Higher Ed News

2647 bookmarks

Newest

How to build AI scaling laws for efficient LLM training and budget maximization

Sep 16, 2025 - MIT and MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab researchers have developed a universal guide for estimating how large language models (LLMs) will perform based on smaller models in the same family.

#MIT #LLM #IBM

How to build AI scaling laws for efficient LLM training and budget maximization

UIllinois Chicago | Former student Khairi Reda joins CS faculty

Sep 16, 2025 - Reda earned both of his graduate degrees from UIC; he completed his MS in 2009 and his PhD in 2014. He works primarily in data visualization and computer graphics.

#University of Illinois Chicago #computer science

UIllinois Chicago | Former student Khairi Reda joins CS faculty

UNC-C | Mitu Banerjee: Redefining Her Path Through Lifelong Learning

Sep 17, 2025 - After nearly three decades away from the classroom, Mitu Banerjee made the bold decision to return to higher education

#UNC Charlotte #ADSA member

UNC-C | Mitu Banerjee: Redefining Her Path Through Lifelong Learning

UPenn | Deepfakes, digital doubles, and the law: Jennifer Rothman on protecting identity in the AI era

Sep 15, 2025 - The evolution of AI technology may require more robust copyright laws and guardrails that protect people’s control of their own identities, says the Penn Carey Law professor.

#UPenn #GAI #policy

UPenn | Deepfakes, digital doubles, and the law: Jennifer Rothman on protecting identity in the AI era

UCR researchers fortify AI against rogue rewiring

Sep 4, 2025 - As generative AI models move from massive cloud servers to phones and cars, they’re stripped down to save power. But what gets trimmed can include the technology that stops them from spewing hate speech or offering roadmaps for criminal activity.

#GAI #dssg #UC Riverside

UCR researchers fortify AI against rogue rewiring

UCSD | UCR Scientists Use NSF Supercomputers to Reveal How “Jumping Genes” can Transform Gene Editing Technologies

Sep 18, 2025 - UC Riverside (UCR) researchers recently utilized U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) ACCESS allocations to uncover how a bacterial protein can steer the “jumping” of genes to specific spots in the genome.

#UC San Diego #bioinformatics #ADSA member #NSF #UC Riverside

UCSD | UCR Scientists Use NSF Supercomputers to Reveal How “Jumping Genes” can Transform Gene Editing Technologies

WashU | Kannampallil and Wiley named among 24 new ACMI Fellows

Sep 18, 2025 - Thomas Kannampallil, PhD, FAMIA, and Laura Wiley, PhD, FAMIA, have been named among 24 new Fellows to be inducted into the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI).

#AI #bioinformatics #WUSTL #biomedical

WashU | Kannampallil and Wiley named among 24 new ACMI Fellows

Princeton AI Lab Welcomes New Postdocs

Sep 9, 2025 - The incoming postdocs will contribute to the research coming from the AI Lab’s three initiatives, AI for Accelerating Invention (AI2), Natural and Artificial Minds (NAM), and Princeton Language and Intelligence (PLI).

#Princeton #AI

Princeton AI Lab Welcomes New Postdocs

JHU Data Science and AI Institute announces 22 new faculty

Aug 25, 2025 - These newly appointed faculty members join more than 150 Data Science and AI Institute faculty members across Johns Hopkins.

#JHU

JHU Data Science and AI Institute announces 22 new faculty

UW eScience | Software for Community-Driven Enumeration: Needs Assessment of People Experiencing Homelessness

Sep 8, 2025 - To better understand and support people living without shelter, Dr. Zack Almquist, and his team are partnering with the King County Regional Homelessness Authority to develop a new way of counting and learning about this population.

#University of Washington #dssg #ADSA member

UW eScience | Software for Community-Driven Enumeration: Needs Assessment of People Experiencing Homelessness

NC State | Meet Our 2025 Incoming Class

Sep 8, 2025 - The newest members of our Wolfpack are ready to make the most of their time at NC State. Get to know six students in the incoming class of 2025.

#NCSU #data #undergrad

NC State | Meet Our 2025 Incoming Class

UC San Diego Plays Key Role in National Effort to Build a Fusion Research Data Platform

Sep 16, 2025 - The data platform will unite scattered research data and workflows into a single U.S. resource.

#UC San Diego #ADSA member #DoE

UC San Diego Plays Key Role in National Effort to Build a Fusion Research Data Platform

UNC-Chapel Hill New majors, minors and more begin in fall 2025

Sep 8, 2025 - Carolina’s latest academic options include a minor in risk management and a graduate program in Africana studies.

#ADSA member #UNC Chapel Hill #undergrad #degree #data science

UNC-Chapel Hill New majors, minors and more begin in fall 2025

UVA Data Science Faculty Awarded Jefferson Trust Grant to Advance AI-Empowered Student Support

Sep 17, 2025 - UVA Data Science faculty win $154K Jefferson Trust grant to build scalable AI tools that personalize student support and transform teaching assistants’ roles.

#ADSA member #university of virginia #AI #EdTech

UVA Data Science Faculty Awarded Jefferson Trust Grant to Advance AI-Empowered Student Support

U-M Ann Arbor | Simulated humanoid robots learn to hike rugged terrain autonomously

Sep 16, 2025 - Now able to learn locomotion and navigation together, robots develop balanced gaits and safe routes.

