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Congressional App Challenge Partners with SDSC to Strengthen the Nation’s Tech Workforce Pipeline

Dec 15, 2025 - Several of San Diego County’s most promising high school coders recently visited SDSC to learn more about coding as part of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge.

#UC San Diego #ADSA member #career #employment

Congressional App Challenge Partners with SDSC to Strengthen the Nation’s Tech Workforce Pipeline

Zhang mentors student awarded ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award

Dec 18, 2025 - As an award recipient, Yiqiao’s work will be recognized during the ENAR 2026 Spring Meeting Presidential Invited Address on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.

#WUSTL #ADSA member

Zhang mentors student awarded ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award

AI helps Princeton scientists plot the best paths for space exploration

Dec 17, 2025 - With the help of a seed grant from the Princeton Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence, Beeson and his lab are exploring the question: How do we use AI to help us start to take that next step towards autonomy?

#AI #astronomy #Princeton

AI helps Princeton scientists plot the best paths for space exploration

BU CCDS Hosts Experts and State Officials for Event on AI Progress

Dec 15, 2025 - At an recent event focused on AI work across the state, AI experts came together at CCDS to discuss the future and of AI and its potential for positive impact.

#Boston University #policy #AI #dssg #ADSA member

BU CCDS Hosts Experts and State Officials for Event on AI Progress

Columbia University | Why Glen Weyl Says Superintelligence Is Already Here—and It’s Social.

Dec 16, 2025 - Glen Weyl, researcher and economist at Microsoft and co-founder of the Plurality Institute, does not think superintelligence is something we are waiting to build.

#AI #GAI #Columbia University #sociotechnical systems #ADSA member

Columbia University | Why Glen Weyl Says Superintelligence Is Already Here—and It’s Social.

UC Berkeley BIDS JupyterCon, and the Next 100 Programming Systems

Dec 16, 2025 - How might the Jupyter Ecosystem support not just the future of notebooks, but the next hundred programming systems?

#UC Berkeley #Jupyter #open source #open science #Python

UC Berkeley BIDS JupyterCon, and the Next 100 Programming Systems

Joint Human–AI Systems Panel Brings Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives Together at Ohio State

Dec 18, 2025 - The Translational Data Analytics Institute (TDAI recently hosted a community event marking the close of the first semester of its yearlong theme, Joint Human–AI Systems in an Agentic World.

#Ohio State University #ADSA member

Joint Human–AI Systems Panel Brings Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives Together at Ohio State

Heman Shakeri Receives Two UVA LaunchPad Awards to Advance Diabetes Detection and Treatment

Dec 15, 2025 - Heman Shakeri received two UVA LaunchPad awards totaling $300,000 to advance data-driven models and early screening tools for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

#university of virginia #biomedical #ADSA member

Heman Shakeri Receives Two UVA LaunchPad Awards to Advance Diabetes Detection and Treatment

UNC-CH | When generations of mathematicians and computer scientists gather together

Dec 16, 2025 - In its twelfth year, SDSS faculty member Harlin Lee was invited to Germany to participate as a young researcher in the HLF.

#UNC Chapel Hill #math #ACM

UNC-CH | When generations of mathematicians and computer scientists gather together

U-M Ann Arbor | Building a blueprint for better LLMs

Dec 16, 2025 - Academic research is quietly shaping the next wave of trustworthy, useful, and equitable AI – right here at U-M.

#LLM #University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

U-M Ann Arbor | Building a blueprint for better LLMs

UChicago Data Ethics Students Tackle Real-World Challenges in Poster Session

Dec 18, 2025 - 31 teams presented their quarter-long research into today’s pressing ethical questions, from political bias in large language models to algorithmic discrimination in hiring to the ethics of genetic selection.

#AI #ethics #UChicago #ADSA member

UChicago Data Ethics Students Tackle Real-World Challenges in Poster Session

2025 CAREER Award Recipient: Nadia Figueroa | Penn

Dec 18, 2025 - . Her work develops adaptive, constraint-aware robots that can sense, learn, and physically collaborate in real-world tasks.

#robotics #UPenn #NSF #HCI

2025 CAREER Award Recipient: Nadia Figueroa | Penn

Penn State Genetic teamwork may be the secret to climate-resilient plants, researchers find

Dec 17, 2025 - hey found that when those genes are better matched in hybrid plants, the plant is more resilient to changing environments.

#ADSA member #Penn State #environment #ecology

Penn State Genetic teamwork may be the secret to climate-resilient plants, researchers find

Berkeley Forward Recap: Democratizing AI Through Platforms

Dec 11, 2025 - A look inside Berkeley Forward brings together Ion Stoica, Fernando Pérez, Darren Kimura, and Napoleon Paxton to discuss artificial intelligence, open platforms, and community driven innovation.

#AI #open science #open source #UC Berkeley #Python #Jupyter #community

Berkeley Forward Recap: Democratizing AI Through Platforms

What CMU’s Inspire Workshop Reveals About Teaching AI to the Next Generation

Dec 18, 2025 - The workshop was supported by WiDS CMU Ambassadors Rebecca Nugent and Jessie Albright, whose leadership continues to expand opportunities for students across the region.

