AI Weather Models Can Predict Unprecedented Extreme Events by Learning from Other Regions
Climate change is increasing the frequency of extreme weather events, and accurate, fast and efficient AI weather forecasts could help lessen their impact.
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A Place for Ideas: Faraco Family Commons Opens at UChicago Data Science Institute
Through the help of a recent gift, Francisco Faraco (MS ’04) and his family name will provide a first-floor gathering space at the DSI’s newly named Lorraine and Yuji Suzuki Center
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Cross-Sector Partnership Expands Tech Pathways on Chicago’s South Side
DSI partnered with the Gary Comer Youth Center (GCYC), XChange Chicago, United Airlines, Girl Security, and Chicago Youth Works to launch GCYC’s Tech Pre-Apprenticeship Program
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University of Chicago Launches New Master’s in Applied Artificial Intelligence
New nine-month program prepares technically experienced students to move beyond AI fundamentals and build, deploy, and lead with emerging technologies.
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DSI Celebrates 2026 Summer Program Researchers
This summer, 48 undergraduate and high school scholars participated in the UChicago Data Science Institute’s Summer Research Programs — the first cohort hosted in the DSI’s new home, the Lorraine and Yuji Suzuki Center.
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Remotely Operated, Robotic Lab Receives $20 Million National Science Foundation Grant
AI-powered PoLARIS Project will execute science experiments remotely, allowing underserved researchers across the nation access to create novel soft materials from afar.
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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

Cutting-edge research at the intersection of computation and democratic representation. How can data science innovations – better mechanisms, better models, better metrics – strengthen democracy?

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.

Novel Intelligence

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

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Upcoming Events

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Upcoming EventOct 13, 2026

Doug Brinkerhoff (University of Montana): Schmidt AI in Science Speaker Series

Why my glacier flow emulator turned back into a PDE solver: GPU-accelerated multigrid, ML-inspired transport operators, and the difficulties that necessitated them.
Upcoming EventOct 14, 2026

Will Chapman (CU Boulder): AICE Speaker Series
Upcoming EventOct 16, 2026

Jon E. Froehlich (U of Washington): Department of Computer Science Distinguished Speaker
Upcoming EventOct 19, 2026

The UChicago and Caltech AI+Science Conference 2026 (opens in new window)
Upcoming EventOct 21, 2026

AI for the Social Sciences and Humanities / The Social Science and Humanities for AI Workshop (opens in new window)

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Past EventOct 05, 2026

DSI/Department of Statistics Colloquium: Frederic Koehler (UChicago)
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DSI/Statistics Colloquium: Nikolaos Ignatiadis (UChicago)
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Past EventOct 06, 2026

MS in Applied Data Science – Information Session (2 Year Thesis Track)

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