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DSI and The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation Invite the Next Generation to Imagine Data and AI for Good
The Tech-for-Good Careers event highlighted ways UChicago faculty, staff, and students are leveraging data science for social good.
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DSI and Google Partner on Cutting-Edge AI and Security Research
DSI and Google are launching new research collaborations aimed at addressing critical challenges and opportunities in artificial intelligence.
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Six UChicago scientists awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowships in 2025
Including Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Co-Director of the Data Ecology research initiative, Raul Castro Fernandez
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Transform Data Science and AI Accelerator Accepts 6 Startups into Latest Cohort
The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Data Science Institute today announced the six early-stage companies accepted into the fourth cohort of the Transform accelerator for data science and AI startups.
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Illinois Makes History: How DSI’s Collaboration and Innovation Brought Broadband to 175,000 Underserved Locations
A collaboration between the University of Chicago’s Data Science Institute and the state of Illinois results in the massive expansion of high-speed internet access across the state
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AI + Science

A new paradigm of transformational AI-enabled scientific discovery across the physical and biological sciences, advancing core AI principles and training a new generation of diverse interdisciplinary scientists.

Data & Democracy

A collaboration between the DSI and the Center for Effective Government that conducts cross-disciplinary research, convenes key stakeholders, and circulates and amplifies the findings needed to protect democracy in the digital age.

Internet Equity

Developing new data science tools to measure broadband access and performance and working with community partners to make high-speed internet accessible to all.

AICE: AI for Climate

A program of the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth and DSI, AI for Climate aims to accelerate and transform climate research with a focus on both scientific advances and societal impacts.

Data Ecology

The goal of data ecology is to study dataflows and design interventions to control how data impacts our world.

Complementary AI

Exploring how to train AI models that augment rather than mimic human capacity.

Work with us!

We have several job opportunities currently open, including faculty positions, postdoctoral and preceptorship programs, and technical and administrative staff positions.

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Upcoming Events

Join the DSI community for talks, workshops and other gatherings that spark new collaborations and technological discoveries.

Apr
29
Upcoming EventApr 29, 2025

Tianyu Gao (Princeton): Computer Science and DSI Joint Colloquium

Enabling Language Models to Process Information at Scale
Apr
29
Upcoming EventApr 29, 2025

Ophelia Venturelli (UW Madison): AI+ Science Schmidt Fellows Speaker Series

May
2
Upcoming EventMay 02, 2025

DSI Research Day

May
6
Upcoming EventMay 06, 2025

Tom Griffiths (Princeton): Distinguished Speaker Series

May
6
Upcoming EventMay 06, 2025

Ioana Ciucă (Stanford): AI+ Science Schmidt Fellows Speaker Series

Related News, Insights, and Past Events

DSI NewsApr 24, 2025

DSI and The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation Invite the Next Generation to Imagine Data and AI for Good

DSI NewsApr 22, 2025

The University of Chicago Data Science Institute and Google Partner on Cutting-Edge AI and Security Research

Students in the MS in Applied Data Science program tour the UChicago campus during Immersion Weekend September 21, 2024. (photo by John Zich)
Apr
22
Past EventApr 22, 2025

Grad School Q&A: MS in Applied Data Science (for UChicago Undergraduates)

Apr
16
Past EventApr 16, 2025

L. Ruby Leung (Pacific Northwest National Lab): AI for Climate Speaker Series

Apr
23
Past EventApr 23, 2025

Ask a Student in MS in Applied Data Science

Applied Data ScienceMar 28, 2025

Spring 2025 Immersion Weekend

Applied Data ScienceMar 27, 2025

Master’s in Applied Data Science Winter 2025 Capstone Winners

Apr
21
Past EventApr 21, 2025

MS in Applied Data Science – Information Session (Online Program)

Apr
15
Past EventApr 15, 2025

Tech-for-Good Careers: A Community-Centered Approach to Data and AI Innovation

Apr
23
Past EventApr 23, 2025

Chicago Data Night: Adam McElhinney (Uptake)

An exterior photo of Crerar Library, home of CDAC and University of Chicago Computer Science.

Opportunities

The Data Science Institute offers programs and partnership opportunities for faculty, students, and organizations from the academic, government, business, and non-profit sectors. Learn more about our programs below.

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