#University of Michigan-Ann Arbor #AI #robotics

U-M Ann Arbor | Simulated humanoid robots learn to hike rugged terrain autonomously

UPenn Pranam Chatterjee Designs Novel AI Frameworks for Biotechnology

Sep 18, 2025 - Chatterjee turned to artificial intelligence (AI) as his tool of choice in the engineering world.

#UPenn #AI #biology

UPenn Pranam Chatterjee Designs Novel AI Frameworks for Biotechnology

Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences Symposium scheduled for Oct. 6

Sep 15, 2025 - The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) annual symposium event will be held Monday, Oct. 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

#Penn State #ADSA member

Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences Symposium scheduled for Oct. 6

Brown CCMB Junior Faculty Ying Ma receives 3 grants from NSF and NIH

Sep 15, 2025 - Ying Ma, the Edens Family Assistant Professor of Healthcare Communications and Technology and Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, will address genomic challenges using computational methods in her upcoming research supported by three recent grants from the NSF and NIH.

#Brown #ADSA member #NSF #NIH

Brown CCMB Junior Faculty Ying Ma receives 3 grants from NSF and NIH

UUtah | Second Annual Symposium Recap: Initiative Fuels State Leadership in Responsible AI

Sep 18, 2025 - The University of Utah One-U Responsible AI Initiative (One-U RAI) showcased how it’s raising the state’s profile in ethical innovation by forging cross-sector partnerships, boosting regional infrastructure, and supporting researchers using AI to improve lives—to diagnose rare diseases in children, restore water to the Great Salt Lake, help middle schoolers learn math, and more.

#University of Utah #ADSA member #dssg

UUtah | Second Annual Symposium Recap: Initiative Fuels State Leadership in Responsible AI

4 UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, staff named to NC AI Leadership Council

Sep 11, 2025 - The 24-member group will advise and support Gov. Josh Stein and state agencies on artificial intelligence strategy, policy and training.

#north carolina #policy #AI #ADSA member #UNC Chapel Hill

4 UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, staff named to NC AI Leadership Council

Photos Capture the Extreme, Beautiful Work of Climate Science

Sep 15, 2025 - Building an accurate model of Earth’s climate requires a lot of data. Photography reveals the extreme efforts scientists have undertaken to measure gases, glaciers, clouds and more.

#University of Victoria #data #environment

Photos Capture the Extreme, Beautiful Work of Climate Science

Secrets of DeepSeek AI model revealed in landmark paper

Sep 17, 2025 - First peer-reviewed study shows how a Chinese start-up firm made the market-shaking LLM for US$300,000.

#DeepSeek #GAI #machine learning #Ohio State University #LLM

Secrets of DeepSeek AI model revealed in landmark paper

Which diseases will you have in 20 years? This AI accurately predicts your risks

Sep 17, 2025 - A modified large language model called Delphi-2M analyses a person’s medical records and lifestyle to provide risk estimates for more than 1,000 diseases.

#biomedical #Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich #LLM

Which diseases will you have in 20 years? This AI accurately predicts your risks

Explore the Future: Three New MTSU Data Science Courses

Sep 17, 2025 - Data Science at Middle Tennessee State University is thrilled to announce three new courses, each offering unique topics in one of today’s most important and fast-evolving fields.

#MTSU #AI #data science #education #ADSA member

Explore the Future: Three New MTSU Data Science Courses

The Newest Face of Long-Term Unemployment? The College Educated.

Sep 15, 2025 - For years, only a small portion of the people experiencing long spells of joblessness were college graduates. That’s starting to change.

#higher ed #employment #economy #AI

The Newest Face of Long-Term Unemployment? The College Educated.

Cal Poly state funding cut by $9.7 million amid statewide budget deficit

Sep 16, 2025 - Cal Poly faces $9.7 million state funding reduction, impacting operations. Tuition increase and deferred funding amidst budget deficit.

#Cal Poly #budget

Cal Poly state funding cut by $9.7 million amid statewide budget deficit

Elon University and Queens University of Charlotte announce intent to merge

Sep 17, 2025 - The private North Carolina institutions said the combination would help meet the educational and workforce needs of Charlotte, the state's biggest city.

#Queens University #Elon University #budget

Elon University and Queens University of Charlotte announce intent to merge

Thrilling progress in brain-computer interfaces from UC labs

Sep 17, 2025 - UC researchers and the patients they work with are showing the world what's possible when the human mind and advanced computers meet.

#AI #robotics #HCI #UC San Francisco #UC Santa Barbara #UC Davis #biomedical #health #NIH

Thrilling progress in brain-computer interfaces from UC labs

Maryville College plans new $80M science center focused on Southern Appalachia

Sep 15, 2025 - Maryville College is planning to build a new 65,000-square-foot science center on campus.

#Maryville College

Maryville College plans new $80M science center focused on Southern Appalachia

Connecticut Professors Fear Dependence, Cognitive Decline Over AI Use

Sep 15, 2025 - Professors at Central Connecticut State University worry that reliance on artificial intelligence tools is already changing student behavior — less thinking abstractly, less engagement and potential cognitive decline.

#Central Connecticut State University #GAI #ChatGPT #education #pedagogy #EdTech

Connecticut Professors Fear Dependence, Cognitive Decline Over AI Use