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Harvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Research

Sep 8, 2025 - FlyBase lost a multimillion dollar grant when the Trump administration cut off Harvard’s federal funding in May. Now the repository is laying off staff — and researchers worldwide are worried.

#Harvard #data #Trump

Harvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Research

Three reasons why universities are crucial for understanding AI

Sep 4, 2025 - There is a “fierce urgency” to understand how AI works, says Stanford physicist Surya Ganguli, who is leading a project to bring the inner workings of AI to light through transparent, foundational research.

#AI #Stanford #physics #computer science

Three reasons why universities are crucial for understanding AI

Can a bold ‘social contract’ make data sharing more palatable?

Sep 8, 2025 - Hoarding of health data is common across Africa, owing to well-founded concerns about exploitation and misuse of biomedical information.

#data #data management #biomedical #governance #Africa #community #policy

Can a bold ‘social contract’ make data sharing more palatable?

Eight Carnegie Mellon Students Named SoftBank Group–Arm Fellows

Aug 25, 2025 - Eight Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D. students have received the SoftBank Group–Arm Fellowship to support research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and human collaboration.

#CMU #computer science #AI

Eight Carnegie Mellon Students Named SoftBank Group–Arm Fellows

UPenn | Where AI models fall short in mimicking the expressiveness of human speech

Sep 4, 2025 - Undergraduates Kevin Li, Henry Huang, and Ethan Yang worked with linguistics professor Jianjing Kuang to compare speech production and perception by humans and AI—research that can help companies move closer to natural and expressive AI speech.

#AI #UPenn

UPenn | Where AI models fall short in mimicking the expressiveness of human speech

Google honors UCSB computer scientist for pioneering low-cost AI network models

Aug 20, 2025 - UCSB's Arpit Gupta has earned two major Google awards for his work developing low-cost AI network models, paving the way for more accessible, “self-driving” networks.

#UC Santa Barbara #AI #google

Google honors UCSB computer scientist for pioneering low-cost AI network models

UCI ICS Summer Academy 2025 Inspires Bright Young Minds

Sep 2, 2025 - While many Southern California high school students spend the summer relaxing at the beach, some spend their time on the UC Irvine campus diving deep into

#UC Irvine #K12 #ADSA member

UCI ICS Summer Academy 2025 Inspires Bright Young Minds

Georgetown | Connecting Science to Policy - Three Years of MDI’s Research Experience for Undergraduates Program

Sep 3, 2025 - MDI's Summer Research Showcase marked the end of the final year of the Department of Computer Science and MDI’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program “Connecting Science to Policy: From Formal Computer Science Education to Real World Data Science Research to Policy Decision Making”.

#Georgetown University

Georgetown | Connecting Science to Policy - Three Years of MDI’s Research Experience for Undergraduates Program

Oxford | First direct evidence links gene to fat storage, hinting at new obesity therapies

Sep 4, 2025 - A new study, involving researchers at the Big Data Institute, has shown for the first time that a little-known gene, SLTM, plays a direct role in how fat is stored inside human cells.

#University of Oxford #health

Oxford | First direct evidence links gene to fat storage, hinting at new obesity therapies

AI and machine learning for engineering design

Sep 7, 2025 - In MIT course 2.155/156 (AI and Machine Learning for Engineering Design), students use tools and techniques from artificial intelligence and machine learning for mechanical engineering design, focusing on the creation of new products and addressing engineering design challenges.

#MIT #AI #machine learning #engineering

AI and machine learning for engineering design

SDSC's Sherlock Partners with MCNC to Deliver Secure Cloud and Data Services Across North Carolina

Sep 3, 2025 - Groundbreaking model for cross-country collaboration and networking could serve as technology foundation and potential blueprint for future nationwide expansion.

#UC San Diego #north carolina #partnership #computing #ADSA member

SDSC's Sherlock Partners with MCNC to Deliver Secure Cloud and Data Services Across North Carolina

UM Amherst | AI4CW 2025 Final Presentation Recap

Aug 29, 2025 - This year’s projects showcased creative applications of AI that improved state operations, including streamlining workflows, enhancing customer support, and developing tools for information management and accessibility.

#AI #UMass Amherst #ADSA member

UM Amherst | AI4CW 2025 Final Presentation Recap

U-M Ann Arbor | CSE welcomes new faculty of 2025-26

Sep 4, 2025 - Get to know CSE’s newest faculty members, advancing U-M leadership in responsible AI, machine learning, and computing education.

#University of Michigan-Ann Arbor #AI #HCI #computer science

U-M Ann Arbor | CSE welcomes new faculty of 2025-26

UCSD | Data Science and Engineering Students Rev Up and Win Racing Challenge at 2025 Autonomous Karting Series

Sep 5, 2025 - Several students from the University of California San Diego TritonAI Team participated in the Autonomous Karting Series, taking first place in an autonomous go-kart competition of 10 teams.

#UC San Diego #ADSA member

UCSD | Data Science and Engineering Students Rev Up and Win Racing Challenge at 2025 Autonomous Karting Series

Columbia | From Data to Intervention: How a Data Science Alum Uses AI to Prevent Harm in NYC’s Child Welfare System

Sep 5, 2025 - Institute alum Shruti Pandey leverages her data science skills for public service, predicting risk and preventing harm for NYC's most vulnerable children and families.

#dssg #Columbia University #ADSA member #AI

Columbia | From Data to Intervention: How a Data Science Alum Uses AI to Prevent Harm in NYC’s Child Welfare System

TAMIDS Announces New Thematic Labs, GAISE and SPARTA, to Advance AI Research - TAMIDS

Aug 28, 2025 - Co-sponsored by the Texas A&M Global Cyber Research Institute (GCRI), SPARTA will focus on developing capabilities for advanced data-driven cybersecurity and resilience enhancements across disciplines, with a particular emphasis on critical infrastructures, trustworthy human-AI interactions, and cyberinfrastructure for scientific research.

