Today, UW Board of Regents approved a proposal to reorganize the School of Computer, Data and Information Science into a standalone college, a critical step toward creating a College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence. This begins several months of engagement with stakeholders across campus.

TODAY at 10: Join ML4MI on Zoom for a talk by Efrat Shimron, Assistant Professor at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Dr. Shimron will discuss methods for leveraging ML to advance affordable, accessible healthcare. ml4mi.wisc.edu/learning-opp...

New location! Zaid Harchaoui's seminar will cover the origins of zero-shot prediction, its latest incarnations in computer vision and language modeling, and current opportunities and challenges. Join us on Nov. 20, 4pm in 2516 Morgridge Hall. dsi.wisc.edu/2025/11/11/d...

How is AI affecting higher education? DSI Director @kylecranmer.bsky.social and DSI Affiliate @shamya-karumbaiah.bsky.social were part of a panel addressing this topic at the Big Ten Academic Alliance Senate Leadership Conference @uwmadison.bsky.social today.

The next ML4MI seminar will feature a talk by Dr. Andreas Velten, Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at @uwmadison.bsky.social. Join us on 11/17, 11:10AM on Zoom. ml4mi.wisc.edu/learning-opp...

🏆 Announcing the inaugural Margot and Tom Pritzker Prize winners: @kylecranmer.bsky.social for pioneering simulation-based inference in particle physics @deboramarks.bsky.social for advancing language modeling in evolutionary biology

DSI Director and @uwmadphysics.bsky.social Professor @kylecranmer.bsky.social has been honored with the inaugural Pritzker Prize in AI for Science for his role in establishing a powerful new approach to data analysis that leverages advances in machine learning and AI. dsi.wisc.edu/2025/11/10/d...

Tomorrow, join the Language Institute and DSI for a brown bag with LukePlonsky, Northern Arizona University. Dr. Plonsky's talk will address ethical considerations around AI use in academic publishing. 1418 Van Hise, 11:30am.

Furthering the RISE-AI initiative, @uwmadison.bsky.social recently announced a partnership with Microsoft and TitletownTech to accelerate AI-driven scientific discovery. news.wisc.edu/uw-madison-p...

New paper, with @rkhashmani.me @marielpettee.bsky.social @garrettmerz.bsky.social Hellen Qu. We introduce a framework for generating realistic, highly multimodal datasets with explicitly calculable mutual information. This is helpful for studying self-supervised learning arxiv.org/abs/2510.21686

The Data Science Institute welcomed new RISE-AI faculty from across campus to UW–Madison at a reception last week. This event provided them with an opportunity to meet and identify shared research interests with DSI’s faculty and staff affiliates. dsi.wisc.edu/2025/10/22/d...

TODAY: Join @uwmadisonchem.bsky.social and DSI for back-to-back, AI-related seminars in Chem 1435. At 2:30, Frank Noé will present the Hirschfelder seminar. At 4, Cecilia Clementi will present an AI for Science seminar. Refreshments will be served between the talks. dsi.wisc.edu/events/

Join @uwmadisonchem.bsky.social and DSI for back-to-back, AI-related seminars on 10/20 in Chem 1435. At 2:30, Frank Noé will present the Hirschfelder seminar. At 4, Cecilia Clementi will present an AI for Science seminar. Refreshments will be served between the talks. dsi.wisc.edu/events/

Join @uwmadisonchem.bsky.social and the Data Science Institute for this AI for Science seminar on protein modeling with Prof. Cecilia Clementi. October 20, 4pm, Chemistry Learning Studio (1435). chem.wisc.edu/event/physic...

The new @uwmadisonls.bsky.social Center for Humanistic Inquiry into AI and Uncertainty will encourage research collaboration, reflecting efforts like @uwmadison.bsky.social RISE-AI. ls.wisc.edu/news/answeri...

Dr. Satish E. Viswanath, Emory University, will discuss AI in precision medicine at next week's ML4MI seminar. Join us on Zoom, 10/14 at 10am. ml4mi.wisc.edu/learning-opp...

Big congratulations to Frank on receiving this year’s Hirschfelder Prize! Excited to welcome Frank and Cecilia to Madison in late Oct!

The Open Source Program Office at the Data Science Institute welcomes its fall 2025 interns. These undergrad students are working on open-source software and hardware projects across campus. ospo.wisc.edu/activities/i...

In a @pbswisconsin.bsky.social interview, DSI Affiliate @taylorodle.bsky.social discusses the impacts of the Direct Admit Wisconsin and Wisconsin Guarantee programs on UW system admissions of WI high school students.

The Data Science Institute is assuming responsibility for a new, campus-wide effort—the RISE-AI Collaboration HQ—which will catalyze research communities centered on innovative focus areas and build connections among @uwmadison.bsky.social's AI community. news.wisc.edu/rise-ai-coll...

Tomorrow's ML4MI seminar will begin at 11:15am. Dr. Ehsan Adeli will discuss how advances in computer vision and computational neuroscience contribute to discovering behavioral and neural phenotypes of healthy aging and neurological disorders. ml4mi.wisc.edu/learning-opp...

Honored to have participated in this amazing event and meet great people and their work in the data science field.

That’s better! Got the George Box poster up at the DSI @uwdsi.bsky.social

Things are hopping in Morgridge Hall! After you visit the Data Science Institute on the 5th floor, be sure to check out the terraces, classrooms, study spaces, plants, art, and the Ground Truth Cafe. www.wkow.com/news/educati...

