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Research at the Data Science Institute

DSI research addresses important scientific and societal questions through coordinated advances in applications, models, algorithms, and platforms.

Research Initiatives

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.

Projects

Facebook Messenger Chatbot for Surveys and Intervention Testing

Understanding Divergent Interpretations of Political Information

Understanding and Auditing Content Moderation Policies

Partisan Polarization and Political Dysfunction

Examining The Mystery of How Living Organisms Develop

Advancing Molecular Measurement with Machine Learning

Creating Microbiomes That Improve Human and Environmental Health

Interconnection Measurement Project
"Adenoid cystic carcinoma" by Yale Rosen. https://www.flickr.com/photos/30950973@N03/5600774541

Machine Learning to Improve Targeted Cancer Therapy

Advancing the Sociome For Social and Health Equity

AI-Driven Tutorials for Radiology Student Training
A structure called a Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration station in the Chicagoland Cal-Sag Channel and Calumet River is intended to aerate the river water, which protects fish populations and eliminates odors. Credit: Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

AI-Assisted Molecular Engineering to Detect and Remove Water Contaminants

Learned Emulators of Physics Simulations

Real-Time Adaptive Deep Learning for Discovery Science

Artificially Intelligent Electrochemistry

Health Monitoring Based on Wearable Sweat Sensors

Automated Prostate Cancer Detection Using MRI and Deep Learning

Deciphering Cuneiform with Artificial Intelligence

Measuring Messages About Race and Gender in Children’s Books

Learning How To Measure Scientific Images

Computer-Assisted Diagnosis of Indeterminate Thyroid Lesions

Machine Learning and Satellite Imaging to Reduce Methane Emissions

Disentangling Visual Style and Content

A Data-Driven Trigger System for the Large Hadron Collider

Automated Experimental Design for Cosmic Discovery

Is Climate Change Changing Clouds?

Neural Network Algorithms to Decode the Octopus Neural Network

Clinical Behavior Analysis via Unsupervised Learning

Identifying Optimal Skill and Relationship Mixtures

A Data Processing Pipeline for Police Communications

Racial Inequality in Financial Resilience

Mobile Decision-Making for Doctors Without Internet

N-body Networks for Jet Physics at the Energy Frontier

Rational Protein Engineering using Data-Driven Generative Models

The Role of Rapid Bacterial Evolution in Human Health and Disease

Quantifying Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease

Exploring Climate and Biodiversity with 3D Deep Learning

Upcoming Events

Dec
11
MS IN APPLIED DATA SCIENCE

Information Session For Prospective Students (Online Program)

Are you interested in pursuing the MS in Applied Data Science Online? Join us for an information session where you can learn more about the program curriculum, admission requirements, scholarship opportunities, and career prospects. Our faculty and admissions team will...
Dec
13
Upcoming EventDec 13, 2023

Summer Lab Info Session

Dec
20
MS IN APPLIED DATA SCIENCE

Ask a Student

Jan
4
MS IN APPLIED DATA SCIENCE

Data Science Seminar Series

Jan
9
Upcoming EventJan 09, 2024

Logan Ward (Argonne) – AI+Science Schmidt Fellows Speaker Series

Latest News, Insights, and Past Events

Dec
14
Upcoming EventDec 14, 2023

Capacity Accelerator Network: ‘Key Perspectives on Building Data for Social Impact Capacity in Higher Ed’

MS in Applied Data Science

MS in Applied Data Science Students Present Research at National Conference

Dec
6
Upcoming EventDec 06, 2023

Transform Accelerator Demo Day

Feb
27
Upcoming EventFeb 27, 2024

Arthi Jayaraman (University of Delaware) – AI+Science Schmidt Fellows Speaker Series

Feb
20
Upcoming EventFeb 20, 2024

Rana Hanocka (Uchicago) – AI+Science Schmidt Fellows Speaker Series

Feb
13
Upcoming EventFeb 13, 2024

Stephanie Palmer, PhD (Uchicago) – AI+Science Schmidt Fellows Speaker Series

Feb
6
Upcoming EventFeb 06, 2024

Seppe Kuehn (UChicago) – AI+Science Schmidt Fellows Speaker Series

Jan
23
Upcoming EventJan 23, 2024

Madhav Mani (Northwestern) – AI+Science Schmidt Fellows Speaker Series

DSI NewsNov 27, 2023

Chicago Data Nights bring together academics and industry professionals in downtown Chicago

Nov
16
Past EventNov 16, 2023

AI and Democracy

Opportunities

We offer several programs for academic researchers, companies, non-profits, government bodies, and students to form collaborations with DSI research initiatives.