Learning Safer in High-Stakes Settings

How Chinese paper mills use AI to create ‘higher quality’ academic fraud

Oct 15, 2025 - Paper mills that sell authorship or fabricate entire papers are a staple of China’s competitive academic landscape.

#China #higher ed #GAI #research

How Chinese paper mills use AI to create ‘higher quality’ academic fraud

AI language models killed the Turing test: do we even need a replacement?

Oct 20, 2025 - Chatbots now ace the mathematician's famous imitation game, but imitation never equalled intelligence.

#AI #University of Sussex in Brighton #AGI

AI language models killed the Turing test: do we even need a replacement?

Baltimore residents protest Johns Hopkins University's plan to build data, A.I. center

Oct 15, 2025 - A group of North Baltimore residents says they are fed up with Johns Hopkins University, claiming it isn't a good neighbor to the people who live near its campuses.

#data science #AI #JHU #ethics #sociotechnical systems

Baltimore residents protest Johns Hopkins University's plan to build data, A.I. center

Large language models prioritize helpfulness over accuracy in medical contexts

Oct 17, 2025 - Mass General Brigham researchers highlight the ‘sycophantic’ tendency of artificial intelligence tools like GPT4, which consistently complied with requests that would produce false medical information

#LLM #healthcare #ChatGPT #GAI

Large language models prioritize helpfulness over accuracy in medical contexts

AI analysis of world’s largest heart attack datasets opens way to new treatment strategies

Oct 16, 2025 - A landmark international study led by the University of Zurich has shown that artificial intelligence can assess patient risk for the most common type of heart attack more accurately than existing methods.

#University of Zurich #AI #biomedical

AI analysis of world’s largest heart attack datasets opens way to new treatment strategies

AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers

Oct 19, 2025 - In July 2024, the ACRL AI Competencies for Library Workers Task Force was created to develop comprehensive AI competencies for library workers that align with the evolving needs of academic libraries in the context of AI integration.

#library #AI #career #ACRL #higher ed

AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers

Broadening Access to Data Science Education in High School and Higher Education through Open Source Tools, Infrastructure, and Training

Oct 16, 2025 - Equitable data science education requires a multifaceted approach, involving high school and higher education, community involvement, and accessible tools.

#K12 #data science #education #DEI #policy #training #open source

Broadening Access to Data Science Education in High School and Higher Education through Open Source Tools, Infrastructure, and Training