The @uwmadisoncals.bsky.social Sound Forest Lab uses ecological soundscape recordings and machine learning to understand forest biodiversity. The Data Science Institute worked with project lead Zuzana Burivalova on a database for storing and sharing these recordings. www.wpr.org/news/wiscons...

From building bridges with elementary schools to enabling scientific breakthroughs through statistical and computing expertise, UW–Madison's School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences is forging powerful partnerships that are transforming how work is done across campus and Wisconsin.

Looking for the Data Science Institute? Starting today, you can find us on the 5th floor of Morgridge Hall.

The next ML4MI Seminar features a talk from Dr. James Zou, Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science, Computer Science, and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. Join us on 8/18, 10am on Zoom.

A nice article by @anilananth.bsky.social on using AI to explore design spaces, find unexpected solutions, (re)discover symmetries, and propose new relationships featuring @yuqirose.bsky.social @mariokrenn.bsky.social & myself. Note AI ≠ LLMs in this piece. www.quantamagazine.org/ai-comes-up-...

Super excited 3 days at the CECAM workshop co-organized with @drgregbowman.bsky.social @bettinagkeller.bsky.social! Protein dynamics is definitely shaping up to be the next big topic in AI for Science! Huge thanks to @cecamevents.bsky.social, @uwdsi.bsky.social, TCI, Chem, Emma and the DSI staff!

DSI is thrilled to host this @cecamevents.bsky.social workshop with @uwmadisonchem.bsky.social!

Yesterday, I was on the Larry Meiller Show with host Lee Rayburn to talk about AI for an hour! It is so important that we have public media like WPR to discuss the good and the bad of these important issues. @uwdsi.bsky.social www.wpr.org/shows/larry-...

In the past, I was actively involved in disclosure of science, committed to making scientific knowledge accessible to broader audiences.This article about my research with Professor Jingyi Huang reminds me of that mission and of the fundamental belief of open science badgerherald.com/news/science...

🎉 Great news: Our Machine Learning and Physical Sciences workshop will be back again this year! 🎉 Keep an eye out for updates on deadlines etc, we will be updating the website soon ml4physicalsciences.github.io #ML4PS2025

Imon Banerjee's research addresses fairness in AI, multimodal deep learning, and AI translation for digital healthcare. She'll discuss her work at the July 14 ML4MI seminar, 10am CT on Zoom. ml4mi.wisc.edu/learning-opp...

Check out this project from DSI Affiliate @garyshiu.bsky.social!

Sociological Methods & Research—housed at DSI—achieved a one-year impact factor of 6.5, ranking #3/210 among all sociology journals worldwide. Congrats to editor Felix Elwert, @uwsoc.bsky.social, and the @uwmadison.bsky.social students who have worked on SMR. journals.sagepub.com/home/SMR

I enjoyed a lot working on hybrid modeling for the ROI tool for soybean white mold, now alive published on the Crop Protection Network web page cropprotectionnetwork.org/white-mold-r...

The @uwmadison.bsky.social Data Science Institute is proud to sponsor the 2025 Midwest Machine Learning Symposium!

[email protected] designs computational methods to study diseases and develop new drugs and proteins. He also develops machine learning models to speed up drug discovery. Learn more about his work in Faces of Data Science: datascience.wisc.edu#faces @morgridgeinstitute.bsky.social

At next Tuesday's ML4MI seminar, Dr. Pingkun Yan, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will present his work on "Medical Image Foundation Models for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction". 6/17, 10AM CT, Zoom link at ml4mi.wisc.edu/learning-opp...

This evening in Green Bay, DSI Director @kylecranmer.bsky.social will present "How is AI Revolutionizing Science" with @uwbadgertalks.bsky.social. Join him at the Neville Public Museum for this PBS AI Talk Series event. www.nevillepublicmuseum.org/events/calen...

Researchers and students @uwmadison.bsky.social: Join us for a pilot workshop on Reproducible Machine Learning Workflows for Scientists, 6/16-6/17 at the Discovery Bldg. You'll use Pixi to create reproducible software environments for complex applications. indico.global/event/14745/

Celebrating 40 years of the Center for High-Throughput Computing (CHTC) that created Condor that drives so much of scientific computing around the world.

How might AI transform science? DSI Director @kylecranmer.bsky.social will discuss the diverse ways AI could revolutionize scientific practice at this @uwbadgertalks.bsky.social live event in Green Bay. Join us at the Neville Public Museum, June 10, 6pm. www.nevillepublicmuseum.org/events/calen...

In our latest podcast episode, hear from @kaipingchen.bsky.social and Corey Jackson about trust in science and how researchers can create the kinds of environments where non-scientists can better engage with scientific work. ids.wisc.edu/2025/05/21/d...

How cool is this! Doug Bates donated to our Open Source Program Office one of the original CDs for R signed by the core developers.

The Data Science Institute looks forward to joining the School of Computer, Data, & Information Sciences in Morgridge Hall later this summer. captimes.com/news/educati...

Congratulations to DSI Affiliate Ilias Diakonikolas on winning the Grace Murray Hopper Award, one of the highest honors for young researchers in computing. In the award announcement, Diakonikolas was recognized for his breakthrough techniques in algorithm design. www.cs.wisc.edu/2025/05/21/i...

Today at 2! Join DSI and the Department of Mathematics for a seminar with Dr. Talitha Washington on removing barriers to data and AI innovation. dsi.wisc.edu/2025/04/23/d...