Check out exciting announcements, research, news, and more in the September DSI newsletter! If you missed it, an archived version is available at datascience.uchicago.edu/newsletter-a...

Join us on October 7th for a virtual information session dedicated to the new 2-Year Thesis Track within UChicago’s MS in Applied Data Science program! This new track emphasizes applied training through faculty-guided research Learn more and register - datascience.uchicago.edu/events/ms-in...

The AI in Science Schmidt Fellows Speaker Series returns for the 2025-26 academic year in one week! Join us on Tuesday, October 7th for a presentation from Jonathan Weare, Pritzker AI+Science Visiting Scholar and Professor of Mathematics at @nyu.edu! datascience.uchicago.edu/events/jonat...

How an Academic Bet on Real-Time Data Paid Off TelegraphCQ, a continuous data processing system designed by DSI Faculty Co-Director Michael Franklin and colleagues at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, received the Test of Time Award at the 2025 Conference of Innovative Data Systems Research! 🧵 1/2

Job Opportunities Alert Associate Professor of Data Science: apply.interfolio.com/174768 Assistant Professor of Data Science: apply.interfolio.com/174766 EOE/Vet/Disability

Interested in engaging with cutting-edge data science research while building a community of innovative scholars, scientists, and faculty? We’re looking for a Senior Director of Research Programs & Strategy to join the DSI team! Learn more and apply at tinyurl.com/42h9bh4e

🎉 First talk in 5460 S. University Ave, the new home of the Data Science Institute! Thank you for joining us today as we kicked off the academic year with a new Stats and DSI Joint Seminar featuring @aaronschein.bsky.social, Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science at UChicago

Don’t miss the first entry of a new Stats and DSI Joint Seminar series today with Aaron Schein, Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science at the University of Chicago! Join us today at 11:30am at the Data Science Institute (5460 S. University Ave) datascience.uchicago.edu/events/dsi-a...

Welcome new and returning students, faculty, researchers, and all members of the UChicago data science community to Autumn Quarter 2025! 🍂 We're excited to continue driving cross-disciplinary innovation this quarter through research harnessing data science and AI tools

Job Opportunity Alert Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Fellowship at the University of Chicago: apply.interfolio.com/173322 EOE/Vet/Disability

On Monday, September 29th, Aaron Schein (@aaronschein.bsky.social), assistant professor of statistics and data science a the University of Chicago, presents new scalable approaches to non-negative Tucker models as we kick off this new Statistics and DSI Joint Seminar Series! More info 🔗 ⬇️

Strengthening Chicago public schools with data science Data Science Clinic students Rachelle Cho, Dylan Danaie, Mariam Raheem, and Robert Rodrigu partnered with Kids First Chicago to improve Chicago Public Schools data accessibility and standardization, enabling better decision-making 🎥 🔗 ⬇️

Join a community at the forefront of data science innovation at DSI! We’re looking for a Senior Director of Research Programs & Strategy to lead DSI’s research and evaluation efforts Learn more and apply at tinyurl.com/42h9bh4e

🎉 Incredible turnout last night for Chicago Data Night! Thank you to Assistant Prof Haifeng Xu for his fascinating talk on #ProphetArena and the future of forecasting with AI. Special thanks to #DriveCapital for hosting and @caai-booth.bsky.social AI for sponsoring this amazing event!

Explore the MS in Applied Data Science program from a student’s perspective today at 6pm with Samantha Vega, Associate Director in the Artificial Intelligence and Data group at Verizon! Register here: datascience.uchicago.edu/events/ask-a...

Tonight: It’s Chicago Data Night! Join us for a gathering of the Chicago data science and AI community as we explore machine intelligence forecasting with Haifeng Xu, assistant professor in computer science and data science at the University of Chicago! Event begins at 5:30pm at Drive Capital 🔗 ⬇️

🎉 We're thrilled to extend a warm welcome to all the new PhD in Data Science and MS in Data Science students joining us at UChicago this week! We can't wait to see all the incredible contributions you will make across disciplines using data science and AI

Get your questions about the MS in Applied Data Science program answered tomorrow by student Samantha Vega, Associate Director in the Artificial Intelligence and Data group at Verizon, at tomorrow’s Ask a Student info session! Register here datascience.uchicago.edu/events/ask-a...

