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Predicting the Future of Supercomputing

Jul 1, 2025 - The need to solve high-complexity problems using large-scale tightly coupled computing (that is, supercomputing) continues to grow. In this article, we address the needs, challenges, and opportunities for supercomputing over the next decade.

#computing #AI

Predicting the Future of Supercomputing

Boston University to lay off 120 staffers amid budget challenges

Jul 9, 2025 - The private institution faces federal funding uncertainty along with operational headaches such as rising costs.

#Boston University #budget #NSF #DHHS

Boston University to lay off 120 staffers amid budget challenges

Data manipulation within the US Federal Government

Jul 3, 2025 - US public health agencies that publish large amounts of data on their websites have been altering the contents of those datasets in ways that might be politically motivated and not transparent

#data #data management #Trump #politics #ethics

Data manipulation within the US Federal Government

3 charts that tell the story of spring 2025 enrollment

Jul 7, 2025 - Recent data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center showed which cohorts are driving the sector's slow-moving recovery from the pandemic.

#data #higher ed #undergrad

3 charts that tell the story of spring 2025 enrollment

Making the Case for the CS Degree in the Age of Artificial Intelligence » CCC Blog

Jul 3, 2025 - Boise State University Associate Professor Casey Kennington's recent article draws directly from The Future of Programming in the Age of Large Language Models

#computer science #AI #LLM #GAI #communication #CRA #career

Making the Case for the CS Degree in the Age of Artificial Intelligence » CCC Blog

This AI ‘thinks’ like a human — after training on 160 psychology studies

Jul 2, 2025 - The Centaur model goes beyond single tasks and predicts a wide array of human behaviour.

#Helmholtz Institute #AI

This AI ‘thinks’ like a human — after training on 160 psychology studies

Signs of AI-generated text found in 14% of biomedical abstracts last year

Jul 2, 2025 - Abstracts included telltale words, such as ‘unparalleled’ and ‘invaluable’, that are common in text generated by large language models.

#University College London #GAI #LLM

Signs of AI-generated text found in 14% of biomedical abstracts last year

MSU to begin layoffs due to increasing costs and uncertain state and federal funding

Jul 1, 2025 - The layoffs are part of a larger plan to reduce general fund spending by 9% over the next two years.

#Michigan State University #Trump #budget

MSU to begin layoffs due to increasing costs and uncertain state and federal funding

Yale pauses hiring, tightens budget in anticipation of endowment tax hike

Jul 1, 2025 - The University will implement a 90-day hiring pause alongside other financial constraints as it navigates financial uncertainty in anticipation of a potential increase in the endowment gains tax.

#Yale #Trump #budget

Yale pauses hiring, tightens budget in anticipation of endowment tax hike

NIH makes taxpayer-funded studies public

Jul 3, 2025 - It's the latest move by the Trump administration to challenge the scientific publishing industry.

#NIH #research

NIH makes taxpayer-funded studies public

Appalachian State University Develops AI-Driven Robotic Microscope

Jul 1, 2025 - Researchers used a $2.3 million grant from NCInnovation, which supports commercializing research discoveries, to develop a robotic microscope to help farmers find and count animal parasites.

#Appalachian State University #AI

Appalachian State University Develops AI-Driven Robotic Microscope

Indiana public colleges to shed or consolidate over 400 degree programs

Jul 2, 2025 - The dramatic restructuring comes in response to a statute that aims to end programs that produce low numbers of graduates over a three-year period.

#Indiana #policy #higher ed #Purdue #Indiana University #Indiana State University #University of Indiana Bloomington #Ball State University #Ivy Tech Community College #University of Southern Indiana

Indiana public colleges to shed or consolidate over 400 degree programs

Columbia University formally notified its accreditation "may be in jeopardy."

Jul 1, 2025 - This comes on the heels of the Education Department claiming the university had violated antidiscrimination laws.

#Columbia University #accreditation

Columbia University formally notified its accreditation "may be in jeopardy."

Chris Kanich earns highest UIC teaching honor

Jun 25, 2025 - Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Chris Kanich received UIC’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2025-2026.

#computer science #University of Illinois Chicago #ADSA member

Chris Kanich earns highest UIC teaching honor

Georgetown's MDI is Hiring: Fall 2025 MDI Scholars

Jul 1, 2025 - A call for applications for the Fall 2025 cohort of the MDI Scholars Program

#Georgetown University

Georgetown's MDI is Hiring: Fall 2025 MDI Scholars

2024-2025 Digital Accessibility Fellows Champion Access and Inclusion at UC Irvine

Jun 27, 2025 - To enhance the culture of digital accessibility across campus, associate professor of Informatics Stacy Branham partnered with UC Irvine’s Information

#UC Irvine #ADSA member #DEI

2024-2025 Digital Accessibility Fellows Champion Access and Inclusion at UC Irvine

Emory | When talking about AI, definitions matter

Jun 25, 2025 - In this Q&A, Joe Sutherland, director of the Center for AI Learning, answers common questions about artificial general intelligence and what it means for our future.

