On Aug. 5, 7 PM, join DSI Director @kylecranmer.bsky.social at Badgers on Tap as he discusses the complexities of artificial intelligence. Enjoy drinks, bingo, trivia, and fun prizes at this @uwbadgertalks.bsky.social event at The Rigby Pub & Grill in Madison! today.wisc.edu/events/view/...

UW–Madison will receive 5 Phase I Genesis Mission awards from the Department of Energy addressing urgent energy, scientific, and engineering challenges with AI and advanced computing. @uwmadison.bsky.social earned more awards than any other public university in the US. news.wisc.edu/5-projects-a...

5 projects at UW–Madison aimed at transforming science and energy with AI receive DOE Genesis Mission funding

The projects, spanning fusion to critical minerals, are among 278 funded awards to national labs, companies, universities and non-profits in order to accelerate breakthroughs in energy, scientific dis...

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Congratulations to our DSI Affiliates who recently received tenure or promotion to full professor: Min Chen, Amy Cochran, Jelena Diakonikolas, Morgan Edwards, Song Gao, Anthony Gitter, Moritz Münchmeyer, and Chaoqun Ni. linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Dr. Hoifung Poon, @msftresearch.bsky.social, 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-opp...

To celebrate @uwmadison.bsky.social'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. cai.wisc.edu/2026/07/01/t...

Time to dig

To celebrate UW–Madison's new College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Dean Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau digs deep into the technological moment around us.

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

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 @taylorodle.bsky.social on winning the Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Early Career Award!

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♥️ @aefpweb.bsky.social will always be my academic home, so it was truly a special honor to win this year’s Early Career Award! I can’t begin to thank every colleague, cheerleader, and mentor enough. At this point in my career, all I can say to anyone is: Do good work and be kind to others.

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/a...

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. ml4mi.wisc.edu/learning-opp...

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 Conway Asst. Professor of Chemical and Bio Engineering at UW–Madison. engineering.wisc.edu/news/a-quest... .

A quest to understand materials that manipulate light has guided Rose Cersonsky's career. It remains a beacon for her future. - College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison

When Rose Cersonsky, the Conway Assistant Professor in chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was a graduate student at the University of Michigan, she had a “Eure...

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

Ilias Diakonikolas wins 2026 Gödel Prize for breakthrough work in robust high-dimensional learning

University of Wisconsin–Madison Computer Sciences professor Ilias Diakonikolas has received the 2026 Gödel Prize, one of the highest honors in theoretical computer science, for transformational work i...

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DSI Affiliate Jonny Uelmen 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. www.med.wisc.edu/news/tick-ri...

What's the tick forecast? - School of Medicine and Public Health

Researcher Johnny Uelmen is beating the bushes for ticks, to to improve how Wisconsin predicts, prevents and responds to tick-borne diseases.

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DSI is gearing up for Monday's UWEBC Digital Symposium. 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-di...

In 2026, @uwmadison.bsky.social will move from early investment in AI toward broad institutional readiness, centering people, judgment and institutional guardrails. DSI Director @kylecranmer.bsky.social will participate in the AI Readiness and Competency Working Group. news.wisc.edu/uw-madison-d...

UW–Madison designates 2026 as the ‘Year of AI Readiness and Competency’

The effort, which supports a number of campus priorities, will focus on a people-centered approach to guide thoughtful use of artificial intelligence on campus.

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Over 200 people attended last week's Dairy Symposium @uwmadison.bsky.social. The event kicked off with a keynote by @kylecranmer.bsky.social, who shared insight into the impacts of AI and data science on the dairy industry, agriculture and society. www.morningagclips.com/dairy-sympos...

Dairy Symposium Highlights Advanced Research

The Dairy Innovation Hub held its fifth annual Dairy Symposium on Tuesday, May 12, on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.

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"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-a...

Join DSI at the WI Digital Symposium, hosted by UWEBC 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-di...

Michal Engelman @michalengelman.bsky.social will lead the RISE-THRIVE Collaboration HQ @widofficial.bsky.social. This HQ will bring together new RISE hires and established @uwmadison.bsky.social researchers working at the forefront of immunology and healthspan. research.wisc.edu/press-releas...

Three DSI Affiliates were recently honored with Vilas Awards. @lauraalbertphd.bsky.social was named a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, and Sharon Li and @shamya-karumbaiah.bsky.social received Vilas Early Career Investigator Awards. Congratulations! news.wisc.edu/48-faculty-h...

48 faculty honored with Vilas professorships and awards

The awards recognize standout research, teaching and service.

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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. today.wisc.edu/events/view/...

The ML4MI seminar with Hoifung Poon, @msftresearch.bsky.social, has been moved to July 13, 11am on Zoom. Dr. Poon will discuss AI-powered virtual clinical trials for advancing medical discovery. ml4mi.wisc.edu/learning-opp...

Tomorrow at 1PM CT: Join the @alliance4dsai.bsky.social for a talk on building and sustaining campus-wide data science and AI research institutes, with Sarah Stone (University of Washington) and Kyle Cranmer @kylecranmer.bsky.social (UW–Madison). Register at zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Faculty mentors and other supporters recently gathered to hear 24 lightning talks from the largest cohort to date of @uwmadison.bsky.social Open Source Program Office interns. These undergrad and grad students highlighted what they learned from open source projects. ospo.wisc.edu/activities/i...

Join the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research for "When Soil Meets AI" tomorrow at 12:30, 811 AOSS. Prof. Yakun Zhang will present case studies illustrating the growing role of AI and machine learning in soil science. ccr.nelson.wisc.edu/events/when-...

It's easy to think of data as living in spreadsheets, but it rarely starts—or ends—there. This Wed, 12-1:30 in Memorial Library 224, join the @uwmadlibraries.bsky.social Digital Scholarship Hub for a conversation about data and the physical world. today.wisc.edu/events/view/...

Happy Earth Day! We're looking forward to presentations and conversations about AI and the environment at the Water @ UW-Madison Spring Symposium this afternoon. water.wisc.edu/event/spring...

DSI Director @kylecranmer.bsky.social will keynote the Water@UW Spring Symposium on April 22, 2–5 pm. This event will highlight the technology, innovations, partnerships, and policies redefining how we understand, manage, and protect vital water resources. Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Dr. James Cole, University College London, is working to bridge the gap between AI/ML methods and the use of neuroimaging to help patients with brain health conditions. He will present his work at the April 20 ML4MI seminar, 10am on Zoom: ml4mi.wisc.edu/learning-opp...

It was great to have @tylerjamesburch.com of the RedSox talk about sports analytics! He’s holding a CD with the first release of R signed by the core developers

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Tyler Burch, an analyst for the Boston Red Sox, will present a seminar tomorrow at 11am, 1310 Sterling. His talk will trace how changes in baseball analytics have shaped front office decision-making, on-field strategy, and player development. today.wisc.edu/events/view/...