Can AI predict the future? Haifeng Xu, Assistant Professor of CS & data science at UChicago and his team at SIGMA Lab launched Prophet Arena to find out. Read here for a preview: bit.ly/3ImPToh

What is true machine intelligence? Don’t miss tomorrow’s exploration of Prophet Arena, a live benchmark for evaluating Large Language Models, tomorrow at Chicago Data Night! Featuring Haifeng Xu, assistant professor of computer science and data science at the University of Chicago RSVP 🔗 ⬇️

This week in Abu Dhabi: 1st-ever #AIWeatherTraining to help govts harness #AI to deliver tailored #forecasts to millions of farmers.

We’re hiring for an open Senior Director of Research Programs & Strategy role at DSI! Join our community and lead DSI’s research and evaluation efforts while engaging with experts developing the future of the data science field Learn more and apply at tinyurl.com/42h9bh4e

Join us as we kick-off a new Statistics and DSI Joint Seminar Series! @aaronschein.bsky.social, assistant professor of statistics and data science, explores ‘Scalable Non-Negative Tensor Decompositions for Latent Structure Discovery in Multilayer Networks and Hypergraphs’ on Mon, Sep. 29th! 🔗 ⬇️

Job Opportunity Alert Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Fellowship at the University of Chicago: apply.interfolio.com/173322 EOE/Vet/Disability

Looking to build connections in the Chicago data science community and discuss the future of data science and AI? Join us for this month’s Chicago Data Night September 24th! Featuring a presentation from Haifeng Xu, assistant professor of Computer Science and Data Science at UChicago! RSVP 🔗 ⬇️

Improving University transit with data science Data Science Clinic students Kristen Wallace, Leah Dimsu, Minjae Joh, and Luna Jian collaborated with UChicago Transportation to analyze transit service data youtube.com/watch?v=jUtGDuON6e0&feature=youtu.be

Help sharpen DSI’s research portfolio and build the data science community at the University of Chicago as DSI’s Senior Director of Research Programs & Strategy! Learn more and apply at tinyurl.com/42h9bh4e

Curious about the MS in Applied Data Science student experience? Ask a student! Join us on Wednesday, September 24th for a virtual information session with Samantha Vega, MS in Applied Data Science student and Associate Director in the Artificial Intelligence and Data group at Verizon! 🔗 ⬇️

Chicago Data Night is in one week! Don’t miss the first Chicago Data Night of the academic year, brining together data science practitioners, academics, and aficionados in the Chicago area Feat. Haifeng Xu, assistant professor of computer science and data science at the University of Chicago!

“We were essentially predicting worlds we couldn’t see for a very long time.” Tiffany Shaw, Faculty Director of the AI for Climate Initiative, shares how climate modeling is keeping up with unprecedented climate change in @quantamagazine.bsky.social: www.quantamagazine.org/how-climate-...

Join us for today’s MS in Applied Data Science Online Program Information Session to gain valuable insight into program curriculum, scholarship opportunities, and more! Featuring Assistant Director of Enrollment, Patrick Vonesh, and Assistant Clinical Professor, Jonathan Williams! 🔗 ⬇️

You can lead DSI’s research and evaluation efforts as DSI’s Senior Director of Research Programs & Strategy! Explore this exciting new staff opportunity at tinyurl.com/42h9bh4e

AI is enabling a “democratization of weather forecasting” AI for Climate Faculty Co-Directors @pedramh.bsky.social and Amir Jina, with AI for Climate Advisory Board member Michael Kremer, highlight the impact of AI weather forecasting in @wsj.com! www.wsj.com/articles/far...