#Emory University #AI

Emory | When talking about AI, definitions matter

UW eScience Staff Spotlight: Bryna Hazelton

Jun 26, 2025 - Bryna Hazelton is the Director of Research Programs and Senior Research Scientist.

#University of Washington #ADSA member

UW eScience Staff Spotlight: Bryna Hazelton

Conversation at UC Berkeley workshop shares perspectives on AI and humanity

Jun 30, 2025 - A recent discussion at the National Workshop on Data Science Education illustrated the value of open conversation about the impact of AI on humanity.

#UC Berkeley #data science #dssg #AI

Conversation at UC Berkeley workshop shares perspectives on AI and humanity

UNC-CH SDSS Faculty Member Alex McAvoy builds bridges between AI and population dynamics in special feature of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Jun 27, 2025 - his special feature presents nine articles that explore the intersection of artificial intelligence, evolutionary dynamics and game theory.

#UNC Chapel Hill #ADSA member #AI

UNC-CH SDSS Faculty Member Alex McAvoy builds bridges between AI and population dynamics in special feature of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

UVA SDS | Courtney Hodge discusses how data science is helping realtors on CBS19's ‘Inside The Numbers’

Jun 27, 2025 - M.S. in Data Science graduate Courtney Hodge discusses data science and its importance in the real estate industry on this month's "Inside the Numbers."

#university of virginia #ADSA member

UVA SDS | Courtney Hodge discusses how data science is helping realtors on CBS19's ‘Inside The Numbers’

UVA SDS | Jonathan Swap discusses capstone on CBS19 for ‘Inside The Numbers’

Jun 27, 2025 - M.S. in Data Science graduate Jonathan Swap discussed his capstone, "Detecting Temporal Anomalies in Multispectral Satellite Imagery," on "Inside the Numbers."

#university of virginia #ADSA member

UVA SDS | Jonathan Swap discusses capstone on CBS19 for ‘Inside The Numbers’

UChicago's Hank Snowdon Took a Swing at Data Science and Landed in the MLB

Jul 1, 2025 - After graduating from the MS in Applied Data Science program in Dec. 2024, Hank Snowdon packed his bags and headed west, joining the Seattle Mariners as a data scientist.

#UChicago #ADSA member #data science

UChicago's Hank Snowdon Took a Swing at Data Science and Landed in the MLB

U-M Ann Arbor | Yeyuan Chen wins Best Student Paper Award at STOC 2025

Jun 25, 2025- His winning paper, coauthored with Zihan Zhang from Ohio State University, is titled “Explicit Folded Reed-Solomon and Multiplicity Codes Achieve Relaxed Generalized Singleton Bounds.”

#computer science #ACM #University of Michigan-Ann Arbor #Ohio State University

U-M Ann Arbor | Yeyuan Chen wins Best Student Paper Award at STOC 2025

UPenn Engineering Impact of Research

Jun 30, 2025 - Each day, in every school at Penn, researchers are making strides to cure diseases, improve lives, and better understand our world.

#UPenn #NIH #dssg #engineering #NSF

UPenn Engineering Impact of Research

The first American ‘scientific refugees’ arrive in France

Jul 1, 2025 - Aix-Marseille University is wooing researchers who feel targeted by the Trump administration.

#Trump #Axis-Marseille University

The first American ‘scientific refugees’ arrive in France

Sluggishness and defensiveness helped enable an executive order on research integrity

Jun 24, 2025 - The scientific community has largely reacted negatively to the directive, fearing that the way oversight by political appointees is specified in the order will lead to interference in the curiosity-driven process of science.

#Trump #science #innovation #policy

Sluggishness and defensiveness helped enable an executive order on research integrity

Why the traditional college major may be holding students back in a rapidly changing job market

Jun 30, 2025 - A scholar and former college dean explains why higher education’s reliance on majors to measure academic quality may be an outdated approach.

#higher ed #career #employment

Why the traditional college major may be holding students back in a rapidly changing job market

HHS accuses Harvard of violating antidiscrimination law after antisemitism probe

Jul 1, 2025 - The latest salvo from the Trump administration threatens "the loss of all federal financial resources.”

#Trump #Harvard

HHS accuses Harvard of violating antidiscrimination law after antisemitism probe

Brown University preps for ‘significant cost-cutting’ amid federal funding disruption

Jun 30, 2025 - The Ivy League institution's top officials signaled possible staff reductions along with scaled back capital spending and other measures.

#Brown #NIH #Trump

Brown University preps for ‘significant cost-cutting’ amid federal funding disruption