#CMU #WiDS #ADSA member

What CMU’s Inspire Workshop Reveals About Teaching AI to the Next Generation

Christian Brothers University to cut 16 faculty jobs

Dec 19, 2025 - The Catholic institution recently came off accreditor probation after a long restructuring process and past struggles with enrollment.

#Christian Brothers University #budget

Christian Brothers University to cut 16 faculty jobs

NYU Eunsol Choi Receives NSF CAREER Award

Dec 4, 2025 - Eunsol Choi has received the Faculty Early Career Development award from the NSF to support her project "Building Interactive Language Systems Navigating Rich Knowledge Sources."

#NYU #NSF

NYU Eunsol Choi Receives NSF CAREER Award

AI learns to build simple equations for complex systems

Dec 17, 2025 - A research team at Duke University has developed a new AI framework that can uncover simple, understandable rules that govern some of the most complex dynamics found in nature and technology.

#Duke University #AI

AI learns to build simple equations for complex systems

Where do Official Statistics Come From?

Dec 17, 2025 - This post is from Barry Johnson, and provides an overview of different sources of federal data.

#data

Where do Official Statistics Come From?

AI is transforming the economy — understanding its impact requires both data and imagination

Dec 16, 2025 - Social science could help to navigate these uncertainties, but it would require both imagination and grounding.

#AI #social science

AI is transforming the economy — understanding its impact requires both data and imagination

Accelerating research to impact with investment from the NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships

Dec 17, 2025 - Explore how the U.S. National Science Foundation is fueling technology breakthroughs, workforce development and regional economic expansion across all states and U.S. territories.

#NSF #funding #data

Accelerating research to impact with investment from the NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships

UNC-C Global Heel: Yifei Lou - Global Affairs

Dec 10, 2025 - Data science and mathematics professor strengthens global partnerships and student exchange.

#UNC Chapel Hill #math #National University of Singapore #ADSA member #partnership

UNC-C Global Heel: Yifei Lou - Global Affairs

As the World Races to Accelerate AI, Public Institutions Must Build the Architecture That Guides Its Use: The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation Announces $75.8M Commitment

Dec 16, 2025 - The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation announces $75.8M towards public purpose AI, supporting institutions, communities, and nonprofits globally.

#DS4E #PJM Foundation #K12 #data science #education #AI literacy

As the World Races to Accelerate AI, Public Institutions Must Build the Architecture That Guides Its Use: The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation Announces $75.8M Commitment

Deep-learning model predicts how fruit flies form, cell by cell

Dec 15, 2025 - The method may help scientists predict the development of more complex tissues or identify early signs of diseases such as asthma and cancer.

#MIT #machine learning #bioinformatics

Deep-learning model predicts how fruit flies form, cell by cell

New AI tool identifies not just genetic mutations, but the diseases they may cause

Dec 15, 2025 - Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a novel AI tool that identifies disease-causing genetic mutations and predicts the type of disease those mutations may trigger.

#AI #Mount Sinai #bioinformatics #biomedical

New AI tool identifies not just genetic mutations, but the diseases they may cause

Purdue unveils comprehensive AI strategy; trustees approve ‘AI working competency’ graduation requirement

Dec 12, 2025 - Purdue Universityunveiled a broad strategy of AI@Purdue across five functional areas: Learning with AI, Learning about AI, Research AI, Using AI and Partnering in AI.

#AI #strategy #Purdue #program management #google #partnership

Purdue unveils comprehensive AI strategy; trustees approve ‘AI working competency’ graduation requirement

David Bamman Receives Schmidt Sciences’ Humanities and AI Virtual Institute Award

Dec 11, 2025 - Bamman’s project bridges large-scale computational analysis in AI with humanistic scholarship in film and television.

#UC Berkeley #Schmidt #AI #humanities

David Bamman Receives Schmidt Sciences’ Humanities and AI Virtual Institute Award

Scikit-bio: a fundamental Python library for biological omic data analysis - Nature Methods

Dec 11, 2025 - Scikit-bio is a fundamental Python library for biological omic data analysis

#Python #open science #resource #bioinformatics #biology

Scikit-bio: a fundamental Python library for biological omic data analysis - Nature Methods

Inside WiDS IBM at Silicon Valley Lab — A Day of Learning, Creativity, and Community in the Bay Area

Dec 11, 2025 - On October 24, the IBM Silicon Valley Lab transformed into a vibrant gathering place for more than 230 learners, students, and professionals.

#IBM #WiDS #community

Inside WiDS IBM at Silicon Valley Lab — A Day of Learning, Creativity, and Community in the Bay Area

How to Teach AI (Not Just Use It) – with UC Berkeley’s Eric Van Dusen

Dec 12, 2025 - A vision for AI education in public universities: shared “AI sandbox” infrastructure, open tools, and a plan for teaching AI basics.

#UC Berkeley #pedagogy #data science #AI literacy #education #open source #Jupyter

How to Teach AI (Not Just Use It) – with UC Berkeley’s Eric Van Dusen