datascience@uw

Congratulations to our DSI Affiliates who recently received tenure or promotion to full professor: @mmmmchen, Amy Cochran, Jelena Diakonikolas, @energymorgan, @gissong, @anthonygitter, Moritz Münchmeyer, and @ChaoqunNi. linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Dr. @hoifungpoon, @MSFTResearch, investigates ways to forecast disease progression and treatment response with generative AI. At Monday's ML4MI seminar, 11am on Zoom, Dr. Poon will discuss AI-powered virtual clinical trials for advancing medical discovery. ml4mi.wisc.edu/learning-oppor…

Today, we officially launch the @UWMadison College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence. Discover our new home online to explore what makes the college unique and read a message from our Founding Dean Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, reflecting on why this moment matters. On, Wisconsin!

To celebrate @UWMadison's new College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence, Founding Dean Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau digs deep into the technological moment around us in his essay: Time to dig. @uwmadcai cai.wisc.edu/2026/07/01/tim…

The Data Science Institute is looking for data scientists who will thrive in a research environment to join our team! Learn more and apply by July 11: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/data-scie…

Thank you to Dr. Cristóbal Guzmán, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, for his seminar on advances in differentially-private synthetic data generation. We're grateful that DSI Affiliate Jelena Diakonikolas partnered with us to bring Dr. Guzmán to campus.

Congratulations to DSI Affiliate @taylor_odle on winning the Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Early Career Award!

Join DSI on 6/22, 2-3pm for a special seminar with Dr. Cristóbal Guzmán: Advances in Differentially-Private Synthetic Data Generation. This in-person event will be held in the Morgridge Hall seminar room (7560). Light refreshments will be served. dsi.wisc.edu/2026/06/15/adv…

Diagnostic errors remain a leading cause of preventable harm in the ICU. Majid Afshar's ML4MI talk will focus on a modular, multi-agent platform designed to augment physician diagnostic reasoning in real time. 6/15, 2pm, Zoom. @uwsmph ml4mi.wisc.edu/learning-oppor…

Machine learning tools are at the core of DSI Affiliate Rose Cersonsky’s research, which involves molecular modeling and simulation of colloids, soft matter, and nanomaterials. Cersonsky is the Conway Asst. Professor @UWMadCBE. engineering.wisc.edu/news/a-quest-t…

Congratulations to DSI Affiliate Ilias Diakonikolas on receiving the 2026 Gödel Prize, one of the highest honors in theoretical computer science. cs.wisc.edu/2026/06/04/ili…

DSI Affiliate Jonny Uelmen, @uwsmph, is collecting ticks from across Wisconsin, integrating his field discoveries with climate and environmental data, drone imagery and other data to develop advanced models showing when and where tick risks are highest. med.wisc.edu/news/tick-risk…

DSI is gearing up for the @UWEBCweb Digital Symposium next Monday. We're excited to connect with industry and other organizations about how they are putting digital, data, and AI into practice. It's not too late to register - hope to see you at Lambeau! uwebc.wisc.edu/wisconsin-digi…

In 2026, @UWMadison will move from early investment in AI toward broad institutional readiness, centering people, judgment and institutional guardrails. DSI Director @KyleCranmer will serve on the AI Readiness and Competency Working Group. news.wisc.edu/uw-madison-des…

Over 200 people attended last week's @dairy_hub Dairy Symposium @UWMadison. The event kicked off with a keynote by@KyleCranmer, who shared insight into the impacts of AI and data science on the dairy industry, agriculture and society. morningagclips.com/dairy-symposiu…

"Deep Learning Applications in Ophthalmology" is the focus of the 14th annual McPherson Lecture on May 28 with Dr. Aaron Lee, WashU. Reception at 3pm and lecture at 4pm in the Health Sciences Learning Center. vision.wisc.edu/event/14th-ann…

Join DSI at the WI Digital Symposium, hosted by @UWEBCweb on 6/1 at Lambeau Field. Learn how teams are scaling digital initiatives, aligning technology with business priorities, and enabling collaboration among leaders. Use code "DSI" for a $50 discount. uwebc.wisc.edu/wisconsin-digi…

Michal Engelman @EngelmanMichal will lead the RISE-THRIVE Collaboration HQ @WIDiscovery. This effort will bring together new RISE hires and established @UWMadison researchers working at the forefront of immunology and healthspan. research.wisc.edu/press-release/…

Three DSI Affiliates were recently honored with Vilas Awards. @lauraalbertphd was named a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, and @SharonYixuanLi and Shamya @s_karumbaiah received Vilas Early Career Investigator Awards. Congratulations! news.wisc.edu/48-faculty-hon…

Join us for the last GeoDS seminar of the semester at noon this Friday, 5/15, 140 Science Hall. Yun Hang will introduce a spatial data science approach that integrates satellite data with machine learning to assess environmental exposures. @gissong today.wisc.edu/events/view/22…