Meet the 22 artists, scientists and authors who will each get $800,000 MacArthur genius grants
Oct 8, 2025 - The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced its 2025 class of fellows on Wednesday, a prize often called the “genius award.”
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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’
Oct 9, 2025 - SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.
How AI agents will change research: a scientist’s guide
Oct 7, 2025 - Researchers are increasingly turning to artificial-intelligence tools that can handle complex, multi-step processes.
UW Graduate Certificate in Human Centered Artificial Intelligence
Oct 3, 2025 - This certificate prepares professionals to design and apply AI systems that prioritize human needs. Coursework builds fluency in AI concepts, examines societal impacts, and guides students in creating responsible frameworks across industries.
AI models that lie, cheat and plot murder: how dangerous are LLMs really?
Oct 8, 2025 - Tests of large language models reveal that they can behave in deceptive and potentially harmful ways. What does this mean for the future?
Mathematical discovery in the age of artificial intelligence
Oct 6, 2025 - The authors consider how AI tools are reshaping the way mathematical research is conducted and discuss how future developments of this technology will transform mathematical practice.
Stop treating code like an afterthought: record, share and value it
Oct 7, 2025 - Scientists, research institutions, funders, libraries and publishers must all improve software practices.
Scalable AI tracks motion from single molecules to wildebeests
Oct 2, 2025 - University of Michigan researchers have developed a tool powered by artificial intelligence that can help them examine the behavior of a single molecule out of a sea of information in the blink of an eye—or at least overnight.
Cutting-edge imaging, AI research seeks out minuscule defects in chips
Oct 6, 2025 - Purdue research is improving semiconductor chip quality in everything from cars to cell phones with high-resolution images to detect defects during manufacturing and artificial intelligence to improve process efficiency.
Dept. of Computer Science rolls out waitlist system for TA hiring, drawing mixed reviews
Oct 6, 2025 - Teaching assistants placed on the waitlist were given a final decision at the end of shopping period.
AI maps how a new antibiotic targets gut bacteria
Oct 3, 2025 - Researchers used a generative AI model to reveal how a narrow-spectrum antibiotic attacks disease-causing bacteria, speeding up a process that normally takes years.
VT Engineering students bring clean water access to rural Kenyan community
Sep 30, 2025 - Engineering students helped bring clean water to a rural Kenyan community, marking a milestone for the Engineers Without Borders chapter’s first post-pandemic project.
UAmsterdam DSC Member Spotlight: Shuai Yuan
Sep 30, 2025 - Shuai Yuan, Assistant Professor in People Analytics, Amsterdam Business School. Shuai explores the intersection of data science, AI, and human resource management.
Does AI limit creativity?
Sep 28, 2025 - While ChatGPT improves the quality of individual ideas, it also leads groups to generate more similar ideas.
AI Development at UC Berkeley’s Top Biotech Incubator, Bakar Bio Labs
Oct 2, 2025 - Bakar Bio Labs’ tenant companies are redefining the world of biotech, and they’re doing it with out-of-the-box solutions. For three of the tenants — Insamo, Aikium, and Profluent — AI is core to their technology and strategy.
UC Irvine Data Science Students Partner with CHOC Research, Now Part of Rady Children's Health to Develop Personalized Pediatric Dehydration Management Solutions
Oct 3, 2025 - Innovative collaboration applies advanced analytics to improve treatment outcomes for pediatric patients.
MTSU Statistical and Deep Learning Approaches to Network and Sequential Data
Oct 2, 2025 - Dr. Ramchandra Rimal will briefly discuss research that synthesizes advanced statistical network modeling and deep learning to analyze complex datasets in financial and medical domains.
UCSD | Predictive Science Inc. Advances Dynamic Solar Corona Modeling
Sep 30, 2025 - Scientists used SDSC's Expanse to create a near-real-time model that accurately depicts the dynamic nature of the sun's outermost atmospheric layer.
WUSL Researchers analyzed telemedicine’s effect on physician EHR use at major medical centers
Sep 26, 2025 - A recent study published in the JAMIA has revealed significant findings related to telemedicine’s impact on physician EHR use.
AI Lab Launches Talk Series Featuring Sierra, Perplexity Co-founders
Oct 2, 2025 - The Princeton Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence is launching the Founders Talk Series as part of an effort to bring industry leaders to campus to share their experiences, challenges and insights to inspire students, faculty and the broader community.
BU New CDS Faculty 2025
Oct 4, 2025 - The Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences (CDS) is thrilled to welcome a dynamic cohort of new faculty whose expertise spans climate science, data systems and privacy, optimization, AI for physics, and large language models.
Jonathan Kozlik, NJIT Student Entrepreneur, Makes the Most of Scholarship
Oct 2, 2025 - Jonathan Kozlik's scholarship led him to a technical conference in Florida, where he found inspiration to form his own company testing the security of other people’s AI applications.
TAMIDS Joins Collaborative for Sport Data Science
Oct 3, 2025 - The CSDS is an interdisciplinary coalition of scholars from around the world brought together by their interest in sport data.
UW eScience | The 2025 Humanities Data Science Summer Institute: Celebrating Three Years of Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Oct 3, 2025 - This summer the UW Data Science Minor, in collaboration with eScience, offered the third iteration of the Humanities Data Science Summer Institute (HDSSI).
Berkeley Statistics celebrates 70th anniversary as a department
Oct 1, 2025 - UC Berkeley Department of Statistics’ faculty, students, alumni, researchers and industry partners gathered on campus to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the department’s founding.
UVA Bryan Christ discusses AI in education on CBS19 for ‘Inside The Numbers’
Oct 2, 2025 - Ph.D. candidate Bryan Christ shares how AI can be used in the classroom on "Inside the Numbers."
Five Questions: Phil Bourne - Give to UVA
Oct 2, 2025 - Dean Phil Bourne shares his vision of the role data science will play in the future higher education.
UChicago Powering Discovery: How Advanced Computing is Transforming Research Across Disciplines
Sep 30, 2025 - Access to high performance computing is powering groundbreaking work, including over 90 papers by researchers across the University.
U-M Ann Arbor Boost grant to advance cancer care with wearable technology
Oct 1, 2025 - CSE’s Ke Sun joins an interdisciplinary team at U-M leveraging the latest technology to improve outcomes for cancer patients.
Penn State University | New tool helps forecast volcano slope collapses and tsunamis
Oct 3, 2025 - To help scientists forecast dangerous collapses, a researcher at Penn State and colleagues have developed a novel method to gauge a volcano's stability.