#Texas A&M University #ADSA member #partnership #cyber

TAMIDS Announces New Thematic Labs, GAISE and SPARTA, to Advance AI Research - TAMIDS

JHU Cancer AI Alliance Named to TIME Magazine’s Top 100 AI

Sep 2, 2025 - The Cancer AI Alliance, a pioneering partnership including Johns Hopkins Engineering and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine has been recognized in TIME.

#AI #JHU #biomedical

JHU Cancer AI Alliance Named to TIME Magazine’s Top 100 AI

A Global Database of Seismic Phases: How the Denolle Quake Lab uses Cloud Computing Resources @ UW

Aug 28, 2025 - The eScience Institute and Information Technology at the University of Washington provide cloud computing resources to researchers with the help of cloud credits.

#ADSA member #computing #University of Washington

A Global Database of Seismic Phases: How the Denolle Quake Lab uses Cloud Computing Resources @ UW

NC State Data Science and AI Academy Receives Major COMAP Gift to Revolutionize K-12 Data Science and Mathematical Modeling Education

Aug 28, 2025 - The NC State Data Science and AI Academy (DSA) is thrilled to announce a major gift of $130,000 from the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP).

#NCSU #education #ADSA member #K12 #funding

NC State Data Science and AI Academy Receives Major COMAP Gift to Revolutionize K-12 Data Science and Mathematical Modeling Education

Humanoid robots face challenges in gaining real-world skills, says Berkeley expert

Sep 2, 2025 - Berkeley robotics expert Ken Goldberg describes how what he calls the “100,000-year data gap” will prevent robots from gaining real-world skills as quickly as AI chatbots are gaining language fluency.

#AI #UC Berkeley #robotics

Humanoid robots face challenges in gaining real-world skills, says Berkeley expert

OSU TDAI Faculty Member, Huan Sun, Attracts Funding from Open Philanthropy

Sep 5, 2025 - These are the first Ohio State projects funded by Open Philanthropy’s Call for Technical AI Safety Research.

#ADSA member #Ohio State University #funding #Open Philanthropy #AI

OSU TDAI Faculty Member, Huan Sun, Attracts Funding from Open Philanthropy

UChicago | A Bet Worth Placing: Computing and Data Science at UChicago

Sep 3, 2025 - DSI Faculty Co-Directors Mike Franklin and Dan Nicolae, with Liew Family Chair of Computer Science Henry Hoffmann, outline the value of computing and data to our educational and research communities in a new op-ed for The Chicago Maroon.

#UChicago #ADSA member #education #advocacy #data science

UChicago | A Bet Worth Placing: Computing and Data Science at UChicago

UToronto | AI in Genomics: Building a Collaborative Future for Health Innovation

Sep 3, 2025 - AI in Genomics is a community-building day of presentations and discussions designed to explore how AI can accelerate discoveries in genomics and improve patient outcomes

#University of Toronto #ADSA member #AI #healthcare #bioinformatics

UToronto | AI in Genomics: Building a Collaborative Future for Health Innovation

UVA | Ph.D. students showcase data science research across disciplines

Sep 5, 2025 - UVA’s Ph.D. in Data Science Showcase featured student research in AI, health, climate, and equity, highlighting data science for the common good.

#ADSA member #university of virginia

UVA | Ph.D. students showcase data science research across disciplines

UVA | Joy Qiu discusses data science and health research on CBS19 for ‘Inside The Numbers’

Sep 3, 2025 - Ph.D. candidate Joy Qui shares how data science is advancing the health field on "Inside the Numbers."

#ADSA member #university of virginia

UVA | Joy Qiu discusses data science and health research on CBS19 for ‘Inside The Numbers’

Interdisciplinary Teams Win Three Data Storage Awards from Western Digital

Sep 5, 2025 - Researchers from UC San Diego received three Western Digital Petabyte Innovation Quest (Peak) awards for pursuing innovative data storage projects.

#UC San Diego #ADSA member

Interdisciplinary Teams Win Three Data Storage Awards from Western Digital

U-M Ann Arbor | $3 million DARPA funding for research on emergent capabilities in language models

Sep 5, 2025 - Wei Hu will advance the mathematical understanding of skill composition in large language models with collaborators at Princeton and TTIC.

#University of Michigan-Ann Arbor #DARPA #Princeton #math #LLM #funding

U-M Ann Arbor | $3 million DARPA funding for research on emergent capabilities in language models

HDSI | Newly Funded: Six Faculty Special Projects

Sep 4, 2025 - The Harvard Data Science Initiative is pleased to announce support for six new faculty research projects.

#Harvard #ADSA member

HDSI | Newly Funded: Six Faculty Special Projects

Brown | 2025 Incoming CCMB and CNTR PhD students

Sep 5, 2025 - Welcoming new PhD students starting at the Center for Computational Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the Center for Technological Responsibility, Re-imagination, and Redesign (CNTR) this fall!

#Brown #ADSA member

Brown | 2025 Incoming CCMB and CNTR PhD students

UC Berkeley | Building Together: Two Days of GeoJupyter Community Innovation

Sep 4, 2025 - Over the course of two lively days, 25 developers, researchers, and enthusiasts from a range of backgrounds came together in Berkeley for the GeoJupyter Hackathon

#UC Berkeley #ADSA member #Jupyter #environment #GIS #open source

UC Berkeley | Building Together: Two Days of GeoJupyter Community Innovation