Get an advanced degree in a rapidly growing field without needing to leave the house with the MS in Applied Data Science Online Program! Learn tomorrow with Senior Assistant Director of Enrollment, Patrick Vonesh and Assistant Clinical Professor Jonathan Williams! 🔗 ⬇️

❓Who is this month’s Chicago Data Night speaker, Haifeng Xu? In addition to being an assistant professor of Computer Science and Data Science at the University of Chicago, Xu has recently worked on Prophet Arena, a new benchmark for AI’s forecasting capabilities 🧵 Read on for more⬇️

Linking human rights grievances to the palm oil supply chain Data Science Clinic students Michelangelo Pagan, Vikram Ramaswamy, Andrew Kim, and Tiwaa Buks collaborated with the PalmWatch team to improve and build on PalmWatch's grievance dataset 🎥 Video 🔗 in the reply ⬇️

Do you enjoy building a community of scholars and scientists while supporting innovative research? DSI seeks a Senior Director of Research Programs & Strategy to sharpen the DSI’s research portfolio Learn more at tinyurl.com/42h9bh4e

You’re invited to this month’s Chicago Data Night! 🤔 What is Chicago Data Night? Chicago Data Night is a gathering of data science practitioners, academics and aficionados brought together by a mutual interest in data. Each month features a guest speaker on a data-related topic 🧵(1/4)

🌐 Looking to gain the data science skills you need to succeed in the rapidly growing fields of data and AI? Join us on Tuesday, September 16th to discover the MS in Applied Data Science Online Program! Register at the 🔗 in the reply ⬇️

Lead DSI’s research and evaluation efforts as DSI’s Senior Director of Research Programs and Strategy! Explore an exciting opportunity to engage with cutting edge data science research and expert scholars and scientists at tinyurl.com/42h9bh4e

Creating interactive simulations to educate users on regenerative farming Data Science Clinic students Yurou Li and Wilbur Wu collaborated with Food System 6 to help develop an engaging simulation game that communicates the real-life challenges faced by regenerative farmers 🎥 Video 🔗 in reply ⬇️

Amir Jina, Faculty Co-Director, DSI's AI for Climate Initiative, & Paul Winters, Assoc Dean and Professor at University of Notre Dame - Keough School of Global Affairs explore how AI can expand access to accurate, tailored weather forecasts in a new article for @us.theconversation.com 🔗⬇️

Join us on Wednesday, September 24th for this month’s Chicago Data Night! Featuring a presentation from Haifeng Xu, assistant professor of computer science and data science at the University of Chicago! RSVP - datascience.uchicago.edu/events/chica...

A Bet Worth Placing: Computing and Data Science at UChicago The Department of Computer Science and DSI hold indispensable roles at the University of Chicago, enriching the broader intellectual environment while offering meaningful benefits to both students and faculty 🧵(1/)

Maximizing computing cluster efficiency Data Science Clinic students Vane Lois, Keling Yue, Yu-Chan Jimmy Chien, and Hieu Nguyen collaborated with the DSI systems administration team to visualize and predict compute cluster resource usage over different time scales 🎬 🔗 in reply

Join our team and support exciting data science research at the University of Chicago! DSI is seeking a highly experienced Senior Director of Research Programs & Strategy to lead DSI’s research and evaluation efforts Learn more and apply at tinyurl.com/42h9bh4e

Data science practitioners, academics, and aficionados are invited to join us at Chicago Data Night, a community gathering at the intersection of industry and academia! This month’s event features a talk by Haifeng Xu, assistant professor of Computer Science and Data Science at UChicago! RSVP🔗 ⬇️

Can AI drive sustainable plastic development? Discover the research of Ludwig Schneider, Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Fellow at the University of Chicago! Ludwig Schneider’s goal is to design sustainable polymeric materials through combining engineering with AI Video 🔗👇

Ready to sharpen your data science skillset with real-world clients? Prospective students are invited to join us at today’s Autumn 2025 Data Science Clinic Information Session! Registration 🔗 in reply

Looking for an opportunity to engage with innovative research? We’re seeking a Senior Director of Research Programs & Strategy to lead DSI’s research and evaluation efforts! Learn more at tinyurl.com/42h9bh4e